Movember is important because it raises awareness about men's health issues, including prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health, and suicide prevention. By encouraging men to grow facial hair during November and sparking conversations about
Dear Mo Bros and Supporters: Putting myself out there as a poster boy for invisible illnesses and toxic exposures secretly impacting men's lives. Even if I don't end up with a single dollar of donations showing on my own page, perhaps I can help in that way. The big picture is what is important.
(Legal disclaimer: Contact me about privacy before using my name or pictures beyond sharing this post, but probably it will be fine; I am already posting elsewhere about advocacy, awareness, and life recovery work for complex chronic disease and toxic abusive relationships, including the interplay between the two, so in that sense it's not like it's a medical secret or anything that I have both.)
My youngest uncle passed from prostate cancer, my father is a survivor and statistics show my brother and I, as well as many other men will deal with this issue.