Active Treatment Recommended but which one? Part 2

I started the PC journey back in August 2022, and having been backwards and forwards with tests and consultations, I opted for Hormone Therapy followed by Radiotherapy.

I started on an course of bicaltumide and had my first hormone injection (in the bum) on 23 Dec. I have an appointment to see the radiotherapy team in a few weeks with a view currently to four weeks radiotherapy in March, and my next hormone injection on 9th June (Blaydon Races Day).

I posted "Active Treatment Recommended but which one?" and the support there was great, and I found out about Maggies at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle.  I now go once a week where we have a quiz and chat about our lives with PC and other cancers.

I am suffering some of the side effects of HT, with the hot flushes which are a nuisance, and fatigue which is a real pain. I sleep reasonably well, excercise moderately, and eat a good diet but the fatigue is frustrating. I do have some nights of insomnia where you lie in bed with nothing going on in your head - Weird!!

I'm still at wrok and working from home. I'm an administrator.

For those of you on a similar journey to mine, I would recommend going to a support group like Maggies, as it helps put your journey into perspective with others able to understand your situation, and you can see and sense other people in the same boat as you. You are not alone.

Visit www.prostatecanceruk.org, which has loads of understandable info.

Above all, try to stay positive and recognise, every day, a positive action/result and plan "a look forward to" for the next day.

To be honest it's a journey I would rather not be on, however, I'm on it, and am going to make the best of it. Along with the tremendous help of Cancer team at the The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, Prostate Cancer UK and MacMillians Online Community I am planning not be to defeated by Prostate Cancer.

Hope the above helps.
I just felt I should put words to paper (Online)

Best Wishes

Richard