This stage will mean I go into Christie’s for one night on Monday 30th July 2018 to have the high dose radiation brachytherapy, which involves having a radioactive source, iridium pellets placed in the prostate, through hollow needles, under general anaesthetic (3 hours).

I have to be there for 7.30 am and I live 35 miles away!!

What makes it worse though is the fact that my wife (who goes through everything with me) will not be able to visit me. There is NO VISITING because of the radiation.

After all of this it will then be followed by a CT scan on 6th August to plan the next stage, which is when I will have 15 sessions of External Beam Radiotherapy daily over 3 weeks at the Christie Hospital, probably starting 7 – 10 days later.

I am confident of a successful outcome now, but I know I am going to be pretty worn out by the end of it, not to mention trying to park the car anywhere near to Christie’s, although that wasn’t a great problem yesterday, being quite early in the day.