Hello Poppathesailorman and a warm welcome to the forum though sorry to hear you have prostate cancer PCa, I have had PCa for two years like you 28 days on bicalutamide tablets once a day quickly followed by hormone therapy injections, the first one  monthly then 3 monthly ones. The Bicalutamide and injections will cut off the cancers food source, testosterone, so will stop growing and shrink and the radiotherapy RT will finish it off, RT is usually done in about 6 months this is to allow the HT to shrink the cancer, so RT is much more effective, This is a good treatment for Gleason 3+4=7, grade 2 PCa and will be done to cure you. You have every right to a second opinion, that is for you to decide. there is one thing that doesn't add up a Gleason score of 3+4=7 usually means the cancer may have escaped the prostate but it has not yet gone anywhere else, as to your future, I know quite a few guys with similar scores to you and i am pretty sure the are all still with us. A word on HT, you probably know about side effects, which if any you get, and how hard they hit you, is any ones guess, but one fatigue nearly everyone gets and is the only one you can prepare for, try to improve your fitness before it starts and it will be a big help to you, if i can help, just ask, best wishes.

Eddie

Hello Poppathesailorman and a warm welcome to the forum though sorry to hear you have prostate cancer PCa, I have had PCa for two years like you 28 days on bicalutamide tablets once a day quickly followed by hormone therapy injections, the first one  monthly then 3 monthly ones. The Bicalutamide and injections will cut off the cancers food source, testosterone, so will stop growing and shrink and the radiotherapy RT will finish it off, RT is usually done in about 6 months this is to allow the HT to shrink the cancer, so RT is much more effective, This is a good treatment for Gleason 3+4=7, grade 2 PCa and will be done to cure you. You have every right to a second opinion, that is for you to decide. there is one thing that doesn't add up a Gleason score of 3+4=7 usually means the cancer may have escaped the prostate but it has not yet gone anywhere else, as to your future, I know quite a few guys with similar scores to you and i am pretty sure the are all still with us. A word on HT, you probably know about side effects, which if any you get, and how hard they hit you, is any ones guess, but one fatigue nearly everyone gets and is the only one you can prepare for, try to improve your fitness before it starts and it will be a big help to you, if i can help, just ask, best wishes.

Eddie

Hi Eddie

Thank you for the reassurance. My Gleeson adds up to a 9 so slightly ahead of where you were but I’m going with the HT. Had my CT yesterday and bone scan due on 31st. Im hopeful all is contained. Thank you for the advice on fitness. Noted. I like to sail so I need strength to maintain the activity, so I’ll keep fit. Best wishes.  

HI  Poppathesailorman, my apologies I saw 3-4, my mistake. I am not Gleason 7 either, I am Gleason 10 and metastatic, was in seminal vesicles before treatment, which was the same as yours, but because of the mets I had aggressive RT 73gy over 20 sessions April 2023 targeting the whole pelvic area as my cancer was in 9 places. good luck with the scans, 

Eddie