More than a million visits were made to council services including libraries and partnership centres in West Lothian in the first full year since the covid lockdown.
13.03.2024 - 12:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Members of West Lothian’s Prostate Cancer Support Group have been highlighting the importance of getting tested early.
The men were outside Asda in Livingston recently spreading the vital message.
With the help of Asda’s Community Manager, Abi Lorraine, the group issued 600 leaflets explaining about ‘Understanding Prostate Cancer’ and the need for early testing.
They also issued leaflets about how the support group’s Buddy Scheme is also so important for men seeking advice on treatments and hearing about the experience of other men who have been through this difficult time and got their lives back on track.
They also raised £250.00 with the donations for their Man Badges to support Prostate UK research.
This event was part of the UK Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and with more men in Scotland being first diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, it’s vital that more men need to get tested earlier.
Charlie Hogg, from the group, said: “With one in eight men expected to get diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and even more if it had been in the family, it is crucial for men to get a PSA blood test with a nurse at their local surgery and if it has any indication of potential prostate cancer then a hospital referral will be made for a MRI Scan to establish the final diagnosis and then set a treatment plan.”
Recently, group members said that due to the pandemic, many men had avoided, or could not see a doctor, to discuss the symptoms they were experiencing.
But while the number of people diagnosed with prostate cancer in Scotland is increasing, so have survival rates, especially when symptoms have been recognised, an early diagnosis made and treatment started.
For the last 17years, the group has offered vital support to
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