Treatment Decision Made

Hi Redrose25 , thanks for posting and sounds like you have a good plan in place.  It is difficult to tell what side effects anyone will get, but feel free to ask any questions at any time.  Hopefully your OH will sail through the treatment.  David

I hope so too - thank you :-)

Hi. Redrose25 

It sounds like you have a good oncologist that you have been able to discuss and work out a suitable treatment plan. Hopefully this should all be behind you this time next year.

Thank you - I do hope so

Hi Redrose25 - with those statistics I think that EBRT and 6 months HT will be sufficient for cure.  AW

Thank you - the chat with the oncologist helped us feel more positive. 

Interesting to note that brachytherapy was ruled out: HDR can be quite intense, and LDR needs the gland to be within a certain size / position of the cancer in relation to other structures (including urethra).  Sounds like you have a great onco.  AW

Yes she made us feel confident in what she was proposing - and I did ask a lot of questions - lol ! OH just this minute taken his first Bicalutamide tablet so here goes.........

You sound very positive, and I think I used that very phrase on this site when I took my first tablet!  You will both feel SO much better having started hormone therapy - expect a steep drop in PSA as you are effectively putting the cancer to sleep, whilst those clever radiologists plan their LINAC patterns to kill the cancer.  All the rushing to get diagnosed is over: you need a couple of months for the hormone therapy to thoroughly shrink and weaken the cancer before radiotherapy.  AW

Yes she said radiotherapy in August so it shrinks and they have a "smaller target". I think I feel positive because treatment has started and the oncologist gave me hope. Its still all rubbish though but at least we are on the treadmill now. :-)