Prostate Cancer

OK, to start with I'm not posting this with a view to get a sympathy vote, or anything that comes close to that.
Sadly I don't know any of you personally, I did come close once to meeting Wessa, and very close to meeting Sandi. I might not know you all, but as David Copper once said in a post a few years ago, I consider you all to be my internet friends, and this is why I've decided to post this.
On Friday the 13th of June ( Just had to be that date didn't it ) I was officially diagnosed with prostate cancer, my reaction to when the doctor told me was a bit unconventional I think, I just came out and said, " Oh Bollox ".
So in April I had my over 65 health check. So off I trundled to the doctors and had the check up, they said everything was fine, and come back in 2 years.
Then 2 days later I got a text saying my PSA levels were high and they wanted me to have an MRI scan, which I had the day before I went to Switzerland.
The results came back as a shaded area on the inside of the prostate, and that they wanted me to go to Lincoln hospital for a biopsy. Well off I go to Lincoln, and there I am on a bench with my legs in the air, with my bits swinging in the wind, with some bloke inserting something up my backside, taking chunks out of my prostate. Tremendous fun.
About 2 weeks later off to Boston I go for the results.
Fortunately for me, they said that they'd got it really early, and the cancer was still inside the prostate, ( 18 samples taken, 14 negative & 4 positive ) and that I had time on my side to decide what I wanted to do, either active surveillance to monitor it, or whip it out. Well I wasn't going to wait for this cancer to jump ship and go on a touring holiday around my body, so I said get rid of the prostate.
So on September the 24th I was in hospital for one night and I'm now one prostate lighter. My last blood test went from a PSA reading of 13, down to 0.03, I'm told that's OK, the surgeon called today, and said that they were very happy with the outcome ( Not as happy as me I might add )
I feel fine, and if I'm honest I've not been worried about it at all, heavens knows why not, but hey that's just me.
Just goes to show that you never know what's round the corner.
And to top it all I did not have 1 symptom, or any indication in any way shape or form, to tell me I had a problem in that area, nothing at all. I now know why they call it the silent killer. I can't stress enough that I HAD NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL
So if any of you know anyone else who is 50 or over, get them to get tested, even if they have to go private.
Other than that everything is just fine and dandy.