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Interview 06  

Interview 06

Age at Interview: 56
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 56
Background:

Brief outline:Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000. Hormone treatment, and external beam radiation planned.


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Explains how the diagnosis can act as a relief after continuing uncertainty.

 



Please could you tell me, what was the impact of the diagnosis on you and your family, only tell me what you want to say but it's something other patients might want to know.

I'm trying to think back to sum it up. Of course it's upsetting initially, particularly if you think you're very fit but I suppose it wasn't that much of a surprise because I'd been suspicious that something was wrong. And I suppose in a funny sort of way it was almost a relief to know what it was on the assumption that that is all that's wrong. We don't know necessarily that's entirely the case but it was something of a relief to have confirmation of the position rather than the sort of continuing uncertainty, and perhaps the worries that it could be something even worse.
Karol Sikora - Prostate cancer
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