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Low life

The upside of cancer

After my diagnosis I was happier and more alive than I’d been for years

27 February 2016

9:00 AM

27 February 2016

9:00 AM

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer with metastases in April 2013. It was a bit of a shock, but when the shock subsided I found I was happier than I had been for as long as I could remember. Every man in his best state is altogether vanity, says the Bible.

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