Straight answers
The questions men ask Patrick after every talk, answered plainly. For anything about your own health, talk to your GP.
How to bring it up at home
For the wives, partners, daughters and sisters — you're usually the reason he goes.
- Don't ask "have you been checked?" — he'll say yes. Ask "when was your last PSA test?"
- Make it about the family: "I need you here. The kids need you here."
- Book it for him. Ten minutes at the GP; he can grumble in the car.
- Send him a Real Talk video or bring him to the next one. Men listen to men who've had it.
- If he's already been diagnosed: he's frightened about sex and about being less of a man. That's normal. Talk about it, or come and hear the sex therapist talk about it.
Where we send people
- Prostate Cancer UK — specialist nurses 0800 074 8383 · prostatecanceruk.org
- NHS — prostate cancer overview · nhs.uk/conditions/prostate-cancer
- Macmillan Cancer Support 0808 808 00 00 · macmillan.org.uk
- Cancer Research UK · cancerresearchuk.org
- Prostate Cancer Research · prostate-cancer-research.org.uk