Best wishes
@mickle - well done for getting it seen to & not ignoring the issue
I had no symptoms. I've always had the bladder of a newt and frequent nighttime excursions, so no change there. Several weeks ago I asked my GP - as an aside - if (as a consequence of my double orchidectomy and testosterone replacement) there were any test(s) that I should be having. I've been largely left to my own devices by my GP. Then out of the blue I get asked to submit for a blood test, advised that my PSA levels were elevated. (How would they know? This is the first time they've looked at them) and on the conveyor to MRI and rectal biopsy.
So I'm not entirely sure what triggered this course of events, but it definitely wasn't me presenting with any issues. I am, thinking about it now, exceedingly happy with the diagnosis. You can never be 100% certain that you don't have prostate cancer. So knowing that I
do have it - and in the hands of a very competent urology department here in York. I've got potentially ten to fifteen years before I need to do anything about it (surgery/radiotherapy/whatever), and in the meantime they'll keep an active watch.
My dad died of prostate cancer and my mum of lung cancer, both about 15 years ago. I've had cancer previously, so this doesn't come as a surprise. It has the sense of being inevitable. So when he told me, I was like: 'Oh yeah, there it is'. Also, by the time we get to my age lots of us have this sort of cancer and don't know it. So with this diagnosis I'm ahead of the game.
My advice. in addition to a regular bum finger, is to get your PSA levels checked regularly. A single measurement means nothing, but a series of numbers - taken every 4/6 months - will show up any changes.
Anyway, I'm good. Thanks for your kind messages.
Just what you don't want to hear. 
