My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in summer 2016 he was advised to have hormone therapy followed by radiotherapy because he had abdominal surgery and they were concerned about scar tissue. So operation was not advisable. His Gleason score was 7 but consultant said it was aggressive. He handled all the treatment brilliantly and remained on HT for about 2 years. Then in 2021 his psa had risen to 8 so he was offered cryotherapy but following that it has risen again first to 12 then 17 in September. They did bone scans and ct scans but said they couldn’t find it maybe too small? Then out back on HT and his psa back to 6. They said they were going to repeat scans etc now in January but following a phone call today they want him to have one more injection and then review in June. If feels like we are in limbo as I don’t know what is going on inside him. Anyone experienced anything like it? He looks really healthy but I’m scared for him
Hi Lucy9876
Sorry to hear about your husband and sorry too that nobody relied earlier. I normally don't look at this forum because mostly I hang out in Family and friends forum and Carers only forum since it is my wife who has Leiomyosarcoma and that is another story altogether.
I do however have a benign enlarged prostrate myself so have some familiarity - especially the wonders of a "digital rectal examination" and have annual checkup with my GP since the tablets I take may help to mask me getting prostrate cancer.
I have certainly experienced friends saying how well my wife looks - well she still has cancer but fortunately for us it is stable and we got to "living with" rather than dying from cancer.
If we look at Your feelings when someone has cancer we can see Anxiety and uncertainty are really common. Does any of us really know what is going on inside ourselves let alone someone we love?
Sometimes we talk on here about "pre-grief" - often the idea of grieving for the life we expected rather that the one we actually got .
<<hugs>>
Steve
