[Hopespringpcsg] FW: CAMPAIGN INITIATIVE FOR MEN'S HEALTHCARE - XX PARTY

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:

Below is the note I sent to the 4 main political parties running candidates
in my Guelph riding.

Put pressure on the candidates by using a similar note (feel free to
copy/modify/ plagiarize it etc.).

Take care,

Glen

 

 

 

 

Attn. Candidate name:

 

MEN'S HEALTHCARE

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. 

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? As a candidate
running in the Guelph riding for the provincial election, will you 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?

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.

 

Glen N. Tolhurst

Chair- Prostate Cancer Canada Network Waterloo-Wellington

pccn-waterloo-wellington.ca

 

18 Hunters Lane

Guelph ON

N1C 1B1

519 826 0726

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