Once again it’s that time of year. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM) is upon us. Not that you’d know that if you were watching professional sports, TV news shows, or even read most blogs and news websites.

Next month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month  and it will be all boobies all the time. In and of itself I have no objection to that, but it seems that EVERY month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

What you will see this month on TV is that it’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I like kids, I hate the idea that kids can get cancer. Hospitals and research centers working to cure all forms of Childhood Cancer do great work.

Do they have to make it the same month as Prostate Cancer awareness month?

Enough grouching.

The Kilted to Kick Cancer folks seem to have stopped doing stuff around the time of the Covid pandemic, so it doesn’t look like they are running their contests. Too bad, as they were a fun group of men running a fund raising event.

If you are so inclined Zero The End of Prostate Cancer also does fund raising, including various Walk/Run Events.

It’s not a competition, but remember that Prostate Cancer kills more men than does Breast Cancer Women.

While the Digital Prostate Exam is an unpleasant yearly ritual, the good news is that the PSA test which only requires a blood draw is appropriate for most men. Discuss that with your Primary Care Provider and pick the one that works best for you.

It’s time that men started to take care of themselves as much as we work hard to take care of others.