MEDICINE HAT, AB — Medicine Hat Police Chief Andy McGrogan is going public with his battle against prostate cancer.
McGrogan was diagnosed in November after a PSA blood test revealed abnormalities.
He under went several more tests which confirmed the suspicion.
He credits the test with the early diagnosis which means a better survival rate for the cancer.
“If they can catch it before it metastasizes into the other parts of your body, like your bones or your lymph nodes, then you have a better chance of survival,” said McGrogan.
The 57-year-old police chief said the most concerning thing was that he felt physically fine the entire time.
“Between November when I was diagnosed and June when i was operated on, I felt no symptoms, none,” he explained.
McGrogan is going public with his diagnosis in hopes of encouraging more men to get tested for prostate cancer.
He first spoke publicly about his battle with prostate cancer at the Plaid for Dad golf tournament on June 19th.
“If you’re 40 and over, get in and get your PSA tested every year,” he said. “The PSA is just a blood panel, it’s not probing or invasive.”
Numbers released by the Canadian Cancer Society suggest one in two Canadians will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime.
