Yesterday, one of the other prostate cancer online communities, affiliated with a different patient nonprofit, emailed funders and advocates, boasting about their total patient engagements for 2019...."almost 500 new discussions started in the area of treatment options, prompting over 5500 new replies. When patients and caregivers started 148 discussions about being newly diagnosed, they received more than 2500 replies from fellow patients, who supported and educated them."
All communities on all platforms have helpful potential. In 2019, our community saw 5,654 new discussions prompting 93,685 replies. Eleven times the number of posts and seventeen times the number of replies that others are bragging about. I've broken these numbers down by communities, below.
You all are great. You have created one of the world's largest and, by far, the world's most active online prostate cancer communities. You've saved lives, you've increased happiness, and you've challenged the world to create better treatments and tests. Please feel proud and gratified. Celebrate with the drink of your choice and by inviting our brothers and sisters to join us.
In 2019, our online communities:
Advanced Prostate Cancer:
Posts - 4700
Replies - 85394
Erectile Dysfunction Support:
Posts - 82
Replies - 504
Prostate Cancer Network:
Posts - 452
Replies - 5117
Prostate Cancer And Gay Men:
Posts - 302
Replies - 2133
Active Surveillance - Prostate Cancer:
Posts - 75
Replies - 336
Prostate Cancer Caregivers:
Posts - 43
Replies - 201
Summary of my journey to a treatment decision
AI and Prostate Cancer
Cancer Free 13 Months - Wish to Stop Lupron This October (Will Be 2Years)
New to group; very high PSA; headed for da Vinci surgery
To SpaceOAR or not to SpaceOAR. That is the question. 
