Initial meeting with radiologist

Attended St. Mary's,Newport today with Sue to meet with the oncology specialist who will be overseeing the treatment at the Queen Alexandra near Cosham. The main purpose was to sign the disclaimer (10% - 15% chance of long term impotence and incontinence). The treatment will be for seven and a half weeks (37 days in total) given Monday to Fridays. The aim will be to treat the pelvic area generally to target the known cancer in the lymph nodes there with a concentrated burst after that on the prostate itself.
Apparently it will be easy peasy for the first month but then gets increasingly difficult as the cumulative effects start to kick in. This will be reddening of the skin ,bleeding, fatigue and diarrhoea for starters. Not got a start date yet but given that they like to have 3 months of hormone treatment first (to shrink the prostate) I am expecting it to be the latter part of June or early July. Great news in that our booked trip to Lords for England v Bangladesh Test with overnight stay in Central London is still on!
I had a blood test a couple of days ago and the PSA level is down to 0.7 which is the expected result of the hormone treatment. Other effects have been weight gain (comfort eating) -diet now underway (hide the crisps and biscuits).Hot flushes have started which only last a few minutes but occur throughout the day. We have booked a consultation with the erectile dysfunction nurse - Viagra was mentioned and that will be the subject of my next blog.