Just got back having had the scan results revealed. Quite good news all things considered. The cancer has been staged as T3a N1.
Basically this means the cancer has spread into surrounding lymph nodes (potentially not good) and is breaking through the capsule of the prostate - known as locally advanced disease. Considering the specialist reckons I have had this for up to 15 years this diagnosis is better than worse case scenario. If the cancer had spread to nearby organs such as the bladder neck,back passage or pelvic wall then it would have been categorised as advanced disease. The scan shows that the cancer has not spread to other parts of the body (metastasised)as far as can be established - (micrometastises cannot be detected but may be there?)
So the next step is an appointment with the radiologist specialist on 13th May. I will undergo a course of daily treatment over several weeks at a Portsmouth Hospital while continuing with the hormone therapy. It is hoped that the hormone therapy will shrink the cancer cells prior to the X-ray treatment.
The blood test for PSA levels came back at 11.1 - down from 47 at initial diagnosis so this shows the hormone treatment is working.
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