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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='color:#1F497D'>Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Below is the note I sent to the 4 main political parties running candidates in my Guelph riding.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Put pressure on the candidates by using a similar note (feel free to copy/modify/ plagiarize it etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attn. <span style='color:red'>Candidate name:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MEN’S HEALTHCARE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Even at election time a component of men’s healthcare that is too often neglected is Prostate Cancer (PCa). 8 men die every month in Waterloo-Wellington from Prostate Cancer. This does not have to happen since “early detection saves lives”. Since PCa is symptomless in its early treatable stages, currently the best way to determine if a man may have Prostate Cancer is via a low cost simple Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test. When men reach 40 years old, they should have a PSA test annually for several years to establish a personal baseline PSA level. Once a baseline is established, PSA tests every couple of years will indicate if there is a deviation from the baseline. If there is an increase, then further investigation is warranted. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now comes “the kicker” – OHIP does NOT pay for PSA testing unless a man is diagnosed with PCa or has a first link to a man (father, bother) who has PCa. Other provinces pay for the screening, why not Ontario<b>? As<span style='color:#1F497D'> a</span> candidate running in the <span style='color:red'>Guelph</span> riding for the provincial election<span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>will you<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>make it part of your platform to have OHIP pay for PCa screening, similar to mammography screening for female breast cancer or Pap test screening for cervical cancer<span style='color:#1F497D'>?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am a PCa survivor thanks to a previous family doctor who encouraged me 20 years ago to pay for 10 years of PSA testing that showed a deviation from a baseline and provided detection of early stage treatable PCa.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Glen N. Tolhurst<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chair- Prostate Cancer Canada Network Waterloo-Wellington<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>18 Hunters Lane<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Guelph ON<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N1C 1B1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>519 826 0726<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>