Review: One Man's Journey by J.R. Wheeless

 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