This is wonderful because it means that the little radioactive seeds that have been placed into my prostate are doing their work, killing the cancer and thereby reducing the PSA count. This process will go on for some time yet. Currently I am something over four months on from the op and generally the seeds remain active for around six months.
This also means that things may keep on changing in the parts affected by the radiation. I have noticed an increase in urgency to urinate and also frequency has gone up. The surgeon warned that erectile function may also be affected more - so keep taking the tablets and keep having sex! I asked whether there was a prescription or a note that could get me out of work on that basis, but apparently not.
I've not written here for a while because, frankly, nothing much has happened. Life has been pretty much normal and each week I have felt better and better, to the extent that I am now feeling really as good as I did when I went in for the op. I mentioned then that I was going to hospital to be made unwell and that is largely what happened. It wasn't so bad that life stopped happening, but it did give me pause for thought.
I'm lucky that I was caught early and I am also lucky that I have such a supportive partner. Gloria is always there, checking up on me that I'm "doin' it right" - and, to be honest, there's not much better cure than a bit of loving from your missis.
So, onwards and upwards. Next target is to get the PSA down to 1.0!
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