I am writing this from a rig in the Gulf of Thailand, so forgive me if this one is rough around the edges. One hundred men on board. About half are over forty-five, so call it fifty. Here is where it gets interesting, because the numbers come in two parts and almost nobody separates them. About half of men in their fifties have an enlarged prostate. Seventy per cent by the sixties, around eighty per cent past seventy. But only about a quarter of men in their fifties have symptoms bad enough to bother them. So on this location, roughly twenty-five men have an enlarged prostate, and about a dozen of them are actually getting up in the night. The other dozen have it and do not know yet. That second dozen is the one I think about, because that was me. I had early signs for years and no idea, until a friend told me in an airport lounge. An enlarged prostate, not cancer. Worth saying plainly. From the deck I can see three more rigs and three production platforms. Every one of them carries a hundred people or more. That is seven or eight hundred people inside my horizon, almost all of them men. And there is a medic on board. He is thirty seconds down the corridor, he is paid to be asked, and in all the time I have been out here not one man has gone to him about this. The same thing happens at home, of course. The ballgame, the symphony, the pub quiz, the golf club. Half the men over fifty in that room, and silence. So here is what I want from you today, and it is not a lecture from me. I have had sixteen years to think about this and I still do not have a clean answer. Why does nobody talk about it? What is actually stopping a man from saying the words out loud? Tell me what you think below. I will read every one of them. https://www.skool.com/prostate-paladin-4886/about

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I have been posting stories to boost prostate awareness and I believe it is useful as a way to get the conversation started with our loved ones, but I was thinking I need to check to see what the community really wants. The topic is broad and every family is different, but at the same time every prostate is similar. I would really appreciate knowing what will be of most use to our members. Thank you all for participating. Alex