A Dumfries paramedic was forced to wait a year for treatment after being diagnosed with cancer during the Covid pandemic
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His colleagues had to transfer him into his own ambulance, and he was taken to A&E at Dumfries Infirmary. He said: “Being taken in to A&E on a trolley early on the morning of April 1 was definitely strange with staff congratulating me on a fantastic April Fool’s Joke, as they knew I like a good laugh.
"I had blood samples taken by my advanced nurse practitioner at my GP surgery the day before this happened due to my ongoing back pain, which I was trying to work through. A week later the blood sample results revealed a raised levels of PSA indicating the possibility of prostate cancer.” Alan he is also enjoying his new role as a Buddy with Prostate Buddies D&G, a support group based in Dumfries, helping men recently diagnosed with, or who are concerned about, prostate disease or prostate cancer. Now he wants to raise awareness of the disease and encourage others to get checked out by their GP.
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