Sir! Chris! Hoy!

This has hit me particularly hard this morning. I’m so gutted for Chris and his family. He’s achieved so much and is still so young.

I want to try and help him. I’m in a similar boat… Stage 4 incurable* prostate cancer with metastatic spread to lymph nodes. 53 years old at diagnosis (2 years ago). I’ve been through the chemotherapy and radiotherapy that Chris is going through. I’m also likely on the same hormone therapy. It’s been tough but I’m really well at the moment.

I just hope Chris can get through this treatment and have more good years than had been suggested.

*I refuse to call it terminal. It’s incurable but treatable.

As I’ve mentioned several times on here… Get yourselves tested!!

Sending positive vibes to you Stanley and Sir Chris, we’re all rooting for you both!

Yes, sending positive vibes too, to Stanley (looking great when I saw you last), also Sir Chris who’s been a favourite in our household for years.

let’s hope that science and medicine can find some cures for both MS and most cancers in the next few years.

Hopefully not a daft question, more due to no idea how it all works…

Not 50 yet, but how do you go about getting tested?

Is it just a case of calling the GP for an appointment and asking for a test?

I’d be keen to get tested just to make sure I’m clear…

I got a slight torn hernia doing Zwift last January but as a precaution my GP gave me a prostate exam. Just ask.

Being thinking about Chris Hoy all day as this shows how indiscriminate this terrible disease is. Lost my  best mate 30 years ago to it.

I felt very sad when I heard this news yesterday. Always been a great fan of Sir Chris

Not 50 yet, but how do you go about getting tested?

Just call the GP. Combo of blood test and physical exam. I had a test at 48 as my dad had just been diagnosed and the consultant felt that put me at increased risk.

My children loved their Hoy bikes, riding through the woods to school, trail centres and even a few races, great bikes.  Note that a prostate test can also pick up other issues (within a week of mine I’d had a further 3 urine tests, a couple of blood tests and 4 ultrasound scans – thankfully it was nothing serious)

As I’ve mentioned several times on here… Get yourselves tested!!

I was diagnosed at same age as Sir Chris is now, 48. Thankfully mine was caught at Stage 2 and was still contained in the prostate, which was removed 10 years ago next month and so far I remain cancer free.

There are a few GPs on here who will be along shortly, they usually are, to say that the PSA blood screening test is not much good and will only be applied by your GP if you have other risk factors, which is about right unfortunately.

In mu case, I was at the doctor anyway, on the back of a bad bike tumble, and mentioned that I was up at the loo a few times most nights, so he suggested checking my PSA as a precaution.  It was elevated and they retested it a month later and it was the same, so that led to more tests and I had surgery a few weeks later.

If you have any concerns it is best to have a proper chat with your GP, and be aware that they may reluctant to do a PSA blood test if you have no other indicators of risk.

Good article in the Guardian by William Fotheringham partly covering how he’s dealing with it all.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/20/chris-hoy-a-remarkable-determined-human-being-unchanged-by-success