Hi everyone it's Joe f would like some advice as my OH I has had a couple of episodes of just crying and agitated and not really able to get on top of these feelings how can I help
Unfortunately mood swings are very common with hormone therapy that’s if your on this medication. Having this terrible disease, is upsetting enough.
There’s two things you can try, ask the specialist nurses if there’s anything they can do, also if there’s a Maggie’s centre not far from you, they can give some tremendous advice.
Thanks for the response Joe it's trying to get hubby to open up thinks he can still do everything the same and it's just not possible he's Tb3 n0 m1 finished his treatment last year takes enzulatamide and injection every 6 months still working as it helps him I think not to think about it but it's there and it's very upsetting for me to see him in this turmoil
I know to well about partners being upset, mine cries when I give her a kiss, I’m a bit of a daft head and will do silly walks or comments, which sometimes has her in stitches, but on a serious note, I do everything I can to make her happy and fighting this disease and being positive are paramount.
Your hubby may be with drawn, but a walk or going to a favourite place, taking a day trip or staying over take in the sights is a plus. I’m on enzalutamide and hormone injections every three months, plus various other medications, all designed to keep me going. I wish there was a magic wand so I could help us all, but sadly that does not exist. One thing I did find that helps me, is I write books, any thing but love stories, had one personally printed for my family, with a second and third to follow, all about the same couple who are agents. Plus just finished a vampire book with a difference. All these things I’ve only learnt over a few years and I don’t read books strange hmmm. My other love is box sets of my favourite programs I play on a portable DVD player.
I mention all these as a release, something he may like, it’s amazing how helpful things like this are.
It'll be the dreaded hormones. I remember last year I would wake up in the middle of the night crying uncontrollably for no apparent reason. I would try to keep quiet so I didn't wake my partner, so hard, especially when you don't know why you are crying.
As Joe Even said, if you could get to a Maggie's they could help.
My local Maggie's in Newcastle is great. The more people he can open up to, especially others with Prostate Cancer, the better he will feel inside.
It does feel like you are the only person affected at first. Sharing your feelings and experiences really works.
Joe E, writes books, that's one thing I aspire to. I keep a 'Thought Diary', have done since I was diagnosed (my partner's idea, I was saying to her "What will I write?").
Now it's a case of 'What will I not write?'. Over half way through my 6th diary now. It's good to look back at the same time last year to see how I was feeling. There were more bad days than good then, but to have captured my thoughts and feelings is amazing to relieve (sometimes good, sometimes bad).
This forum offers great advice from others in the same boat.
