The couple from Leicestershire describe how they faced cancer together. “It was completely against the odds that we got together,” recalls Mo, a retired head teacher who is 70. “I wasn’t supposed to be out. I’d had hip revision surgery and was on crutches, but I was getting stir crazy. I went along to a […]
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BPC patient David Abel, aged 62, describes how having an AUS fitted has changed his life. “I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009. We knew the cancer had spread into some lymph nodes and I was warned that if prostate cancer is understood as “tigers” and “pussycats,” I had got the tiger. My PSA […]
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When Richard Rollings had an elevated PSA result in his forties, he was initially told he was too young to get prostate cancer. Yet further tests revealed he did have the disease and five years later, Richard speaks about the need for prompt action and early diagnosis. “I noticed something wasn’t right: I’d get the […]
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Keith Padbury was one of the first patients to have a PCA3 test, a new genetics based assessment of prostate cancer risk five years ago. He has benefitted from advanced assessments which mean unnecessary biopsies are avoided. Keith describes his own experience and how an elevated PSA result does not inevitably lead to a biopsy […]
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Robert Sayer discovered he had prostate cancer in the middle of a relocation from the Midlands to Cornwall. He describes how a friend suggested he went to BPC and how Robert and his wife Yvonne received vital support from another couple they had not met before, but who had a shared experience of prostate cancer and wanted to help. […]
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Michael Denyard explains how fortunate he feels that his prostate cancer was identified early and to have effective treatment with no side-effects whatsoever.
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Ruth describes her experience of painful bladder syndrome, enduring many years of chronic pain and seeing many doctors before the condition was finally diagnosed and treated at BPC’s Bladder Clinic. “I have had pain, especially around the time of my periods, since my early teens. It was thought to be due to cystitis but once […]
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When Martin Raybould was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, his future beyond two years was uncertain. But today – more than five years since that diagnosis – his cancer is stable. Mr Raybould explains how he copes with advanced disease and how the outlook for men like him has been transformed in recent years. “We […]
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Overactive bladder and urge incontinence do not just affect older people. Caroline Mills was only 25 when this distressing condition started. It would take many years – and a huge amount of determination – before Caroline had effective treatment with specialist bladder surgery. “I was 25 when it all started. An urge to go to […]
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Glyn Wootton had GreenLight laser treatment in September 2006. The operation successfully treated a painful infection which Mr Wootton had endured for two years. “I developed an infection while being treated for a lymphoma. I was then left for a full two year period on antibiotics Ciprofloxacin, which kept the infection, Pseudomonas, at bay but […]
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