I am a 53 year old male living in Enfield, North London.
I am married with three children, Kate aged 23, William aged 21 and Hannah aged 19.
I am a primary school head teacher. I have been a teacher for over 25 years and a head teacher for 15 years.
The history of my illness
I underwent a biopsy on Friday 13th March 2009 which diagnosed an aggressive cancer (gleason score 8/9) which had spread beyond the prostate itself. A bone scan and MRI scan revealed that although the cancer had not entered the bone it had entered the lymph nodes.
I have been prescribed hormone therapy in the first instance to reduce the lymph node activity.
Some people have asked me if I had been a “typical man” and just ignored the symptoms, but that is far from the truth. The reality is that I take my health seriously and had a health “MOT” check when I was 50 which showed no problems. I had planned to have a general checkup every 5 years. I have never smoked and although a bit overweight have not had a particularly bad diet. The symptoms I have had have been very slight and certainly did not change rapidly over the intervening 3 years since that MOT check. That the cancer could become so aggressive and spread so far in three years is a shock, and for me, a source of real unresolved anger (check out the post “It’s not my fault!” ).
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