'Prostate cancer patients shouldn't be stuck at home due to embarrassing side effects'

Alfred now helps other men going through treatment and living with side effects (Image: Prostate Cancer UK) A prostate cancer survivor is campaigning for sanitary bins in men’s toilets to help patients who suffer from embarrassing side effects. Alfred Fagan, 61, barely left his house for almost three months while experiencing incontinence following a radical prostatectomy. Seven in 10 men who have their prostate gland removed report problems with controlling their bladders six months after surgery.

Grandfather-of-three Alfred warned too many men are being forced to live a “secret life” as they struggle to discreetly change and dispose of pads. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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