Lonely

My Dad was diagnosed with prostrate cancer which was first diagnosed when he had kidney failure, he had tried to ignore symptoms which led to him being very ill. Left hospital with a catheter and his kidneys made a miraculous recovery. He was diagnosed with a PSA level of 80 and Gleeson 9 but all his scans came back clear. He had a TURPS op and recovered really well and no longer needed the catheter. He had had hormone therapy for 7 months then 8 weeks of radiotherapy continued by another year of hormone therapy, bicalutimide , which he coped quite well despite usual side effects. His PSA came down to 0.03 very quickly and subsequent checks remained very very low. Until October 2016 when it jumped to 1.4 , a check 3 months later was 2. So his consultant sent him for a CT scan which showed a swollen lymph gland which indicated along with rising PSA that the cancer was still present, he suggested a bone scan which we are waiting for and back on HT and then then depending on results of tests radiotherapy to target the gland. As far as I know and I've been to every appointment he was never graded apart from his gleeson score. He was 72 at time of diagnosis and remarkably never had to visit his doctor up to his illness.

Edited by member 28 Mar 2017 at 22:14  | Reason: Not specified