Well it's been nearly a month since my last post. Dad continued to go from strength to strength after his hip infection. He has now just had his 2nd round of chemo since the couple of months break, so technically he has now had 5 lots. He has been suffering again from the extreme fatigue and it has been getting him down. During one of his tearful moments, he told mum that he has to keep on with the chemo or else he will die. It would appear from this comment, that he has known how serious things are, but has just been dealing with them in his own way.
Dad is due to have his next scan this coming Saturday. After his last scan, the consultant said he should carry on with chemo as the PSA levels had gone down but the spread had continued. This obviously meant that the chemo is obviously doing something, even if it's just slowing things down. For those that are aware of his story over the last couple of months, you will know that due to the infection, the chemo had to be stopped for quite a few weeks, so my concern, is that during this break, the cancer may have spread even more significantly and the PSA may have gone up too. Will his continued chemo have settled things down or is likely that it wont have been as effective now and the consultant may suggest stopping.
For a man who has substantial bone mets in his torso, he has been unbelievably lucky in that he has never suffered any pain as a result of it (only the nasty infection). The doctors are very surprised that he has not had pain, but then that's my dad for you, doing everything in his own way!!
Rachel