Hi Lucinda,

I was on hormone therapy for two years for my prostate cancer.I am sorry to hear your husband is suffering from the side effects. I was relativly lucky.in thatthe main side effects I had was the dreaded hot flushes. But like you, early on in my treatment I decided it was no good moping about and in the end me and my wife had a competition to see who had the most hot flushes. I was well in fron both for the amount and the intensity. I made fun of it whenever I could as my way of coping. The one thing I found hard was the mood swings it brings.It effected me in that I would be listening the the radio or watching tele and would hear something sad and the next thing my eyes would fill with tears. There is this unwritten law that grown men dont cry; there is even a song by this name. I had no control over it and found it very embarassing bit I just had to accept there was nothing I could do about it.

On the plus side, the hormone therapy worked very well for me. My psa at diagnosis was 70 but just before starting radiotherapy was right down to 3.18. Twelve weeks after finnishing radiotherapy it was even less at 0.01, the lowest they could measure. Now four years after finishing all treatment it is increasing very slowly allthough last time it actually went down to 0.91. So it can be a very effective treatment and I hope it works for your husband.

Laughter is good medicine and one of the few things we get for free. Wishing you both all the very best and please let us know how things progress, Brian.