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Best wishes mate and hope the treatment goes well.
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Sorry to hear about this MW fingers crossed that the treatment goes well and you are soon fully recovered.
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mapperleywhite wrote:I would encourage everyone on here to read this article:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51263384

I have recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be having radiotherapy in the coming months.

My experience so far has been that people are shocked, upset by mention of the C word. But it really is very common, and absolutely doesn't have to be fatal if treated.

Here's a few random facts from my experience that may help in forming a perspective:

- My condition was detected via a blood test, so no sticking things where you might not want them to be.
- One experienced nurse in urology told me that in eight years only two men, both in their 80's, had the cancer return after radiotherapy
- My level of cancer is fairly mild and, statistically with all other things being equal, I'd live another 11 years (I've just turned 66) if it wasn't treated.

Personally my attitude is that I just have to 'get on with it' and I'm optimistic there will be a positive outcome. In myself I don't feel any different than before, although Mrs MW has commented I'm a bit more grumpy these days, which, honestly, I didn't think was possible :roll:

As an adult it doesn't matter what age you are prostate cancer is a possibility. If this message prompts just one of you to get checked I will be happy to have 'taken one for the team'.

PS: PM me about this if you want
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What a post, thanks for posting it. All the best with your progress, mate. I've a cousin who, as well as my next door neighbour, have been treated for prostate cancer but are doing well with it. It clearly hasn't been an easy journey for either of them but they're certainly getting there.

My GP basically orders men my age in for a prostate check which as MW says is a simple blood test. If you haven't had such a test, and are over 40, please check with your local surgery and see if it's time to get the check done 8-)
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Right, all you squeamish and slightly homophobic men out there : get real and get in touch with your body, or get someone else to do it.

About seven years ago I had a colonic.
I'd talked about doing it for ages to the girlfriend I had at the time and she - being the lovely, productive person she is - bought me a Groupon gift for a local clinic that specialised in the treatment.
I tentatively thanked her but forgot to book it.
She reminded me and said "Look, it'll be embarrassing for a moment or two but to the person shoving the tube up your arse you need to remember they do it all day, every day so they won't be bothered by the site of your backside".
She was right.
In the end, the therapist was a gorgeous eastern European girl who talked me through the procedure, showing me pictures of the digestive system, telling me how long it would take, and what the experience would be like. She then left the room, allowing me to strip and get into the gown before rolling over on a gurney with my arse sticking out. A fingertip of Vaseline and the job was done AND I DIDN'T FEEL A THING.
45 minutes later I ran the two miles into town to meet up with my girlfriend, not out of embarrassment but through sheer joy - I hadn't felt so alive in years.

I know that's not what a prostate exam is like but if anything it's worse because it's a much longer procedure.
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Not as bad as a colonoscopy. :shock:
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Hope everything gets sorted MW. Keep us up to date.
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Where I live in South London the NHS give you the opportunity to have a prostate screening (cameras up the bum live on TV) at the age of 55 and every 5 years after that.

Is that not a countrywide thing, it does not sound like it from what others have said?
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psquithy wrote:Where I live in South London the NHS give you the opportunity to have a prostate screening (cameras up the bum live on TV) at the age of 55 and every 5 years after that.

Is that not a countrywide thing, it does not sound like it from what others have said?
Not sure, but I would imagine so.
A bit like mamograms, isn't it ?
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A bit late but thank you so much to everyone for their good wishes both in this thread and PM's, it really does mean a lot.

I'd just like to point out a couple of things. Prostate cancer can be detected via a simple blood test at your GP, so not a big deal really. Whilst it is a cancer that develops slowly it is important to catch it before it spreads through the bones to other parts of the body where the outcomes can be much more difficut to treat and, of course, potentially fatal.

I will keep you posted about progress. The radiotherapy is scheduled for March, but at the moment I'm having hormone treatment which shrinks the prostate and makes the cancer easier to target. As I mentioned this does make me slightly more irritable and also has made me put on weight, something I REALLY could do wiithout :roll: :roll: :roll:

But overall in myself I don't feel any different to before and I'm enjoyng a good level of support, especially daughter dear who is a nurse.
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mapperleywhite wrote:A bit late but thank you so much to everyone for their good wishes both in this thread and PM's, it really does mean a lot.

I'd just like to point out a couple of things. Prostate cancer can be detected via a simple blood test at your GP, so not a big deal really. Whilst it is a cancer that develops slowly it is important to catch it before it spreads through the bones to other parts of the body where the outcomes can be much more difficut to treat and, of course, potentially fatal.

I will keep you posted about progress. The radiotherapy is scheduled for March, but at the moment I'm having hormone treatment which shrinks the prostate and makes the cancer easier to target. As I mentioned this does make me slightly more irritable and also has made me put on weight, something I REALLY could do wiithout :roll: :roll: :roll:

But overall in myself I don't feel any different to before and I'm enjoyng a good level of support, especially daughter dear who is a nurse.
Daughter's are a Godsend. During my recent problems, my two daughters have been fantastic. Look after her as she looks after you MW. :thumbup:
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