I need input from you:

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As some of you will know, I have written (and

recently updated) a booklet primarily aimed at helping newcomers understand the

details of their diagnosis and their options. It is called A Strange Place and

is at http://www.yananow.net/StrangePlace/index.html

From the feedback I have had it is well regarded by those who have read it.

I wrote the original, very much shorter, version

because I was touched by the problem faced by a daughter whose father had been

diagnosed and who had no cyber-skills. She wanted something to give him and at

this stage (about 10 years ago) there was nothing.

Since then I have distributed about 500 copies of the

booklet, free of charge, depending on donations to pay the cost, which I

have kept down to the minimum by having a ‘no frills’ approach and

using local photocopier/printers – the booklet costs me about $1.50 a

copy. It can also be downloaded from the site for people who don’t want

to wait for me to send a hard copy.

BUT…….some of the people (men and their

loved ones) who have the greatest need for information are not

cyber-skilled – they don’t know how to use the internet. How can I

reach them to tell them that there is some useful information which I’d

be happy to send them.

I have been toying with the idea of going for what is

termed POD – Publishing On Demand – but that in itself does not

solve the problem of delivery because although some POD publishers are linked

to sites like Amazon, it still requires internet skills to order them from

Amazon. It also pushes up the cost of each copy to about $12.00 with no real

gain, apart form the cosmetic look of a paperback v my simple booklet.

Has anybody got any bright ideas as to how I can get

the word out that this useful booklet is available to all at no cost?

I asked ’s

permission (which he gave me) before I posted this but also put it on some

other forums in the meantime. A number of people have suggested I contact

support groups – especially US-Too in the US and I will do that although my

experience with Australian Support Groups has not been positive. Of course, as

the men who have made this suggestion accept, most men who go to support groups

seem to go after they have had therapy and the ‘target audience is the

men who have been newly diagnosed to allow them a greater understanding of all

their options.

All the best

Terry Herbert

I have no medical qualifications but I was diagnosed

in ‘96: and have learned a bit since then.

My sites are at www.yananow.net

and www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za

Dr

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