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Posted 04 Apr 2024 at 05:43

Ah, so this is where the insomniacs hang out.

User
Posted 04 Apr 2024 at 05:44

Ah, so this is where the insomniacs hang out!

User
Posted 04 Apr 2024 at 08:37

Hi Richard, 

Yes, yes, yes. 😁

A month ago I was here regularly in the early hours. I had terrible trouble sleeping. It's still not perfect but much better than it was.

I see the Bical having an effect on you. I saw on another thread you'd posted

"and I def spoke to soon re the Bical, because for some reason I had nipples like Kim Basinger this afternoon and was craving all sorts of stodgy/sugary crap in the supermarket, I think I'll have to do food shopping daily, as I have limited will power."

No wonder you can't sleep full of sugar and within touching distance of Ms Bassinger's beauties. 😁

 

Edited by member 04 Apr 2024 at 09:01  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 04 Apr 2024 at 18:01

We kept our marriage secret for a further 8 years!  It was only when my dad became seriously ill with 'our disease' that we decided to announce it.

Wow! Now that is some secret to keep, incredible!!

User
Posted 05 Apr 2024 at 04:51

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

A month ago I was here regularly in the early hours. I had terrible trouble sleeping. It's still not perfect but much better than it was.

Whoops spoke to soon. There's only me here, and, at the last count, 37,896 sheep.

Been awake for a hour and can't get back  to sleep. We're looking after the grandkids today as well!

I bet before the days through they're calling me Grumpy Grandad. πŸ™‚

37,897, 37,898 ......

Edited by member 05 Apr 2024 at 09:27  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 06 Apr 2024 at 01:04

Here’s one for you insomniacs who may appear later, what’s your song to reflect your current mood?
I’ve been really struggling this week, my legs feel like heavy lead weights, I continue to get up 6-7-8-9or10+ times every night for a wee but can’t sleep anyway due to the frequent Prostap induced hot sweats. When I have a session getting pi$$ed like I did tonight with the missus watching some Netflix American series rubbish, I spend more time at the bog than in my chair. I’m 61 but feel more like 91. Prostap making me weaker and weak, my favourite football team loses every week and is in the bottom division, seriously now considering getting myself an electric MTB because I have no muscles left to peddle my old trusty mean machine (my pedal bike), but I bet they don’t fund them on the NHS (quite right too). Just putting it out there😬😬😬😬.

I’ve got this song in mind >>>>>
Just a castaway an island lost at sea, oh

Another lonely day with no one here but me, ohMore loneliness than any man could bearRescue me before I fall into despair, oh

I'll send an S.O.S to the worldI hope that someone gets my message in a bottle, “

That'll be the SpongeBob
User
Posted 06 Apr 2024 at 09:08

Oh SpongeBob, so sorry to hear this. Sounds like the Prostap is doing a number on you all right. Is it possible to talk to your CNS about the frequency of wee breaks? It must be so tiring and when you’re tired everything seems worse. I added Solifenacin to the Tamsulosin. 
I now take Mirtazapine as a sleeping aid which works well. Not so good as an anti depressant so still have my weepy days thinking about how long I’ve got left and how fast my disease is progressing now. Can’t bear the thought of leaving my wife alone.. Doesn’t seem right . 
Take care buddy. 
Phil

User
Posted 06 Apr 2024 at 10:36

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
Here’s one for you insomniacs who may appear later, what’s your song to reflect your current mood?
I’ve been really struggling this week, my legs feel like heavy lead weights, I continue to get up 6-7-8-9or10+ times every night for a wee but can’t sleep anyway due to the frequent Prostap induced hot sweats.

Hello mate,

Sorry to see that you're struggling.

Usually, I rarely sleep well, and I'm awake in the early hours. However, last night was the best night's kip I've had for months.

For the past 4 months, we've sadly slept in separate rooms, it's the only way we can try to get a decent nights kip. I hardly slept a wink the night before. We looked after the grandkids all day yesterday, it was great to be with them but was very tiring. We went to bed just after 11pm. I woke at 7 am, I couldn't believe it. I even went back to sleep for another couple of hours. I didn't get up until 9:30. I feel like a new bloke today. A lack of sleep is crippling, it's why they use sleep deprivation to torture people.

As you know, I had surgery, so apart from a couple of months on Bilcal, I've not  experienced the awful side effects of HT that youre having to deal with. I just managed to avoid HT injections, when they decided that I was fit for the op.

Although I'm not on HT, I have a heart issue that seems to effect me in similar ways to HT. I had a heart attack, only 2 months after my prostate op. I was beginning to think I was that unlucky that if Kim Bassinger had have had triplets, I be the one who was bottle fed. They ended up drilling out and stenting one of the main arteries but it looks like they'll have to do the same with another. Like you, I feel knackered and very old. It's so irritating. Until I was 50 years old, I was running 5 miles everyday and doing 500 press ups in 5x100 sets a day. I was as fit as a butchers dog. Now I struggle to walk 200 yards to the Co-op. Getting old is crap and I understand how depressing it can be when your get up and go has got up and gone. The thing I miss most, is kicking a football about with my grandson. Now when we go to the park I have to take one of his mates to act as a sub.

 Even after a year after my prostatectomy, I get good and bad days. Life has certainly become a bl**dy roller coaster.

On a lighter note, I love your idea of what song reflects your mood. Today, luckily, mine would be Happy by Pharrell Williams, but tomorrow it'll probably be So Sad the Song by Gladys Knight.

Best of luck pal. I hope you feel brighter and fitter soon.

 

Edited by member 06 Apr 2024 at 13:31  | Reason: Change of tune. 😁

User
Posted 06 Apr 2024 at 10:49

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
Not so good as an anti depressant so still have my weepy days thinking about how long I’ve got left and how fast my disease is progressing now. Can’t bear the thought of leaving my wife alone

Ey up Phil.

I thought you were in Jersey?

As I've said before, you are one of my heroes on here. I admire your upbeat personality and the way you are coping, you inspire me to try and be likewise. 

I suppose in reality, we usually post on here the lighter side of our lives, but often deal with the darker times privately in silence. 

Anyway mate, I hope you have great weekend whatever you're doing.

Edited by member 06 Apr 2024 at 11:40  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 06 Apr 2024 at 12:23

I thought you were in Jersey?

We are here in Jersey. Just back from breakfast out …. Need a rest now. 

Met with KevT at Luton on our way here. Lovely to meet him and his wife. Hope they’re having a lovely time here. 

Always try to be positive, does kinda become a way of thinking . Plus I don’t want to be down for the wife. 

Phil

 

User
Posted 06 Apr 2024 at 12:31

It's lovely that you and Kev met up. Get some rest mate, then have couple for me.πŸ˜πŸ‘

Enjoy the rest of your stay!

User
Posted 06 Apr 2024 at 19:07

So pleased to have met Phil and his wife.  It was nice chatting and passing time. Would have chatted longer but our bags were off the plane before us.

Thanks for the tips about Jersey Phil, we did some Castle-ing and the war tunnels today. 

Walked our feet off, and about to share a massive bath with the Mrs. It's our anniversary tomorrow so we'll be back out enjoying more Jersey tomorrow πŸ‘πŸ»

Cheers, 

Kev.

User
Posted 08 Apr 2024 at 07:37

Hi Kev,

Belated happy anniversary to you and your beloved. I hope your romantic big bath together went better than one I described early ( full details on this thread, 3 April @ 10:11) when I nearly drowned my missus. 😁

Edited by member 08 Apr 2024 at 07:43  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 08 Apr 2024 at 08:01

Thanks Adrian, or shall I call you Frank?

Jersey is very nice, I would certainly recommend visiting if you haven't already. 

Seems that curtain pole was a bit too close for comfort, you would have been famous in A&E 🀣

Cheers, 

Kev

Edited by member 08 Apr 2024 at 08:09  | Reason: Added note

User
Posted 09 Apr 2024 at 12:50

Good news. Bad news

First the bad news. I went for my Invicorp  and was told that the supplier had none in stock. How damn annoying, especially as I've eventually mastered the injection procedure. 😫

However, the good news is there's a rumour  that Elon Musk and Bill Gates are collaborating to make a new ED drug.

They're calling it Elongates.

Boom...boom.

(apologises to those who've heard it before)

Edited by member 09 Apr 2024 at 18:07  | Reason: Additional text.

User
Posted 11 Apr 2024 at 09:13

Phil and Kev should be back from Jersey?

But are conspicuous by their absence?

Perhaps they've got hangovers from hell? πŸ€”

Perhaps they did had a run in with Bergerac? πŸ€”

User
Posted 11 Apr 2024 at 09:36

Haha, no sign of Bergerac. We met up with Phil and his wife at the airport and had a really nice chat in the lounge. We continued back at Luton where they finally managed to break free from us at the car park. 

Funny thing about Jersey is the number of fast cars. The island has a 40mph limit so your porsche or ferrari has to chug around at the same speed as the riff-raff. 

we got home to find our apple tree covered in blossom and grape vines in bud (cuttings from my old house). Also, switched on the nestbox camera and the bluetit has completed her nest with feathers so should see eggs very soon. 

I love the spring, it's so full of life. 

Cheers. 

Kev.

User
Posted 11 Apr 2024 at 09:59

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
we got home to find our apple tree covered in blossom and grape vines in bud (cuttings from my old house). Also, switched on the nestbox camera and the bluetit has completed her nest with feathers so should see eggs very soon. 

I love the spring, it's so full of life. 

Hi Kev,

I love spring aswell. My clematis is full of buds. The allium are starting to grow and my Acer is coming into leaf. The lawn is still saturated. I can't ever remember the ground being so wet. The fish in the pond are already mating and I've got a robin and black bird nesting in the garden. We've got lots of blue tits in the garden but despite having umpteen boxes, none have ever nested.

The only benefit of the cancer,  is I have a pee jug to.use at night if needed, which I'm emptying in my composts bins. It seems to be working a treat.

I'm glad you had a fab time but it's always nice to be back home isn't it.

 

Edited by member 11 Apr 2024 at 10:09  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 11 Apr 2024 at 12:27

Hello guys, I’m back 😁.. Been very busy after our weekend away so just sat down for 10 mins between getting the ironing and packing done for this weekend’s trip to visit friends on Exmoor while the missus is at work. She is going too 🀣 , she’s just at work now 🀦‍♀️… 

Was lovely to catch up with Kev and Kirsty. Felt like we’d known each other for a long time. Kev’s right , there’s lots of fast cars and loads of full size Range Rovers which I can imagine getting stuck in some of the roads our son goes down… 

Nice to see spring is coming , everything looking green and fresh. Still got lots of planting to do, front and back as we’ve had a complete re model of the rear garden and front drive done leaving a nice quadrant in the front corner for shrubs etc… Looking forward to going round the garden centres choosing what to buy 😁. Well I don’t choose of course as I haven’t a clue 😳

Still come home to being a bit fretful about next weeks bone scan and subsequent consultation … 😬… Just like a bit of stability for a while so I can get off the monthly checks/consultations as you don’t really get a chance to relax.. I almost want to get the Orchidectomy done so I can come off the HT and steroids. I’m blowing up like a balloon. I’m still able to get a ‘rise’ on the HT but who knows after the Orchidectomy . I suppose it’s anyone’s guess. 

Take care chaps

Phil

Edited by member 11 Apr 2024 at 12:28  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 11 Apr 2024 at 21:36

Hey up chaps, SpongeBob here in France no less, on a belated road trip with the missus ( belated due to the PCa causing us to cancel our family hol last year). Just had a pleasant meal at a Restaurant Chinoise in Troyes - fabulous here, c’est la vie, certainement πŸ˜¬πŸ˜¬πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

 
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