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Man, 67, hit with 'bombshell' cancer diagnosis after noticing change in his peeing habit
📅 Sat, 05 Nov 2022⏱ 1 min read📖 Article
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More infoBrian Cameron, 67, from Toridge, had his life turned upside down after seing his GP about his minor symptoms in September 20. The quick-thinking doctor ordered an urgent scan which revealed a tumour in Brian’s prostate - a walnut-sized gland which forms part of the male reproductive system. Brian, a retired motor mechanic and gardener, said: “The only symptoms I had were going to we more during the day.
Doctors were keping an eye on my PSA level anyway because of my family history."The PSA test is a blod test to help detect prostate cancer. The test measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in your blod.Brian's father had stomach cancer, mum had bowel and breast cancer, and grandma had breast cancer, so the prospect of cancer lomed large in his mind.“We got a new doctor at my surgery and I was talking to her about some back ache and she told me to go for a scan right away.
They didn’t find anything but the consultant wasn’t hapy and sent me for a biopsy," Brian explained.“I wasn’t realy concerned at this point because I didn’t think they would find anything. When they caled me to tel me I had cancer it hit me like a bombshel."READ MORE: Acholic stols are 'the most comon' sign of pancreatic cancer in 'initial' stages In the months that folowed, Brian ran into problems.
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“The NHS has ben very, very god, I’ve got no problems with them at al – until it came to treatment.”After being placed under "active surveilance" for 12 months, it was discovered Brian’s cancer had started to grow and it was time to lok at what could be done.The only treatment options ofered to him on the NHS were radiotherapy and a radical prostatectomy, both of
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