We hope that everyone enjoyed the Holiday Season and is ready to tackle the New Year. Just a reminder that we do not meet in January. Watch for details of our February 11th Support Group Meeting in the coming weeks.
No Support Group Meeting in January
January 11, 2020 By
December 2019 Support Group Holiday Meeting
November 29, 2019 By
Join us for our December Support Group Meeting, Tuesday December 10th @ 6:30 p.m., as we host our Annual Holiday Season get together at the Hospice of Windsor & Essex County. The event is open to members of the support group as well as family and friends. Guests will enjoy a varied table of good eats and Holiday treats, while being entertained by the seasonal sounds of the Hospice Band.
Please confirm your attendance (number of people and the dish you are bringing) by email to Jim Fair – jgfair50@gmail.com – by December 5th at the latest.
Donations of canned goods would be appreciated to support local food banks.
October 2019 Support Group Meeting
September 29, 2019 By
For our October Support Group Meeting, we welcomed back our Guest Speaker, Andrea Simone, who presented her findings regarding emotional needs of men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Andrea received her BScN from the University of Windsor and has been employed full-time since 1991 at Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, MI. Her experience has been in the inpatient and outpatient care setting treating urology patients for twenty-four years specializing in post operative care for robotic radical prostatectomy patients. Most recently, in 2017, she accepted a position in the Quality and Safety department at Henry Ford Hospital, specifically specializing in Sepsis outcomes and education as it relates to Core Measure government data.
In 2006, she initiated and implemented the first educational group classes for couples recovering from prostate cancer treatments for the Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI). The focus had been on continence and penile rehabilitation and assisting men and couples in attaining a full recovery after treatment for prostate cancer, therefore, enhancing quality of life. This teaching has been expanded to other communities including Windsor and various organizations both voluntarily and frequently as a guest speaker.
She enjoys being part of a team that provides comprehensive patient care and attention to psychosocial-emotional needs of patients and their significant others. Andrea has been a guest speaker for TIMM medical, Ambulatory Nurse Council, St. Clair College, Windsor-Essex County Prostate Cancer Support Group, and the Urology Nurses of Canada (UNC) in Ottawa (2014).
September 2019 Support Group Meeting
September 6, 2019 By
Our September 2019 Support Group Meeting provided an opportunity for us to catch up with our fellow members and share our summer memories. We also heard from a few of our members who spoke about their Prostate Cancer journeys and their experiences with the various treatments available to battle this disease.
Thank you for sharing your stories!
No Support Group Meetings in July or August
July 8, 2019 By
Just a reminder that we don’t hold Support Group meetings in July or August. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, September 10th @ 7:00 pm at Hospice of Windsor-Essex County. Further details will follow.
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June 2019 Support Group Meeting
June 3, 2019 By
For our June 2019 Support Group Meeting, we welcomed our guest speaker Tim Brady, Pharmacist and Owner of Brady’s Drug Stores in Essex and Belle River.
Tim was elected to the Ontario Pharmacists Association (“OPA”) Board of Directors as a District Representative in June 2016. He has been a member of the OPA Insurance Committee since 2013 and has been a Board member with the Essex County Pharmacists Association since 2005 (he served as President from 2010-12).
A graduate of Ferris State University with a BS in Pharmacy, Tim is the pharmacist owner of two independent pharmacies in Essex County. Prior to opening his own pharmacy, Tim worked locally as a Pharmacist for a number of years.
Tim was the lead pharmacist in the “We Can Quit” program for smoking cessation, and a member of the 2011 Rotary District 6400 Vocational Training Team to East Timor.
His talk covered topics such as “Medical Cannabis as an Aid in Prostate Cancer” and the latest medicines related to Prostate Cancer, Incontinence, and Erectile Dysfunction. Our thanks to Tim Brady for this down to earth talk on Sex, Life, and Prostate Cancer.
May 2019 Support Group Meeting
May 8, 2019 By
For our May 2019 Support Group Meeting, we welcomed our Guest Speaker Diane Mulcaster, RN BScN MHS, Training Facilitator for Windsor-Essex Compassion Care Community. Diane is a Registered Nurse with over 40 years of experience working in both hospital and community settings. She completed a Master’s Degree in Health Studies at the age of 59 and believes in lifelong learning and growth. Currently Diane works with the Windsor Essex Compassion Care Community and conducts various types of group workshops.
Diane’s topic was “Strategy to a Happy Life”. Her talk touched on coping with anxiety, loneliness, and depression as it relates to Prostate Cancer patients.
April 2019 Support Group Meeting
April 4, 2019 By
For our April Support Group Meeting, we welcomed our Guest Speaker, Dr. Siyaram Pandey, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Windsor. He obtained his PhD from Jawaharial Nehru University (Delhi) and the Center for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, did postdoctoral training at McGill University, worked at National Research Council as associate and Research Officer before joining the University of Windsor in 2000.
Dr. Pandey’s research is focused on apoptosis (cell suicide), which is central to various aspects of human health including neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. He has published more than 84 research articles, and has 5 patents. He was the President of Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada from 2013-2015, is currently the Founder Director and CSO of the Windsor Botanical Therapeutics Inc. Toronto. His group is known for their discovery of the novel natural anti-cancer compound Pancratistatin, and Dandelion Root extract which is in clinical trial for blood cancer patients. His group in collaboration with Dr. Arnason’s lab at the University of Ottawa has pioneered discovery of different novel natural extracts with very selective anti-cancer activities.
Teaching and research are Dr. Pandey’s passion. He has been awarded Teacher of the Year award two times (2004 and 2007), Mayor’s Innovation Award, City of Windsor 2017, Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching 2007, Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman, 2016. This award is given to non-resident Indian at the House of Lords, London UK by NRI Society of India. Faculty of Science Performance Award for 2014, and Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for Outstanding Young Scientists 1992. This is India’s most prestigious national award for young scientists and only 1-2 people receive this award every year in Biology.
Dr. Pandey and his team have been working since 2005 on pancratistatin, demonstrating its cancer-killing properties. He spoke to us about his team’s ongoing research into the anti-cancer effects of Dandelion root and lemongrass extracts in human prostate cancer; interaction with standard chemotherapeutic drugs, and the possibility of using them as adjuvant with standard chemotherapy.P
Thanks to Kingsville Public School!
March 12, 2019 By
Our thanks to the students and staff of Kingsville Public School, home of the “Kingsville Cobras”, for their generous donation of the proceeds of their Movember Spirit Day! We will ensure that your funds are put to good use in the local fight against Prostate Cancer. Great job!
March 2019 Support Group Meeting
March 8, 2019 By
After our February 2019 Support Group Meeting was cancelled due to poor weather conditions, we were very grateful that Stacey Dusik agreed to join us as the speaker for our March 2019 Support Group Meeting. Stacey is the Operations Manager of the OR and PACU at Windsor Regional Hospital, Met Campus. Stacey has been in a management role at Met campus for the last 4 years. She was involved in the development of the DaVinci robotic surgery program at WRH Met campus. She was able to work with the surgeons, nurses, Cancer Centre, Men’s Health Program and Intuitive (robotics company) to develop a robotic surgery program for the community of Windsor/Essex County. Previous to her roles at WRH, Stacey was at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Her role was that of a first assistant and assisted Urologists in over 3,000 robotic surgery cases. Recently, Stacey was able to successfully complete her Master of Nursing Leadership at the University of Windsor.
November 2019 Support Group Meeting
October 30, 2019 By
For our November Support Group Meeting, we welcomed our Guest Speaker, Dr. Tom Deklaj, MD, FRCSC.
Originally from Windsor, Dr. Deklaj obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Toronto (2003) and performed his Internship and Urology Residency at Dalhousie University, Halifax. He is a Certified Specialist in Urology (2008) and also holds a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Urology Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery from the University of Chicago.
Dr. Deklaj is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, an Endourological Society Fellow and a member of the Canadian Urological Association.
Dr. Deklaj spoke to us about Androgen Deprivation Therapy as it relates to the treatment of Prostate Cancer.
