I was at the hospital today where it was confirmed that my PSA is <0.1 ng/mL which is effectively undetectable. No doctor will say that I am ‘cured’ because that is not how cancer works, but the news is that the treatment worked. Hooray for the NHS and Edinburgh Cancer Centre.

I will now have blood tests every six months for the next couple of years and then annually thereafter. The main side effects of the treatment for me have been weight gain, hot flushes (especially at night) and general fatigue and joint pain. I’m told that I can expect all of these to improve by the time of the next test in December.

I’ll probably write a more considered piece about the whole experience, but not yet.

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Giles, RIP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0p0rz4n0mo