Newly diagnosed prostate cancer

Just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which unfortunately has shown metastisis into the lymph nodes and may be my femur, thereby ruling out radiotherapy as a treatment and requiring now a combination of hormone and chemotherapy. I am learning lots of terminology and numbers - PSA score, Gleason grade etc. - and discovering that for a reasonably intelligent person, that I am unable to understand or remember the most simple of directions from the most patient and kind clinicians.

Also, while I don't feel well, I also do not feel desperately ill, and yet, I am about to poison my body with chemotherapy, and I can't get my head around this. Is this normal?

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  • Hi Keith and welcome to the forum though sorry you have to be here, and, like me you have advanced prostate cancer, it's not unusual to have little or no symptoms when diagnosed and don't worry about not understanding everything at first, you will understand more and more in the weeks to come, and as for having treatment when there is barely any symptoms as I said earlier it's pretty common but most of us see treatment as a means to an end, a longer life or cure. Your pretty much on your own with seeing treatment as poisoning the body, even though technically you are correct. Best wishes with chemo and HT and if you want to talk to us about anything then please do, take care. 

    Eddie 

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  • Hi Keith and welcome to the forum though sorry you have to be here, and, like me you have advanced prostate cancer, it's not unusual to have little or no symptoms when diagnosed and don't worry about not understanding everything at first, you will understand more and more in the weeks to come, and as for having treatment when there is barely any symptoms as I said earlier it's pretty common but most of us see treatment as a means to an end, a longer life or cure. Your pretty much on your own with seeing treatment as poisoning the body, even though technically you are correct. Best wishes with chemo and HT and if you want to talk to us about anything then please do, take care. 

    Eddie 

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