Stigma for Men With a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Good article, Traveltext. Thank you for sharing. My brother was diagnosed with breast cancer late last year. There is no genetic link to figure out why we both got this disease. He is Stage IIIB IDC. I am Stage IV occult de novo ILC.

Thankfully, my brother did not hold back on talking about his diagnosis with anyone. If they asked questions, he gladly answered. I cantimagine how frustrating it is for men.

Thank you so much.

I do have a question, if you don't mind. I believe you found out about the prostate cancer after your breast cancer diagnosis. Is there something my brother should look out for? I know this happens sometimes with men.

Unfortunately, my brother is not a reader when it comes to his diagnosis. We are total opposites. I want to know every little detail and control my care. He listens to the doctors and does what they say. Not that it's a bad thing, but it's funny how different we are.

He's 69, about to be 70. I will try to tell him without telling him. I don't want him to feel I'm telling him what to do. LOL. He's on top of his health, though, so I would imagine he gets the PSA every year with his physical, but I will try to ask in a round-about way.

I'm so glad you're doing well. I'm so glad I can read about men getting breast cancer so I can try to understand what he's going through.