Prostate Cancer

[Budgie]

Glad you had the test and the result is the right one, that's all you can do, after my diagnosis and treatment hopefully I'm going to be fine, and all because it was found early, it was all down to my persistence with the Dr to get tested, in France and other countries you get mandatory PSA testing at age 50, it's a joke in the UK, I had two of my local GPs telling me it's basically a waste of time getting a PSA test, if I had went off there advice I think things may have been different with my outcome, I am always telling friends and people I meet to get a PSA test, as one day I know my advice is going to save someones life.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I'm ringing my Oncologist today, almost since I started with the hormone therapy, I've been getting more and more pain from my joints and muscles, I'm hoping he takes me off it as I'm able to less and less even around the house.

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

I'm ringing my Oncologist today, almost since I started with the hormone therapy, I've been getting more and more pain from my joints and muscles, I'm hoping he takes me off it as I'm able to less and less even around the house.

They told me this would happen, also told me it would cause osteoporosis,and weight gain.
Which it has on both counts, they gave me pills to take to slow it down, 1 taken weekly and 3000mg of calcium daily..
It's a shite drug this hormone blocker.
Hope they let you come off it ,but for me it's for 18 months more ,then if body can tolerate it longer .

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I was on the jabs for about 12 months, which once I'd found someone who knew the right way to administer them (I passed on the info to every nurse before the jab after that), I was fine, but it was very hit and miss at first, even a wheelchair job one time, I couldn't even stand up let alone walk to the car park, the tablets are much easier of course.

I take magnesium but can't do the Calcium too much as I have bloody pseudo gout in me knees and it aggravates it.