The side effects are an inevitable result of hormone therapy and other prostate cancer treatments. It is necessary to accept this fact
Accept them as an inevitable result of treatment that may save your life
The hormone therapy began a month before I had twenty sessions of external beam radiotherapy in December 2020/January 2021 and has continued with three monthly injections ever since. My first PSA result three months after both treatments began was 0.5. Six months later it was 0.01- almost undetectable. The most recent (this month) was again 0.01. I had a telephone consultation today with my Specialist Nurse who indicated that I would probably ‘come off’ hormone therapy in six months if my next PSA Result is similar. I have been able to cope with the side effects to date and am happy to accept them as opposed to the possible alternative of the cancer becoming active once again. However I will listen to the advice of the professionals
Yes
I believe that the hormone therapy and external beam radiotherapy have together probably saved my life. As simple as that.
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