Grant’s prostrate cancer Chemo blog

A final update!

2025-03-15T17:12:22Z

I thought it was high time I finished the blog off! So here goes. Cycle 6 was pretty uneventful. The tiredness definitely continued for the 3 weeks post cycle 6. I got those scan results back and it was wonderful news! At the outset of my j...(read more)

The ups and downs of cycle 4&5

2024-10-11T09:09:15Z

Sorry all it’s been a while since my last episode! The start of cycle 4 was much like the others. The sleep deprivation caused by dextramethasone lasted 2 nights this time. Gosh that stuff is pure evil once the dex wore of...(read more)

End of Cycle 3 and an unwelcome surprise at the start of cycle 4!

2024-09-03T10:20:50Z

Hi bloggers, it’s been a few weeks since the last instalment, so I thought I’d give an update! Well the end to cycle 3 was pretty uneventful. I was feeling well enough for us to snatch a few days in the Peak District, which was...(read more)

The rest of Cycle 2 and the start of the dreaded cycle 3

2024-08-16T16:59:56Z

Well bloggers it’s been a while since I blogged, sorry! When I left you I was at day 10 of cycle 3. Happy to report that the rest of cycle 2 was pretty unremarkable, in fact, I would go as far as to say easy. I felt fine and dandy! Only slight ...(read more)

Days 1 - 9 cycle 2 - All’s well except my hair!

2024-07-27T10:03:09Z

Sorry bit late to the pass with this week’s blog! I’ll try harder next week. Day 1 - After the 2nd infusion I was, like last time, bouncing off the walls. Hyper active from the Dexamethasone, I don’t know what’s in that s...(read more)

Days 15 -21 Cycle 1 comes to an end, seconds out round 2!

2024-07-17T15:45:25Z

Well by day 15 I was back to my old self! In fact the shoulder pain I’d had for over a year had almost gone. Because I have no bone METS they think it’s the Prednislone steroids helping to sort that out! The GP had said it was a trapped n...(read more)

Days 8 - 14 Things settle down

2024-07-11T18:51:36Z

Day 8, The new meds that the lovely Gemma put me on for the heartburn problems really helped. Heartburn easing and managed to build up to 5500 steps involving and up and down of Scarborough’s cliffs (we live in Scarborough) but pooped after. So...(read more)

Days 1-7 and I’m still here to tell the tale!

2024-07-03T16:07:34Z

I woke up on day 1, well i say woke up, I’d been awake all night. Just one hour’s sleep. The Dexamethasone saw to that. Gosh that stuff is evil. Thankfully they didn’t send me home with any, just another steroid Perdnisalone. You ta...(read more)

let’s go and kill some cancer, cycle 1, Day O

2024-06-27T17:33:43Z

Wednesday 26/06/24 Here I was, flying on the ceiling with lots of Dex tabs running through my veins, outside Scarborough hospital, on a very sunny and hot Wednesday afternoon. I was ready to kill some cancer! This bastard is going to really get it I ...(read more)

Sleep deprivation with Dexamethsone…

2024-06-27T16:13:59Z

25/06/24 John the kind chemotherapy nurse had issued me with the Dexamethsone (Dex) at the pre assessment meeting. Their purpose is to reduce reaction to the IV Docetaxel and reduce inflammation and reactions when you get home. 8 tablets in total, th...(read more)

Chemo pre assessment meeting

2024-06-27T15:39:13Z

Monday 24/06/24. To get to this point had felt like a long time coming. All the tests, scans, poking and prodding had led to this point. No more waiting. No more lists or letters. Here we were, on a hot sunny day in Scarborough hospital, in a r...(read more)

My story up to my chemo beginning to give you the background.

2024-06-27T15:24:36Z

15/03/24 - I was 56 years old, now just turned 57. I was called in for my old man cholesterol and blood tests. Reluctantly I went to the docs. During the chat. I mentioned that my Dad had prostrate cancer whether the same age as me. It had been cured...(read more)