Movember

Welcome to Movember !

Gary here, posting for the first time. This month has now officially been renamed Movember, a whole month dedicated to getting men to look after themselves and take a bit more care with their health.

The idea is to grow a mo for the whole month, use it as a talking point with your mates (or, in my case, customers as well) and raise awareness of some of the important health issues affecting men. For more information and the opportunity to take part go to http://www.movember.com/ .

The main health issues being publicised are prostate cancer and male depression. If you are a man over 50 talk to your doctor about getting your prostate checked - it could save your life.

For men of all ages depression is a major issue that affects something like 1 in 5 of us. If you think you may be experiencing depression PLEASE talk to someone about it - wife, girlfriend, mates, doctor,boyfriend - doesn't matter who, just talk. For some inspiration check out this link http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10412742

I'm having a go a growin' a Mo - and I'll post a photo for you all to laugh at very soon...