It's about time I wrote something...

Well, I've been a member on here for some weeks and decided it was time to start a blog. Think the reason I didn't before was because I was hoping it wouldn't be neccessary, that OH would not be as badly affected as I'd imagined etc... Unfortunately he has locally advanced prostate cancer, his PSA was 28, gleason 8... Thankfully the bone scan was clear, but his MRI showed that there are some affected Lymph Nodes. Anyway, we had a bloody disasterous day on Wednesday..half way along the journey to the hospital (to an appointment with a doctor who is conducting some sort of trail with chemo in addition to hormone treatment) our car packed in...we are members of the Green Flag, so phoned for help. We'd managed to get off the motorway into a works car park, so we decided to leave the car for a while (after checking that we wouldn't be clamped!) and get a taxi to the hospital. So far, not too bad.. As we were just getting to the oncology dept, my mobile rang (well, buzzed, it was on silent) My son was in a panic, our 4 month old puppy had jumped on the dining table and stolen my husbands tablets (cyproterone acetate) and eaten at least 3 of them.. Imagine my stress, 20 miles from home, no car...I'm sorry to say that the worry of the pup had overtaken my concern for my husband (sorry darling) somewhat, and I was more interested in ringing the vet than taking notice of the doctor..He said because it had been at least an hour since Bobby (pup) had eaten them it was pointless making him vomit, that those tablets were VERY dangerous to such a small pup, and there is no antidote..just watch him closely and have a blood test in a few days if he's not showing any symptoms like wobbling, vomiting, etc.. Anyway, so far he's his usual self. He had a blood test Friday that came back normal so we're keeping fingers, toes and everything else crossed.. Back to OH, we are now waiting to see if he is going to be offered any Radiotherapy or Chemo in addition to the tablets, (yes, THOSE despicable tablets..) and we are going back to the hospital on the 21st. Hopefully, it'll be easier to concentrate next visit.. He feels well, though very angry with his GP for not taking his concerns seriously for 3 years. The treatment could have been so much different if only they had done repeat PSA tests, or even a DRE, he had to ask the GP to examine him...