Thank you all for replying. My dad had his first Consultant appointment today. I went with him. He's been put on Bicalutimide (sorry if I've spelt it wrong, he's on 150mp once a day) He's got 5 weeks worth and then his first hormone injection will be in two weeks. The consultant has also referred my dad to see an oncologist however they're going to discuss whether he'd be suitable for chemo now. Dad has heart failure although he's had this for 6 years and you wouldn't know it, his hearts been doing fine.
The consultant spoke really positively about the hormone treatment and said that this is usually effective for many men for a decent period of time. I know it's not always the case and I'm praying that dad responds well. Dad has several areas of bone mets but they're not treating that at the moment. We were told to wait and see how the hormone treatment goes however he could have radiotherapy if needed. The consultant said to dad "as soon as you get the prescription from the hospital pharmacy take your first pill, don't hang around"
They are not doing a biopsy. I asked about this but my dad doesn't have a bottom (well he does but it was sewn up after his bowel cancer op 18 months ago) Dad's on warfarin and they'd rather not have him stop taking it. we were told that as his PSA is 195 and he has bone mets they are assuming its prostate cancer. I have heard that they can do scans for people in dad's situation and I'll remember to ask that when I go to the next appointment with him. I am worried that dad's cancer didn't show up on an MRI and CT scan he had done a year ago, as part of his screening following his bowel op. The consultant checked and said that he couldn't see anything on the scan but said that doesn't mean nothing was there. I'm panicking now that dad may have some aggressive kind of cancer, particularly as I thought PC was slow growing.
Anyway, thank you for listening. Dad's got his next appointment April, so I guess we'll know if he's responding. I think he felt better today after the appointment. At least he is taking something now which might help. I can't imagine what he's going through. My family have had such a difficult 2 years (dad having bowel cancer and mum is in remission for non hodgkins lymphoma) I'm going to print off some of the booklets available for him.
Is there anything else dad can be doing to help himself now. He's going to try and walk daily, his appetite is good at the moment and he has no other symptom apart of aching in his groin and leg (some numbness too)
Appreciate your time and take care