Thanks for sharing Bobh - just want to add my voice to the clamour saying 'men over 50 - get your PSA done'.
Prostate cancer killed my Dad at 78 (helped on his way by an arrogant incompetent consultant at Singleton Hospital, but that's another story), so I've been getting fairly regular PSA tests. I'm 53. I live in Dublin.
Last May my PSA was a bit high (although the finger-up-the-bum test didn't alarm my GP) so my GP referred me to a local 'rapid access clinic' for a biopsy. It came back normal, but my PSA was still high in a subsequent test so they sent me for a MRI in November. That showed something odd, but no obvious sign of cancer, so they sent me for another biopsy earlier this month, targeting the area that looked a bit odd on the MRI. Am awaiting the results. I should point out that I feel fine, I ran 13 miles yesterday, I've no other symptoms bar peeing a bit more frequently at night, which my GP tells me is common for men as we age.
If my Dad had done a PSA test earlier, he might well still be around, and he'd have been spared the suffering of dying of prostate cancer.
Lads over 50, get a PSA test. Don't die of ignorance / inertia.