And I’m Daniel… Sam Newman’s Cancer Surgery & Peter Harvey’s Mail Bag Coming Up On 60 Minutes… tick tick tick tick tick tick…
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself with an exceptionally large title but it is as close as I’m ever going to get to be able to be in the opening of 60 Minutes. The Nine Network’s once unstoppable Current Affairs program has returned for a new season in 2008 with all the regular reporters back, Peter Overton, Liz Hayes, Liam Bartlet, Tara Brown and of course Peter Harvey’s mail bag.
Earlier in the week shocking news emerged that Sam Newman had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that on the morning the report surfaced he had gone under the knife to remove the cancer before it had any chance of spreading. This was tonight’s main feature story and what better way to bring well needed publicity to the cause of prostate cancer.
As Eddie McGuire wrote today in his Sunday Herald Sun article on how he heard the news of his good friends predicament, they can use Sam in getting the message out to other men that they need to see their doctor. He also pointed out to Sam that when well known people like him are put in the spotlight, there is evidence that the amount of people seeking a check-up sours with past examples being Kylie Minogue and Delta Goodrem. This is what inspired Sam to let Nine follow his progress but on the proviso that it was done right and not just a fluff story.
Tonight’s story on 60 Minutes was well done and should help the with men of Australia to get out there and see their doctor if they are not feeling right. Eddie McGuire doesn’t exactly have the right ‘voice’ for a 60 Minutes reporter in that he sounds very bloky and not as if he is out there reporting the facts, however this was a story about a close friend going through a tough time and in that sense Eddie done a great job.
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Andrew | Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
it’s not a matter of seeing a doctor “if they are not feeling right”. I didn’t see the story, and of course don’t know Sam’s situation personally, but something like prostate cancer can have no symptoms until it is too late. The key is awareness, and to get checked especially if you’re over 40.
DaNnY bOy | Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
Well actually their was a report on Nine News tonight that Sam’s situation has raised so much awareness that the Cancer Council is telling people that they shouldn’t worry because getting the prostate checked means taking a graft of it which then damages it. They say that the average age to get the cancer is 70 so the best thing is to be freindly with your GP who knows about any famiuly history etc… because its not a simple thing to just check.
If anything there what I said made sense.
Nicko | Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
Wow. That was quick.
One thing though, tonight they didn’t say “…and Peter Harvey’s Mailbag…” they actually said “…and Peter Harvey”
DaNnY bOy | Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
Yeah I know haha, I just wanted to be a smart arse with the title.
Maggie harding | Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
So Sam had cancer, sorry for him, but there are a lot of other people who have gone through this.
Eddie Maguire was pathetic getting every bit of drama out of this that he could 2/10
If men are suck sooks that they can not have a check up once a year bad luck.
Women have swabs taken, mammograms hysterectomys etc.
Dave Lewis | Mar 18, 2008 | Reply
Re comment by Maggie Harding’
“GET A LIFE”
Andrew | Mar 20, 2008 | Reply
Highlighting this plight is fantastc but the right message is to get a blood PSA test - no grafts as stated above are necessary - this simple test is done with other blood tests such as cholesterol etc… can very quickly indicate a problem. It is correct though that not all men who get PC have symptoms and the PSA test is sometime the ONLY way to find out. At 46 yrs I had no symptoms, was playing footy and had a good job, had a few aches and pains but when tested this January had a PSA of 254 - unfortunatley my cancer has already spread to the bones and is not curable but if it’s caught early like in Sam’s case it IS curable. So the more men get the test the better.