Advocate for ChoiceUK and USA healthcare systems vary greatly, but here in the UK I think we face massive challenges due to drugs that extend men’s lives simply not being available. Some... By Tony Collier2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Dark Days and RelentlessnessThe impact of lockdown here in the UK has felt utterly relentless. As of this writing, the area I live in, Greater Manchester, will have lived with some form of... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
9th MayI vividly remember May 2017. I’d been training most of the year for an ultra-marathon that was due to take place on June 4, but I’d been plagued by a... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Irony of Drug Treatments, My Rhythm of LifeI say irony because when I was 45 years old, my employer at the time sent me for a medical. The outcome was that I was borderline clinically obese, and... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Milestones and Targets2020 saw many of us reach milestones that we were not able to celebrate thanks to being in various states of lockdown during the Covid pandemic. In Greater Manchester UK... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
An Interview With My Wife: Part 2In May 2017 I had my runner's “groin strain” investigated by a sports injury doctor, as it was hampering my training for an ultra-marathon. This is my interview with my... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
An Interview With My Wife: Part 1In May 2017 I had my runner's “groin strain” investigated by a sports injury doctor, as it was hampering my training for an ultra-marathon. This is my interview of my... By Tony Collier2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Impact of Longterm Hormone Therapy - EmasculationWhen I was diagnosed, aged 60, it became clear fairly early on that our sex life was going to be adversely impacted. Being blunt, total emasculation in my 60th year... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Are There Any "Perks" of a Cancer Diagnosis?I saw this question posed by one of the cancer communities on Twitter, and it sparked my brain into giving it some serious thought. I think “perk” might be the... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Prostate Cancer Awareness Saves LivesThe PSA, prostate specific antigen, blood test is much maligned. But, as has become clear, if it isn’t used as a screening test, the incidence of men being diagnosed with... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Reflections on 2020At the start of the year I was still in the worst-case prognosis period of 2-3 years and knew that I faced 4 squeaky bum, aka quarterly PSA tests, moments... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Music Can Save Our Mortal SoulsMy wife and I have always loved music, and we have an incredibly eclectic music collection ranging from Abba to Opera. In fact we are the only people we know... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Challenges and ContentmentAfter I was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer in May 2017 and told I may only have 2 years to live, life went into a form of meltdown. I... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Living Life on a Knife EdgeThe emotional toll and impact of a cancer diagnosis is huge but is so often not talked about, especially by us men who are pretty useless at talking about our... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments14 comments
The Cost of a Cancer DiagnosisIt really brought it home to me that there really is a significant monetary cost of being diagnosed with cancer - at a time when you can least afford it... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Impact Of COVID-19 On Cancer ResearchWe all know that cancer research is vital to the future of those to be diagnosed with cancer in the years ahead. At the same time, we hope that research... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Raising Awareness and Saving LivesProstate cancer is generally not screened for in most parts of the world, or is being screened for less. This is leading to fewer cases being diagnosed but an increase... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
PSA TestingI've just read Gogs Gagnon's article on this subject and thought I'd add to the conversation. This is such an important area. We don't screen for prostate cancer in the... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments19 comments
Bah Humbug, But Not ReallyOkay, I admit it, I haven’t been a lover of the festive season for a long time. Yes, I know, absolute sacrilege. To my mind it had become too commercialized... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
The Value of FriendsHearing about Chadwick Boseman’s very sad cancer death and hearing that he kept his diagnosis very private got me thinking about the pros and cons of being open about your... By Tony Collier3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments