Advanced prostate cancer

hi martin.  I'm 59 and got same only a little bit worse.  if you read my bio it may give you a idea of what's to come.  I'm currently 11 months down the line and seem to be doing ok. regards dale 

thanks for your message, any information I can get will help me as google is just stats and I know everyone reacts differently!

I hope all keeps going well for you

Hi Martin, and welcome to somewhere you hoped you'd never be, I'm also Gleason 10 with bone mets, diagnosed nearly 4 years ago at the same age you were my friend, I'm just home from my 8th holiday of the year, 100% independent, and with mo8to come. Can you do yourself a big favour and steer clear of Dr Google, he'll only take you down the darkest roads, stick to trusted sites like PCUK, Macmillan, NHS; and the good people on here, I'm also not curable; but not curable doesn't mean not treatable, and for a long time.

Eddie 

Hi Eddie , good to hear some positive news 

I like the logic of not curable but doesn’t mean not treatable , thank you for your reply

Your welcome Martin, 

An excellent post by my friend eddiel - and he is so right. Yes, I’m T3a, but I understand his advice completely. Indeed, having this cancer (and some aggressive treatment in an attempt to cure) I have definitely changed my outlook on life in general and I , too, intend to squeeze every bit of enjoyment out of it whilst I can.  AW

Hi Martin, my husband was diagnosed with Gleason9 incurable PC 10 yrs ago. He's still here thanks to HT injections, which he tolerated well and has been able to lead a normal life all that time.  Good luck with your own journey.

Agree with how you view things in life , 

keep fighting 

Thank you for your story , it all helps to give everyone hope as I feel we are very much left in the dark at times

Hi Martin (Mrfe7aa87 ), sorry I am late to the party but you have already had lots of good replies.  As another ‘incurable’ I know what a shock it is to receive the diagnosis, but plenty of us have fairly active lives with this diagnosis.  Now you are on HT hopefully there is no panic, but a question I would want to ask my team next time you meet, is ‘can you zap the T6’.  It may not be possible but personally I would want to know.  My oncologist was doubtful when I had a met in my sternum, but she brought in a clinical oncologist who specialised in RT who managed to zap the little bu..ers.