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Brett Josloff
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Target: $3,000
raised $20,497 since 2016
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Prostate cancer

Fourteen years ago, my Father was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. He was 69 years old at the time of his diagnoses. My family was optimistic that he would beat Prostate Cancer for several reasons. First being, that he caught it early, and secondly that he wasn’t your average 69-year-old. At the time my dad looked more like my older brother than my father. He played tennis every day, and regularly competed in USTA senior tournaments with lots of trophies to prove it.

But that optimism quickly faded shortly after his surgery to remove his Prostate Gland. The biopsy results came back with a Gleason Score of 8. A Prostate Cancer Gleason Score or Grade helps to determine how aggressively the prostate cancer is likely to behave both in how quickly it grows and how likely it is to spread outside of the gland.

The long-term survival rate with a Gleason Score of 8 or higher isn’t good.
His doctors strongly recommended a round of radiation therapy to the Prostate Gland bed and surrounding tissue. All I could think about was how sick the
radiation was going to make my father.

To my surprise and everyone else, it barely slowed my father down. He would go to radiation therapy one day and the next morning be out on the tennis court with his team, showing no side effects whatsoever.

After the first round of radiation therapy was completed, he continued to be monitored with quarterly PSA tests. Within 6 months his PSA levels started to rise leading to discussions of hormone therapy. This was not a favorable option for my father due to the severe side effects which basically would take him from being a super senior to an inactive geriatric man.

To him it was all about the quality of his remaining life and time with his family.
In the end it was his decision, and he chose not to pursue any further treatment.

After a year of slowly rising PSA levels and “my families anxiety levels as well”, I received a phone call from him saying, “my numbers have gone down, and the lab actually ran the test twice to confirm it wasn’t a fluke”. The Dr. said, “what are you doing”? He replied, eating steak, drinking vodka, and playing tennis…in other words enjoying life! The Dr.’s advice was “keep it up and I’ll see you in 3 months.

I’m happy to say my father did just that, for another 14 years!

On July 2, 2022, my father lost his courageous battle against Prostate Cancer. He defied all odds, and it never broke his spirit! I miss him every day. But I know he’s no longer in pain and reunited with my Grandparents, Great Uncle Sollie, Uncle Barry and Aunt Sharon.

I’ve participated in the Movember fundraising effort for the last 6 years, as a tribute to my father’s fight against Prostate Cancer, as well as his unwavering fighting spirit.

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SURPRISE!!!

This week, we’re hosting a fundraising competition with HUGE prizes! The teams who fundraise the most between November 17-21 will win a generous boost to their team totals:

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A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors, Huron and Arm, for making this incredible opportunity possible!

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30 Week(s) Ago
Movember Business Club USA

SURPRISE!!!

This week, we’re hosting a fundraising competition with HUGE prizes! The teams who fundraise the most between November 17-21 will win a generous boost to their team totals:

First Place: $7,000

Second Place: $4,000

Third Place: $2,000

Seven Runners-Up: $1,000 each

A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors, Huron and Arm, for making this incredible opportunity possible!

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If you have any questions, need support, or would like to share updates on what your company is doing this Movember, we’d love to hear from you. Just email us at mbc.us@movember.com

Thank you for being a part of Movember!

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Movember Business Club USA

Thank you to all the companies/teams in the US Movember Business Club Challenge!

We appreciate everything you do for your workplaces, your communities, and for driving meaningful impact for men’s health. Your leadership, creativity, and commitment truly make a difference.

If you have any questions, need support, or would like to share updates on what your company is doing this Movember, we’d love to hear from you. Just email us at mbc.us@movember.com

Thank you for being a part of Movember!

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