I Can't Believe I'm Telling You This

I Can't Believe I'm Telling You This is being broadcast on Monday August 17th, 2009.

The documentary is airing on The Community Channel (Sky 539,  Virgin TV 233, Freeview 87) at 9pm on Monday, August 17th, 2009.

The last decade has witnessed a truly modern phenomenon: thousands of men and women, faced with potentially fatal illnesses, have turned to the Internet for help with life and death decisions.  Here they can find a world of knowledge and support far beyond what they can learn in their limited time with doctors. The medical establishment is adjusting to their patients increased understanding of a variety of medical conditions: this shared knowledge is changing the course of how illnesses are managed.

It's extraordinary to think that there's one type of cancer that occurs in two-thirds of all men by the age of 80. Diagnoses of this cancer have increased three-fold in three decades, it's the most common cancer in UK men. This is the story of three men with the disease, who, with their families who've turned to anonymous strangers to discuss life, death, sex, and Viagra.

Together, they potentially face the end of their sex lives, a loss of dignity or even the loss of their life.