Sunderland-born football legend Mick Harford has spoken out about the "massive shock" of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, going through 39 bouts of radiotherapy and how desperate he is to help others.
Mick, 63, turned out for both the Black Cats and Newcastle United, along with making two England appearances - though his greatest success came at Luton Town. He's still involved at Luton as chief recruitment officer.
But in 2018 he began to become concerned about prostate cancer. Initially, there were no obvious signs of the illness, but that soon changed. He said: "About 12 months down the line I was getting up three, four times in the night, all the usual symptoms. Then I went and had a PSA test. My PSA was at 48, which is very, very high and after a couple more blood tests here and there I was diagnosed with prostate cancer on December 2020. That was a massive body blow."
