Twelve months ago my OH was diagnosed with cancer and given two years to live. He was started on hormone therapy and had biopsies taken and scans done. He's been seen a fair amount but today he went back for a review and the results of the latest tests.
His Gleason score was 9. 1 being normal and 10 being the most aggressive. Prognosis is far from good. He'll start on radiotherapy around October time and that will hopefully stop it from spreading. At the moment if it has spread the cells are too small to be seen on a scan yet but there are no guarantees that they haven't. When we asked if the prognosis had changed we were told no; any extra time now is a bonus. They're hoping the radiotherapy will help but they can't cure it at all.
I don't normally post personal stuff on here but I am looking at losing the man who has been there for me for the last twenty years and I don't know what to do. We have all the Macmillan nurses and support from the hospitals but it doesn't change the fact that I'm losing him.
I know some on here have experienced cancer either themselves or in friends or relatives. How do you cope? I just don't know where to go from here.
Thanks if you got to the end of this and sorry for the moany post.
His Gleason score was 9. 1 being normal and 10 being the most aggressive. Prognosis is far from good. He'll start on radiotherapy around October time and that will hopefully stop it from spreading. At the moment if it has spread the cells are too small to be seen on a scan yet but there are no guarantees that they haven't. When we asked if the prognosis had changed we were told no; any extra time now is a bonus. They're hoping the radiotherapy will help but they can't cure it at all.
I don't normally post personal stuff on here but I am looking at losing the man who has been there for me for the last twenty years and I don't know what to do. We have all the Macmillan nurses and support from the hospitals but it doesn't change the fact that I'm losing him.
I know some on here have experienced cancer either themselves or in friends or relatives. How do you cope? I just don't know where to go from here.
Thanks if you got to the end of this and sorry for the moany post.