Online Support Meetings
In our monthly online meetings, we offer help, hope, and perspective to men with prostate cancer, their families, and friends. We are men living with prostate cancer. All meetings are free and informal, open to anyone affected by prostate cancer. ​
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We have 2 types of meetings, one for those who are newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, and one for those with an advanced or recurrent diagnosis.
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​You may join us via Zoom at any time. We listen, suggest, and share, but we do not offer medical advice: that is the role of your own medical team.
Newly Diagnosed
Prostate Cancer Support Group
2nd Tuesday of the month,
5pm - 7pm Pacific Time
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Come prepared
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Learn some basic terms
You've just received a diagnosis? You are anxious? Confused? Scared? In the Newly Diagnosed group, Ira Kaget and Dr. Charles Metzger, men with long years of practical experience with prostate cancer, talk directly with you about your specific diagnosis and options, so that you can navigate the sea of information and take charge of your cancer.
Advanced/Recurrent
Prostate Cancer Support Group
4th Tuesday of the month
5pm - 7pm Pacific Time
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Talk to others
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Learn about your options
The Advanced/Recurring forum is intended mainly for talking about advanced prostate cancer - cancer that is recurring, resistant, or that has spread outside the prostate.
Although the conversation deals mainly with advanced stages, many people at all stages of the disease find it instructive and reassuring to hear about the impressive advances in management and treatment being made all the time.
Talk, Learn, Support One Another
Sharing
These meetings help each of us become more educated about our disease and so we become better able to exert greater control over it. But the meetings are more than that. You will find that others do care, and the meetings are an opportunity to help deal with your anxiety, your fear, your pain, while becoming better informed medically.
In a Safe Place
In a safe, caring place, we all have an opportunity to openly share our experiences, our concerns, ideas and questions. The Prostate Forum of Orange County neither supports nor endorses the positions or opinions of individual attendees, and of course personal attacks or disparaging personal remarks are not tolerated. What we do offer is an open forum where, within limits, various viewpoints are presented. You can speak freely.
Together
We are all volunteers, helping one another. You can help too.​
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Volunteer: we can always use help running the Forum - organizing, writing, notifying, maintaining the site, editing videos, reaching other men. Let us know if you can contribute your expertise, talents, energy or time.
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Donate: No one is paid but we still have expenses, for memberships, for services, for mailings, and so on. Your contribution, online or by mail, is needed and welcome.
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Subscribe: Join us in meetings, tell us how you are doing, what's working for you; let us know if you have found some new or interesting resource, something that will help our understanding and treatment of prostate cancer.