Urology 2021
Peer support is vital to managing prostate cancer
It can be challenging at times to talk about incontinence, but support groups can help you to realise that you are not alone. I can still vividly remember the time when I first realised that I had become totally incontinent of urine. It was four weeks after my radical prostatectomy and two weeks after my … Continued
Urology 2021
My stoma saved my life from bladder cancer
There are just over 10,000 cases of bladder cancer in the UK each year₁. It can be easily treated if caught early, yet we rarely talk about this type of cancer and its symptoms.  David, 75, a retired Bomb Disposal Operator from Clevedon was diagnosed with bladder cancer in October 2020. He knows only too … Continued
Urology 2020
COVID-19: providing support for men with prostate cancer when the foundations are shaking
The current COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented pressures on the health service, and big drops in cancer referrals. As the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, the drop-in referrals mean that there are potentially thousands of men with clinically significant prostate cancer who could be cured, but who may now not be diagnosed until … Continued