Hello there and thanks for posting

I am sorry to hear about your husband's situation and appreciate you wanting a better understanding of what is going on.

You have posted on the ask the nurses section of the forum but hopefully other forum users on here will also pop on with their experiences.

I hope the appointment last night went well and that you may have some more information from them as well.

Every patient going through a diagnosis of cancer is different and coping styles will vary. Often patients go through a range of emotions along the way and this is all very normal. Some patients need extra support whether that be emotional, psychological or physical and the team involved in your husbands care will assess his needs at every step.

We have a section about coping with cancer here.

Most treatments I'm afraid do come with possible side effects and once again what one patient experiences will be different to another and it is difficult to predict how someone will be. It is important that your husband takes things one step at a time but also is aware of the possible side effects and different ways that these can be managed if they do occur.

You can read about prostate cancer here and hormone treatment here.

If any side effects or other symptoms are intolerable or are interfering with everyday life your husband must let his team know so they can re-assess him and come up with some solutions.

Whilst I understand the doctors are carrying out some more tests to work out the bigger picture of what is going on there will be pain killers that can be prescribed to try and ease his pain so do encourage him to take any pain medication he is given.

I would also encourage him to speak to his GP about his pain when he can so he is given the most appropriate pain killers.

I hope this is of some help to you but please get back if you wish. We also have a nurse helpline on 0808 800 4040 which you are welcome to call Monday-Friday 9-5.

Wishing you both the very best

Naomi

Hi Naomi, we are meeting with the Consultnat this evening to get the results of Mike's MRI,CT and Bone scan. I am dreading the meeting, althogh my husband is not that concerned. Just to say his Chest Xray for Oesstolytic lesion came back as normal. Can you please explain what this means in terms of his prostate cancer with mets?.  Mike has been on HT now for over 2 weeks and in the last 3 days he has not taken any pain medication as he is not experiencing the pain under his right rib which he was before the HT.  He is very active, played badminton this morning and feels well in himself. Is this normal with HT?.  Any advice on the chest Xray please would help.  I am not looking forward to hearing the tsest results and trying to keep positive for Mike's sake. 

Hi Naomi, we are meeting with the Consultnat this evening to get the results of Mike's MRI,CT and Bone scan. I am dreading the meeting, althogh my husband is not that concerned. Just to say his Chest Xray for Oesstolytic lesion came back as normal. Can you please explain what this means in terms of his prostate cancer with mets?.  Mike has been on HT now for over 2 weeks and in the last 3 days he has not taken any pain medication as he is not experiencing the pain under his right rib which he was before the HT.  He is very active, played badminton this morning and feels well in himself. Is this normal with HT?.  Any advice on the chest Xray please would help.  I am not looking forward to hearing the tsest results and trying to keep positive for Mike's sake. 

Hello again

Sorry only just seen these further questions once I had posted a reply to your comment from earlier.

From what you have said the chest x-ray showed no osteolytic lesion (bone damage) that can be caused by cancer spread in that region. I can't really comment as to what this means without knowing what the findings from the other scans revealed but I am sure you will be told more about this later.

Hormone treatment can be really effective in shrinking down tumours and some patients do find their symptoms including pain can settle quite quickly after starting treatment.

I don't know what is going to be said tonight but try and keep an open mind. As others have also said on here many people live active prolonged lives with prostate cancer and many treatments are available to try and control and contain it for as long as possible even in metastatic disease.

I really hope it is positive news

Best

Naomi