Former Premier League goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has stated he has an aggressive type of prostate most cancers, and urged males of Caribbean heritage to get examined for the illness.
On Thursday the ex-Newcastle and West Ham participant shared a video on Instagram, external, explaining that he has simply accomplished practically two months of radiation remedy.
“Roughly 18 months in the past, I went for my annual bodily and insisted on a PSA check [blood test that checks for prostate conditions], as I at all times do. This time round although my PSA was elevated,” Hislop stated.
“An MRI and biopsy rapidly decided that I had a reasonably aggressive prostate most cancers.
“A 12 months in the past, nearly to the day, 6 December to be actual, I had a radical prostatectomy. And I believed that was it.
“However then, six months later, my PSA was once more on the rise and one other scan confirmed that my prostate most cancers had unfold to my pelvic bone.
“I began on treatment fairly quickly after, and simply this morning accomplished seven and a half weeks of radiation remedy. The journey continues.”
Hislop shared footage of him ringing a bell at Massachusetts Normal Hospital in the US, to indicate the completion of the therapy.
The Institute of Most cancers Analysis says one in 4 males with black African or Caribbean ancestry are affected by prostate most cancers, in comparison with one in eight males with white European ancestry.
“Enable me to talk to my neighborhood, my folks. Please, go get examined. Know your PSA, monitor its historical past,” stated Hislop, who was born in London however performed for Trinidad & Tobago on the 2006 World Cup.
“Prostate most cancers is survivable if caught early sufficient. There are therapies for it. Testing saves lives. It saved mine.”
