Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterA Closeburn pensioner who survived after being diagnosed with prostate cancer 12 years ago said checking himself for the disease was the most important thing he’s ever done.And 80-year-old Raymond Kirkham is urging other men who might be experiencing symptoms to get themselves to the doctor despite resources being stretched due to the coronavirus crisis.The retired fabrication engineer said: “Men don’t speak about these things.
And if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer, some men are the type that would rather go down the route of monitoring the cancer, rather than getting something done about it straight away.“Having prostate cancer didn’t affect me.
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