I'm due to see Dr Onc, (not his real name), on Friday at the Unit. Ok so far as they look after me very well.
Pains from my pathological fracture(s) of the pelvis are generally better but have shifted. The urinary symptoms, day and night, are worse. I have the printed results of my blood tests last week and I will have them with me for my onc appointment. I'm not sure what's going on but, as my PSA continues to rise, it means The Enemy is active again. Worrying outlook. All will be well if I can see and talk with Dr Onc himself but not if it's a deputy who doesn't know me except on bits of paper.
Reading the PCa discussion group is usually positive and helpful but I realise, as I was late-diagnosed, that I may be at the "hormone resistant" stage. The injections have proved ineffective, (useless when I'm feeling down), and so what comes next? I haven't had a full course of RT and my condition may not be suitable for this. I am terrified of the dreaded chemo and have read little to reassure me.
Met a pair of psychotherapists today who have decided to own and run a small retail business. (!!!!) I asked them about Gestalt about which I had a little experience years ago. You know, a problem, three chairs and the patient and therapist sit on two of them. They talk with the problem on the empty chair, then they swap chairs so that the patient or the therapist can act as the voice of the problem and so on. Fascinating. Has anyone experience of this as way of coping with cancer? I'd be interested to learn.
