article_snippet.sent: 103 – Marc Macrae was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Marc Macrae has undergone two operations and has not worked since being parliamentary assistant to Environment Minister Richard Lochhead in February 2013.
article_snippet.sent: But after Marc Macrae diagnosis in 2013
article_snippet.sent: In January 2013, Mr Macrae went to the doctor after experiencing prostate problems and was given Tamsulosin, which is prescribed for an enlarged prostate, while tests were carried out.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Macrae suffered from fatigue and struggled at work before being signed off in May that year on the doctor’s advice.
article_snippet.sent: When cancer was finally diagnosed in October Mr Macrae GP wrote to Mr Lochhead, but Mr Macrae says Mr Macrae never got in touch to offer support.
article_snippet.sent: Fortunately, Mr Macrae did not require chemotherapy and underwent two operations in September and October last year, in which the prostate and surrounding lymph nodes were removed.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Macrae added: ‘I’ve never heard from Angus.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Macrae never contacted me to see how I was doing, how the treatment was going, not one single word.