Prostate Cancer Support, as a charity, has attended the Lymm Historic Transport Day for many years. On the recent stand we had two 1960s cars belonging to Phil and Richard, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the charity. The idea was that when people came to admire the cars it was that ’gotcha moment’ and an opportunity to talk about Prostate Cancer. It worked well!

For several years Chris and Sara, near neighbours of Phil, visited the event. Each year they dropped in on the stand with Phil asking Chris ‘have you had that PSA test yet’? Chris’s usual response was ‘not yet but I will’. Some four months ago Phil was driving home when Chris flagged him down saying ‘I want a word with you’. Phil, thinking he was in some kind of trouble got out of his car to hear Chris say ‘Thank you for nagging me’! Then Chris explained: despite having no symptoms (in-line with most men) he finally decided to go for a PSA test. The top of the scale for a man of Chris’s age is 4.5 ng/ml. Chris’s PSA was 10.5 ng/ml, so significantly elevated.

Scan, biopsy and diagnosis of early prostate cancer followed swiftly together with treatment at Clatterbridge.
His PSA now: 0.2 and all is looking good for the future.

A message from Chris ‘It’s only a blood test; get yourself checked and it could save your life.’