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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello HopeSpring Members! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please read below for an important opportunity for anyone who has undergone treatment for Prostate Cancer. If you don’t feel comfortable responding to Chris at <a href="mailto:editors@bcsgroup.com">editors@bcsgroup.com</a>, please feel free to email your responses to <a href="mailto:Lorraine@hopespring.ca">Lorraine@hopespring.ca</a>, and she can forward them on. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your input is greatly valued and appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kindest Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Michelle Goldsworthy</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>, </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>B.A., B.S.W., R.S.W<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Program Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hopespring Cancer Support Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>43 Allen Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Waterloo, ON. N2L 1C9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(519) 742-HOPE (4673)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.hopespring.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Charitable #89894 3857 0001<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Lorraine Prus <br><b>Sent:</b> October-27-11 9:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> Michelle Licata<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Prostate Cancer Project<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear Friend,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We are working on a prostate cancer project on behalf of Dr. Rajiv Singal. You may be familiar with him as a prominent surgeon in the field of prostate cancer from Toronto East General Hospital. The reason we are contacting you is because we are looking for help in order to build a handbook for partners of the men who have undergone treatment for prostate cancer. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You can help us achieve this goal by answering questions that will help us to share information with others in similar situations like yourself. Please find our questions attached to fill out and send back as soon as possible<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We greatly appreciate you taking the time to help us with this project. These questions are for research purposes only and will be kept entirely confidential. All your stories will remain anonymous.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please fill out the questions attached and fax back to us by the end of October at (416) 421-8418, or email us back directly with your responses at <a href="mailto:editors@bcsgroup.com">editors@bcsgroup.com</a>. We can also arrange a time to speak with you on the phone regarding any of your own questions pertaining to the survey, or if you would like to do the survey via telephone. Please feel free to call us at (416) 421-7997 ext: 300. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Chris Gaspar, Research Assistant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <b>Prostate Cancer 2011</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Questions for partners</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>1.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>What was your initial reaction when you got the news that your partner had been diagnosed with prostate cancer?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>What information did you want right away? Where you able to get it? If so, where? If not, what did you do?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.0pt'>3.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Did your partner communicate fully with you about what he was going through? If no, was this your usual level of communication or was it due to the subject matter? Did you overcome this reluctance? If so, how?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>4.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Were you involved in any discussions with your partner’s physician? Was this helpful?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>5.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Did you discuss your partner’s diagnosis with other family members? If yes, do you have any tips for others on how to do this successfully?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>6.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>How did you and your partner go about deciding which treatment option to pursue? What were the high and low points of your discussions? What advice would you give to other couples trying to decide which option to choose?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>7.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>How has prostate cancer affected:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>your partner’s general physical health?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>your partner’s mental health?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>your partner’s quality of life (work, recreation, day-to-day activities)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>your sexual relationship with your partner?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>your general relationship with your partner?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>your family?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>8.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>If you knew at the beginning of your journey through prostate cancer what you know now, what would you have done differently?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'>9.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>What tips in general do you have for other partners of men with prostate cancer in your position?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>