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This organization is founded by Jan Manarite, award-winning advocate & educator since 2001.  Website is expected to be up and running in March 2024.

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  • Every Drug has 2 Names
    Jan Manarite, Your PC.help (adapted from PAACT 2015 and Cancer ABCs 2023) If We’re Going to Share the Decisions, we Must Share the Language. From antibiotics to chemotherapy, every drug has a brand name and a generic name. For the patient, this can be confusing, especially when trying to research a treatment,  which is essential in developing better questions, and essential        in Shared Decision-Making with physicians.  If we are going to ‘share the decision,’ we must share the language and share the information. Sometimes research is harder than it should be for the patient or caregiver. The chart to theContinue reading “Every Drug has 2 Names”
  • HYDRATING for Advanced PC Treatments
    Take the Quiz! (below) Jan Manarite, Your Prostate Cancer.help (3 minute read) Did You Know?* Soda/pop doesn’t hydrate you well. 8 * New research – caffeinated drinks don’t dehydrate you as much as previously thought 1* Alcoholic Drinks dehydrate you 14* These foods help hydrate you 2, 10 : My husband, hydration, and the oncology nurseWhen my husband was going through various treatments for mCRPC (metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer), I remember one of the oncology nurses saying that most advanced/metastatic patients come into clinic “a quart low”.  She said many treatments dehydrate patients a little or a lot, and ifContinue reading “HYDRATING for Advanced PC Treatments”

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