ACTRESS Kym Marsh’s dad Dave has got incurable prostate cancer after delaying a check-up due to the pandemic. The ex-Corrie star, 45, is now urging men to seek help before it is too late. 🔵 Read ou…
For Dave, who overcame a previous prostate battle, the news has given him fresh impetus to keep fighting.11Credit: Jam PressAROUND three million people missed out on cancer screenings last year because of the NHS’s emergency focus on Covid.
Meanwhile, many Brits were too nervous to visit doctors during the heights of the pandemic, or feared wasting GPs’ time. By May, operations and other elective activity had already climbed to 90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, with 1.1 million people beginning treatment and 1.8 million diagnostic tests taking place in April.“I’ve been very lucky because I have a wonderful family who support me, and that’s a huge help.”
Looking to the future, he said: “Obviously my big hope is that other men like me will see this and not leave things too long."There will be a lot of other people out there now who have put things off longer than they should have done, and it’s important that everyone now thinks about the rest of their health and wellbeing too, because things only get worse.
“The NHS have had an awful lot on their plate the last 18 months and my dad knew that and so he put off going to the doctors as he didn’t want to be a burden. He never dreamed it could be as serious as it’s turned out to be for him.”A CANCER diagnosis is a daunting time for patients and their loved ones, but particularly in a pandemic.
The good news is if it is caught early prostate cancer can be treated effectively so that people can continue to live healthy, happy lives.
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