Thank you so much for all of the comments on here, on Facebook and by private message. I’m blown away by your responses and the support that you have all given me. Amazing stuff 🙂 A fairly quiet few days. I did a Freddie Mercury and took a long ride on my motorbike, I’ve been getting some exercise, reading up on the foe and also spending time dreading next Tuesday. Did I mention the plan for next Tuesday? Transperineal prostate…
Although my appointment with the oncology consultant is not until later this month, I have been hassling my friendly and helpful urology nurse to let me know of any test results asap. She telephoned me yesterday with the preliminary results of the CT scan… It “looks like” the cancer has not spread to any soft tissues. This is great news, although she cautioned me that there was a tumour growing out from the “grossly enlarged” prostate, and that there still…
A week later I saw the consultant Urologist. He repeated the tests and advised me, “You have advanced prostate cancer… stage 3 or stage 4… maybe 6-8 years to live… maybe longer as treatments are improving”. I immediately thought that he was talking bullshit. How could he know this until more in-depth tests were completed? The consultant advised me that my high levels of fatigue and recently developing back pain were owing to the cancer. I accepted that bit. I…
As some of you may know, I had been feeling a bit under the weather for some months. Probably since last October, but certainly since December/January. I just put it down to me hating the Winter. By the end of March things were getting worse: I would crawl in from work and slump on the settee. Despite my best efforts, and the improving weather, I could not get out of this slump. I visited my doctor. He diagnosed me with…
As you are probably aware, I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. Telling family and friends has been very difficult: I don’t know how to tell people; they don’t know what to say. Some then want to be kept informed of every step, whilst some are probably not that interested. Others may wish to put their fingers in their ears and pretend it’s not happening… I was that person in the past! So I’ve decided to start a blog. I’ll…