Movember
November 21st, 2008
Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a charity event held during November each year.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants, known as Mo Bros, then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their Mo (Australian slang for moustache), raising money and awareness along the way for men’s health and the fight against prostate cancer.
Why?
Men lack awareness about the very real health issues they face. Many feel they have to be tough – “a real man” – and are reluctant to see a doctor about an illness or to go for regular medical check ups.
The aim of Movember is to change these attitudes and make men’s health fun by putting the Mo back on the face of American men while raising some serious funds for the number one men’s health issue, prostate cancer
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1. Dpcbb | November 21st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Hey Mr Geeding! Didn’t know you were a fellow Mo Bro!
http://www.dchristian.net/main
2. k | November 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
True story before my prostate cancer scare (blood test showed possible problem) and there was a definite mass id’d on ultrasound. For weeks I’d stagger into the bathroom pee an ounce or two after much effort and go back to bed. Wifey says,”You ARE going to the doctor. What was wrong with me to ignore that? It’s not normal and I’m smart enough. I’m still at risk after drug treatment and will probably get prostatic ca before other guys but not yet…
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