Didn't seem very long since i was last writing, but there's been a lot to take in! My last post saw me awaiting info ... "Just the facts, Ma'am, just the facts" ... The waiting never ends, remember?
After that week's delay ( from Covid) with my wife for company. Prior to this meeting I'd received a phone call to say " stop taking the Apalutamide", bur i had run out the day the original consultation was postponed.
Despite it being prescribe as a back up to the LHRH implant for 7 straight months, it has ceased to have effect, evidenced by the increased PSA score. I was to go, fairly quickly onto Chemotherapy. The consultant kept saying she was sorry to my visibly upset wife. Reading between the lines is often ill-advised, but these context and timing were a worry. Next up an appointment for an ECG and a Heart Echo. Things were moving ay pace.
We moved swiftly on to a 'Chemo explanation clinic' meeting and after that a 'Chemo Workshop' over at Maggie's. The following Monday i went for another blood sample for the Chemo starting the next day. (Which was today dear reader). i was very concerned , as was my wife, to find that the PSA' score' was back up to 27 by the 6th of June from 10 on the 10th of May. The cancer has found a way past or around Apalutamide; to re-cap it is a Gleeson 10, very aggressive. I'm guessing but I think it's ' morphed' quicker than my treatment plan has anticipated.
I'm happy to say it went well; the anti-nausea treatment worked like a dream, but i did get enhanced hot flushes, and sweated for much of the 2 hours. Afterwards, at lunch I ate 2 BLT rolls, the most i've eaten in one meal time for the last week. On top of that, I had Ramen for tea so things seem to be on the up.
That jinxed that up!
