Diagnosed with locally advanced prostate cancer only just broken outside the prostate put me on hormone therapy injection, ,radiotherapy in 8weeks putting me on another tablet in 2weeks ,want some feedback on how yiu feel on these treatments thanks am 59yrs old
Hi sorry you have joined us on here, but its a great place to get the feel of things! As you can see on my profile it sounds like you are in a similar place to where I was? Yes the HT injections do have effects which aren’t great but generally I haven’t found them to difficult to deal with, my Radiotherapy went well but have found it a bit tough going during the weeks since that finished but now getting through it and a recent PSA result of 0.22 shows it to be very worth while getting the treatment recommended Best Wishes David.
Hello Deka
Another warm welcome to the Macmillan Online Community from me, although I am so sorry to find you here. I am Brian one of the Community Champions here at Macmillan, I am also in the 4th year of my personal Prostate Cancer journey.
The community is divided up into cancer specific groups or chat rooms and as Richards Dad said in his post I would also advise you to join the Prostate Group and here's the link you need;
Once you have opened the link, just click on "join" on the black banner at the bottom of the page. Once you have joined the group you can either copy and paste your original post in the "New Here - Say Hello" Section. I can assure you of a warm welcome and plenty of help and support.
I look forward to "meeting" you again in our corner of the Community.
Best wishes - Brian.
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