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So this is my first post for this Blog

Don't expect this Blog to be updated regularly. I'm not real good at this sorta thing 28/11/16: Having been told by my previous GP (JL) that my last couple of PSA tests were "normal", my "replacement" GP (SLL) said... "You had PSA of 6 in 2016 and 5 in 2015. "Here, take this referral and go see a urologist as the normally accepted limit is 4.5". Thus, dear reader, begins the story. 28/11/16: Got to see the urologist (NC) on a cancellation. He explained that he would carry out a Biopsy and send me off for an MRI 20/12/16: MRI 10/1/17: Biopsy 17/1/17: NC confirmed by phone that I have Prostate Cancer and that it's aggressive. Whoopeee! Sometime between the previous and next entry I jumped "on the wagon" and gave up all booze 27/1/17: Saw NC in his rooms. He confirmed that it's Gleason Score of 10 (the highest you can go). The cancer has gone to 1 node just outside the prostate. Outlined probable course of treatme...