Hi Tommac,
Welcome to the forum I suspect you'll be one of our eldest contributors.
My late father was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was in his late seventies. I'm ashamed to that I didn't know what his exact cancer staging was, but with hindsight now believe it must have been pretty bad.
He was having the same treatment that you have described. He soldiered on for at least another ten years, relatively normally.
About a month or two prior to him passing away. He complained of his left leg 'playing him up'
I took him to his GP who contacted his urologist and the following week I took him for a bone scan. It was only at this stage that I realised how extensive his disease had been. The next morning I was contacted and told under no circumstances should I transport him again because his bones were so badly effected.
I never thought of my dad as a particularly strong guy, but I now know what a brave fella he was. He has posthumously become my hero.
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