A bit slow on the uptake here...

October was breast cancer awareness month, November is prostate cancer awareness month.  We probably all know someone with this invisible, silent killer of men though they may not tell us.  I certainly know a few now and have known a few in the past.

Movember is a slightly quirky thing to grow a moustache for a month (Google the word you'll find our more) in aid of the charity and to raise awareness.

One of the things for men having chemo is loss of their facial hair, which if they are bearded or moustachioed must be very hard to deal with.  We think of the psychological impact on women of hair loss but not that on men.  To be able to choose to be clean shaven or not is something most people will never think about unless/until that choice is taken away from them.

I have to confess I'm not a beard/moustache fan but I'm glad that people are taking up this challenge, if only for 30 days...