"For three years I hadn't slept a full night. Up at one, up at three, up again before five, standing there in the dark waiting for something that barely came. My wife moved into the spare room 'for a bit'. That was two years ago. You start telling yourself it's just what happens at our age. What I liked about Prostivyn is that it doesn't pretend to be a miracle. One capsule with breakfast, the label tells you exactly what's in it, and for the first time in a long while I feel like I'm actually doing something about it instead of just putting up with it."

"I used to know where every toilet was between my house and the motorway. Every service station, every pub on the high street. I'd skip the second cup of tea before a drive and still have to stop. My grandson asked why Grandad always has to 'go again', and I didn't have an answer. Prostivyn is the first thing I've stuck with, because it's one capsule in the morning and that's it. No complicated routine. Just something I do every day for myself."

"Nobody talks about this. Not to their mates, not to their wife, barely to their doctor. You just quietly get used to it: the urgency, the feeling it's never quite finished, sitting at the end of the row in the theatre so you can slip out. I'm a private man, and I didn't want to make a fuss. A simple supplement with saw palmetto, nettle and zinc that I take every morning, without having to explain myself to anyone, suited me perfectly."