How I Beat the Cancer Sex Divide ; by the Prostate Patient Nhs Bosses Said They Couldn't Afford to Help (While His Wife Was Treated Straight Away) Goodhealth
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EARLIER this year the Mail reported the shocking story of Bill and Val Elliott, who were diagnosed with cancer within an hour of each other - only for their subsequent treatment to expose appalling inequality in care for men and women. While Val started her treatment just four weeks later, Bill was told he was not going to receive the lifesaving therapy he needed.
After the Prostate Cancer Charity highlighted the 'titanic battle' men face for equality of care, Bill reveals how - against the odds - he finally won his fight for fair treatment . . .See the full content of this document
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How I Beat the Cancer Sex Divide ; by the Prostate Patient Nhs Bosses Said They Couldn't Afford to Help (While His Wife Was Treated Straight Away) Goodhealth
APRIL, 2006
TWENTY-FOUR hours after getting back from America I combine jetlag with a general anaesthetic at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, where I am undergoing a biopsy of my prostate using 27 needles.I've been under 'watchful waiting' for nearly three years, since I asked my GP if he knew a cure for excessive, and urgent, peeing. He arranged for a blood test to check my PSA level.Over the three years this had almost doubled and a biopsy by my consultant urologist, Bruce Montgomerie, revealed the presence of high-grade Prostatic Intrae...See the full content of this document