Donation in memory of Sean Vesey

Sean Vesey 1954-2015

Thank you for your gift of £12.69 to Prostate Cancer UK in memory of Sean Vesey, Consultant Urology Surgeon .

You opted in for GiftAid – that means your donation is worth £15.86. 

If you have been following this blog you will be aware that the focus of Clean up Prostate Cancer is to raise awareness of the disease rather than soliciting donations. However, along the way, people have been very generous not only accepting Know your Prostate leaflets and listening to my story but also giving. Having surpassed my £10 target this weekend I made Clean up Prostate Cancer's first donation.

Sean Vesey was born in Ireland in 1954. He qualified in medicine before continuing his career in England, specialising in urological surgery. There are many online obituaries to Sean which all demonstrate his constant thirst for knowledge and improving treatments. He took his expertise abroad sharing his experience with colleagues and patients in the Gambia. There is no question of his contribution to treatment of prostate cancer but the overwhelming impact of his work will be on the men who have benefitted individually. Because of his determination to share and to teach that impact will continue far into the future and beyond the boundaries of his career. Sean is part of our life because he had set up and was lead clinician at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust when Tom was diagnosed and treated.

Sean’s death is a terrible example of the unpredictability of this cancer. He knew all that modern medicine knew about Prostate Cancer and still he did not realise he was living with it before it had advanced to the terminal stages. So by all means read the literature, listen to advice but think about getting a PSA just in case....

Away from the “shop front” it is perfectly clear Sean was a popular and vibrant friend and colleague. His family will have much to treasure and our best wishes go to them all as they come to terms with his loss.