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He won't ask for directions, so why would he ask about his prostate?
Something I keep coming back to.
The same man who will circle around for 40 minutes rather than ask for directions - that is the man we are trying to get to talk about his prostate. It does not compute.
And honestly? I get it. I was that man. I had no idea there was anything going on with me until a friend pulled me aside at an airport. I did not bring it up. I would not have brought it up. But, once it was pointed out to me and I looked into it, I realized I had been experiencing the symptoms for a while.
So when people in this community ask me "how do I get him to talk about it?" - I always say the same two things.
Do not ask him to open up. Give him information instead. "I read that most men over 50 have never had a PSA test." That is a door he can step through without it feeling like a confession.
And tell him someone else's story first. "I heard Dave's wife got him checked and they caught something early." He will shrug. But it will sit with him. Men process things quietly, on their own, later.
You are not going to get a big conversation out of him.
But you might get him to make one phone call to his doctor.
That is enough.
Has anyone here found something that worked to get the conversation started? For me it was done by a friend, and I am glad he did. I would love to hear other openers that work. So we can share with everybody here.
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