Pints for Prostates
July 8, 2008
This month’s Beer Advocate is one of the better issues they’ve had. They have one story that is about how great Midwest breweries are: In particular, Michigan breweries. When I read something like that I always get excited.
One of their monthly features that I really enjoy is Advocate This. It is a page set aside for causes that are either political or personal. This issue’s Advocate This was written by Rick Lyke . His story is even more interesting to me because I have a co-worker who is going through the same thing. Rick Lyke, just found out this year that he had prostate cancer. Luckily he found out early because he was able to take a prostate-specific antigen (PSA). He had the surgery and he is doing fine. Two weeks after surgery he even felt good enough to go back to work.
Rick credits early detection for beating his cancer. He was concerned that not getting the word out on the importance of PSA testing is costing some of the over 230 thousand men diagnosed each year their lives. So he decided to create Pints for Prostates. It is a cooperative campaign between people who sell, make and promote beer as a healthy beverage. Their goal through advertising and product placement is to make men aware of the benefits of PSA testing.
Congratulations Rick Lyke on beating cancer. I hope that anyone who ever has to take on that foe can do the same.
For more on Rick’s story check out http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/ or just click on his name above.
Posted in Beer News
September 16th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
i saw this website in Beer Advocate and loved it. i love beer and am new to home brewing and cannot wait to take it further. My father and all my uncles have had prostate cancer at least once and they love beer too. my uncle ken is and father are porter/stout-fellas (though they are tall and skinny, hehe) and my uncle john is a wheat drinker (the prior two call it girly beer). i love IPA’s and smoky stouts and porters… dry hop it and i am there to try a pint. perhaps i digress. they all take part in a cancer study with the Cleveland Clinic regarding a “cancer gene.” for some reason i see myself taking part in this study as well… hopefully to show there is no gene in this family. Good luck to you all. a wonderful and inspiring story, indeed. may all your PSA numbers be low, low, low.
Are there t-shirts available? i was unable to find anything on this site about wearing any promotions. you should think about that, because i would love to get all the guys in my family, including myself, a shirt with this on it.
sincerely,
Mark Ehrman