The Chill Out Zone

[Lancpudn]

Morning all, It's grey & damp here with more light rain forecast throughout the day, Still muggy too.

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Good morning Ian, excellent news!

A big decision for you to take which has to be made between yourself, your good lady and your oncologist.

When my brother had his prostate cancer cut out in 2013, some of it remained embedded and could not be removed. The rest was removed by radiation with 35 treatment sessions, each lasting 20 minutes. The only side effect he experienced was tiredness.

The surgery left him incontinent for 12 months, ultimately it was not permanent. He got by with incontinence pads and sleeping in a separate room from his wife. Fortunately the incontinence cleared up.

A few years ago, the cancer returned and it was bone spread, so he was started on hormone therapy to slow the spread down and PSA went back to normal.

More recently, last month his PSA has gone back up and another new treatment has commenced involving steroids, a new cancer drug and fortnightly blood tests.

What a relief for you, there is no sign of cancer elsewhere.

Do keep us posted ….

Morning Phil. Thanks, Yes a huge relief, I'll swot up on that McMillan prostate cancer booklet they gave me to know exactly what the other alternatives are, I'd like it gone altogether but if the hormones/radiotherapy is viable I'd like to go down that route if the consultant thinks it OK, We'll just have to see what he says.


Blimey! your brother has certainly been through the mill dealing with his prostate cancer hopefully the new treatment does the job.


Good luck with your treatment & hope all turns out well.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by trikey

Morning all, happy dog once again, an hour at the vets, sedation and hook removal.

Thankfully back to her normal self this morning.

Have a good weekend everyone


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Aw! Glad to see all's well after the visit to the vets Andy.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

I found the blue light, after going elbow deep in the contents of the hoover bag. I noticed the model was damaged after hoovering. Still wondering what I can do about the wing mirrors.

This was it before they got their mitts on it

That's a shame Steve hope you can sort it out. Maybe online model car sites might have some!

[stevestrat]

Morning. Bit grey here, overnight rain.

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

That's a shame Steve hope you can sort it out. Maybe online model car sites might have some!

Been looking Ian, there's an extremely limited selection of mirrors in that scale (1:43), most are more modern. Have thought about making them but the mirror head is tiny, something like 1mm square.

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Morning. Bit grey here, overnight rain.Been looking Ian, there's an extremely limited selection of mirrors in that scale (1:43), most are more modern. Have thought about making them but the mirror head is tiny, something like 1mm square.

1mm--? That is very small. Not much bigger than a spark plug gap.--

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

Morning all, It's grey & damp here with more light rain forecast throughout the day, Still muggy too.

Morning Phil. Thanks, Yes a huge relief, I'll swot up on that McMillan prostate cancer booklet they gave me to know exactly what the other alternatives are, I'd like it gone altogether but if the hormones/radiotherapy is viable I'd like to go down that route if the consultant thinks it OK, We'll just have to see what he says.


Blimey! your brother has certainly been through the mill dealing with his prostate cancer hopefully the new treatment does the job.


Good luck with your treatment & hope all turns out well.

Thank you very much Ian, how kind.

We have a friend who was diagnosed with Prostate cancer 3 years ago. He did not want to have surgery or radiation. Instead he went to the Princess Grace Hospital in London and had private ultrasonic radio waves to shrink and eradicate the cancer.

Apparently this treatment enabled him to maintain manly abilities and helped him to preserve his sexual functions.

Both were achieved in eradicating the cancer and keeping him sexually active.

His health insurance stopped providing cover because his condition was chronic, so I suggested his cancer treatment was taken over by the Royal Marsden NHS, a national cancer hospital. He is now being followed up by them.


A year later, the cancer returned and spread to his bones, but he is doing well on hormone injections once a month which he gets from his GP and hormone tablets he takes daily.

[stevestrat]

Can't win can you. New hoover was delivered earlier just as I was going out, went out, got the shopping, home, did two lots of washing, repaired a broken handle on the bathroom cupboard, repaired Ging's USB electric fan that she takes to work. She got up (nightshift) to go to the loo, "why haven't you assembled the new hoover yet?"

[RPWC]

Tonight mum’s will likely pass the tonight, she will possibly pass the the night . We know she had been asleep since she arrived to hospital, tonight when we said we are home and she smiled and smiled to both me and my wife. This seems me to think she could well pass away tonight, will tell once I know what happens.

[FLYING BANANA]

Originally Posted by RPWC

Tonight mum’s will likely pass the tonight, she will possibly pass the the night . We know she had been asleep since she arrived to hospital, tonight when we said we are home and she smiled and smiled to both me and my wife. This seems me to think she could well pass away tonight, will tell once I know what happens.

So sorry to hear the news Richard.

[stevestrat]

You have my thoughts Rich,