New Journey

Hello everyone, just starting on this journey and trying to be positive. 68 just retired last month after 50 yrs in the MoD and following Biopsy have been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. I have just had CT & Bone scans and am awaiting results along with outcome of MDT. So far been told I possibly have T2c or T3a, CPG3, Gleason score 4+3, PSA of 30, and that's about as far as I've got. To complicate things I have Total Knee replacement surgery next weekend (still in 2 minds whether I should go ahead with this surgery while waiting for treatment plan for Prostate) I have a dull back pain in the mornings which from what I've read doesn't bode well. The Prostate Cancer website is excellent & I would like to crack on with treatment and had a general query around personal experiences of side effects of treatment and any experiences of clinical trials?. Perhaps too general a question but any info would be appreciated before next appt post MDT discussion.

Thanks for reading

Carl

I can only give you my opinion, but totally understand your dilemma of having your knee surgery during this prostrate treatment period.

My treatment of surgery happened about 6 weeks post m d t meeting, I had my surgery in Wakefield west York’s but as we know different postcodes have different timescales. Perhaps the best thing would be to speak to either the surgeon doing your knee surgery or the surgeon/oncologist in charge of your prostrate treatment. You of course have to decide on the treatment you wish to have i e surgery or other. Although prostrate cancer is slow spreading my option would be to sort the prostrate issues out before the knee if that was my only choice, to give you a guide on my recovery I was fully continent after about a week, walking around the village 2 days after leaving hospital then steadily increasing my activity over the next few weeks & back to my usual running of 3 miles a day at the 6 week period. I think radio therapy is over a longer period of about a month of treatments. On your back ache problems at our ages of 68/69 backache can be just a wear & tear issue & totally nothing to do with the pc. Until your meeting with the specialist, the treatment they offer & of course what treatment you decide on, things cannot be decided.

Best of luck with whatever you decide.

Jeff.

The dull back pain is almost certainly nothing to do with prostate cancer. Metastatic prostate cancer usually has PSA in the 100s and is less likely with a T2 or T3a.

I would get the knee surgery done. It needs doing and if you miss this chance you will probably be on a waiting list for a few years.