Thread: Another health problem to overcome.

Strewth Sturdee, most people wait til they are dead before they give their body up for science research.

Hope it all goes well, again.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Strewth Sturdee, most people wait til they are dead before they give their body up for science research.

Hope it all goes well, again.

Looks a bit like that, been keeping a record of my hospital visits and tests (not counting the litres of blood given),since I found out about my liver/lung problem in October last year in order to keep track of them,and, together with the ones booked but still to happen, they total 24 but whose counting.

Still I'm alive and that's a damn sight better then the alternative.

Peter.

Originally Posted by Sturdee

So a biopsy is arranged for this but because of the location of my liver pushing into the diaphragm and into my lung this will have to be done by going in through my neck vein, and then through the heart into the liver to take the biopsy.

Just another trial to overcome just as it appears that I've conquered the prostate cancer.


Peter.

sounds like real fun. Not! Hopefully they can do something about it when they finally decide what it is.

You need to stop running over Chinamen Sturdee, bloody hell!

Foo

For some time all my news has been gloomy but at last there is some good news.

Three months ago my 3 year course of testosterone blocking injections as part of my prostate cancer treatment finished. Since then I've had 3 PSA tests and all have been less then 0.01.

My Radiation Oncologist is very happy with the result and we are optimistic that my cancer has been beaten. I will have more regular PSA tests to keep on checking but at this stage I'm happy.

Also as my testosterone levels build up I will get rid of the annoying side effects of the treatment but I was not affected by the more serious worries of getting diabetes or osteoporosis.

Good news number 1.

Peter.

Peter thats good news for sure.

Whilst I still have the eventration of my diaphragm where my liver is pushing into my lungs over the last two weeks my breathing has become much better.

The specialists looking at my lungs have done all the obvious tests and scans trying to find the cause of the eventration and hence my breathing problems but so far to no avail.

As there was no obvious cause they were going to look to see if it could have been my cancer treatment. Thinking about it I realised that back in April last year I changed to a different brand of blood pressure tablet, and as I still had some I changed back and within a week most of my breathing problems went away.

Still have some lack of breath but nowhere near as much as I used to have a few weeks earlier.

Good news no 2.


Peter.

My liver function tests have been slightly abnormal for a long time and the liver specialists think they know the problem but wanted a biopsy to be certain before prescribing medicine.

Because of the place my liver has moved to I needed a transjugular biopsy. This was attempted but unsuccessful. Although they could get to the liver through my veins the angle did not allow for a biopsy to be taken.

Meeting the specialists on this at the end of the months and I'll find out what is next.

On the whole good news and I'm starting to enjoy life again rather then just coping.

Peter.

Two out of three aint bad.

Originally Posted by tea lady

Two out of three aint bad.

Great news Sturdee, you'll be going like a bat out of hell soon.

Keep fighting as hard as you can. It's the only way you can win. Saw a DVD of a talk given to the Brisbane Prostate Support Group by an American Specialist on Cancer treatment and that was his message. Of course it has to weighed against the quality of life during treatment and what the result will be. The important thing is if you don't fight disease as hard as you can tolerate then the long term success is hard to achieve.

Whitewood

That's good to hear Sturdee.

Foo