Support Group Meeting Headlines & Other News 4/8/2008
On March 26, Mary Hughes, an Advance Practice Nurse presented, “You Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’ to the monthly Proton Therapy Center support group meeting of approximately 15 men patients and their wives. Mary is a member of the M.D. Anderson Psychiatric Service with long and meritorious service with the clinic. Mary Hughes APN
The MD Anderson Clinic has many facets to it’s approach to cancer treatment and for every month I spend reporting, I find new services available to us. The Psychiatric Services was one of them. It deals with consequences of cancer and treatments that affect patients in areas of depression, sleep problems, anxiety, personality changes and memory problems. Behavioral techniques and medication may enhance the quality of life for patients and their family members.
The topic Mary presented was so complex that I hesitate to even headline it. I included the presentation for your convenience and suggest you take a look at it. It’s probable that the sexual aspects of your life were not changed as a result of having proton therapy treatment but if it did change and you want to do something about it, the way to get referred to the Psychiatric Service for a consult is to contact your nurse at the M. D. Anderson Proton Center and ask to be referred to the services and Mary Hughes. A PDF copy of the presentation. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
Updates and Additions. We continue to work on the web site to make improvements and making sure that visitors understand that while we are patients of the treatment program and provide information for others on the same journey, we’re exclusively patient-sponsored and not affiliated with M.D. Anderson Cancer Clinic Proton Therapy Center.
Update to Side Effect Papers
Ban wrote a general paper on Erectile Dysfunction ED General Discussion that we’ve placed on the site. It is more comprehensive and represents a good bit of work by Ban. The photo album was edited within the last week.
Another Man’s Journey
In looking for more material for the newly diagnosed man and information on the Hitachi equipment used in the Proton Beam Center, I made contact with one of the first patients of the clinic, Dr. W.A. from Baton Rouge. Dr. W sends his greetings wanted you to know that he’s doing very well. He led me to a video of him and his wife produced by Hitachi while a patient at the Proton Center.
A Short Survey
Ban and I and the team would really like to hear more from you and I thought that a form would make it easier. You can fill it out anonymously if you like and you can e-mail us directly if you dislike surveys.
In gratitude
PalJoe
