The journey continues learned

Hello Big Col 

I am so sorry to read that. I had a "suspect area" on my pelvis and my oncologist had them "zapped" at my Radiotherapy treatment. My PSA is still a low(ish) 0.29 so lets hope it worked.

Your oncologist sounds happy with your treatment so stick with us - you are doing great.

Best wishes - Brian.

Good morning Big Col ,

I am not in the same position as you with regard to recurrence, but my initial treatment includes radiotherapy and Zoladex which is a LHRH Analogue. I've been on that for 6 months.

My initial side effects have been:

• Low libido - fallen off a cliff.
• Erectile Dysfunction - who cares, given the above (my wife doesn't care either, she has her own medical problems).
• Hot sweats. Bad ones are quite infrequent, but what I think of as a "hot rush" are regular. I take them as signs that the therapy is active and smile when I get one. I'm a bit weird.
• Beyond that, some fatigue, occasional bouts of brain fog which appear linked to the fatigue or stress, both very mild and limited.

I am taking calcium and vitamin D3 tablets to counter the bone effects. I was going to the gym three times a week prior to radiotherapy, but given the chunk travelling has taken out of my day have not been going. The other preventative was walking, but something called piriformis syndrome had thrown that out in the short term. That is quite literally a pain in the bum.

Looking at everything your oncologist has said, you are in a good place. With the advancements in therapies continuing to gather pace, it seems to me that most f us are going to be in a better place over time.

 Big Col , I have been on Zoladex for over 7 years and like mstev2 had RT at the start.  To be honest I can’t remember what it was like before having HT but as I am approaching 76, more issues seem to be age related rather that HT I think.  I did have 4 months recently on Enzalutamide which nearly wiped me out but others on here have tolerated it well.  We are all different.  Good luck, David