Husband had a meeting with his oncologist today after a couple of months break from treatment with the exception of prostap and daily steroids, the reason being his bad reaction to enzalutamide. His PSA has been monitored regularly and unfortunately it has risen to 6.6. So he will be starting abiraterone within four to five weeks after scans to see what the big picture is.
Our lovely oncologist gave us the patient information pack which goes with zytiga and one of the common side effects was diarrhoea which rang a few alarm bells.
He had post operative radiotherapy and that had a dire effect on his bowel I.e. Urgency, intermittent diarrhoea, so I was wondering if anyone had experienced that side effect? And, if so, what thoughts do they have about diet? I may be worrying uneccessarily. We do follow a good diet, Mediterranean in style, plenty of organic fruit and veg but fruit and veg disappeared from our diet when radiotherapy was going on so maybe that will be the same with abiraterone. Any comments would be gratefully received