Hello Whittaker . The statistics are that between 25 and 45% of men have to have salvage radiotherapy and hormone therapy following a radical prostatectomy. The risk of needing it tend to depend on the higher up the T scale you are, whether there any risk factors on the biopsy report, the expertise of the surgeon, initial PSA....
Hi thank you for the info not good statistics. If we had known he was T3b when we decided on the op as against RT and with those percentages we might have opted for RT but they said he was T2b. Anyway water under thr bridge we are where we are. Just hoping his side effects from HT and RT are nit too bad. Not looking forward to 6.5 weeks every weekday at the hospital and the parking charges are ridiculous but needs must.
Regarding parking charges, I've had two separate courses of chemo and one of RT carried out at two different hospitals and in all cases parking was free for patients undergoing these treatments. It's worth asking next time you go.
I hope the treatment goes well and is a complete success.
As far as I am aware, Government policy is that hospital trusts should ensure that where someone has to attend an outpatient appointment on a regular basis (memory says 3 times a month upwards) then parking should not be charged.
When I was having my RT treatment last year at Derriford Hospital Plymouth, I was given a slip of paper each day with a code that had to be input at the exit barrier for free parking. I could either pick this up from a reception desk in the main foyer or from the RT department reception desk. It was one less thing to worry about, & a real bonus when the appointments were running late.
If you have a look at the hospitals own web site you should be able to check their policy, otherwise make sure you ask about it next time you are there.
