Help Others by Sharing Your Experience

Patients at the Prostate Cancer Center at Saint Joseph's are encouraged to share their story of prostate cancer with others who can benefit. Learning about the experiences of others can be very helpful to men as they struggle to deal with the reality of prostate cancer treatment decisions, post-treatment expectations, and long term concerns. It can be a source of support and encouragement in an otherwise stressful and difficult time.

Read Prostate Cancer Patient Stories

Consider sharing your story. Please provide the following information to be considered for inclusion on this web page:

• Full name (Please indicate if you wish for only your first name to be used)
• Daytime phone number
• Email Address
• Physician name
• Date of diagnosis or treatment at Saint Joseph's Hospital
• Optional: Photo (jpeg format) if you wish one to accompany your story. By sending a photo, you agree that the PCC  may use it on this website (www.gaprostatecancer.org/prostate-cancer-patient-stories) for this specific purpose.

All submissions will be considered but all will not be included due to space limitations. Please read submission criteria below:

• Story of a patient (or caregiver) experience relating to prostate cancer care at Saint Joseph's.
• 1,000 words or less.
• Original work (no part of the story is borrowed or reprinted from another source).
• Stories that are most helpful have some emphasis on: 1) What made your experience at Saint Joseph's (or with your medical team) a positive one?  2) How did your experience differ from what you may have expected before treatment? 3) Something you wish you were told before treatment that helped in some way after treatment;  4) "Lessons learned" (hindsight).

Please email all submissions to Renee Sevy-Hasterok, LMSW, Patient Navigator at the PCC at rsevy@sjha.org for consideration. By sending your story, you AGREE that the PCC can post it (and edit, if necessary) to the PCC website (www.gaprostatecancer.org/prostate-cancer-patient-stories) for purposes of support.

Last Updated: October 14, 2010 (RSH)