PROSTATE CANCER ~1 in 7 men~ Help Brendan Sinclair

Hi, For those who don't know me, my name is Brendan Sinclair and I am one of those men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Almost 4,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in Ireland. This means that 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime. There is an international treatment available called High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU is a minimally invasive procedure which uses high-frequency ultrasound energy to heat and destroy individual cancerous cells in the prostate. It may be suitable for you if your cancer is contained within your prostate (localized cancer), or if your prostate cancer has started to break out of the prostate and has spread to the area just outside the prostate (locally advanced cancer).

HIFU is a minimally invasive procedure, meaning it doesn’t involve any cuts or incisions to the skin and there is less blood loss. Your hospital stay is also short – often you can be discharged on the same day. ). Unfortunately it is not available in Ireland.

It is the treatment recommended by the specialist and is only available to me abroad and at a cost financially.

The alternative is Radical prostatectomy (This is a surgical procedure to remove the prostate gland. It can be performed as open surgery, or as keyhole surgery. Leading to more short and long term problems)

I have contacted our Taoiseach, Health Minister, Health Department and HSE about making this available in Ireland. I will continue to push for this - I was informed that Ireland is 7 to 9 years behind and that there is little or no funding when it comes to men's cancer. I do not have time to wait for decisions to be made, that is why I am looking on GoFundMe, But I will continue to push for better treatment to be made available to all who need it.