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...