“It's made me realise that life is for living – you only get one shot.”
A man who discovered he had prostate cancer “just in time” is urging others to be aware of the disease before it is too late.
Ian, from Clarkston, said: “Having no symptoms and being so young I never thought I’d get prostate cancer. Every year, Ian had a check-up that included a PSA blood test. One year his PSA levels increased significantly and in 2018, after a thorough investigation, he was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. He had no symptoms.After undergoing a prostatectomy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy, he is now cancer-free.
Ian shared his story to back a campaign by Prostate Cancer UK, after the charity’s research found that almost two thirds of men do not realise that early stage prostate cancer often has no symptoms.