Hello!
My 93 year old Dad was diagnosed yesterday with prostate cancer. We were told it is low-intermediate grade. He has been prescribed with Casodex tablets, which he has to take every day for the rest of his life. He was told that the side effects might be like going through the menopause. We have no idea how serious his cancer is.
Dad’s been told he’ll get an appointment in three months to see how things are going.
I know there’s a pandemic and that hospitals are short staffed, but I expected a follow up meeting with a Macmillan nurse, straight after Dad’s diagnosis - which is what happened following my breast cancer diagnosis five years ago and my late mother’s lung cancer diagnosis. We feel a bit abandoned. We have no idea what it means by ‘ low- intermediate ‘ grade nor were we given any reasons as to why Dad had been put on these tablets - about which we know nothing. He was not offered surgery ( not surprisingly given the Covid situation) but would have liked an opportunity to ask about what this all means. Am I being over sensitive?
Stephjc
