Terry Cairns

I ran into a fellow motorcycle rider at the Almonte Tim Hortons in early spring of 2001. He introduced himself as Garry Janz and asked me if I had heard of the Ride for Dad and asked me if I had a PSA test. I said no to both not knowing what a PSA test was. He called me young fella although I was far from being young at the time. He explained what prostate cancer was and how early detection with the help of a PSA test could save people’s lives. I rode my first RFD in May of that year, had a PSA test shortly after followed by a biopsy at TOH. I discovered I had prostate cancer and had surgery in Sept. of that year the week of 911. I have rode in the RFD and helped to spread the word every year since then (with the exception of the first year of Covid). I look forward to riding again this year and continuing to spread the word that early detection saves lives. I am “living” proof and owe my ongoing good health to meeting Garry Janz in 2001. You might say that chance meeting and Garry’s advice saved my life and allowed me to continue enjoying life with my family today
today