Genre: Memoir
Description:
“One Man’s Journey is a short trip down the path on the fight against
prostate cancer. This is the author’s story about his battle against a cancer
that afflicts thousands of men each year. It is a down-to-earth telling of a,
hopefully, successful skirmish he has fought in his war against a cancer every
man fears, but few understand. He has months, most likely years, before he can
be declared cured, but he lives with hope. Take the journey with him along the
early part of his fight.
This is not a medical journal, nor is it a technical manual. In easy
to understand language the author hopes to acquaint the reader with what occurs
when a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, and what that diagnosis means in
his life.
All proceeds from the sale of this book is being donated to the fight
against prostate cancer. It is hoped that eventually medical science will find
a simple cure to this dreadful disease.”
Author:
A writer all his life, J.R. Wheeless was writing a weekly column for
his local newspaper as a high school senior. His writing was more personal for
a lot of years, journals he kept for himself and such, but in 2015 he published
his first book and he has had several since then, some fiction, some
non-fiction, some novels, some short story collections.
Appraisal:
An interesting read that most middle age or older adult males could
benefit from reading. (The women in their lives could benefit as well.) While
it doesn’t get the attention that other forms of cancer do, the author points
out that roughly the same percentage of men get prostate cancer as the
percentage of women who get breast cancer. Making sure your doctor is doing the
appropriate blood tests as part of your annual checkups and addressing any
potential issues early can make a big difference. While a quick read the author
does a lot in giving a feel for the experience he’s gone through, his less than
perfect (according to him) interpretations of some of the medical issues and at
the end lots of sources if you’d like to dig deeper into the subject.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 20-25,000 words