Hello All,
My 71 y/o husband has metastatic PC. After pills, chemo, radiation we're now waiting for health fund to approve enzalutamide his oncologist prescribed. Hopefully this will give him some respite!! I find it very upsetting that no professional really "enlightens" one about the beasty long term side effects of chemo or radiation and that not every pain and ache means that mets are spreading... as obviously every patient is terrified this might be the case.
My husband was complaining about back pain and bowel issues and has been put on fentanyl which has also horrid side effects and even causes several of the pains and aches it's supposed to help with.
He's having a lower back/spine/waist ct this Thursday. The bowel marker test came back negative Thank God!
Can anyone here relate / comment please?? Wishing you all well being and peace of mind. Thank you.