Prostate Cancer Informative Speech

Cancer today is the biggest disease on the cultural map, bigger than Aids, Cystic Fibrosis or Spinal Injury, bigger even than those more prolific killers of men – Heart disease, and Strokes. Prostate Cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men.
Nobody knows what a man goes through when he's diagnosed with prostate cancer, except for the man himself. It's like being hit head on by a bus: getting up and walking away as if it didn’t happen simply isn’t possible.
As the initial shock and fear set in, many people try to beat the illness with a positive attitude. Of course, you must take some time to let what has happened sink in. As you soak it all in, however, do not stand there too long. Be diligent as you move past the shock of the diagnosis. Your road may be a long one, it may be a short one, and it may be a network of spaghetti-like motorways that requires the patience of a Buddhist monk. You will forge your own path.
The mind and body will undergo much suffering, including side effects of the medications
Every human being is entitled to an 'absolute right' to life. We are rarely in direct competition with anyone (or put differently, there are far more people we do not compete with than those with which we do compete).
There is no "One Size Fit's All" treatment for prostate cancer. All you can do is learn as much as possible about the disease and the many treatment options available and discuss them with your specialist doctor. We are informed that there are over two hundred different types of cancer, some minor and some less advanced, but in my opinion, there is only one type of cancer: the 'bad' cancer, because each type can cost a life. I was asked once how I held my head up so high after all I've been through. I replied that it's because no matter what, I'm a survivor and not a