I've just had my third post-radiotherapy quarterly check-up and all seems to be going well, thank goodness.
My latest PSA test results revealed a value of <0.1ug/L which is excellent - so much so that my consultant greeteed me with the words I like to hear, viz "Hello Keith - this is going to be a 'trousers ON' check-up!"
Given that I started off with a Locally Advanced cancer diagnosis, it…
Background: Prostate cancer, Gleason 7 (4+3, locally advanced, not spread to bones or nodes).
Well, here I am just 6 months after completing my R/T and still taking Casodex and a weekly dose of Tamoxifen. I sometimes wonder if I'm becoming a hypochondriac because of the plethora of small 'issues' I'm noticing and which seem likely to be side effects of my treatment, but the main thing is that I'm still feeling upbeat…
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The postman delivered a mysterious parcel yesterday. It contained some written instructions and an innocuous looking bottle of clear fluid. Intrigued, I sat down, poured myself a cup of tea, and set about reading the paperwork.
I'd forgotten that at my last check…
