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My dad's very special. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
He's been taking me to football matches | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
since I was seven. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Seeing Millwall lose is still a good day out! | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
I'd hoped that we'd go to lots of Millwall matches | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
but obviously now we can't because he's, um...ill. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
I take it in my stride | 0:00:25 | 0:00:26 | |
because Millwall fans are meant to be tough. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
When you're a kid, you believe your dad will always be around | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
to look after you. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
But there is a disease that only men can get, which can be fatal. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
And an incredible one in eight of men will end up with it. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:45 | |
I'm talking about prostate cancer. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
I know because I've had it myself. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
My cancer was discovered by a routine medical examination. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
I was lucky, it was caught early, which meant I got treatment in time. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:59 | |
But many men aren't so fortunate, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
and over the next few minutes, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
I want to show you how you can do something really, really important | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
to help combat this terrible disease. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
William's dad, Brian, was 49 | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
when he started to notice some unusual symptoms. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
Having to use the toilet more often, bit more tired during the day, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
and to be quite on honest, I didn't think too much of it at first. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
I don't like going to GPs at the best of times, | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
but now I wish I went a lot earlier. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
Once it was clear that his symptoms weren't going away, | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
Brian's wife persuaded him to see the doctor. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
The news wasn't good. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
It was prostate cancer. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
Your head's all over the place. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
I've got a young son to bring up. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
You really are mixed up, basically, really mixed up. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
The only people I'd heard of with prostate cancer was old people. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
Because of the late diagnosis, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
Brian's cancer had already spread to his bones. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
He was told that it was terminal. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:00 | |
Well, obviously you're scared of dying, aren't you? | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
I mean, you don't want to go and leave a young son and wife. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
So that is what you are scared of. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:09 | |
So then you fight against that. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
Thankfully, there is a charity, whose purpose is to support | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
men like Brian and me who find out they have this awful disease. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
It's called Prostate Cancer UK, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
and its goal is to make more people aware of the disease | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
and to fund vital research into tests and treatments, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
which could save thousands of lives. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
All men are at risk of getting prostate cancer, | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
but one particular group is at double the risk, Black men. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
Errol McKellar is a car mechanic from the East End of London. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
I've been fixing cars for 40 years. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
If there's a problem with your car | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
it's best you get it looked at straightaway, | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
because the longer you leave it the bigger the problem is. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
Bit like health, really. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
Three years ago, Errol took himself to his GP's surgery | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
after his wife complained about his snoring. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
While he was waiting he noticed some information | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
left by Prostate Cancer UK. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
I picked up a leaflet that was on the table and started to read it. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
I then said to the receptionist, | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
"How long will it take to do this test?" | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
And she said, "Ten minutes." | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
That ten minutes changed my life. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
When the test results came through, they were a complete shock to Errol. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
Despite not being aware of any symptoms, he had prostate cancer. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
What the doctors said to me is that my prostate was covered in cancer. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
He said, "Look, if we don't remove this prostate | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
"you will be dead in six months." | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
I just broke down. I literally just broke down. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
I was distraught, and I was in tears. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
And you know, I'm not ashamed to admit I cried. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
Errol went for surgery and had his entire prostate removed, | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
followed by months of chemotherapy. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
A period of great uncertainty. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
'You imagine going into a room with no light. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
'That is what it felt like to me.' | 0:04:09 | 0:04:10 | |
It felt as if someone had pulled the plug on me. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
You know? It was, it was a very difficult period. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
The treatment was a success. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
Errol is cancer free, but the side affects | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
of having your prostate removed can be hard to live with. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
I have a numbness in the lower part of my body. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:33 | |
I am a young person, a very active person | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
and certain tools of your trade that are taken away from you | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
become very difficult to deal with. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
But I'm alive. I will take whatever bonus that I have got. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
Prostate cancer affects so many of us men | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
40,000 are diagnosed with it each year. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
And too many of those men | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
are diagnosed too late to stop the disease in its tracks. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
As with most cancers, the earlier you detect it, | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
the better your chances are. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:04 | |
And that's why Prostate Cancer UK wants to raise millions | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
for research to work out how to spot it as early as possible. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
We have great difficulty at the moment deciding whether | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
the cancer is aggressive, a tiger, or nonaggressive, a pussy cat. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:22 | |
And that's one of the major challenges of research | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
is to be able to differentiate the tigers from the pussycats | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
because it will make a difference to the treatment and man gets. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
So, a diagnostic test that is accurate would be a fantastic | 0:05:30 | 0:05:35 | |
start in order to bring men into receiving better treatment | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
for the disease, and therefore a better outcome. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
Such research is expensive | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
and depends on Prostate Cancer UK's funding to continue. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
But if a successful testing regime can be developed | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
that pinpoints the men most at risk as early as possible, | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
then men like Errol could be left with fewer | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
life-changing symptoms after treatment. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
If I turned the clock back, would I have dealt with it differently? | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
Yes, I would, but I didn't know anything. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
Now he's been given a second lease of life, | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
Errol is dedicated to spreading the word about prostate cancer | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
in the hope that he can save lives. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
I preach every day. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
I tell the male customers when they come in, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
I say, "Listen, go and get your prostate checked. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
"If you come back and show me you have had it checked | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
"I will give you a 20% discount on the repairs of your car." | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
You need to go and get yourself checked once a year. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
Treat it as if it is an MOT on your body. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
And for Brian and his family, Prostate Cancer UK | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
is able to offer more immediate support as the disease progresses. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
They have trained nurses. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
They're there at the end of the phone, basically, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
and they have been a big, big help. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
A big part of our lives for the last year. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
Despite living with terminal cancer, | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
the charity has helped Brian and his family stay positive. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
I've got a young son to bring up, that's what get's you through it. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
You've got to be strong, keep going, | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
and just don't give up. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:09 | |
I've helped Prostate Cancer UK all I can. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
I've been doing fundraising. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
I hope that they will find a cure, | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
so that other families don't have to go through | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
what me and my family have been through. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
Prostate Cancer is on the increase. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
By 2030, it's set to be | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
the most common of all cancers | 0:07:29 | 0:07:30 | |
in the UK. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
We have to do something now | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
to try and turn the tide. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
Research into treatments and testing has been chronically underfunded, | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
but we need to continue this work | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
if we want to reduce the number of men dying too soon. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
You can make a difference right now, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
by donating generously to Prostate Cancer UK. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
Please go to the website: | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
where you can donate. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
If you haven't got internet access please call 0800 011 011. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
And if you can't get through the first time please keep trying. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
Telephone calls are free from most landlines. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
Some networks and mobile operators will charge for these calls. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
You can also donate £10 by texting DONATE to 70121. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
Texts cost £10 plus your standard network message charge | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
and the whole £10 goes to Prostate Cancer UK. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
Full terms and conditions can be found at bbc.co.uk/lifeline | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
Or if you'd like to post a donation, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
please make your cheque payable to Prostate Cancer UK | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
and send it to Freepost, BBC Lifeline Appeal, | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
writing Prostate Cancer UK on the back of the envelope. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
And if you want the charity to claim Gift Aid on your donation, | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
please include an e-mail or postal address | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
so that they can send you a Gift Aid form. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
Thank you. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:47 |