Hi Neville, welcome to this site and you are at the right place to get information as there are a whole host of folk here that have far more knowledge than myself but for the record I also suffered frequent peeing at night which led to a visit to my GP. He put me on Tamsulosin straight away to try and resolve the problem, after three months I went back to him and he kept me on Tamsulosin gave some other pills as well and suggested a blood test at the hospital to "rule things out".
I had no idea at that time what he wanted to rule out.. To cut a long story short I had PSA of 63, had MRI scan, bone scan and later on 12 targeted bi-opsies (by the way this did not hurt, just slightly uncomfortable) and in Feb this year was diagnosed with PCa that was aggressive but confined to the prostate.
I was told that the best treatment plan was Hormone therapy for 2 years and Radio therapy after three months of HT.
Blood test before RT was down to 0.5
Have finally (had a few problems not linked to PCa) completed RT and waiting for results of first blood test to check PSA level.
It is normal to feel nervous and bemused by the diagnosis but try to stay focused on what you have and what you are told at each stage of your treatment. Take someone with you to be a second pair of ears and write a list of questions to ask the specialists at each visit.
My personal way of coping is to stay positive and deal with things as they present themselves rather than worry about things that may or may not affect you and another thing is do not bury your head in the sand but talk with someone to help take the pressure off and prevent the build up of stress.
You can download the toolkit from this site or get one sent to you, it will give you most of the information that you need.
Do not be afraid to ask any question whatsoever as there is a wealth of knowledge here from those that have PCa, their Other halves (OH) and those that have studied PCa deeper.
I am sure you will get answers from others.
Regards Chris/Woody
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