If you are a man over 40, save Saturday, Sep 14 for a FREE PSA (Prostate-specific antigen) blood test.
Join us at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital, 556 Louise Street in Winchester from 8am-11am for a Prostate Cancer Awareness Clinic. Parking is free for clinic attendees.
Nurses, unit clerks and community volunteers will be on site to share information and give a simple blood test to monitor your prostate health. As in previous years, the blood tests will be taken in the chemotherapy unit, which is in the “outpatient registration” area of Winchester District Memorial Hospital.
Please bring your health card and a current email address (if you have one). Each participant will be registered by a unit clerk.
Part of the registration will include sending a link to your email to activate a myChart account.
There is a short video about PSA testing by Dr. Morash (Urologist from The Ottawa Hospital) that you will be asked to watch in the outpatient waiting room.
Participants will then come into the chemo unit and have their blood drawn (one tube) by a nurse. This blood will be collected in our computer system and sent off to the lab for processing.
With the hospital’s Epic system, participants who create a myChart account will be able to view their results online within about a week. Those who do not use email or myChart, will expect to have their results mailed to them within 3-4 weeks, as we have done in previous years. Results of the blood test will be automatically sent to Dr. Elzayat, our urologist overseeing the event, as well as the participants’ family physician to determine if any further follow up is needed.
As always, participants may call Claudia Gasper (WDMH’s cancer coach), Dr. Elzayat, or their family physician if they have any questions about the result of their test. These contact numbers will be sent via myChart message or regular mail post event.
This special awareness event is presented by the Winchester District Memorial Hospital with the support of the Ottawa Motorcycle Ride For Dad, the Nation Valley ATV Club, the Black Walnut Prostate Cancer Support Group, and Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa.
We hope to see you there as we fight prostate cancer together and keep families together.