My visit to dear Dr Onc this morning was a success! We got on well! He had good news and explained than my apparent rise in PSA was a mistake, it's too early after only two weeks on abiraterone and things are going on OK. He was pleased with my progress and said so!
I'm so embarrassed to have sounded off as I did yesterday and acted as though my life was over. Thank you those who posted some sense to me even before you could have known it was OK after all.
What a difference a day makes, and lots of other clichés. Cancel the curfew, have dancing in the streets and demos for the government, the security forces are in control right now! Make no mistake the rebels have not gone away and I need to stay one strategy ahead of them.
I am to stay on abiraterone for at least the next three months with regular follow-up and zolendronate infusions as today. I talked with others in the infusion treatment room and enjoyed the contacts. Those I met were more advanced on chemo etc than I but all were positive, friendly people who looked good, in spite of their disease. My infusion by a nurse and machine was a doddle and I had tea and biscuits courtesy of the hospital as I sat in the treatment chair. Nothing to be afraid of. Afterwards I tried to put a smile on those who were sitting waiting for appointments late or were just sitting looking lost or worried. I hope I helped by talking about where they came from and what they did and so on.
The taxi man on the way home, (20 miles) was a treat and said I looked very fit for my age. Bless him.
