Prostate

Stage 3. Started with a PSA of 402 and a Gleason of 9. Just celebrated 1 year since I finished radio therapy treatment. PSA is less than 0.2 now. Hormone treatment has been quite the experience and I have my good days and my bad but I find being open about it and just talking helps a lot. 

  • Offline in reply to E123

    No. I was told after my biopsy that my cancer was inoperable due to how aggressive it was. No guarantee they could remove it safely and completely. I have to say that the early hormone treatment most likely saved my life. I had an early cancer care nurse who basically ran to the hospital pharmacy and gave me my first 30 days worth of hormone tablets right after the biopsy in the recovery room. Been getting 6 months injections after that. I think the hardest part for me was the fact I loved to run and work out but the drug made me tired and the loss of testosterone caused me to have a more difficult time working out. I traded running for walking and I reduced how many days I did weight training and took to more low impact exercises. Had a real grip on it at the start but recently I begun to develop the middle age spare tire. Harder to get rid of due to the hormone but I’m giving it a go. No sugar is good. Have you had radiotherapy yet?

  • Offline in reply to Mac211

    Not had any treatments yet ..Sorry to hear it was inoperable but the good thing is the speed of which you got your hormone tablets … I’m glad they’re tablets as I have a needle phobia which has almost made me pass out in the past. This really does sound like testing times ahead but it’s good to hear your still in the race and doing good.