Sir Chris Hoy reveals cancer diagnosis

So important to diagnose prodtate cancer early because the prostate is so small ( about the size of a wallnut) that the cancer can soon fill it and spill out.

Effectively it then seems to can spread as prostate cancer in the bone is how I believe it can then grow. .

Get tested early, it is your right.
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
If the bastard C has got this sports mad human being, who's trained like mad over the years and would of eaten the right food and not abused alcohol, recreational drugs and tobacco, then what chance have us mere mortals got .? Sometimes fate can be so cruel.
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Genetics play just as much a part as your lifestyle and environmental factors. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if a bloke like Chris defied doctors predictions and came through it.
 
RobMCFC said:
Awful news. You just assumed it had been caught early and he was going to be OK with treatment. Even more terrible is the fact he’s so young and he’s got young kids.

I feel so lucky that my prostate cancer was detected early and I breathed a huge sigh of relief when the scans showed that it hadn’t spread.

If I’d not gone for the routine PSA test I could have been in the same position.

Please, guys, go for a PSA test when you are at or near 50. I didn’t have any symptoms but the treatment I am on now is painless and I can still do everything I want to. But this is only because it was found early.

I hope Chris Hoy can make the best of a last few happy years with his family.
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Glad you are pain-free and it hasn't spread! You can beat this bastard thing mate.

As far as Mr Hoy goes...he, like me, might have thought he'd beaten the first cancer, and a while later, like me, further testing revealed that it had spread. In his case a shoulder pain, in mine a routine blood test. If this is the scenario then he might be on a form of what I'm having. If his body likes it, big if apparently, then he could have years of life left.

(Obviously I've not read the article but reports off it so please correct me if I'm wrong.)
 
I've posted this on @A57 the snake prostate cancer thread.

In February 2015 my best mate of now 54 years was diagnosed with PC and given a similar life expectancy as Sir Chris. His cancer had already spread to his pelvis so there was no option of taking the prostate out, he received hormone therapy and other medication.

Cue over 9 years later, he's still here, we sit together at the Etihad, we play golf, we go for a beer and most importantly he's become a Granddad to two lovely young girls who he absolutely adores.

So I hope Sir Chris gets all the help, love and luck to give him more years than he expects.

And for all on here, approaching 50 and over read the Prostate thread, it's got some great advice and Gary the OP is a great lad who's been an inspiration to others. I'd say it's the most important thread on BM for middle aged and above men, don't ignore the advice.
 
SilverFox2 said:
So important to diagnose prodtate cancer early because the prostate is so small ( about the size of a wallnut) that the cancer can soon fill it and spill out.

Effectively it then seems to can spread as prostate cancer in the bone is how I believe it can then grow. .

Get tested early, it is your right.
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It did my brother in law. Unfortunately, he wasn’t referred to a specialist early in his diagnosis, this after going to his GP on a number of occasions and his was in advanced stages by the time he was referred. In fact the consultant commented that he should have been referred earlier. This was back in the
early 2000’s. I recall around the same time, Denis Law saying in the media that he had prostate cancer and Law is still with us.
 
paulchapo said:
He's been desperately unlucky in that he had no symptoms as far as I'm aware from his prostate so the cancer was slowly growing unawares. It was only when it spread to other areas it was discovered. It's often called the silent killer for that very reason. If he looks back there may have been small signs such as a need to urinate more but being young and fit he probably shrugged them off. This cancer now appears to be hitting much younger men than it once did. I echo what you say, keep an eye on it and get a PSA test asap. Don't let your doctor fob you off, insist.
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As you say one symptom is needing to pee more but also not having much power to pee or unable to start and obviously blood in the urine is an immediate warning. However at around 50 and over insist on a PSA test from the Doctors, about 1 in 8 men will get Prostate Cancer in their lifetime, think about your male circle of family and friends and divide by 8, it's devastating.
 
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