Dad, 47, with no indicators obtained most cancers prognosis that left him in ‘complete shock’

Kevin Saunderson, 47, was visiting his GP in April 2021 to get his blood pressure checked, when a nurse stopped him for a chat.

The medical skilled knowledgeable him that he was certified for a Well Man Blood Test, which may assess base ranges of essential biomarkers within the blood. 

Worryingly, the take a look at revealed he had excessive PSA levels, which sign a better likelihood of prostate cancer.

Kevin, who’s a pupil housing supervisor, advised the Liverpool Echo: “I had no idea what a PSA level was.

“I used to be then requested to go for a rectal examination, and from that examination, it was recognized that my prostate was enlarged. 

“I had a couple of MRI scans; I had a biopsy taking samples from my prostate, and it was identified I had stage two cancer.”

“No one wants to hear those words, ‘I’m afraid it’s cancer’.”

Kevin was solely 46 on the time and didn’t expertise any warning indicators of prostate cancer previous to his prognosis.

Despite being somebody who at all times seems for a joke in any scenario, Kevin couldn’t try this this time and was left in “total shock”.

He added: “I was sitting in the room probably five minutes before I was told about it. 

“Then after that, it just doesn’t sink in. You’re just in a blur, so I didn’t break down right away. It was more shock, if anything.”

In March of this year, he decided to have surgery to remove the prostate gland because he was worried the cancer could spread.

While he originally thought it’d be okay to only monitor the tumour, the “anxiety” got to him and he changed his mind.

Kevin said: “I 100 percent feel I made the right decision. For my own peace of mind, I think it was the right thing to do.”

The 47-year-old is now supporting “What on Earth is a prostate?!” marketing campaign, which highlights the necessity for heightened efforts to coach males to allow them to perceive their danger of prostate cancer.

He options within the new charity TV advert, by which actor Colin McFarlane addresses “myths and misinformation” concerning the illness.

While males over the age of fifty are entitled to a PSA blood take a look at, there may be at present no screening programme for prostate cancer within the UK and the take a look at won’t be routinely supplied to everybody.

Kevin added: “One thing I think should be done is to have screening for men. It’s something that should be brought up automatically. 

“We shouldn’t have to contact our GP first – it should be standard for a male of a certain age to be called for a simple blood test to see if their PSA ranges are excessive.

“Don’t be scared, simply go and get it checked. If we attain only one particular person with this marketing campaign, we could have achieved one thing.”

You can find out if you have a higher risk of prostate cancer – and what you can do about it – by using Prostate Cancer UK’s 30-second on-line danger checker at prostatecanceruk.org/riskcheck.