23 May 2025 My first injection

This is not an injection in the conventional sense. It's an implant, delivered in the tummy area. I didn't know that, and I didn't know enough to ask the right questions... It's a 'plug' of a slow-releasing drug (3 months...) which I now have nothing to do with, for 3 months. Yes, it hurt, but so does any initial jab - the dentist, if you give blood... I had to lie down, and I don't have any excess tummy fat, so it was fun and games for the nurse to grab enough of me to be able to actually do the jab. No obvious side effects, so far...

Prostate Cancer Ponderings...

A blog...for those of a Prostate-related mind... I should have thought of this a few weeks ago, but it's only just today popped into my gray cells that I should be writing this all down... Last year (2024) around the end of Aug time, I started to be unable to pee/urinate (call it what you will). I ended up going to A&E at the main hospital, and eventually had a catheter 'fitted', if fitted is the correct term. Ah, the feeling.............that LACK of pressure around your bladder area, after feeling that something was about to burst out of your insides.... I had this catheter for about three weeks (no idea why...) and then it was removed (18 Sep if you're interested). Look, I didn't like it. I've never had one, and I could not get used to this thing. And all this woman-handling of my private bits... I didn't sleep well, lost my appetite, and weight, and generally just wanted the whole damn thing to go away - the problem and the catheter. After it was taken out, I found that I could pee. Hooray! But it didn't last more than a few days before I had to go back and have a fresh one inserted. I could NOT pee unaided. What the hell is going on here...? This time, the catheter was in for close to two weeks, and then removed. I think that, for the next few weeks it was sort of uneventful, except that there were occasions of blood in the stools (every time I took a dump/number 2) but since I'd been having that for some years, and it comes and goes, I shrugged it off. I don't recall when they started, but I have been having massive headaches (the wipe-you-out kind) where it starts at the top of the spine, goes into the skull, over the top, and shows over eyes. This has destroyed my appetite, as I can't keep anything down. 16 Jan 2025 catheter removed. 26 Jan 2025 colonoscopy which didn't show anything worrying. 5 Feb 2025 issued a box of self-catheters. Oh joy - I get to play with my own bits... 26 Mar Self cath 13 Apr Self cath 15 Apr Self cath 9 May went to outpatients for a Cardio check-up, and started throwing up. Embarrassing, much...? On their recommendation went to A&E which got me admitted! I didn't plan for that! 23 May 2025 first injection - Zoladex LA 10.8mg (goserelin). It's not an injection, as such...