Simon C

Here's mine.

http://www.movember.com/m/1630192

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iTrader: (1)

One week in and how are you all getting on? Mine is certainly looking ginger!

GIBZY

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Check my sig for mine. The chopper is deffo coming on a bit.

AsifScoob

Wonder if this will work, as my link looks different...

http://mobro.co/Asif101

Asif

AsifScoob

Yes it does.

How do you link to others' pages??

Thanks

Asif

CREWJ

Mine is coming on ...... slowly, to say the least

Got all the merch now so been plastering the office with posters and badges etc...

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Looking good guys!

Funkii Munkii

Movember ?

I'm looking forward to Fanuary

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Bump for the last few days of Movember. I've ended up with the muskateer look Pics are on my mo page http://mobro.co/MikeWilby

The Dogs B******s

Looking gay guys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ooops i mean 'good'

GazTheHat

If you laugh or say WTF, you must leave £1

http://uk.movember.com/mospace/953316

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Now that puts mine to shame!

DCI Gene Hunt

I suggest a user name change to GazTheTash

Leslie

It cannot be emphasised enough that if you detect something about yourself that you are uncertain about then you should certainly get it checked by the doctor, even if you are afraid of what he might find.

Your chances of surviving cancer are so much greater if it is detected early and treated before it has a chance to take hold and to spread in your body.

Its a hell of a lot easier to put up with an operation in the first place than to be too late and have to put up with a lingering and painful death.

It costs nothing to go to see a doctor after all!

Les

GazTheHat

ronjeramy

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It's that time of year again, I've never grown a tash before so I thought I'd have a bit of a laugh for a good cause and grow one, and make a bit of a tw@t of myself.

CREWJ

Did this last year and raised a shed load of money.

GIBZY

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This is my third year running. And i love the fact that i can give something back while looking like a berk.

Heres my page if anyone wants to donate

http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1103272

ronjeramy

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Good thinking, my page is MoBro.co/mikejop feel free to make any donations

Cheers

john banks

I was wondering last year and thought I'd ask this year why we need to raise awareness of testicular and prostate cancer? What would raised awareness achieve?

ronjeramy

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Getting more people to get checked and to check them self for lumps and bumps so to speak.

john banks

OK, so moving along the sequence/consequences of awareness, if we get men with no symptoms examining their ********* or requesting prostate screening, we would hope it would have been shown to do more good than harm? Without that evidence, would funds be best spent on other messages?

ronjeramy

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I don't know John, your probably in a better position to say? I'm right in thinking your a GP? But knowing what a lot of blokes are like with personal things, is it not better getting it checked out rather than leaving it till its too late? isn't Testicular Cancer the biggest killer of adult men?

john banks

The evidence for testicular self examination and prostate cancer screening is poor, so I do not recommend either. Testicular cancer is very rare, I examine ********* and request ultrasounds frequently and it only feeds the anxieties of the worried well, I've not picked up (or missed) a single testicular cancer in 10 years as a GP which doesn't mean it doesn't need thought, but the elephants in the room for men are smoking, diet, exercise, alcohol. Prostate cancer is very common, but early diagnosis can do more harm than good as only a small proportion die from having it and many more have to be harmed with nasty investigations and treatment to save one life, and you can't tell in advance of treatment who you are going to save. The worried well frequently ask me for testing and I advise against it unless they have symptoms or family history, but I give them the choice. The racial groups more at risk are not represented in my practice population, but I don't think there is evidence for screening them either.

I'd put the money into research on more accurate screening for prostate cancer, maybe the programme does this, but raising awareness seems an odd thing to do when a link between awareness cannot be made with doing more good than harm when you look at the consequences down the line.

Perhaps it seems an odd way of looking at it, but well intentioned or apparently commonsense ideas such as raising awareness might be a waste of time, effort and money?

jef

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ive listened to a debate on a recently discussed topic of "over diagnosis" for breast cancer screening techniques. is that similar to what you are saying john?

GIBZY

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Such a shallow way of thinking. If it was not making a difference then why would so many millions of men contribute to the cause?

What would you Health Care CEO like to see the money spent on?

ronjeramy

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My Wife had a mild form of Cancer(BCC) last year, which she lost a small part of her ear, not particularly pleasant and 4 operations, but she has the all clear now. We're expecting our first child next year so we're over the worst and getting on with things again. i just feel like i want to help the cancer cure cause and do my bit

john banks

Yes jef, especially so in that the evidence for prostate screening is even less favourable.

GIBZY, do you think that making healthcare decisions based on evidence is shallow and that instead we should make them on the basis of popularity?

jef

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i kindof see the benefits - for me, knowing my personality - ignorance is bliss tbh. Although i could see why some would disagree.

ultimately if screening doesnt reduce "quality" life then i personally wouldnt be screened. But suppose its a personal choice. didnt realise the over diagnosis problem covered other cancers.
investment in screening techniques would seem a positive move however, if it results in real world benefits.

john banks

It is a personal choice, but with no national screening programme it tends to produce a scattergun approach where the worried well ask for screening after awareness campaigns, raising expectation which is then deflating to oppose.