Well after 5 long months after an equivocal bone scan picked up a very small hot spot in my left SIJ, followed by a similarly equivocal CT scan in January and a MRI scan in February the Specalist nurse has just rung to confirm no cancer in bone just an insufficency fracture showing up.
Phew 5 months of worry all over Christmas and New Year and its just a small stress fracture caused by the RT and Hormone therapy .Apparently the bone surgeons want to take a good look at my the MRI to see if there are other problems, well I have had back problems for ever due to heavy lifting over the years I worked. They want to see if there is anything they can give me to strengthen the bones and if medication is needed .I cannot thank the wonderful oncology team enough they are superb nothing gets past them and they are very quick to act .
Apparently my cancer has gone into hibernation according to the nurse in other words remission which is great news .I've been PSA undetectable for 18 months now which is reassuring and I feel very well indeed seeing I was classed high risk Gleason 4 3 5 after prostectomy with spread to local lymph nodes and a persistant PSA that never dipped below 17 after the op it was doubling very quickly and at the time of first ADT treatment had risen to 28 .There is much to be positive about for anyone with advanced Prostate Cancer the consultant said there is now a smorgasbord of treatments available now and more and better treatments are on the Horizon .I was given Enzalutimide as a first line treatment after my prostectomy failed and it is indeed a wonder drug for those men who respond to it .
I hope my story gives some hope to those who find themselves in this situation things are improving on the treatment side all the time .
