Spirituality and diet

We changed our diet completely when my husband was diagnosed. It wasn’t easy for him as he always had a lot of dairy (2 pints of milk a day, lots of butter, cheese etc) and a fair amount of red meat. He’s always been a bit fussy with food too. We took all the dairy and red meat away and he just wanted to eat whatever he thought might make a difference. I guess none of us really know whether diet can impact the cancer, but when we get told this week from the consultant that my husband might be an exception to the rule as he was expecting him to have more treatment by now, then I want to believe that it could have made some difference. Who knows what can be achieved when you believe it! I think we’ll always feel we did everything we could aswell. We’re certainly not as strict now as we once were but I try to make sure I only cook healthy (no meat/dairy) meals at home.

Best of luck to you

My experience with the NHS is there is not a constant dialogue with the consultant. The frequency of intervention is dependent upon the stage of your treatment. You have to remember that the timelines of treatment can be long and drawn out, people are simply compressing those timeline down to key points.

Since March I have seen a urologists 3 times and had 1 phone call. But that is because I was going through diagnosis.

I believe everyone should be assigned a uro-oncology nurse. I have 2. One at my initial local hospital and one at my treatment centre. They both are very good at answering questions and providing advice.

Well I've read this whole thread carefully and I'm not convinced that Barcud's posts are a real account of someone dealing with prostate cancer, though I could be wrong of course.

Jules