[Hopespringpcsg] FW: March 2021 Newsletter

Thu Mar 4 11:27:26 EST 2021

Hi all:

See below for the PCCN Regina e-newsletter & link to their ZOOM meeting on Thursday 11 Mar 21.

Note likely time difference to  Regina.

Take care & stay well.

Glen

From: Regina Prostate Cancer Support Group Inc. 
Sent: March 3, 2021 7:48 PM
To: glen46nor at gmail.com
Subject: March 2021 Newsletter

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The purpose of
PCCN Regina is:

1. To increase awareness, knowledge
and understanding about prostate cancer
in the community we serve.

2. To arrange and conduct
regular monthly meetings.

3. To provide education sessions and
information to prostate cancer survivors,
their families, friends, and the public.

4. To provide for sharing of experiences
and concerns.

5. To provide counseling services
these counseling services do not include
recommendations for treatments,
medicines or physicians.

6. To promote courage and hope.

7. To co-operate with other cancer
agencies in the fight against cancer.

Our next
“Virtual” Meeting is on
Thursday March 11, 2021

We are proceeding with “Virtual”
Monthly Support Meetings until we
get the approval to meet in person
again at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency location.

Speaker: 
Dr. Francisco J. Garcia, Urologist 

Program: 
Men's and Couple Sexuality - Post PCa Treatment 

Time: 
6:15pm
Registration & Test Log In

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Presentation and Q&A

7:30pm - 8:30pm
Members Open Forum

Zoom Meeting Link: 
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Zoom Meeting Link - March 11th

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Meeting ID: 940 6723 0886
Passcode: 130773

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March Speaker - Dr. Francisco J. Garcia

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Dr. Francisco Garcia is a Urologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Saskatchewan Health Authority and University of Saskatchewan, and located in Swift Current Saskatchewan.

Trained in London, Ontario as a medical doctor, Dr. Garcia specialized as a urologist, and then completed a fellowship in Andrology and Sexual Medicine under a globally recognized leader in the field. A member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, Dr. Garcia has a passion for the quality of life for his patients. He treats men diagnosed with prostate cancer and advocates that this is one population that can be better served with post-treatment intervention.

“After a patient has lost their baseline function as a result of us treating their cancer, it is our duty to return them as close as we can back to that baseline,” says Dr. Garcia, “too often the patient is living with fixable complications because they do not want to seem ungrateful to their surgeon or oncologist.” He offers services for correction of erectile dysfunction, penile curvature reconstruction, urinary incontinence and prosthetic urologic surgery including artificial sphincters and penile prosthetic devices.

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Department of Surgery. 2016. “Functional Urology and Andrology.” OPEN SKIES Department of Surgery Newsletter. 3(2): 6.
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February Speaker - Nicole Baba, Nurse Navigator
"Prostate Assessment Pathway Services"

The attached reflects the new shortened Pathway for recently diagnosed PCa patients.

Nicole was later joined by Dr. F.J. Garcia out of Swift Current for a lively Q&A and open forum. At one point we had 25 visitors online. 

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Understanding advanced PCa

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Could More Men Benefit from Genetic Testing for PCa Risk?

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EXCELL Exercise Program for Cancer

 We have had several PCa survivors sign on for this free program and are pleased with the results. Check out the details on the image below.

We plan to have a Zoom presentation on the program in May that can be viewed on the
2021 Program Listing.

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A Message from Saskatchewan Mental Health

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The latest from "The Prostate Zone"
By Alan White & Fiona White

Self-Care During Covid-19. This article is from a couple from way Down Under. It is one of the best articles we will have had the opportunity to share. Very timely and appropriate even up here where we still do not have face to face support meetings.

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How have you been? Have you kept yourself in shape and looking smart, or have you added "COVID curves"?  

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Remember to keep yourself nice and look out for your mates.
Thanks for reading!  

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Alan White and Fiona White

The Prostate Zone
Unit 10, 29 Brighton Street, Sandringham, Victoria 3191

Covid-19 Update

Prostate Cancer Canada Network - Regina Inc. is a non-profit corporation registered in the Province of Saskatchewan and a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency. COVID-19 has disrupted our monthly support group meetings last March and our board is monitoring when we can safely resume regular meetings when directed by public health and safety authorities. While we cannot meet in person, the work to educate and support men and their loved ones diagnosed with prostate cancer continues despite a global pandemic and health emergency. This fall we are planning to resume support group meetings using videoconferencing.

We can still be reached through any one of the following options:

- Email us at pccn.regina at gmail.com <mailto:pccn.regina at gmail.com> 

- Visit our website: www.pccnregina.ca <http://www.pccnregina.ca> 

Board members are just a phone call away for those needing to speak to someone one-on-one who has firsthand experience navigating their prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment, and symptoms. We may be able to connect you to a member who has undergone specific therapies or treatments if you want to chat about side effects or the specific treatment process.

We understand that social distancing and self-isolation can be lonely, but remember: we are all in this together and you're not alone. Cancer doesn’t stop for self-isolation or quarantine.   

The safety of our members is crucial, and we will respect the decisions of our health leaders and make all adjustments as required.

Stay safe everyone.

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Here is a refresher on the Flu and a reminder to get that Flu shot.

7 Tips to Protect Yourself—and Others—This Flu Season

Flu epidemics usually begin in January or February (and tend to end by April), and it takes a couple of weeks to develop immunity from the vaccination. Still, if you haven’t gotten your flu shot yet, getting it now is still better than not getting it at all.

While the vaccine doesn’t guarantee that you won’t get sick from the flu; it does reduce the chance of getting infected and, if you do get sick, the severity of the illness. Moreover, it reduces your risk of being hospitalized for the flu and of developing pneumonia, a life-threatening complication. The vaccine also reduces the number of people who can spread the virus, thus increasing what’s called "herd immunity." Here’s what else you can do to protect yourself—and others—during flu season.

1. Follow the "six-foot rule with anyone who seems sick with a respiratory illness. (If you take public transportation, you may not have this choice, of course.) When someone with the flu coughs, sneezes, or even talks, the virus is expelled via respiratory droplets—and this is the most frequent way people become infected. It’s uncommon for the droplets to travel beyond six feet or so. Wearing a surgical mask won’t protect you from getting infected by flu droplets (only an N95 respirator mask can do that); but if you are sick with the flu, it can help keep you from infecting others.

2. Wash your hands often—after you shake hands, for example, or handle an object someone else was using, such as a computer keyboard or phone. You can either wash with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer (with at least 60 percent alcohol—ethanol, isopropanol, or both).

3. When out in public, try to avoid touching your lips, nose, or eyes, unless you’ve just washed your hands. That’s easier said than done since people tend to touch their faces without being aware of it—an average of 16 times an hour, according to a study done at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health about a decade ago.

4. Get the pneumococcal vaccine if you’re 65 or older, are a smoker, or have a chronic condition such as diabetes, lung or heart disease, asthma, or HIV infection. This reduces mortality from a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia (a major complication of the flu) in older people.

5. If you have flu symptoms, ask your doctor whether you should take a prescription antiviral drug, such as oseltamivir (Tamiflu), zanamivir (Relenza), or baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza). When taken within the first two days of symptoms, they reduce the infection’s duration and severity.

6. Don’t fall for claims that dietary supplements (such as echinacea, Airborne, and vitamin C) or homeopathic remedies (such as Oscillococcinum and nux vomica) can prevent or treat the flu (or any infectious disease). They can’t.

7. If you do get the flu, stay home so you don’t infect others (and remember the six-foot rule there, too). Typically, adults can infect others starting 24 hours before symptoms begin, and they are most contagious for three to five days after. Children and obese people may remain contagious longer. If you have to go out and need to cough or sneeze but have no tissue, do it into your sleeve or the crook of your arm, rather than into your hand or the air.

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PCCN Regina is a volunteer support group for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their families.
We are a registered charity that relies on the generosity of its members, supporters and friends to fund its programs. Charitable deduction receipts for income tax purposes are issued for amounts of $10.00. Download the .pdf file for printing  <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d2dc0c23f83844a390026ba8c&id=8859e7fcee&e=5ce44d7c43> here.

You can donate by sending a cheque to: 
PCCN Regina
PO Box 37264 
Regina, SK S4S 7K4 

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The Final Words
Take Care, Stay Safe, Have Faith.

We'll get through this together.

Beware of COVID-10 ... it’s the cause of the extra 10 pounds we are all gaining from the comfort food and the comfort drinking due to the Covid-19 lock down. Covid-10 is known for “fattening the curve“.

Social Distancing does not mean social disconnection. We need to reach out and connect with each other more than ever before in other ways. By phone, email, text, Facetime, a personal letter or a card.

Take care out there and be safe.

BOARD STRUCTURE 2020/2021
 <mailto:pccn.regina at gmail.com> pccn.regina at gmail.com

Co-Chair - Bob Terichow   
Phone: (306) 581-9158

Co-Chair - Lawrence Ward
Phone: (306) 543-8215 

Treasurer - Larry Smart
Phone: (306) 757-4959

Secretary - Dwaine Snowfield
Phone: (306) 586-1403

Monthly Program
Jim Odling
Phone: (306) 522-7590

James Froh
Phone: (306) 527-8290

Dwaine Snowfield
Phone: (306) 586-1403

Lorrie Harrison
Phone: (306) 545-7801

Peer Sharing  
Lawrence Ward
Phone: (306) 543-8215

Stan Hanoski
Phone: (306) 529-1322
or any Board Member

Out Reach Program
James Froh
Phone: (306) 527-8290

Jim Odling
Phone: (306) 522-7590

Steve Pillipow
Phone: (306) 586-9345

Dwaine Snowfield
Phone: (306) 586-1403

2020-2021 Monthly
Program Updates
Monthly Programs are being developed and will be announced in future newsletters.

2020
September 10
AGM - Guest Speaker - Support Meeting

October 15
Virtual Support Meeting via Google Meet (postponed)

November 12
“Movember” Update and Men’s Health
by Andrew Kletcho and Nikkoli Hubic

December 10
Prostate Cancer, Depression, and the Holidays
by Scott Harrison and Lorrie Harrison

2021
January 14
Androgen Deprivation Therapy
by Dr. Nelson Leong

February 11
Prostate Assessment Pathway
by Saskatoon Nurse Navigator, Nicole Baba

March 11
Sexual Health After PCa Treatment
by Dr. Garcia

April 8
Covid-19 Update - Focus on Vaccines 
SHA Representative 

May 13
The EXCEL Exercise Program for Cancer
Julianna Dreger - U of Calgary EXCEL Research Coordinator
Dale Weisbrot - PCCN Regina Member and Participant 

June 10
AGM Presentation followed by:
Dr. Bahsin - Irritable Bowel Syndrome Risks for PCa Treatment
Pre and Post Treatment Options 

Pending for 2021

 - UofR Nursing Research on Aging and Cancer

- Chemotherapy and PCa

- Medical Cannabis

- Wellness, Fitness, Nutrition with Paul Schwann

- Breast/Prostate Cancer Connections

Our Mailing Address: 
PCCN REGINA - PO Box 37264
REGINA, SK S4S 7K4

Please email us at  <mailto:pccn.regina at gmail.com> pccn.regina at gmail.com if you have any questions.

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