Prostate cancer survivor raising awareness for disease [Video]

A Canadian cancer survivor is sharing his story for prostate cancer awareness month.

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The disease affects one in eight Canadian men in their lifetime, and more than 3,000 Albertans are diagnosed each year.

“Cancer gave me a wakeup call and in a weird way,” cancer survivor Todd Thompson, from Kincardine, Ont, said.

His diagnosis on March 26, 2020, inspired him to do all he could to keep the conversation of men’s health going, including during September’s prostate cancer awareness month.

“It’s about getting men to stand up and take responsibility for their health, (and) it’s about getting guys to get their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test yearly and to encourage others to do it as well,” said Thompson.

He recalls the pandemic adding an extra wrinkle to his diagnosis and recovery plan but is grateful his urologist managed to get him in quickly for …