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Posted 21 Sep 2019 at 18:24
Congrats Steve.
User
Posted 21 Sep 2019 at 19:04

Fantastic news Steve!

User
Posted 22 Sep 2019 at 09:17

Congratulations to you and the family Steve.

Ido4

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 05:02

Hi, 

It's that time again.  Later today I see my Oncologist to find out my latest PSA results at my four month check up.

The last results, two months ago, showed a fall from 2.6 to 2.3 so I'm keeping my fingers crossed it's stayed around that figure. 

Steve 

 

 

 

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 07:22

Good luck for today Steve
Barry

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 09:13

Good luck Steve - hope it comes back favourable!

Flexi

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 09:48

Good luck today Steve 

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 15:00

Thinking of you today Steve.

Hope all goes well for you

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We can't control the winds - but we can adjust our sails
User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 16:05

Hi, 

Just seen the Oncologist, unfortunately my PSA has risen from 2.3 in July to 3.2 now.

Feeling a bit disappointed. 

Steve 

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 16:30
Super news on the new grandson - congratulations to you all. On the PSA front, I worry that you are not proactive enough - did you ask for a testosterone test to see whether the HT is working correctly? Have you checked that the nurse is definitely giving you the 3 month dose rather than the 1 month dose (call me a cynic but as you well know, it has happened on here in the past) and is storing it correctly and injecting it into the correct place?

What is the onco's plan?

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 17:25

Steve

Sorry to hear about the rise. Great news about the grand child.

Thanks Chris

User
Posted 24 Sep 2019 at 20:30

Thanks Chris. 

Thanks Lynn, when my testosterone was checked back in late May it was 0.4 which was ok.  I always collect my Zoladex to take to the surgery so I always know that it the three month dose (10.8mg). 

My oncologist said my PSA has risen at the rate she expected it to.  Her plan for me is to get the maximum use out of Zoladex before she has to add Bicalutamide. 

Steve 

User
Posted 21 Nov 2019 at 01:49

Hi, 

1.30am:  Laying awake.  Can't seem to get to sleep, remembering that during this night, five years ago, I suffered a heart attack at 4.30am.

Two weeks earlier, I had finished my radiotherapy treatment and was having a rough time with side effects: rectal bleeding and bowel urgency. 

It was really getting me down and I felt quite sorry for myself but little did I know that there was something else that was about to happen that could have taken my life when I least expected it.  

It's strange but it made me feel more at ease with my cancer because whatever might happen with that, that will be in the future and I have been given a second chance to enjoy whatever life I have left. 

Even though bad things happen, if you manage to get through them, it makes you stronger. 

Steve 

 

User
Posted 21 Nov 2019 at 07:52
Got to keep plugging away!
User
Posted 21 Nov 2019 at 08:43

Good post Steve. Helps put things into some sort of perspective.

Ido4

User
Posted 21 Nov 2019 at 09:05

Good positive thinking  Steve, well done. My own analogy is that I'm like an old car, while they keep patching me up, there is hope and I'm not beyond repair and being carted off to the scrap yard  !! 

I've had a good 12 months of nothing but ht to keep things stable, now I'm bagged up waiting for a turp op in a few weeks. Not pleasant but if it improves quality of life, no contest mate. 

Chris

User
Posted 21 Nov 2019 at 12:03

Good to hear your positivity Steve, stay strong

Arthur

User
Posted 21 Nov 2019 at 23:17
Hi Steve, did you manage to move? My wife wants us to downsize to a bungalow next Spring. My family are saying don't do it, you've enough stress in your life without a house move.

As far as I'm concerned if she wants to move I'm happy to go along with it, only going to be a short term move for me based on my prognosis.

User
Posted 21 Nov 2019 at 23:43

Steve 

Just coming up to six years since my DX , you were probably like me "that was not in the plan" . I remember reading your very entertaining daily reports on RT treatment. Keep going mate that's all we can do.

Thanks Chris and Dawn

User
Posted 22 Nov 2019 at 08:10

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
Hi Steve, did you manage to move? My wife wants us to downsize to a bungalow next Spring. My family are saying don't do it, you've enough stress in your life without a house move.
As far as I'm concerned if she wants to move I'm happy to go along with it, only going to be a short term move for me based on my prognosis.

Jasper you have had a brilliant PSA response so don't rely on it being short term! If you like where you live now stick with it you will be here a lot longer than you think!

 
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