Happy belated Birthday George.
It is a pleasure reading your posts, you sound like a genuinely nice Gent and a real fighter. Long may the ‘battle’ continue.
I really hope everything goes well for you at the Hospital.
Hope you are still progressing as well as you can George. As for myself I am back at home now convalescing.
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The best of luck David, they have obviously found it early and can take out the cyst with no future problems. Thanks for bringing it to the notice of the members on here, if, as you say, they just take the time to have the check done it will 90% of the time prevent the prostate becoming cancerous. As my thread subject says “I took the warning signs to late” please all don’t make the same mistake.
George
The operation went well and, surprisingly as I was ■■■■■■■■ myself at the thought of an epidural, I now prefer this to a general anaesthetic. Back in the room and doing fine for nearly 3 days then, wham! The most excruciating agony I have ever experienced in the whole of my 65 years, blood clots in the bladder. These caused violent contractions akin to childbirth (my mother-of-three Dutch nurse’s words 
) 8 or 10 at a time every 5 to 10 minutes - for 12 hours. 
It started at 4pm and didn’t occur to anyone to put me on a painkilling drip till around midnight so it was just as well there wasn’t a handy pill bottle or windows that opened no more than 6 inches at the time.
Anyway the doc came and took out the tubes in the morning which eased the situation even though it meant a trip out of bed to the bottle every 5 minutes.
He operated again on Saturday and, epidural again, I watched the whole journey around my insides on the telly in complete comfort. 
Felt so good by discharge time on Monday that I drove the motor home 50 kms myself. Did need an emergency handbrake stop, belt already off, door open into a layby at one point to avoid a wet patch on the new upholstery though. 
He pulled a stone out of the prostate, and clots out of the bladder, but thankfully no signs in either of anything worse, so, as the point of this thread was
Don’t leave it too late to check - the doctor’s finger is your friend. 
No apparent side effects so far either. One of the ‘possible after effects of prostate surgery is - (dan, dan, darr) erectyle disfunction’.
Had an ■■■■■■ thought while laying there, as you do, and I can tell you the result of that with a double barrelled pipe up your urethal canal brings tears to your eyes (but then joy to your heart ).
Bon Courage, George and JB. 
Pleased to here all went well David
Good luck for the future
Nice one david i hope your on the mend.
George your an inspiration to fight it with such humour and courage.
I admire you(not in a girly way though )
glad you have come through it all ok David though you did end up as a stiff
As you might gather I am back from my stint in hospital, it seemed my platelets
were virtually non existant so I had a blood transfusion and then I was put in isolation (much like being at home) I am going to a Macmillan meeting next month in Gatwick which hopes to raise awareness of cancer and it’s impact on patients and carerers. I will be taking all my DWP correspondance so they get a good laugh The health minister is going to be there and I have been asked to put forward a question any suggestions
Hope you are all taking notice men fellows and as David says
Don’t leave it too late to check - the doctor’s finger is your friend.
Safe journey
George
Thanks Angela, JB and George. And you’re right JB, an inspiration who almost makes me feel ashamed banging on about my discomfort, but we must get the message over.
Advice for the minister? How about my slogan in heavy type, the one you chose to repeat, for a campaign, if only on posters in the doctors’ surgeries?
I cede to you the copyright to pass on - gratis.
Hi Everyone Just to let you know I am doing fine, I will be allowed out next week which will be great, but the real reason I am posting today is to let you all know about Monday.
On Five Live between 6-9 in the morning on Monday either myself or the widow of a friend of mine will be on the morning show regarding Fuel Poverty and cancer sufferers. At the moment we get no help for heating bills even though we feel the cold more than a healthy person, and as we are mostly on goverment benefits we are not eligable for any extra fuel allowance.
This is part of the Macmillan campaign and I am proud to be considered to put our case across. So if you get the chance to listen please do and phone in to back us.
Thanks and safe journey
George
Nice to hear you are doin fine and out next week
Will try to remember to listen in and you should get help with the heating as like you said you feel the cold more than most
i’ll be listening george only from 0730 though so don’t go on too early.
i know where you are coming from regarding the cold, its been nice around peterborough all week and i’ve been getting funny looks with a jumper and bodywarmer on while everybody else is in a t shirt, i’ve never felt the cold so much in all my life.
keep up the good work.
nice one this morning george,
well put and like nicky campbell, said very articulate and well done.
Thanks Steve, I have had a really crap weekend and I was awake at 3am with the pain but I could not take any Oramorph as I would have been out of my tree when they called . I took it as soon as I had hung up and have now just come round enough to post. I hope you are stiil doing ok and lets hope some good comes out of today.
Sorry George, I missed it what with the time difference and all. 
I spent some time finding 5 live as it isn’t on my list and when I got there, I think, there was just some bird on a rolling advert for all the stuff they do so had to go back to radio 4. 
All the best mate, thinking of you.
Hi everyone
After my bit of fame on the radio I did an interview with The Sunday Mirror and a local paper on the Macmillan fuel poverty campaign both of which were printed and the response was better than expected. I went to the conference in Gatwick on Monday and managed to get my views across regarding the little help cancer sufferers and other terminal illness sufferers get from the goverment. I did use your phrase about the doctors finger, it produced a laugh but the message got across.
I am doing fine, my legs have finally given up along with the hips but Mac have provided an electric wheelchair on which I fly around. The hospital are pleased with my latest scan results showing the cancer slowing down again in the bones but unfortunately it is attacking my nerve ends which is why I am having trouble with the legs etc. I have my reflexology lady coming today which does work very well I don’t know how but it does improve the pain so I can have a good nights sleep.
I am on Trucknet every day and really enjoy reading all your posts even though I don’t input that much it reminds me that I miss being on the road but with all the topics it softens the blow.
Safe journey all
George
Keep the faith George, glad to have been of service . I remember Billy Connolly doing quite a long humerous piece on stage about the horrors of the ‘finger’ test and I laughed like a drain at the time but am not sure now that it was really helpful. It may be a bit undignified but is not in the least painful or uncomfortable and, as a first line of defence, so vital.
Are you on the south coast somewhere? We are coming to England at the beginning of December and might make time for a brief meet, if it was convenient to you. Having said that we do have a load to do travelling from Dover along the coast to Truro, round to Llanelli then via N. Wales and Oldham to Sunderland and Dundee before returning via Nottingham to Dover.
Talk about tramping , tentatively scheduled for a fortnight, we wisely haven’t booked the return ferry yet.
One of the advantages of retirement.
Whether we meet or not, best wishes for the time being, talk soon.
Thanks David it did go down well, I live north of Worthing but with that tramp you have planned I would think you would have to keep moving I will look for the cloud of dust and then I know it will be you flying down (or up) the road hope you have a good navigator
Best wishes to you and safe journey
George
nice one george, keep up the good work.
you should’ve let us know about the mirror interview
all the best.
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hope you have a good navigator
I have George, me, I’d trust her in the next seat about as much as I’d trust the sat nav.
We’ll be coming ashore in Dover around 0900 on Tuesday the 2nd and I’ll be visiting the aged Dad at Caterham before shooting down to Worthing to see my cousin, then off to the west. That day or the next.
I’ll PM you my English mobile number so if you feel like ringing to see how we are doing, feel free.
WOW, George you never cease to amaze me. You seem to just take everything in your stride.
Do you have any Family supporting or helping you? (if it’s too personal I’m sorry, just ignore me)
Thanks for the number David I will try to call you if nothing else just to say hello. Steve I live on my own now I lost my wife to MS in 2001 but I do have the Mac nurses who are always there if I need them and friends that come and have a chat when they are passing so not entirely on my own, plus the lot of you on here .
I have now been asked to appear on channel four for a documentary about cancer patients who have no family close by and the support I get, this is for the New Year which should be interesting to say the least. I am back at the Oncologist this week to have some internal bits done which should allow me to get out a bit easier without making frequent trips to the loo (I’ll let you figure that one out ) The only other thing that I have this week is my pain control which means I will probably have stronger Morphine patches so another free trip on the NHS
Anyway hope you all have a good weekend
Safe Journey
George
On the 11 th of January George moved into a hospice where he will get 24 hour care.
It is run by the Macmillan nurses who I know from personal experience with my Mum are brilliant.
I speak to him each week and he is bearing up very well but I know that he enjoys our chats and would love to speak to any others who could spare a few minutes now and again.
If anyone would like to I have his mobile number. If he’s not off out gallivanting somewhere it deverts directly to the phone by his bed.
If you want it PM me and I’ll pass it on.