Dad just diagnosed. Need advice

Glad to be able to help. RT & HT is a rather long process - but at least, there is no Knife involved. I think there is a greater risk of incontinence with Surgery - & sometimes bits of Cancer get left behind, so Radio therapy is often still needed as well - you have a  dose of both treatments. I think one, is more than enough!  The worst part of RT, is holding on to the water, then finding the Loo is occupied! & Getting there 20 times if you live some distance away.

I am again having a bit of a piles problem - but I had that long BEFORE any prostate treatment 😂 Another of the joys of getting older I guess. Getting treatment at the hospital for them is difficult ATM, due to Covid. I saw a consultant last week, & all he wanted to do was talk, not even examine me - passed the buck to the "Camera up you", team....
He wore his mask under his chin, BTW.....

Thanks for the ask - thankfully, my right wrist & arm is fine now. Probably caused by Tennis playing, whilst still with Hormone therapy (Weakening) in me 😅 It took a long time to get better though, suffered from Nov - Feb I think! RT is not much fun, but I'm glad it was not too bad for your dad.

Thanks. I've been enjoying listening to Radio Caroline this morning - whilst cooking my Sunday lunch.
It will be great to get back to Pub & cafe Sunday dinner though. I just hope travel back & forth overseas, is severley controlled though, otherwise we will be back where we started.

Lets get the vaccines into everyone & that will not happen. 

I'm optimistic, this Pandemic will be gone, very soon.

NO, repeat NO foreign  Holidays, that will open floodgates.

It's the "Raking in the tax" factor 😄

This might help.

Exercise in any form, is of course, good - I like a good  walk around somewhere interesting. 
This afternoon, I had a walk around the Lake & old Hotel at Lynford, in Norfolk. It's about 7 miles from where I live. It has been a TV location in the distant past. Mainly Allo Allo, but some bits of Dad's army, were filmed there as well. 

Old Hodges was in the water of the lake a few times!  The inner courtyard of the Hotel, was dressed up to look like France, with the exterior of the Allo Cafe - the interiors were shot in a BBC studio ! 

Two nice lakes to walk around, & some memories. 

Thank you Peter and Bob.

Reassuring to know that it can clear and hopefully isnt a long term side effect. Glad you are doing well Peter.

Bob, your walk sounds amazing! Dad walks lots too which is fab.

Thanks for the advice. The people on this site have just been amazing!

Just an update. We spoke to the Onco via the Macmillan nurse. The Onco said Zoladex can reduce HB levels and that there would be blood found in the bowels due to RT side effects so she would rather wait until August (next PSA test)  to redo HB test at that point before they start any other investigation work. Unless the Barrett's is bothering dad, which it doesn't seem to be. Hopefully he will have the endoscopy this July. 

So we will wait it out till then and see what happens. He is getting blood now and then when he empties bowel but he doesn't seem too concerned about it for now. 

The GP prescribed another medicine which stops his body from producing urine at night. This seems to be working well. He is now only getting up once or twice rather than four times a night. Cant remember the name but happy to ask him if anyone is interested.

Take care!