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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Lause you've had a little bit of a rough trot
lately and you want to talk a bit about it today.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Well, something we've been talking about over the last few
months is something very important to me and I appreciate
you guys giving me the space to share it. My stepdad, Neil,
who's been a part of my life for the past
twenty years. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer nine years ago.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I shared that he was in palliative care, and we
spoke about the importance of talking to the men in
your life that you love around checking their prostate and
we had such an incredible response on this show. We
had so many of you who went home and had
those conversations with your dad, and for that, I am
so grateful. This was actually Maddie was one of the
girls that we spoke to, and this is what she
(00:44):
had to say.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
So gagmar Barzan was just like, Hey, heard this really
sad story on the radio, but like just making sure
you've had your checks and hey, I don't know, he's
a full man with six years and he was like, oh,
I don't want to talk about that, you know. And
I actually had a like my own blood test, my
eye a checked, nothing too exciting, and I was like,
come on tomorrow morning, I'm going to pick you up.
We'll go get our test on together and then we
(01:07):
can go get wrecky Ord a date for blooded. It's
actually really nice.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Now. The reason why I wanted to talk about it
is because Neil passed away on Tuesday. So sorry, laws.
He fought so hard. He fought for nine years, right
until the very end, and sorry, guys, give me one step,
(01:33):
thank you?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Do you give me get all room. We prepared them.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Right until the very end, and he was surrounded by
his two children, my mum, and.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
I was able to be there to say goodbye.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
But I feel so grateful to have this platform, and
I feel so grateful to be able to do the
show with you guys, and to talk about something that
is so important to me. Because Neil was only a sixties.
He has six amazing grandchildren, and he played such a
huge part in all of our lives. But he never
went and got his prostate checked, and in our family
(02:10):
we never spoke about it. It just wasn't ever something
that I think anyone thought to have the conversation with.
And now for me, it's something that I realized you know.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I know it's weird. I know it's strange.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
I know, No, no thirty year old women are thinking, oh,
I'm going to go talk to my dad about his
prostate But god, I wish one of us had thought that.
And there were so many signs that something was wrong,
and it took getting to a point where it was
almost undeniable before he took himself to the doctors.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
And it's just such a huge shame.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
He was truly an amazing man, such a great granddad,
such a wonderful husband to my mum.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
And he told the worst dad jokes.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
He loved a pun and it was so hard saying
goodbye to him.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
So he loved a Hawaiian shirt. He loved a Hawaiian shirt.
Dance your wedding, yeah, man on the dance.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
For didn't he just But I mean, there's so many
conversations that we have around cancer, and for anyone who's
experienced it in their family, it's horrific no matter what
the cancer is. But I think prostate cancer is one
of those ones that's just a bit icky to talk about.
And I think a lot of men in particular feel
very private about the health and feel very private about
(03:21):
things that they're going through.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
You know, it's not something that's normal to talk about.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
If you have a man in your life, whether it's
your uncle or your dad or your husband, if it's
a conversation that you've never had with them, please just
send a text message or the next time you're on
the phone, just ask them when did they go and
get their prostate checked? Because it's such a simple test
these days. It's a blood test. They check their PSA
and that's kind of the indicator of the cancer. And yeah,
(03:47):
just it really could save their life and you could
be you know, could save another family from being in
the situation that we are in now.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The message here is, guys, you do need to advocate
for your own health because no one else is going
to do it for.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yeah, we love your loss. We're here for you. Thank
you so much. Guys. All right back after this on
the pickup
Lause you've had a little bit of a rough trot
lately and you want to talk a bit about it today.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Well, something we've been talking about over the last few
months is something very important to me and I appreciate
you guys giving me the space to share it. My stepdad, Neil,
who's been a part of my life for the past
twenty years. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer nine years ago.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I shared that he was in palliative care, and we
spoke about the importance of talking to the men in
your life that you love around checking their prostate and
we had such an incredible response on this show. We
had so many of you who went home and had
those conversations with your dad, and for that, I am
so grateful. This was actually Maddie was one of the
girls that we spoke to, and this is what she
(00:44):
had to say.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
So gagmar Barzan was just like, Hey, heard this really
sad story on the radio, but like just making sure
you've had your checks and hey, I don't know, he's
a full man with six years and he was like, oh,
I don't want to talk about that, you know. And
I actually had a like my own blood test, my
eye a checked, nothing too exciting, and I was like,
come on tomorrow morning, I'm going to pick you up.
We'll go get our test on together and then we
(01:07):
can go get wrecky Ord a date for blooded. It's
actually really nice.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Now. The reason why I wanted to talk about it
is because Neil passed away on Tuesday. So sorry, laws.
He fought so hard. He fought for nine years, right
until the very end, and sorry, guys, give me one step,
(01:33):
thank you?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Do you give me get all room. We prepared them.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Right until the very end, and he was surrounded by
his two children, my mum, and.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
I was able to be there to say goodbye.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
But I feel so grateful to have this platform, and
I feel so grateful to be able to do the
show with you guys, and to talk about something that
is so important to me. Because Neil was only a sixties.
He has six amazing grandchildren, and he played such a
huge part in all of our lives. But he never
went and got his prostate checked, and in our family
(02:10):
we never spoke about it. It just wasn't ever something
that I think anyone thought to have the conversation with.
And now for me, it's something that I realized you know.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I know it's weird. I know it's strange.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
I know, No, no thirty year old women are thinking, oh,
I'm going to go talk to my dad about his
prostate But god, I wish one of us had thought that.
And there were so many signs that something was wrong,
and it took getting to a point where it was
almost undeniable before he took himself to the doctors.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
And it's just such a huge shame.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
He was truly an amazing man, such a great granddad,
such a wonderful husband to my mum.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
And he told the worst dad jokes.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
He loved a pun and it was so hard saying
goodbye to him.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
So he loved a Hawaiian shirt. He loved a Hawaiian shirt.
Dance your wedding, yeah, man on the dance.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
For didn't he just But I mean, there's so many
conversations that we have around cancer, and for anyone who's
experienced it in their family, it's horrific no matter what
the cancer is. But I think prostate cancer is one
of those ones that's just a bit icky to talk about.
And I think a lot of men in particular feel
very private about the health and feel very private about
(03:21):
things that they're going through.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
You know, it's not something that's normal to talk about.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
If you have a man in your life, whether it's
your uncle or your dad or your husband, if it's
a conversation that you've never had with them, please just
send a text message or the next time you're on
the phone, just ask them when did they go and
get their prostate checked? Because it's such a simple test
these days. It's a blood test. They check their PSA
and that's kind of the indicator of the cancer. And yeah,
(03:47):
just it really could save their life and you could
be you know, could save another family from being in
the situation that we are in now.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The message here is, guys, you do need to advocate
for your own health because no one else is going
to do it for.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yeah, we love your loss. We're here for you. Thank
you so much. Guys. All right back after this on
the pickup
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