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Prostap and chemotherapy

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Posted 06 Mar 2018 at 18:37
My husband is to start his chemotherapy using docetaxel on the 15th and he is due to have his 12weekly Prostap injection on the 22nd. I presume that in the aftermath of his treatment he won’t be up to a walk to his surgery ( about 10 minutes) so should I (a) reorganise his Prostap injection for a week before or (b) play it by ear and hope that he is up for the usual 12weekly jab? We’re meeting up with the specialist nurse in the day unit a couple of days ahead of his first treatment so maybe I should leave it until we meet or should I talk to his oncologist secretary ? I’m so concerned and he’s unaware of my quandary as I don’t want to worry him too much, he always leaves me to organise his Prostap schedule so he is unaware right now and I don’t want to worry him unnecessarily. Any thoughts? Suggestions?

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Posted 06 Mar 2018 at 19:14

Some people carry on working full time through their chemo Blue, so a walk to the GP practice might be fine. Hard to know until you are in that situation but perhaps if he doesn't feel great on the 22nd he could get a lift or a taxi?

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

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Posted 06 Mar 2018 at 19:29

Not only should he feel like walking to the surgery, I would positively encourage it. Very unlikely that his treatment would affect a thing like that. As to how he feels, only you can judge.

It happened that on Wednesday past, I had my 12 weekly Zoladex jab at my GP's practice in Leicestershire at 9.30, then my Chemo session at 11.30 in Coventry, a 45 minute drive away. No interaction between the two events at all, even if they'd been t'other way round. But, but....

Do bear in mind that the low points for white blood cells are the middle week, ie, 22-29 March in your case. Potentially infectious folk (GP's waiting rooms a prime example)) should be avoided.

AC

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Posted 06 Mar 2018 at 19:14

Some people carry on working full time through their chemo Blue, so a walk to the GP practice might be fine. Hard to know until you are in that situation but perhaps if he doesn't feel great on the 22nd he could get a lift or a taxi?

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

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Posted 06 Mar 2018 at 19:29

Not only should he feel like walking to the surgery, I would positively encourage it. Very unlikely that his treatment would affect a thing like that. As to how he feels, only you can judge.

It happened that on Wednesday past, I had my 12 weekly Zoladex jab at my GP's practice in Leicestershire at 9.30, then my Chemo session at 11.30 in Coventry, a 45 minute drive away. No interaction between the two events at all, even if they'd been t'other way round. But, but....

Do bear in mind that the low points for white blood cells are the middle week, ie, 22-29 March in your case. Potentially infectious folk (GP's waiting rooms a prime example)) should be avoided.

AC

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Posted 13 Mar 2018 at 17:02
My husband is 71 and retired but we had a pre chemotherapy appointment with the specialist nurse yesterday and she said that when we go to the gp practice we should aim to keep our distance in the waiting room from other patients whilst waiting to see the practice nurse for his Prostap injection. Couldn’t fault her down to earth advice, first treatment on Thursday so should go smoothly
 
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