He thanked me for spurring him on to visit his GP for a check-up, which caught his cancer early. That’s the best reward I can get
My job as a charity director is varied. Some days I am answering letters, making a speech or celebrating good news, such as when a man tells me he’s been clear from cancer for a year; other times I’m hugging a man who’s just been diagnosed with inoperable cancer and has to go home to tell his wife. You never know what you might be faced with, but with whatever I am doing I try to increase awareness of prostate cancer. Never more so, than when I am giving a presentation.
In the UK, less than 30% of men know where their prostate is, let alone what it does, so talking to men about their health and encouraging them to see a GP if they think something is wrong is an important part of my talk. I’m proud of the work the charity achieves and my 20-minute presentations help us raise awareness and understanding of prostate cancer.
from Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian http://ift.tt/29NIfBG
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