Wanted to bring this to the community because the message is get checked, do not wait.
I read that Jeremy Clarkson, 66, has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. He told the two men he works with on his own show, and he said something that stuck with me: it is aggressive, but it was caught early.
Aggressive and early do not usually go together. One is bad luck. The other is the bit that gives a man choices.
He did not catch it early by being tough. He caught it because he got checked. A test, a biopsy, an answer - while he still had time to act.
You all know my story. Sixteen years ago a friend at an airport told me I had a prostate problem I had no idea about. I have thought about that moment a thousand times since. Somebody looked, and it changed everything. I started to learn. Then I realized nobody was talking about it, everybody wants it to go away. It will not go away, and the only way to be sure is to get checked.
So here is my question for the community, and I mean it honestly: when did you last get checked? And if it has been a while - what is actually stopping you? No judgement here. I just want to hear it.