Sad news about the beloved actor William Shatner

Throughout his active career, William Shatner has achieved success. The actor, who is most recognized for playing Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek television series, had the chance to visit space in real life.

However, Shatner found it challenging to live to be 90 years old after learning that he had a fatal condition.

Star Trek star William Shatner has made a name for himself in both the acting and music industries. He has eight albums to his credit. The star’s life was completely turned upside down when he was told he had prostate cancer, despite his achievements.

Shatner discussed how, despite having had an extremely lucky life, he has also encountered mortality in a number of ways in an NBC piece. Given the dire prognosis, it becomes sense that the famous person started to worry that his time was running out.

“A physician informed me that I had a fatal illness. Shatner told NBC, “I felt like I was going to die.”

“I didn’t know how to respond to the information. We were talking about my funeral.

I was told by the doctor that I had cancer. I reasoned that something had to be wrong.

When prostate cancer is large enough to impede the tube that drains urine from the bladder into the penis, symptoms usually do not manifest until the cancerous growth progresses slowly.

In order to determine Shatner’s cancer type, his physician performed a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. These tests can identify whether elevated PSA levels are related to non-cancerous illnesses or whether cancer poses a major threat to one’s life.

Shatner described his diagnosis, saying, “He took my PSA, a marker for this disease, to figure out which sort it was.”

It was at one or two up until then, well within reasonable bounds. It was ten, he declared. “Aggressive cancer,” the physician declares. Ten! My body had played tricks on me.

Shatner was shocked, terrified, and even a little furious when he heard the diagnosis, and his mind quickly turned to the possibility of dying.

“I understood my prognosis; I had written my will, stating that this person would get this and that person would get that upon my passing,” he remarked.

However, I had a deeper emotional belief that I would live forever. I disagreed with it. It meant making my wishes known before savoring a delicious slice of strudel. For me, death held no significance.

Shatner learned that testosterone pills—the very supplements he was taking—might, in some cases, be linked to prostate cancer after he struggled to accept life while facing the threat of death.

“I questioned if I ought to stop taking the supplements.” Yes, that would be a great idea, he replied.

Researchers in Baltimore, USA, obtained blood samples from 759 men for their study, 111 of whom had been previously diagnosed with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer was found to be more common in men over the age of 55, indicating that elevated testosterone levels are linked to a higher risk of the disease.

On the other hand, low testosterone levels were linked to an increased risk of prostate cancer, although high testosterone levels were not, according to another study from the University of Oxford.

The body has a limited number of androgen receptors, which means that if they are “filled up,” the body cannot bind to a receptor and the quantity of testosterone in the blood is meaningless.

This was discovered by researchers. Approximately 19,000 males had blood samples taken, 6,900 of whom went on to develop prostate cancer.

According to this study, high testosterone levels do not increase the risk of prostate cancer, but low testosterone levels can. Shatner was no different.

“I had another PSA test three months later. It was now only one. One. Shatner claims that the physician surmised that testosterone was the reason for the elevated PSA reading.

“Cancer is something the body gets and gets rid of all the time, but that test’s sensitivity allowed it to find even the smallest trace of it, and when I saw that together with the PSA reading, I thought I was going to die.

Finding out that I did not have cancer made me happy. I’m back to not dying now. Or, at the absolute least, right away.

The NHS notes that more accurate ways to screen for prostate cancer include a blood test, physical examination, MRI scan, or biopsy. It also notes that “false-positive” PSA test results are not uncommon.

Those who have any of the following symptoms should consult a physician, who will almost certainly carry out the testing listed above:

More frequent and consistent urinating during the night
An sudden impulse to go to the bathroom, struggling or taking a long time to urinate, or difficulties starting.

Poor flow, as if the urine or sperm haven’t been completely evacuated from your bladder.

A person receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis will be counseled on the most appropriate course of action. Treatment options for curable cancers include radiation and surgery later on, or “watchful waiting” in the early stages.