Andrew's Story

Loss of sexual function and pleasure otherwise the treatment has not had a major impact. It has not prevented me from living normally. I am retired but if I was working it would not have caused any problems.

I do not think the chemo was overly aggresive, it complements the hormone therapy and helps quickly reduce the cancers activity. The anxiety was watching the PSA score come down from 940 to low twenties (during the six sessions), and my Gleason Score at time of diagnosis was 4 + 5 so 9 overall. I did not want to loose my hair and I opted to use the cold cap which worked well. I lost toe nails and body hair. Keeping my hair was an important part of maintaning my well being, vanity, yes but important to me and my interaction with the rest of the world.

Anxiety over knowing it was have an effect and reducing the PSA and hence reducing the cancers activity. It gets worse towards getting the results followed by relief if the PSA has reduced since the last session. .