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My Journey through HT and RT

User
Posted 22 Feb 2024 at 20:47

Well I guess it’s straight to Mercadonas Fish counter when I arrive in Fuerteventura.

it’s a bit of a minefield this, what supplements are good for which are not🤷🏼‍♂️

I wouldn’t have thought that Seven Seas would have included a Turmeric Tablet with their Jointcare tablet which wasn’t safe?

Thanks for the replies.

User
Posted 23 Feb 2024 at 20:38

Lizzo37,

Re: ? High Levels of DHT are a risk for Prostate Cancer?  This medical article in Pub Med from July 2020 says the opposite: that high levels of DHT are protective for people with and without prostate cancer.

PubMed:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32368817/#:~:text=Prostate,2020%20May%205.

Perhaps you are aware of more recent research?

Best wishes,

JedSee.

User
Posted 23 Feb 2024 at 21:31

Dietary advice changes from year to year. Eggs have changed between good and bad at least four times in my life. Well I say 'Eggs' have changed, of course they haven't changed, it's the advice about them which keeps changing. The eggs are oblivious to the advice, they are just as good (or bad) for you as they have ever been.

If you enjoy turmeric eat it this year, because it will be bad for you next year.

Wine and beer are the only foods which for millenia have always been considered to have only beneficial properties, at least that's what I tell myself.

Dave

User
Posted 24 Feb 2024 at 00:08

Flax seed oil is a poor substitute for "proper" omega3s:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/why-not-flaxseed-oil

 

Eat fish especially the oily kind, it is unequivocally good for you.

There is also a considerable evidence emerging about seed oils and just how bad they are for your immune system.

Leave the flax to animals that have the correct teeth to grind the seeds.

Edited by member 24 Feb 2024 at 00:09  | Reason: URL fix

User
Posted 24 Feb 2024 at 10:02

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
Wine and beer are the only foods which for millenia have always been considered to have only beneficial properties, at least that's what I tell myself.

Hear, hear.

They can certainly 'ease the pain.' 😁

User
Posted 24 Feb 2024 at 20:59

Thanks francij1,

I do eat a lot of oily fish, but I never know if I'm doing the 'right' thing, because of how our fish supplies have been contaminated with mercury.  We are caught between a rock and a hard place...so I eat fish - and then I have a glass of wine to help me not to worry about the mercury.

As another poster has said, alcohol has only beneficial properties - lol.

Best wishes to all.

JedSee.

User
Posted 24 Feb 2024 at 21:15

2 large Edinburgh Gins (Rhubarb and Ginger) watching Scotland rugby match(well done boys BTW!) and then a bottle of wine with a (shared!) pizza.  What joint ache?🤣🤣🤣

Actually on a serious note something HAS changed over the past few days, my joints ARE getting better ATM….too early to say if it’s just  temporary, but it has lifted my mood so much💪💪💪💪

User
Posted 25 Feb 2024 at 19:12
Jedsee find yourself a supply of freshwater trout, it's an oily fish that lives in clean upland lakes and rivers. No accumulation of mercury to worry about there.
User
Posted 25 Feb 2024 at 21:19

Thanks francij1,

I'll certainly look into the recommendation of freshwater trout.

Best wishes,

JedSee.

User
Posted 25 Feb 2024 at 21:22

Great news, Decho!  Hope the pain reduction is permanent (although the alcohol might have helped just a bit...).

Best wishes,

JedSee.

User
Posted 18 Mar 2024 at 19:45

Castrol GTX, that ages you haha, have a can in my van, cleared it from a elderly chaps shed, who sadly passed away, work as a Gardener now, still do, not sure for how much longer?,  am now unfortunately starting a PC journey, just came out of the blue, like many here I guess?, all the best to you, chin up, and all that. 

 

User
Posted 18 Mar 2024 at 19:55

Welcome to our exclusive club Robin and good luck with your journey.

When you get a moment it’s always good to update your BIO.

Theres lots of great support in this forum!

Derek

User
Posted 19 Mar 2024 at 12:26

I spoke to my CNS this morning, they really ARE such a support. She confirmed that as my PSA was falling and low it was unlikely that this was causing my leg problems, more likely the HT making perhaps an existing problem worse. She said that my bone scan showed some wear on the knees, which I didn’t know about.

The outcome is she is going to speak to the Onco about me stopping HT early if my PSA stays low the next 2 tests, April and July. Perhaps April being my last Prostap Injection😊. This would mean that I have been on HT for 2 years in total, 9 months before RT and 15 months after RT finished. In the meantime they are going to try and find out exactly what the problem is with my legs.

I can ONLY live in Hope🤞🤞🤞🤞

User
Posted 22 Mar 2024 at 16:05

Got some great news today, just had a call from my CNS who has said that my Onco is happy for me to stop HT.
He also thinks my leg pain is nothing to do with PCa(as you’ve all told me anyway😊) and I’ve to let my GP deal with it.

So my last Prostap Injection(hopefully for ever🤞) will be 4th April.

I just need now to find out what’s happening with my legs! GP appointment on April 1st and hopefully he’ll arrange whatever tests are needed.

I am SOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!😊😊😊😊

User
Posted 22 Mar 2024 at 18:14

Great news!

User
Posted 22 Mar 2024 at 19:02

Light at the end of a long tunnel. That's great news.

User
Posted 22 Mar 2024 at 20:50

That's great news, Decho.  

Hope you get those legs sorted soon.

Best wishes,

JedSee.

User
Posted 22 Mar 2024 at 21:31
Great news Derek, really happy for you 👍
User
Posted 22 Mar 2024 at 22:08

Great news! 😊 

User
Posted 23 Mar 2024 at 00:34
Brilliant
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

 
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