Free copy of "Surviving Prostate Cancer" by Walsh available

Just bought the new 3rd Edition of "Surviving Prostate Cancer".  So I am offering my 2nd Edition copy completely free of charge including postage to the first person who sends me an e-mail.  Would love to see it in the hands of someone new to PC.  It was the primer I used even before I was diagnosed.  My copy is 4 years old, well read, but in excellent and clean condition.  Just want to pass it on to the next person.  I found the book to be a great help and primer on the subject.

No strings attached, first come, first served.

David in SC

Well, one string, due to postage costs, only available to U.S. members

David

Can you give us a sense on what changed between the editions? I have the 2nd Edition and was thinking about getting the 3rd Edition myself.

Thanks
Bud

Bud,

Haven't even opened the box from Amazon yet, will scan read it this afternoon, and give a review of any substantial changes. I know it helped me, read it at least 2x before I was fully diagnosed, so at least I knew what was being talked about when the dx. came in.

david

ziggy9 - kind of a harsh opinion about a book that many few is one of the best primers on the subject, especially for someone newly diagnosed. Covers pretty much the full spectrum of PC from A-Z. But each is own.

Must say, Ziggy that I concur with your take on the book. I also had some email conversations with the author and was even less enthused by those.

Perhaps you didn't notice that I was responding to Ziggy?

I don't appreciate the hi-jacking of a harmless thread to give away a book to you critics of it. It was simply an honest offer to give away an important book on the subject of Prostate Cancer to someone new to the disease.

If you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it. This thread isn't here to critique the book, show a little class.

david in sc

if no one wants it fine, i will donate it to my urologist's office, thanks you.

think you are still missing the point, it was a simple offer to give away what many consider a good beginner's book, wasn't meant to turn into this.

if any moderator is handy, you got my ok to lock this thread.

david

thanks, 1370. hoping a new comer here might like it. no shortage of places to donate to, my urologist's office has a library of free books for patients, it will go to his collection if no taker here.

GOP, give it a break. or start your own thread on why you don't like the book, its that simple.

it's not censorship, its a way to stop an innocent thread from getting out of hand, like this one has become

GOP, I have no problems with you or your posts. I view everyone here as an equal. Differing opinions is not a problem with me, the posters getting emphatic on their opposition to the book wasn't appropriate not because of the opinion, but as to the nature of the original thread - my thread.

I am not a Walsh worshiper. I respect Dr. Walsh, and his book was one of the earlierst complete primers on the subject. There are other great PC related books out there, I have read most, if not all, of the leading titles. Like all books, a person gleans the good, discards the rest, I am no different. As a surgery guy (about to have my 9th PC related surgery), I appreciated Walsh's overall opinion, and though he is a reknowned surgeon, he still presents other treatments in a fair manner. I did not detect any heavily-surgery bias in the book, and it stands to reason, surgery is still the number one primary treatment for prostate cancer, for good or for bad.

The moderators do a good job on locking down when they feel they need to, or when a poster requests it. I don't like confrontation in my real life, I am a man of live and let live with people, and I sure don't like it when things get out of hand here on-line. There's just no need for it, most of us have enough to deal with in our personal PC journeys as it is. I know I sure have the past 4 years.

No hard feelings from me, I never hold grudges, just not my nature.

david in sc

Hijacking a thread is considered impolite and improper, and we have been known to edit, delete, and lock threads where it has happened. That is not being a "censor".

There is no objection to a simple "I did not find the book useful" if the subject were "what do you think of Walsh's book", but it isn't. There is a waiting list for the one copy I gave my local library, and I have never sent anyone there to look for it.

I don't worship Walsh, nor Scardino, nor Moyad, nor Cleveland Clinic, but I suggest that folks read all their books. My uro really dislikes Walsh - his complaint - there is so much information that the patient freezes, and refuses to make a decision, which allows the situation to get worse.

I work under the philosphy that if you understand the multiple sides of a question, you have a better chance of making an informed decision. If it were not for a copy of the Walsh book that was given to me at diagnosis by some friends, I would have simply said "hack away". We do grow up believing we should trust Policemen, Firemen, and Doctors. As it was, I did choose surgery, but only after a lot of questions generated by the book.

To apply full disclosure, I have met and talked to Scardino and Moyad, but not Walsh.

I'll hold off on the requested lock for now, but ...

The Walsh book is pretty thorough in discussing the technical aspects of surgery. It is pretty good in speaking to what happens in advanced PC cases, but the advanced PC treatments have changed rapidly so that the 2nd edition is no longer complete. Moreover, given that today's typical diagnosis is a low risk case, Walsh does a disservice by not stressing strongly enough that typical patients should slow down and thoroughly question whether their unique case truly needs aggressive treatment. Nobody in the typical low risk category should read the Walsh book (2nd edition) alone; the Scholz book "Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers" is recommended as a companion read.

David, does Walsh do a better job for low risk men in the new 3rd edition which you now have?

That was a quick delete - get the jab in, then edit the post.