George was recently brave enough to share his health problems with us all and I recently let something slip in one of my posts so I thought it time I let you all know my condition.
About three months ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer - at the locally advanced stage to give it its technical turn. I was quickly put on hormone treatment - I was mighty impressed with speed at which Fife NHS worked. Later this month I get another blood test and from results we will know now effective the treatment is in shrinking the tumours.
If you want to know more go to the Prostate Cancer UK website: http://prostatecanceruk.org/
It is absolutely prolific with information. And all you guys, if you are having the slightest problems with your waterworks, go get checked. I was prompted by a doctor who came to our church's Men's Breakfast Discussion Group and talked about men's health issues, particularly the prostate.
I am very much at peace with things though I am concerned that I have a semi-invalid wife to look after. Research into prostate cancer has been immense and is very much ongoing and life-expectancy is generally pretty good and increasing. But I suppose I am anxious about the results of that impending blood test, so prayers for that please, from those of you who pray.
I very much love the following words of Peter Marshall, the Scot who became a preacher in the US, became minister of First Presbyterian Church in New York Avenue, Washington DC and was Chaplain to the US Senate for two years after the war. He dies around 1949 of a heart attack at a very young age and there was a film made of his biography - A Man Called Peter - which was quite a hit, Richard Todd playing the part of Peter.
"When the clock strikes for me, I shall go, not one minute early, and not one minute late. Until then, there is nothing to fear. I know that the promises of God are true, for they have been fulfilled in my life time and time again. Jesus still teaches and guides and protects and heals and comforts, and still wins our complete trust and our love.
"The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation."
About three months ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer - at the locally advanced stage to give it its technical turn. I was quickly put on hormone treatment - I was mighty impressed with speed at which Fife NHS worked. Later this month I get another blood test and from results we will know now effective the treatment is in shrinking the tumours.
If you want to know more go to the Prostate Cancer UK website: http://prostatecanceruk.org/
It is absolutely prolific with information. And all you guys, if you are having the slightest problems with your waterworks, go get checked. I was prompted by a doctor who came to our church's Men's Breakfast Discussion Group and talked about men's health issues, particularly the prostate.
I am very much at peace with things though I am concerned that I have a semi-invalid wife to look after. Research into prostate cancer has been immense and is very much ongoing and life-expectancy is generally pretty good and increasing. But I suppose I am anxious about the results of that impending blood test, so prayers for that please, from those of you who pray.
I very much love the following words of Peter Marshall, the Scot who became a preacher in the US, became minister of First Presbyterian Church in New York Avenue, Washington DC and was Chaplain to the US Senate for two years after the war. He dies around 1949 of a heart attack at a very young age and there was a film made of his biography - A Man Called Peter - which was quite a hit, Richard Todd playing the part of Peter.
"When the clock strikes for me, I shall go, not one minute early, and not one minute late. Until then, there is nothing to fear. I know that the promises of God are true, for they have been fulfilled in my life time and time again. Jesus still teaches and guides and protects and heals and comforts, and still wins our complete trust and our love.
"The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation."