Hormone therapy ending?

Thanks Steve, gives me something to look forward to.
Just seen Bill Turnbull on TV, he seems to be coping well.

The proper name for HT holidays is intermittent HT or IHT, if you want to search here for old posts / threads on it. Generally speaking there are conditions that the oncologist will want to see met, such as

- very low, stable PSA for a sustained period (often 2 years)

- no symptoms of active cancer

- an oncologist & a patient who both have some appetite for risk (some oncos refuse to even consider IHT no matter how well the patient is doing)

I have never seen IHT offered to a man on bical on here - but it is rare for someone with incurable PCa to only be on bical anyway. I suspect the reason IHT is more suited to injected HT is that it takes much longer to leave the body & for testosterone to start being produced and so the PSA takes much longer to start rising. With bical, the testosterone is there in his body so as soon as the tablets are stopped, the PSA may start rising.

Yes Lynne he is still on Bicalutamide and all things considered he is doing really well. Of course with the cancelled appointments he hasn’t had another psa test yet since the one in March which was six weeks after starting it.

The urologist said at the time he would stay on this until it stopped being effective which as you know is uncertain. 

He had a few weeks where he was in a dark place at times but thankfully the weather has been lovely so he has spent the last few months gardening which has helped he was a navvie in a former life I think 🙂

I had to rattle a NHS cage or two myself. Some hospitals, are utterly dominated by Coronavirus considerations - folks can get very sick from other things, they need to be reminded of this. I'm having a blood test myself Thurs Morning, at the Doctors surgery - had to organise that myself.

I take the view, "If they are disorganised, organise them yourself"

BTW I've had it confirmed from 3 medical sources + a very helpful FM here,, that Tadalafil is often the cause of Heartburn & acid reflux, & if this happens, take it every other day.... Works for me!!

Bob

Thanks Annie. Naturally I'm pleased & my GF also had good news today, her Mamogram test was OK.
I also managed to replace the brushes on her Henry Hoover & get that working!!

All we need now, is the Euro numbers to come up.😂

As you say, good old Henry, Anne.

I am having problems with ED, I guess with the Artificial Hormone fading away, there is a gap until my own Testosterone wakes up & gets going?? My GF, is not impressed.......

We are on early days really in the grand scheme of things. We seem to have gotten our heads around his diagnosis and the loss of our sex life now and to be honest its actually brought us closer together. Its still tough at times absolutely, but its getting easier as time goes on 🙂