this time last year i lost my grandad to prostate cancer, this week a friend has been taken in to hospital with it too so this is for you two and if it encourages others to make the checks so it can be caught early then it's been worth it if anyone wants to donate please click my link in my signature. cheers :tophat:
Sorry to hear that M8, luckily it has never affected me, I'm glad I am able to contribute though just by growning a fury slug.
I was diagnosed with early prostate cancer in in March this year, and after considering the treatment options I went in for surgery in May and had a radical prostatectomy. The post op histology showed it was slightly worse than the pre op biopsy, but it was all contained so is now completely gone. But the surgery does have long term side effects, one being incontinence. Difficult to live with, but better than cancer I am very grateful to my GP who spotted the symptoms early enough and sent me for tests. So I advise all you guys over 40 to go get a PSA test 8)
I had to visit the docs a few years with a prostate problem so they thought. I now know where it is and how they check it. Just a shame my doctor had tree stumps for fingers. Not a pleasent thing to go through. He did assure me that he did it several times a week.
