Announced he has prostate cancer...

Here's hoping they have caught it early and he makes a full recovery.

Always struck me as one of the good guys...

Ho-ho...yes!

thought it was an RIP thread... good luck to Jimmy hope he gets through this ....

he announced this a year ago didn't he ?

Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:55 pm

he announced this a year ago didn't he ?

You're right...

So it was... just popped up on my news feed? Strange that...

Treatment must be going ok if it's twelve months since...

My doctor explained to me that prostate cancer works so slow that someone of Tarbys age would probably die of old age first. Ian Mckellan has had it for years and won’t have treatment. I had a scare about 15 years ago but turned out it was not cancer but I found out a lot about it. Not nice but very curable if caught.

Winner Takes All was imo one of the best game shows ever

https://youtu.be/QnMX5f_kEWE

houseboy wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:25 pm

My doctor explained to me that prostate cancer works so slow that someone of Tarbys age would probably die of old age first. Ian Mckellan has had it for years and won’t have treatment. I had a scare about 15 years ago but turned out it was not cancer but I found out a lot about it. Not nice but very curable if caught.

I was diagnosed with Prostate cancer 10 years ago at the age of 59
My Urologist said that he had some not good news and some good news for me.

The not good news was that I had Prostate cancer and the good news was that at my age I would very probably die of something else before the Prostate cancer got me.

And 10 years later after 4 horrendous Biopsies and numerous Scans I am still here

Hopefully, he fully recovers to take up his new role as Liverpool coach

mkmel wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:45 am

I was diagnosed with Prostate cancer 10 years ago at the age of 59
My Urologist said that he had some not good news and some good news for me.

The not good news was that I had Prostate cancer and the good news was that at my age I would very probably die of something else before the Prostate cancer got me.

And 10 years later after 4 horrendous Biopsies and numerous Scans I am still here

I had two biopsies. They are shite aren’t they? Actually technically they are the polar opposite of shite in a way.

houseboy wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:25 pm

My doctor explained to me that prostate cancer works so slow that someone of Tarbys age would probably die of old age first. Ian Mckellan has had it for years and won’t have treatment. I had a scare about 15 years ago but turned out it was not cancer but I found out a lot about it. Not nice but very curable if caught.

Curable if caught early enough, particularly if it hasn't escaped from the prostate gland. I was diagnosed with it after attending one of the first screening sessions at Turf Moor organised by Barry Kilby.

There are quite a few other posters on this site who I have got to know who also were diagnosed with it.

I remember being in an office at Burnley General with the senior MacMillan Nurse at the time, she was confirming to me that I had it, her exact words were.......
"If you were told that you had to have cancer but given the choice which type you were going to have then prostate cancer would be the best type to choose".....

Might seem to be an unusual statement but she went on to explain that it was a very slow moving cancer and so I had every chance of beating it, particularly as I was in the early stages.

That was almost 5 years ago and my consultant, who I have been seeing every 6 months, is very hopeful that he will be able to discharge me later this year.

Targetman wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:13 am

Curable if caught early enough, particularly if it hasn't escaped from the prostate gland. I was diagnosed with it after attending one of the first screening sessions at Turf Moor organised by Barry Kilby.

There are quite a few other posters on this site who I have got to know who also were diagnosed with it.

I remember being in an office at Burnley General with the senior MacMillan Nurse at the time, she was confirming to me that I had it, her exact words were.......
"If you were told that you had to have cancer but given the choice which type you were going to have then prostate cancer would be the best type to choose".....

Might seem to be an unusual statement but she went on to explain that it was a very slow moving cancer and so I had every chance of beating it, particularly as I was in the early stages.

That was almost 5 years ago and my consultant, who I have been seeing every 6 months, is very hopeful that he will be able to discharge me later this year.

Super news Targetman. Glad to hear that. The sad thing about prostate cancer is so many blokes die from it (about 10k a year last I read) because they are too proud (for want of a better term) to see a doctor after they turn fifty or if they start having ‘problems’ at night. The screening sessions at the club may well have saved lives. Get yourselves checked out chaps.

good to hear the good news stories about this horrible disease.

and get well soon jimmy!

my PSA blood level was 89 when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 16 months ago.The last blood test i had last week was less than 1.
Apart from 3 monthly hormone injections for another year and regular PSA blood tests that is it hopefully.
I had 8 weeks of daily radiotherapy and I have been very lucky.
Only advice I can give is go get a check up, I didn't and thank God i am so lucky.