Movember is over for 2014, after raising another $70 million worldwide. Pretty good. Movember makes fundraising and giving almost fun. Tens of thousands of men all over the world grow, or try to grow, a mustache for the month of November. It has worked. Hopefully all that money will improve and expand prostate cancer research, support, and educational programs.
I joined the fray, donated, and didn't shave or trim for more than a month. Unfortunately, I didn't look much scruffier at the end than at the beginning. Maybe I'll let it grow for another year and see if it looks better then.Private donations for cancer research, such as the Movember program, seem to be on the rise (that's good) as public funds diminish (not so good). Add to that low participation in cancer clinical trials, the slow process of clinical trials, and the high cost of medications of the successful meds, and you have a mixed result. At best, two steps forward and one step backward. Sometimes it seems more like one step forward and two steps backward.
More men with prostate cancer are surviving longer with a better quality of life--I'm one of them. That's a direct result of research, clinical trials, and good medical choices. I'd still like to see a cure. Maybe more of us should grow a mustache next Movember.
axman
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