I suppose the lack of a sex drive is the most impact my treatment has had but also now I'm waiting for a hip replacement I realise my treatment causes anaemia of the chronic disease and it prevents my iron level from rising to the level required for operating.
Yes
It was the quickest and effective. I had the STAMPEDE trial - 6 radiotherapy doses over 6 weeks.
It is the side effects like losing one's appetitie a bit, sense of smell and that it causes anaemia of the chronic disease and prevents my haemoglobin blood count from getting to the level for operating. I take it monthly and they won't take me off it because my cancer had spead to my C7 vertebrae. I get to feeling 100% at the end of the month then it's back to square one!!
Yes
It was the safest treatment to keep the cancer in a remedial situation - my PSA reading has been around 0.03 for three years now
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