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Welcome to Prostate Paladin — You Are in the Right Place 💙
Hey, welcome — really glad you are here. My name is Alex. Sixteen years ago a friend pulled me aside in an airport and told me I had a prostate problem I didn't even know about. I went home, opened a browser, and found almost nothing useful — some medical jargon, a few scary headlines, and no one talking to regular people in plain language about what any of it meant. So I started building the thing I couldn't find. Prostate Paladin exists because prostate health affects every man — and the people around him — and yet it is one of the least talked about topics in most families. The men won't bring it up. The families don't know how to start the conversation. And the internet is so full of noise it is hard to know what to pay attention to. That ends here. Here is what you will find in this community: Prostate Basics — clear, plain-language information about what the prostate is, what can go wrong, and what is normal at every age. The Conversation Corner — practical help for partners, children and families who want to start the conversation but aren't sure how. Symptoms, Tests & Diagnosis — what the tests mean, what the results tell you, and what questions to ask the doctor Treatment Options & Real Stories — what is available, what others have experienced, and how to move forward with confidence. Before you do anything else — grab your free copy of the Quick Family Guide to the Prostate. It covers the basics, includes the IPSS symptom test, and has a doctor checklist you can print and take to the next appointment. It is a good place to start. Follow this up with the other guides - to the DRE and the Signs Families Miss. The Guides are in the Classrtoom Tab at the top of this page - They are all Free One thing I want you to know: you are probably here because someone in your life has a prostate issue — and they are not talking about it. That is one of the most common situations in this community. You are not alone, and you are not overstepping by wanting to know more.
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Clarkson got checked in time to catch it early. Have you been checked?
Wanted to bring this to the community because the message is get checked, do not wait. I read that Jeremy Clarkson, 66, has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. He told the two men he works with on his own show, and he said something that stuck with me: it is aggressive, but it was caught early. Aggressive and early do not usually go together. One is bad luck. The other is the bit that gives a man choices. He did not catch it early by being tough. He caught it because he got checked. A test, a biopsy, an answer - while he still had time to act. You all know my story. Sixteen years ago a friend at an airport told me I had a prostate problem I had no idea about. I have thought about that moment a thousand times since. Somebody looked, and it changed everything. I started to learn. Then I realized nobody was talking about it, everybody wants it to go away. It will not go away, and the only way to be sure is to get checked. So here is my question for the community, and I mean it honestly: when did you last get checked? And if it has been a while - what is actually stopping you? No judgement here. I just want to hear it.
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Prostate Paladin Newsletter - week 2
This week I pulled three more prostate stories out of the news. A famous man, John Barns, who wanted to add his voice to the fight. Jyoti Shah - NHS surgeon's comment on prostate cancer. And the Cancer Society of Barbados, where more men are coming forward for testing. Same topic, three stories, and what happened. It is good to see more conversations surrounding the prostate. The full newsletter is in the image. Have you ever had to raise this with a man who did not want to hear it? How did you get him to talk about it? Tell me below, you will be helping somebody else.
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PSA Test or not Test - why do the experts disagree?
Something worth chewing on this week. Two of the biggest cancer organisations on the planet looked at the same prostate test - the PSA blood test - and landed on different advice this year. ESMO, the big European cancer society, leans against giving the PSA test to every man across the board. Their worry is that screening everyone also picks up slow cancers that were never going to do harm, and then some men get treated for something that would have left them alone. The AUA, the American urology body, keeps the PSA as the front-line test, used inside a proper conversation between a man and his doctor about his own risk. When I first read that, my instinct was to ask who is right. But that is the wrong question. They are both right, for different men. The experts are not confused - they are weighing the same test for different lives. Which is the whole reason I keep saying knowledge is armor. Nobody can hand you a clean yes or no on this. You have to understand it, know your own body and history, and decide with your doctor. Be the man who asks the question. I am not a doctor. But I would rather understand the test than be told what to do with it. Just remember that a single PSA test, if high can be misleading, you need to establish a baseline to be sure. So I will ask you straight: would you rather know, or not know? And what is making you lean that way?
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Find men where they already are - not where you want them to be
Quick one that made me think this Men's Health Month. We spend a lot of time talking about why men avoid the prostate check. The fear, the embarrassment, all of it. But the real wall for most men is simpler than that. It is just deciding to go. Booking the appointment. Taking the morning off. They never get past that step. Some groups have figured out a way around it. They stop waiting for men to come to a clinic and instead set up where men already are - a church, a community hall, a weekend rally. Suddenly the man who would never book anything says, alright, it is right here, fine. Nobody lectured me into checking. It took a person and a moment at the airport to realize I might be suffering from BPH - not just getting older. So here is my question for you. If there was a screening event near you this month, who is the one man you would bring along - and what would actually get him in the door?
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