'I noticed problems in the bedroom – then I got devastating cancer diagnosis'

Grant Maclachlan, 55, initially visited the doc aft experiencing immoderate issues successful the bedroom, and was shocked to larn the contented was overmuch much superior than helium initially realised

A dada has bravely opened up astir however a occupation successful the chamber led to his devastating cancer diagnosis.

Grant Maclachlan, 55, from Scotland, was urged to spell to the doctor by his woman aft experiencing issues successful the chamber 2 years ago. His woman wanted him to sermon going connected the "little bluish pills".

However aft tests successful February 2023, firefighter Grant was told helium really had prostate cancer. Thankfully helium has present beaten the disease, and he's encouraging different men to get assistance when thing doesn't consciousness right.

Grant said: "Men thin to get embarrassed astir talking astir these things, but I listened to her. I went to the doctor. I precise seldom spell to a doctor. I people myself arsenic acceptable and healthy, but my woman said ‘maybe you request immoderate small bluish pills’.

"People person asked maine what made maine spell to the GP and I was embarrassed and initially kept that to myself. Now I person spoken astir things I ne'er imagined I could. You person to speech astir things and if determination is thing incorrect you person to spell to the GP. It whitethorn beryllium thing but it whitethorn beryllium something. Luckily, I went and got checked out."

Grant’s woman Sandra MacLachlan burst into tears the nighttime helium broke the heartbreaking quality of his diagnosis to her, Daily Record reports. Grant said: "When I got the telephone to accidental they recovered crab I was astatine enactment and had to spell location and archer my wife. It indispensable person been a bully 4 oregon 5 hours earlier I managed to archer her and we hadn’t told the children thing astatine this point, we had kept it to ourselves."

In May 2023, Grant went nether the weapon to region his prostate, which resulted successful a catheter being fitted. He was doing good until a humor clot led to him spending 5 days successful hospital.

Just weeks aboriginal helium was fixed different devastating diagnosis erstwhile a unrelated scan revealed helium had a cancerous maturation connected his kidney. Grant said: "It was wholly unrelated, and they were 99.9% definite it was cancerous. The caregiver couldn’t judge it and said no-one has this luck.

"I had ne'er heard of kidney crab and determination isn’t a trial for it, different than a scan. We were capable to find retired astir prostate cancer, but we were wholly unsighted astir kidney cancer."

Grant had much country to region the maturation and 2 weeks aboriginal helium was fixed the each clear. He said helium was enactment done hellhole during his crab fight, but has praised the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and his household for getting him done it.