PROSTrATE CANCER: The Misunderstood Male Killer

by Graham Sharpe

Overview

Prostate cancer really is the little understood male killer.

1 in 8 UK males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, more than 130 new cases are discovered each day and, on average, one man dies from the disease every 45 minutes. Despite these statistics, and the fact that there are getting on for half a million men living with, or in remission from, prostate cancer in the UK, the condition is rarely discussed publicly and most men ignore the warning signs.

Graham Sharpe wants to help change that.

Faced with a sudden and unexpected diagnosis, Graham managed - just - to overcome a desire to punch the medic charged with the task of telling him he had prostate cancer but who was keener to answer his mobile phone, and set about trying to catalogue what he went through en route to acquiring the condition and how he dealt with the grinding process of his treatment, despite having no idea of the ultimate outcome.

Along the way he met and befriended many others undergoing the physical and mental stresses of treatment, emotional turmoil comparable with watching their favourite football team lose every game they play.

In this intimate memoir charting his own personal experience of coming to terms with prostate cancer, Graham brings humour and a light touch to a serious subject. Combating the shortage of reading material written by anyone with direct personal experience of the disease, this book seeks to educate the ignorant, raise awareness of the risks and dispel myths - including the widely held belief that the name of the disease is in fact prostrate cancer.

Here's one man's personal truth about getting, having and possibly surviving prostate cancer...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857304636
Publisher:	Oldcastle Books
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

By Graham Sharpe

Graham Sharpe is 70 years old, without any discernible medical qualifications, other than personal exposure to acne, cartilage & gallbladder removal, oh - and prostate cancer. A journalist by trade, he made a name - of sorts - for himself by spending almost half a century publicising bookmakers William Hill, winning awards along the way, and creating one himself - the world's most prestigious and richest sports-based literary prize, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. For 60+ years a Luton Town and Wealdstone FC fan, 58 of those as a vinyl record collector, in which guise he wrote the well received Oldcastle title, Vinyl Countdown, Graham has been for 46 years married to long-suffering Sheila, been for 40 years a Dad of two, and for 5 years a grandfather. He hopes this is far from his last book...

Table of Contents

Foreword Sheila Sharpe 11

Introduction: In which I Prostrate Myself 13

1 In Which Ms McNulty Becomes My Heroine 15

2 In Which I Wonder How I Had Reached This Point 18

3 In Which the Problem Becomes Apparent 26

4 In Which I Receive a Spicy Welcome to LA 31

5 In Which I Start Betting with Myself 47

6 In Which I Disagree With Someone Wanting to Ring the Changes… Or in Which I Deal with a Ding-Dong 54

7 In Which I Avoid Telling My Best Mate What's Going On… 58

8 In Which I Become Gerry Emotional 68

9 In Which It's Ron to the Rescue - Are You Sure? 78

10 In Which Doubt Kicks in 93

11 In Which I Wonder Whether Matt's Finished by PC Criticism 101

12 In Which the Week Ends Positively 104

13 In Which I Feel Cornered 108

14 In Which The End is Near 115

15 In Which We Hear Ron's Story in His Own Words 123

16 In Which I Talk to a Still Grieving PC Widow 138

17 In Which My Best Mate Shows His Class 151

18 In Which I Have Ball-Ache 161

19 In Which I am Bruised by Nurse Gemma's Bloody Destruction 171

20 In Which I Suffer from Busted Clutch 183

21 In Which Covid Really Kicks in 192

22 In Which Nature Decides to Downgrade PC 195

23 In Which I Whistle Through More Treatment 204

24 In Which October Optimism is in Short Supply 214

25 In Which PC Makes November News 216

26 In Which I Prepare for a Crucial PSA Test 218

27 In Which I Hear My Fellow Sedgefielders' Experiences and Meet Dr Glum 226

28 In Which I Identify Prockstate Cancer 237

29 In Which I Hope for a Happier New Year 249

30 In Which I Wonder Why All the PC Charities Seem to Go Their Own Way 252

31 In Which I'm Fully Alarmed 256

32 In Which I'm Marching for PC 265

33 In Which I Step Up 271

34 In Which There is Hope that the Pandemic Could Benefit Cancer Treatment 276

35 In Which My MP Gets in Touch 283

36 In Which I Fill in Another Survey 290

37 In Which I am Less-Than-Sympathetic to a Scruffy Looking Chap 292

38 In Which I Surprise Myself by Turning Down A Second Jab! 296

39 In Which I Hear of Another Sad Loss to PC 300

40 In Which I Wonder How it Would have been Had My PC been Diagnosed during the Covid Era 304

41 In Which I Hear an Unexpected Story from a Work Colleague 307

42 In Which Water is Turned into Whisky 311

43 In Which Possible PC Pandemic Panic Pointed Out 314

44 In Which Bob Dylan Pays Tribute to a Great Cricketer 318

45 In Which the End may be Not-That-Nigh for Mount Vernon 323

Acknowledgements 333