After-effects of radiotherapy

Hi

You don't mention if P is on any medication.

I can only speak from my own experience, however, the RT was the least of my problems. 

Whilst it's fair to say I was fatigued it's difficult to know whether it was the RT, Prostap (HT) or a combination of both that caused it. I had 37 sessions and everything was fine until I was 2 weeks in ( so 10 sessions). Then the side effects kicked in. The HT, in my case,  does cause loss of strength and stamina. I never felt nauseous with it though. 

Does P have a specialist Cancer nurse he can speak with over the phone,  or maybe the nurses on this site - I'm sure they will be able to  help.

Let us know how he gets on.

Regards

Stuart

Radiotherapy doesn't normally cause too many problems. Looking thru your previous posts he's been thru a lot. more likely to be Hormone therapy.

Also only 5 sessions is not a normal run of RT, I assume may be for Mets?

Best wishes

Steve

Yes, it was to zap the mets in his sacrum/pelvis, to stop them pressing on his sciatic nerve.

He's on hormone therapy (zoladex), nothing else other than morphine for pain. They took him off enzalutamide as they thought that was causing excessive fatigue, and say he's not strong enough for chemo. There is a specialist cancer nurse, but she's away till Friday....but the oncologist is doing a phone appointment with us this morning.

We spoke to the oncologist on the phone, and he says the cancer is progressing, and it's a case of relieving symptoms rather than treating the disease any further. He's re-referring us to palliative care, and I can contact the hospice outreach team and work out how things go from here. Sad, but pretty much what I'd expected.