Earlier in the month I had my latest appointment where I would get the latest PSA test. This was the first after my 0.17 reading had enabled me to dodge the radiotherapy bullet. I had been hard at work, eating like a monk and hitting the gym three times a week. That was until I got an injury. I injured my shoulder and got into a conversation with a trainer friend. She suggested that I needed to go and see an Osteopath, it could be serious. I thought it was trivial and only massage worthy. She gave me the details of one that she has either used or knows well.Read More »
Category: prostatectomy
99. Is That An X-Ray or A Gamma in Your Pocket?
Another appointment at Guys hospital. It had changed a bit since I was last there. Many people were still wearing masks but the table with the security guard handing out the mandatory masks had gone. So had the many hand sanitisers dotted around the first floor. I have to admit even after my second tussle with the dreaded Vid a couple of months back I can count on one hand the last time I used a mask.Read More »
98. Unfortunately, Every Silver Lining Is Part of A Cloud That Has or Will S%*@ On You.
This was going to be a very different type of talk to the standard Prostate Cancer Awareness talk. This was for a hospital, up in north London and it was for a group that already had prostate cancer. Once I looked at the map, I then realised that it was actually in deepest, darkest, north west London and I would need to take the day off. And so the journey began….Read More »
94. A Little Respect, Just A Little Bit
There are many great partnerships in the world. Rock & Roll, Laurel & Hardy, Cops & Robbers, my belly and Haagen Dazs. The list goes on. One terrible partnership is stress incontinence and coughing fits.
Not going to have much fun with that one.Read More »