LOOK AFTER YOURSELF

Eating well & exercise helps.

Check out www.pcf.org/guide/health-and- wellness-living-with-prostate-cancer/ or request a guide from the Whanganui Cancer Society.

GET IN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND GO!!

Always take family /whanau with you to doctors visits.

Take time to work out what the treatment means and possible side issues.

CAN BE BLOODY CONFUSING AND SCARY

Ring the Whanganui

Cancer Society and ask to speak to one of

the guys who have been there, done that and are

still alive and kicking!

CANCERIS NOT A

DEATH SENTENCETHERE IS

HOPE!

What don’t you understand?

What about the side effects?

What about your sex life?

FOR MORE INFORMATIONTalk to the locals at the Whanganui Cancer Society06 348 7402

Some good websites to check outwww.prostate.org.nzwww.getthetools.org.nzwww.cancer.org.nz

GET READY ASK THE DOC

JUST GET RID OF IT! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? YOU’LL FEEL BETTER

Talk to the right people and locals to help

understand what’s going on.

Go to the local Manage Me website and look for

Prostate Cancer Local Services.

www.manageme.org.nz

Nurses are really good at filling the gaps when

you need to ask again. Sometimes you just

want to know simple stuff like where do I get

pads from? Or what’s the difference between

oncology and urology? Ask them!

The Physio helps shorten your journey to

recovery. You will learn about the importance of

pelvic floor exercises to prevent problems later

with incontinence (peeing yourself).

www.continence.org.nz

Treatments can affect your

sex life. This worries some

men more than others. Ask

for a copy of the Australian

Prostate Cancer booklet

(it has detailed information

about sex aids etc).

Whanganui Cancer Society

can send you a copy or go to

www.cancercouncil.com.au/

prostate-cancer/

... if you have a bit of control over what’s happening to you.

Take charge by:

Talking to people.

Get into exercising, it helps in all kinds of ways, you don’t need to run a marathon and anything is better than nothing.

Nutrition ... Have a think about what you can change in your diet to stay well.

Download this resourcewww.pcf.org/guide/health-and-wellness-living-with-prostate-cancer/ Or request a copy from the Cancer Society.

ASK FOR HELP!

This is big stuff and there’s no prizes for struggling along on your own.

Ring the Whanganui Cancer Society06 348 7402 or emailenquiries.wgi@cancercd.org.nz

That’s usually your first thought and

rightly so!

We know stuff goes over your head so for

this reason ...

Slow things down, BREATHE and take

time to find out more.

Never go alone to doctor visits - take

family/ whanau with you.

Talk to one of the guys from the Men’s

Support Group or come along to the

meeting held on the 1st Monday of each

month. Phone 06 348 7402 for more info.

Be careful with Dr Google. Some websites

are better than others. We recommend

these ones for information about

treatments and side effects.

www.prostate.org.nz

www.getthetools.org.nz

www.cancer.org.nz

kindly sponsored byHans Vanderschantz