Nightly Bathroom Habit Was Missed Sign of Common Men’s Cancer: ‘I Didn’t Know’

A father was diagnosed with prostate cancer after chalking his nightly bathroom trips up to drinking too much fluid before bed, as reported by SWNS.

“I would wake up in the middle of the night and go to the loo a couple of times, but I never thought too much of it,” Ed Matthews, who lives in London, told the news outlet.

Matthews wrote off the early warning signs — until he received a shocking diagnosis in April 2025.

The avid golfer and skier said he felt “fit and healthy” when he went in for a routine health check provided by his employer last April. . .

When an MRI scan produced inconclusive results, Matthews underwent a biopsy. Less than three weeks after he went for the original check-up, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. . .

Early-stage prostate cancer rarely causes symptoms. However, as the disease progresses, changes include a frequent, sometimes urgent, need to urinate, especially at night. Other signs include weak urine flow, flow that starts and stops, and blood when using the restroom, according to the Cleveland Clinic. (Read more from “Nightly Bathroom Habit Was Missed Sign of Common Men’s Cancer: ‘I Didn’t Know’” HERE)