Yes, at the tender age of just 46 years old, I got diagnosed with stage three (Gleason score 3+4...this always makes me think of a Saturday afternoon football results for some reason) prostate cancer. I am now heading uphill towards my fifty birthday and I am (thankfully) still here to tell the tale.
So, if you are reading this whilst waiting, just having received your diagnosis or knee deep in treatment I hear you! I have been there and got a t-shirt or two.
When I first got diagnosed I was s*** scared, I literally thought that was it and I was destined to see the end. I searched all over the place for answers to all of the questions that I had swimming round my head and found that there were plenty of subjects/posts about the medical elements, not so much about the reality of what I could expect of my prostate cancer journey that lay ahead.
I am now on a different path and thought that it was time that I share what I have learnt/experienced/been told or gathered from others that hold the prostate cancer club card.
You can find mine (and others like mine) journey here: https://prostatecancer.substack.com/
Stay safe, strong and remember that your journey will be unique to you (and to confirm, not medical advice from me, go get that from someone that has been officially handed a stethoscope!)