{"id":11305,"date":"2025-04-11T09:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T23:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/?p=11305"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:16:35","slug":"one-mans-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/one-mans-story\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;One Man&#8217;s Story&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;One Man&#8217;s Story&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h2>Important Message about Prostate Cancer<\/h2>\n<p>PC is one of the most common cancers affecting men, especially as they age. It&#8217;s crucial to understand the risks and take action early. While the exact cause of prostate cancer is still unknown, certain factors can increase your risk, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Age<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The risk increases as you get older, particularly after the age of 50.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family History<\/strong>: \u00a0If your father or brother had PC, your risk is higher.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet and Lifestyle<\/strong>: \u00a0A poor diet, obesity, and lack of exercise may contribute to an increased risk.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms:\u00a0 <\/strong>Being aware of the symptoms urinary problems like frequent urination, difficulty starting or stopping urination and blood in the urine.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Early stages of PC often have no symptoms, which is why regular check-ups are essential, especially if you fall into any high-risk categories. Talk to your doctor about screening options like the PSA test, which can help detect prostate cancer early when it&#8217;s most treatable.<\/p>\n<p>Taking control of your health by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, staying active, and keeping up with regular screenings can make a significant difference. Don&#8217;t wait until it&#8217;s too late &#8211; take charge of your health and discuss your PC risk with your healthcare provider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;One Man&#8217;s Story&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having stumbled across the connection between low PSA and having PC, made me look further and found that an MRI was the best method to determine if I had PC, or not. Given my recent journey with the disease I thought you may be interested in viewing two [one short &amp; one longer] versions that encourages all men, say over 60yrs of age to take control of their prostate health and think about the option to have an MRI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short\u00a0Version: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/u7959837.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.E7-2FK-2FAN2wM10irjhoexcs1gIB4HbiFruVLSSIwC8YpiChMRxThSkzbHinOr35uEZ7NcC_oYo8kLt0rYcs-2BsKFaAJbLjBP05a57voQweV1sVWOjtro5st3F1H332dkdcVt5zW8nlGwVO9S8yTEn0ZA4WXsyiqcyaerLtRLSTQqUZKKA2rwqUrhPxqFo0CG1LBDD-2FaS5-2FPRjVoHUI6Zcz-2B3Z-2FoOLInTie5ky91iseYQXHPgkstfVX-2Fpp1Z5bhaMK6hBsTUi-2FVCO64UpuwPLNI6c3hRL1PqqVwztb06B1g5TDP1Fo1-2BOB6pIoYGBzS9pT1kVeV9BFrAH9iIizZYb-2FrtgB2hiwhC1FnvNZD772PPFG4X6WB77q7mfKFn7FkxfeEE9YJq-2B\"><strong>One Man&#8217;s Story<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Long\u00a0Version: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/u7959837.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.E7-2FK-2FAN2wM10irjhoexcsw59nfFbdWUoG0plc-2BwXJEAlqbFvhymHYV49B5KR9MSh-8gw_oYo8kLt0rYcs-2BsKFaAJbLjBP05a57voQweV1sVWOjtro5st3F1H332dkdcVt5zW8nlGwVO9S8yTEn0ZA4WXsyiqcyaerLtRLSTQqUZKKA2rwqUrhPxqFo0CG1LBDD-2FaS5-2FPRjVoHUI6Zcz-2B3Z-2FoOLInTie5ky91iseYQXHPgksvllvNAWzKcBWCMFHkdpTnQ7NiBrHaEyEE5YHfx2yaZHlJ1wpFzucbPgveoHXfNJ1TIIoQYlktlw-2FJBKFooXvAhghanjv-2Fv4HKhYad6c-2FERp2fHz8SgFrt3VVK1KWfefhpEwucr0nplFuDIhNMgWhMq\"><strong>One Man&#8217;s story<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Poynting<br \/>\nPRESIDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One Man&#8217;s Story&#8221; Important Message about Prostate Cancer PC is one of the most common cancers affecting men, especially as they age. It&#8217;s crucial to understand the risks and take&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/one-mans-story\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-gradient\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/04\/one-mans-story\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read More\">Read More <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1915,"featured_media":11322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-login-notice","category-members-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11306,"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11305\/revisions\/11306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strathfieldgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}