30 MONTHS ON........SOME JOURNEY.........BUT "A CURATIVE PATHWAY"

Good news that it's over Brian, hope all goes well and back to normal from now on

Best wishes 

Steve 

Wow! Brian - well done for getting (almost) to the finishing line!I assume this last injection takes you up to the 36 month sentence? What a time we’ve both had on this journey!!! I am watching my husband like a hawk to see if I can notice any side effects waning. We were warned it would take 5-6 months. 

Yes that's it. 36 months of being a woman (almost). As you say we've both had some journey. I do feel that after 36 months it's going to take some time (12 months?) to fully exit my body. Happy days!!

Kind Regards - Brian.

Great news Brian. No more 'Pain in the bum' and well done for lasting the course. 

It’s a funny feeling reaching the end of the journey - indeed , if it is the end. It’s one of relief that you can escape the HT but fear that you might have to go back on it! A sort of hiatus or a sense of having and not having (hopefully) cancer, excitement about no more ht and fear of recurrence! Nobody warned us about this ambivalence! I guess the only way that the medics can know if they have effected the hoped-for cure is to stop the HT and see what happens and be ready to step in and stamp on the cancer if it rears its ugly head again. 

Ah well - and there is a story - My initial PSA was 182 - there were "spots" on my pelvis on my MRI and my initial MDT meeting said HT for life.

Oncologist "thinks" there may be evidence of a spread to my pelvic lymph nodes so they were "zapped" along with my prostate at Radiotherapy.

With an initial PSA of 182 the thought is it's gone walkabout - but nothing was showing - so it's HT for 3 years then 6 monthly PSA's for life.

All I can do is hope that all is good - I trust my team and am under Christies in Manchester under their new Self Management scheme which is great.

To quote the song by Doris Day "Que Sera, Sara".

Kind regards - Brian.

Congratulations Brian - thank you for all your support and your story has truly inspired me and others no doubt.   Pleased to hear you’re sticking around!

Congratulations Brian. I was on Prostap 3 injections for three years and I reckon it was 9 months after the last one that things started to return to normal. So about 6 months after the last injection had worn off. For you that's about this time next year. Something to look forward to!

Cheers Seamus

That's something to look forward too!! Thanks.

I hope all is well with you - I don't know if I mentioned it before - we rescued another ex racing greyhound in January - Mercury - and he's all black with a touch of white underneath. A gentle giant!!

Kind Regards - Brian.

You are a complete inspiration to us all and thank you for your continuing help and support within our community.We are all very grateful to you

Keep well and best regards 

Beverley