Hi
i had my final 6 monthly blood test results yesterday and still undetectable. The hospital has officially discharged me and i will have have an annual test at doctors . 5 years since diagnosis but seems like ten at least!! the initial thought of 5 years of tests and checking seemed daunting .but after the first few successful tests i started to carry on with my life.
I had da vinci op and very pleased i made this decision.
Took me about 4 months before i returned to work as i have physical job and another 2 months before i worked 100% . i am a bit of a fitness fanatic so returned to gym after one month but only did walking on a jogging machine. did lots of walking in first few months inside and out!! but took 6 months before i felt i could return to normal gym work without any risk
after a few awkward months the problem of incontinence stopped. i do have occasional leaks but they are small.
overall i feel fine and probably doing more than i did 5 years ago. i was lucky in that the cancer was found just in time as it had started to spread when i had my op. yet i had no symptoms and it was only found due to a general check up after a mystery chest infection which had no link to the cancer.
yesterday was a day of relief more than celebration. I never expected to get cancer in the first place(no symptoms and no family history) and i know that it can always return. So i cannot fully relax but i am very happy to be able to share some good news