Will not give Radiotherapy for advanced PC

The cancer has spread to Lymph nodes in the right pelvis , they will not give me radiotherapy and no reason for not giving it , they offer just hormone treatment which is not good for me a i was taken off it after only 4 months in 2020

any help appreciated , i`am very very annoyed about this as the guy that took me of Hormone treatment in 2020 now says i will be ok on it , the hormone treatment gave me bad Angina

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  • Thanks for the replies most appreciated ,  can i just go back to RT as mine was in 2020  almost 4 years ago , so why can i not have this it is for Advanced PC " You may also have a type of internal radiotherapy called Radium 223 (Xofigo)."

    As regards HT new second generation i was looking at this one as it may not cause as much blood pressure {as that is my problem with HT}  the first one of my choice because of a Tablet  Daily dose would be Abiraterone { Zytiga } , my theory of it may not cause as much Blood Pressure is the fact that it is not one big 3 month dosage and if my blood pressure went up i could ? stop them for a day or to , i take Milled Flax seed which also acts against Testosterone, i only found out the other day that it is the lack of Testosterone which elevates Blood pressure

  • Abiraterone looks a promising option for you, RT to the same area of your body after just 4 years would be too harmful as your body is still recovering from the RT you had before and your risk of getting new cancers rises. I know testosterone can increase  BP but it also does a lot of good things for the health of your blood. take care.

    Eddie

  • Thanks Eddie but unfortunately i cannot live with more elevated blood pressure , this HT acts on the brain sort of instructing it to stop producing Testosterone ? some thing that i think is dodgy to say the leaste , i see nothing good with it at all and in my  opinion they should have just removed my Prostrate gland in the first place ? King Charles , later today i will email the Urology surgeon about the alternative things you mention there ? brachy therapy implants , it`s just ageism and costs as far as i`am concerned by the Consultant , he did not even tell me what you have told me he did not mention why i cannot have any more RT, but i know of some other things and these were not mentioned,  I some how have to try pull my self out of this angry, upset , worried state and try get back to normal the begging of the end and Fred Dibnah said that stuff you are giving me is making me ill 

  • Hi Stiga as i also have advanced PCa and am terminal with other serious health issues as well, I understand your feelings regarding limited options, my only one Being HT which has only slowed my cancers spread and soon will be ineffective, Were you not offered a prostatectomy when first diagnosed,

    Eddie

  • Hello Eddie , no i was not offered a prostatectomy and I all ways felt that would have been the logical thing to do , but it seems logic does not exist where i`am being ? treated , i put a question mark before treated because the only option i have been given now means becoming a couch potatoe , i like to cycle that and playing in a band once a week is the only thing i have left , HT would raise my blood pressure to much to cycle , I could not find that list of alternate therapies you mentioned could you  please write them again in here, best regards

  • Hi Stiga possible options chemotherapy, cryotherapy, immunotherapy, brachytherapy and clinical trials.

    Eddie

  • Hi Stiga, chemotherapy, cryotherapy, brachytherapy, immunotherapy, HIFU and clinical trials,

    Eddie