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Portlethen man celebrates the end of his cancer treatment

Barry Wilson is one of the models taking part in Friends of Anchor's Brave at the Beach Ballroom. CR0020061
04/03/20
Picture by KATH FLANNERY
Barry Wilson is one of the models taking part in Friends of Anchor's Brave at the Beach Ballroom. CR0020061 04/03/20 Picture by KATH FLANNERY

Barry Wilson was surrounded by a troupe of family and friends yesterday as he rang the bell to mark his final cancer treatment.

After being diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2019, Mr Wilson “felt brilliant” as he celebrated the end of months of “intense treatment”.

His wife, sister, father, step-mother, mother-in-law and friends watched, teary-eyed, in support as he honoured the tradition.

Mr Wilson said: “Obviously I still have the wait for the results in six weeks time to find out if they’ve got rid of it.

“My friend who was there was diagnosed with breast cancer and is going through treatment and she wanted to come along.

“She wanted to be there for me.”

Urging people to go to the doctors and get checked, he said he was bad for not going himself until they caught his cancer.

Mr Wilson, from Portlethen, was told the prostate specific antigen (PSA) in his blood was “extremely high for someone of his age” after being advised to go to the hospital by his doctor.

He says he “knew then” and that the diagnosis that followed didn’t come as a shock because he “assumed” he had it.

“It was a shock for my wife because she didn’t think so,” he added.

“I’m still waiting for the words that I no longer require the intense treatment. That will be good to hear.

“But living with the new me and having the tests every six months, its always going to be in the back of your mind, whether it is going to come back or not.”

It was his wife decided to put him forward for the Brave catwalk show and he says he’s “excited” to be taking part as his confident persona means he isn’t nervous about hitting the stage – not yet at least.

Describing himself as “fun to be around” he said the charity show was “right up his street” as he is always “game for a laugh”.