I was hoping to get back to writing a few more blogs. Unfortunately, I ran into a few health issues. Related to my prostate cancer, if not directly.
Scarring down below, after radiotherapy a few years ago, meant I went into urinary retention. Which I cannot describe as fun. Attempts to open things up were distinctly unpleasant. So, I ended up in surgical theatre. Where a bit more force could be applied to the problem. And a catheter was stuck in. Hopefully to be removed soon(ish)
I have found myself somewhat battered and bruised and not operating at one hundred per cent. Gently improving. I still feel I have much that I would like to say. And I will get back to saying it. I have been asked about my health by a few people. This is the answer, and the reason for my recent silences. For those, like me, who thought you were indestructible … you’re not.
We are all praying for you!
Thanks for the info. I will be praying for you.
Leon
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It all sounds horrendous and I wish you well with your recovery. Hope you soon get back to writing your stupendous articles!
God Bless you Dr. Kendrick. Stay positive, get well soon
Get well soon.
Dear Malcolm, Having been put through a (totally unnecessary) prostate biopsy, I commiserate! I really hope you get your problems sorted without further invasions.
I sincerely hope you will be feelng better very soon
Deborah Beskine
Oh…. Nasty nasty nasty stuff! Hopefully the catheter won’t be long in there ! Soooo unpleasant ! Prayers for a full recovery
The very best of good wishes to you. I hope you will have a chance to rest and read for recreation and recuperation wth the odd bacon sandwich to cheer you up, washed down with something suitable.
Wishing you a speedy recovery. Very pleased you’re back!
Dear Dr Kendrick,I wish you health and peace.Kindest regards,Edward Sordillo
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
As my dear Mother says: “Getting old is not for wimps!”.
May your physical strength come back to equal your intellectual rigor!
You are a Trooper to even bother to get this message out – your efforts are greatly appreciated, and there is a huge body of people wishing you the very best.
I am so sorry to read you have been through this. It sounds awful and I wish you a speedy return to what you enjoy best.
Reading your articles are not just interesting but easy to follow and understand. Take good care.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery 🙂
All the very best. Good to hear from you anyway.
Ouch!Hope it improves soon. Regards, and thanks for all your blogs,StephenOn 3 Nov 2026,
Do get well VERY soon!! We miss your missives.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I empathise as someone who has had similar experiences. My eyes are watering just reading this. Get well soon! We need your analyses and commentary!
I empathise as someone who has had similar experiences…a 30 mile ambulance trip with one of those double catheter things…one in one out. I felt every bump in the road. Get well soon. We need your analyses and commentary.
Oh man… you have been a friend for many years.
Please keep going.
I will be 90 this week and still healthy and time enough to keep following you!
Happy days!
I wish you a steady recovery, even if not as swift as one would prefer. Thanks for all you do.
Dear Dr Kendrick
So very sorry to hear abput your health problems I sincerely hope you are better very soon. I’m not a medical person but I love reading your articles. I love your sense of humour.
Claire
All the best wishes! You deserve it and we need you!
Take care!
Best Wishes, Doctor, for a comfortable resolution…
Neil Pryke, Norfolk…
Wishing you a full recovery – come back stronger because we need your truth-telling! x
THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW, I HAVE FOUND MYSELF WONDERING WHY THE SILENCE.
HOPE YOU SOON FEEL LESS BATTERED.
KIND REGARDS, MORAG
Dear MalcolmSorry to hear all that.Take care of yourself and get well soonOn 3 Nov 2026,
Here’s to a speedy and full recovery.
I hope you’re back fighting fit and ready to write more absorbing matter, as soon as you can. In the meantime, rest and recover…
Not fun to be unwell and in pain. I empathise with you.
That sounds awful, hope you soon feel better. I enjoy your writing and look forward to you starting up again.
Praying for your healing 🙏
Best of luck. Bodies eh?? Who needs ’em. X
Fair comment. I’ve been too complacent myself. Until my wife had to go into long term care last week.
I hope you still have a few acerbic things to say to us. Look forward to them.
worked in urology when I first qualified, so I can visualised only too clearly how you are. What a sod it all is!
Thanks for the update. A former colleauge tested positive for PC, had treatment and survived. He now does a lot to encourage ment to get ested and receive early treatment. I’m proud of him. A buddy told me his old friend had urinary problems in the early 90s, but was only tested for dia betes. This year he was found to have Stage 4 PC, so is facing the end. You’re doing men a favour by writing about your own experience, highlighting the condition and the need for ests and treatment.
What he/she/they said. All of them. And of course I blame the whole covid-fiasco on your present problems and would like to strangle the idiots who put us all through it.
Take good care and know how much you’re missed and loved.
I wish you well Malcolm in getting get back to your best; the world needs independant thought like yours together with the bravery and wit to make a diference with it.
Good Luck.
Sane voices are missed these days
It can take time to dawn.
I am sending my wishful thoughts to the cosmic consciousness for you. Your blogs have been a source of humorous thoughts on a serious subject. If only all doctors questioned the dogma like you. Take care and may your urine flow!
So sorry to hear how you’ve been suffering Dr M, I do hope you are able to make a speedy and full recovery. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
All the very best to you.
Dear Dr. Kendrick,
I have been following your articles for several years with great interest. I cannot thank you enough for all the insight they provide into the topics you cover. I would also like to thank you for your book, which—for someone like me, who is not a doctor—has been an unparalleled (or nearly so—I am also thinking of Dr. De Lorgeril’s books on the same subject) source of information for understanding cardiovascular diseases.
I sincerely wish, with all my heart, that you make a swift recovery and return to excellent health following the difficult period you are currently going through.
Best regards,
Lucie
Sounds painful! Wishing you a speedy recovery
I am so sorry that you are having health problems. I will add you to my prayer list. God bless.
Every best wish Dr Kendrick. On asimilar path