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Stories and Experiences
Proton Beam Therapy – The Future For Treatment Of Prostate Cancer?
On April 19th. KWPCSG’s Zoom meeting open to all our members was devoted to proton beam therapy (PBT), an exciting alternative treatment for prostate cancer with very few side effects. Championing the new development was Timon Colegrove, one of the first PC patients...
6 – GETTING BACK TO NORMAL
It may seem strange to hear from an individual that is well into his 3 to 5 years - but I have enjoyed the last 18 months. Even ignoring some health scares, one including putting a camera where adults really should not put cameras. The pandemic was a challenge, to...
5 – I’M NOT THE SAME PERSON NOW!
I was always a solitary individual. My nature ultimately served me well working in Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. A team of engineers would install a radar, then one of the team stayed for a period, usually four months, to help train and offer advice on the...
4 – FOURTH TIME LUCKY!
In early 2019, before I even knew what my prostate did or where it was located, I had planned a short holiday in Jersey. My diagnosis, subsequent treatment and Covid meant I had to cancel plans on three occasions.The 25th August 2022, 1171 days after starting out on...
3- IS IT ME?
The last few months have been difficult. My PSA has been rising since the start of the year. In September, as you are reading the magazine, it is likely that my doctor will be offering another course of treatment. I thought I would cheer myself up by going to...
2 – WHEN I WOKE UP ONE MORNING
Earlier this year I woke up and was immediately aware of a sensation that had eluded me for the past 30 months. I had thought that a certain part of my anatomy was beyond help. Just short of three years on, hormone therapy, radiotherapy to the prostate and 11 months...
1- I NEVER SAW THAT COMING!
I got my diagnosis of prostate cancer in July 2019. CT scans and biopsies showed that it was metastatic and had already moved to the lymph nodes in my abdomen and pelvis, one node the size of a cricket ball, others the size of golf balls. Ironically, in the early...
