PROSTATE OP HIT DART ACE’S SEX LIFE
DARTS legend Dennis “The Menace” Priestley has told how it was worth sacrificing his sex life to stay alive.
The two-times world champion was speaking at a Prostate Cancer UK event to encourage men to talk about their health in the pub. The dad-of-four, 67, urged blokes not to put off going to their GP like he did – because “it’s better to suffer a bit of embarrassment than to be dead”.
It took him months to pluck up the courage to see a doctor 10 years ago despite needing to go to the toilet up to four times a night.
“I just thought I had a weak bladder so when I found out I had cancer it was a shock,” he said. “I had the choice of having radiotherapy but if it failed then surgery was no longer an option.
“So I opted for surgery. I knew the risks. It could leave you impotent and incontinent.
“As it is I’ve been lucky. The sexual part is not as good as it was but that is a small price to pay for being able to live.” Fellow survivor and darts legend Martin Adams, 61, told the charity event at The Minories pub in London: “Since I’ve started wearing a prostate cancer badge, five people in my local pub who I knew have come up to me to tell me that they have prostate cancer too.
“I couldn’t believe it. It just shows that blokes don’t like talking about our health. But awareness can help save lives.”