For those fighting Prostate Cancer!

I am one of them!

(((HUGS))) 

Love is in the air!

Petey found a lady friend to share Valentine's Day with. 

His gift to her was a PSA Test. 

How about you Guys have your PSA lately?

Participants Solicitation for Online Study: The Impact of Prostate Cancer on Survivors’ Sense of Meaning in Life

Are you a man,

• 65 or under?
• Have been in remission at least 1yr.?
• Speak and write English fluently?
• Have a private computer?
• Have a private email address?
• Comfortable writing about your experiences with cancer?

The purpose of this study is to examine how prostate cancer survivors construct meaning from their experiences. Participants will be asked to answer three sets of questions about your experiences with Prostate Cancer. The study seeks to examine what a prostate cancer survivors’ experience is over time. The study will examine how participants adjust to a life experience with prostate cancer. Additionally this study aims to provide more clarity in defining the terms meaning in life as it relates to stressful life experiences.

Participants will be asked to complete the study eligibility form, demographic/background questionnaire and three sets of questions regarding their experience before diagnosis, during treatment, and now as a survivor of prostate cancer. All responses will be handled via email.

If you think you might be interested in participating, for more information and specifics regarding participation, please contact:

Carol L. Brady
Walden University
Doctoral Candidate

Email: carol.brady@waldenu.edu

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Support Prostate Cancer Awareness in September and light the White House BLUE!

Prostate Cancer words that are very seldom spoken in public! But for families living with prostate cancer we can speak about our Journeys. The Good, Bad and the Ugly! Statics show that 1 in 6 men as with 1 in 3 African American men will be diagnosed in their lifetime. in 2013 about 238,590 new cases of prostate cancer was diagnosed, about 29,720 will lose their battle 1 in 36 men. Of the men who are 65 and older, 6 in 10 cases are diagnosed and it is rare before age 40. The average age of being diagnosed is 67. Not all men diagnosed with prostate cancer will die from it in fact 2.5 million men in the United State are still alive today!

We need the White House to be part of our journey and support our efforts to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer.

Please sign the petition below!

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/support-prostate-cancer-awareness-september-and-light-white-house-blue/pgdBgK0f

Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 Update

Status Report of Legislation

130th General Assembly - Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 10

Primary Sponsor(s): Burke

Subject:  Prostate cancer antigen-based screening- withdraw recommendation against

Abbreviations used in the Status Report
A - Amended	P - Postponed	S - Substitute	* - Note
F - Failed to Pass	R - Rereferred	V - Vetoed

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Action by Chamber	Senate		House
Introduced		03/19/13		12/10/13
Committee Assigned		Medicaid, Health & Human Services		Health and Aging
Committee Report		11/20/13		01/09/14
Passed 3rd Consideration		12/04/13		01/29/14
Further Action
To Conference Committee
Concurrence		01/29/14
Sent to Governor
End of 10-day period
Governor's Action
Effective Date
Notes

I am a Survivor!

Petey since you did so well after your surgery. 

Enjoy your Lobster dinner as now you are a SURVIVOR of Prostate Cancer

Chef Petey

Petey graduated Culinary school and is now a Chef!

Wonder what kind of healthy prostate recipes will he create? 

New Home

Yesterday Petey went to his new home. It makes me happy that my little creation of Petey can bring so many smiles on so many faces. 

The Mark H. Zangmeister Center
3100 Plaza Properties Blvd.
Columbus, Ohio 43219

Status Report for Legislature

Status Report of Legislation

130th General Assembly - Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 10

Primary Sponsor(s): Burke

Subject:  Prostate cancer antigen-based screening- withdraw recommendation against As of today SCR 10 has PASSED in both the Senate and House, Ray, I and Petey have attend both sessions and testified to keep the PSA as this is all our families have at this time to test for Prostate Cancer!

http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/status130/senatecreso.htm

9 years old

They say that prostate cancer is an old man's disease! So this is not a typo....
http://www.wwlp.com/news/national/9-year-old-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer

Turn The LeVeque Tower BLUE in September for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month!

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and one of my goals is to have The LeVeque Tower turned BLUE in support of Prostate Cancer Awareness. Every family has been touched by Prostate Cancer either from a Family member, Friend, Co-worker. Sometimes a complete stranger standing in a line somewhere!

1 in 6 Men and 1 in 3 African American Men will receive the devastating news of Prostate Cancer in their life time. Many will lose their battle to early! Over 9,000 Ohio men will be given this horrible diagnosis. My husband at the age of 56 is one of those 9,000! Prostate Cancer is not an Old Man’s disease if it was then there would not be so many men being diagnosed at an early age.

Getting people to talk about Prostate Cancer is Key in winning this battle of this horrible disease. Having The LeVeque Tower showing their support for Prostate Cancer Awareness is so important and getting others to ask a very important question.

Why is The LeVeque Tower BLUE? 

Why the Walnut?

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/274/525/688/turn-the-leveque-tower-blue-in-september-for-prostate-cancer-awareness-month/

Radiation Oncology

My husband just finished 7 weeks of Radiation Treatments for Prostate Cancer at The Zangmeister Cancer Center. They loved Petey so now they will have their very own!

People ask why the Walnut? 

The prostate is the size of a walnut it is also my way of raising awareness to prostate cancer. 

OH....

For a very SPECIAL Ohio State Mom!

SCR 10 Committe Meeting

Heather Bishoff (@HeatherBishoff) tweeted at 9:46 PM on Wed, Jan 08, 2014:
@PeteyProstate Well done & Congrats on passage of SCR10! My Peteys look on at Ray testifying below #prostatecancer

Committee Meeting for SCR 10

The Ohio Statehouse

Today we attended the Ohio House of Representative Committee Meeting for SCR 10.

First Petey had to stop at the cafeteria for a French Vanilla Cappuccino. During the Committee Meeting House of Representative Bishoff had two of her Petey's sitting in front of her.

 I love seeing Petey being shared by others and to know how my creativity had made such an impact on others!

My race car

Mom let me drive my race car! But I have to obey the speed limits and Buckle up! It's the LAW! 

As Introduced

As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. C. R. No. 10

Senator Burke 

Cosponsors: Senators Brown, Gardner 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To memorialize the Congress of the United States to seek the withdrawal of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent panel of nonfederal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that is composed of primary care physicians; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF members are appointed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to conduct scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical health care preventive services and develop recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF acknowledges that prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed nonskin cancer in men in the United States, with one in six American men being diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime; and

WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2013 approximately 238,590 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 29,720 men will die from the disease; and

WHEREAS, In Ohio alone, there are approximately 7,961 newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer and 1,232 deaths from the disease on an annual basis, according to the February 2011 report issued by the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System; and

WHEREAS, In 2008, the USPSTF recommended against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men ages 75 and older; and

WHEREAS, In October 2011, the USPSTF issued a new recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups, because it concluded that there is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF states that the October 2011 recommendation applies to men in the United States who do not have symptoms of prostate cancer, even though by the time a man experiences symptoms of prostate cancer, the cancer is generally too advanced to cure; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF states that its recommendation against screening applies regardless of race, even though the USPSTF acknowledges that African-American men have a substantially higher prostate cancer incidence rate than Caucasian men and more than twice the prostate cancer mortality rate of Caucasian men; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF issued this recommendation without having a urologist or oncologist, two types of physicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating patients with prostate cancer, on the task force; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF's 2011 recommendation regarding prostate cancer screening follows its recommendation in November 2009 against routine mammograms for women ages 40 to 49 and against teaching women to do breast self-examinations, which Congress rejected after public outcry; and

WHEREAS, The most recently updated study, the Goteborg Randomized Population-based Prostate Cancer Screening Trial, found that with screening, deaths from prostate cancer dropped 44 per cent over a 14-year period, compared with men who did not undergo screening, and that prostate cancer screening efficiency was similar to other cancers; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF recommendation against screening puts into harm's way men who are most at risk: the underinsured, those who live in areas where health care is not readily available, those who have a family history of prostate cancer, and African-American men, who have a higher incidence of and higher mortality rate from prostate cancer than Caucasian men; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, respectfully memorialize the Congress of the United States to seek the withdrawal of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to each member of the Ohio Congressional delegation.

Status Report of Legislation

130th General Assembly - Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 10
Primary Sponsor(s): Burke
Subject:  Prostate cancer antigen-based screening- withdraw recommendation against

Abbreviations used in the Status Report
A - Amended	P - Postponed	S - Substitute	* - Note
F - Failed to Pass	R - Rereferred	V - Vetoed

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Action by Chamber	Senate		House
Introduced		03/19/13		12/10/13
Committee Assigned		Medicaid, Health & Human Services		Health and Aging
Committee Report		11/20/13
Passed 3rd Consideration		12/04/13
Further Action
To Conference Committee
Concurrence
Sent to Governor
End of 10-day period
Governor's Action
Effective Date

As Adopted by the Senate

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. C. R. No. 10

Senator Burke 

Cosponsors: Senators Brown, Gardner, Tavares, Bacon, Balderson, Beagle, Coley, Eklund, Faber, Hite, Hughes, Jones, Kearney, LaRose, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Sawyer, Schaffer, Seitz, Skindell, Smith, Uecker, Widener 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To memorialize the Congress of the United States to seek the withdrawal of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent panel of nonfederal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that is composed of primary care physicians; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF members are appointed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to conduct scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical health care preventive services and develop recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF acknowledges that prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed nonskin cancer in men in the United States, with one in six American men being diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime; and

WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2013 approximately 238,590 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 29,720 men will die from the disease; and

WHEREAS, In Ohio alone, there are approximately 7,961 newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer and 1,232 deaths from the disease on an annual basis, according to the February 2011 report issued by the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System; and

WHEREAS, In 2008, the USPSTF recommended against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men ages 75 and older; and

WHEREAS, In October 2011, the USPSTF issued a new recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups, because it concluded that there is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF states that the October 2011 recommendation applies to men in the United States who do not have symptoms of prostate cancer, even though by the time a man experiences symptoms of prostate cancer, the cancer is generally too advanced to cure; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF states that its recommendation against screening applies regardless of race, even though the USPSTF acknowledges that African-American men have a substantially higher prostate cancer incidence rate than Caucasian men and more than twice the prostate cancer mortality rate of Caucasian men; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF issued this recommendation without having a urologist or oncologist, two types of physicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating patients with prostate cancer, on the task force; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF's 2011 recommendation regarding prostate cancer screening follows its recommendation in November 2009 against routine mammograms for women ages 40 to 49 and against teaching women to do breast self-examinations, which Congress rejected after public outcry; and

WHEREAS, The most recently updated study, the Goteborg Randomized Population-based Prostate Cancer Screening Trial, found that with screening, deaths from prostate cancer dropped 44 per cent over a 14-year period, compared with men who did not undergo screening, and that prostate cancer screening efficiency was similar to other cancers; and

WHEREAS, The USPSTF recommendation against screening puts into harm's way men who are most at risk: the underinsured, those who live in areas where health care is not readily available, those who have a family history of prostate cancer, and African-American men, who have a higher incidence of and higher mortality rate from prostate cancer than Caucasian men; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, respectfully memorialize the Congress of the United States to seek the withdrawal of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to each member of the Ohio Congressional delegation.

Where's Petey?

Where in Columbus is he?

  

Razors from Movember!

National Shave Day

Today is December 1st also National Shave Day. On Movember 1st men quit shaving for the whole month in support of Prostate Cancer Awareness. Today we were at The Old Familiar Barbershop they were giving out FREE shaves and a razor!

National Shave Day 2013