Managing Prostate Cancer
Early detection can’t be stressed enough when it comes to Black men and prostate cancer. For men that have already been diagnosed, keeping the disease from progressing to advanced stages is the focus. Beyond eating a balanced diet and staying fit, Farrington stresses the importance of men (and their loved ones) knowing and paying attention to the symptoms of advanced cancer, like bone pain and fatigue.
“You have to have your PSA test continuously and be on alert and speak up. What happened with this survey [is] it kind of shows that men with prostate cancer are like men without it. We just don’t want to listen to our body sometimes. We may have something that’s happening and we say, ‘Hey, that may go away,’ and it may come again and you say that it will go away. If you are a prostate cancer patient then it’s important to know that you have to be highly sensitive to certain symptoms.
For tools to help you or a loved one talk with your doctor about managing your prostate cancer, visit www.MenWhoSpeakUp.com.