Bio: More about me
Construction Manager
Married To Dorrie [LTB]
Three Children and a english bull terrier [Pebbles] and a cross called Ruby
love to retire!
Hobbies
Motorcycling [gpz1100 95/98
Touring Europe
Watching moto GP
Latest News: My problems started about four years ago i first had pain on ejaculation ,passed it off as something not sure as it was mixed with pleasure and not quite sure what to make of it,pain right down at the area inside and below base of penis,this happened shortly before me and my good wife moved into separate bedrooms due to my snoring, so sex became not such a regular thing and pain on ejaculation became something of the past until, then i started suffering less ejaculation until finally it turned to retrograde ejaculation,Then summer 2009 i went to my doctors about the need to get up 3/4 times to go to the loo not sure if he gave me a D R E but we had a blood test taken which came back at 2.9 and doc said quite normal for a man of my age ,and getting up to go to the loo a couple of times a night was just a problem with getting old, Fast forward a year ,i was involved in a construction job in Broomfield hospital and a young lady[head of dept] with whom i had to deal with on a daily basis advised me to go back to my doctor and ask for a referral to a urologist,i went to see my doctor and it took three big asks before he agreed ,missed first appointment June 2010 then seen uro on 8th Aug 2010 ,give me a D R E which was very painful he said that my prostate was hard and that it could me quite sinister! we then went on a course of antibiotics and also gave me tamulsion to help with urine flow and arranged for another blood test/ PSA four weeks later which came back at 4.1 borderline they said then followed a flow test, followed by a camera into my bladder uncomfortable they said {WOW] they need to try it, ultrasound on my kidneys followed in DEC 2010 with an appointment in March 2011 to see my uro which was then put back until April,upon which i protested and was assured that someone would have looked at my notes and decided that i was not urgent, i thanked the young lady and was feeling better when 20 minutes later my phone rang ,can you come in tomorrow please 1st Feb 2011 ,things then started to move very fast.
attended hospital 0n the 8th Feb 2011 my uro said i think we need to do a biopsy, when i said ,,tomorrow he replied.

9th Feb
Biopsy 8 cores too painful to take any more,
11th Feb
Test results Gleason score 3+3. also told all eight cores showed 95% positive
PSA 3.1
11th Feb
Told nurse that i was just starting to have some pains to my inner thigh when i rotated my hip was like a stabbing pain.
MRI booked for 4 weeks time
No MIR must be because i have stent [must ask]
CAT scan booked for 15th March.
21st Feb
Pain in right hip still there hope its muscle strain
15th March had cat scan will go back in a week for report and start my journey
22nd March
CN phoned me and told me CT scan did not show prostate clearly, and that I would need an MRI ,so she will need to contact Barts to try and find out what kind of stent is in my heart[didn't know I had one]
She also said no spread to soft tissue or nodes and based on my low PSA 3.1 they don't suspect any spread to bone
But she is setting up a meeting with medics.
April
Met up with Onco nothing done about stent, crap service agreed to stage me T2/T3 and arrange bone scan and start me on casadex and Zoladex,had first injection no problems
May 4th had bone scan will see results in about two weeks,
Fast Forward
Bone scan clear,still feeling sick with flowmax and off food losing weight,
Appointment with urologist had urinre flow test flow bad,new appointment 25th june 2011 if poor will have rebore TURP,
16th 06 11
Appointment with unco, PSA now .7 Good news!!!! Told her flowmax was making me sick ect she said stop taking them did't give me anything else, she said after I have a rebore to prostate she won't give me RT until 3 Months have passed and after RT she wants to take me off HT sounds positive wants to see me in 3 Months and she will contact Barts And find out stent then give mre an MRI before RT then she can target the RT,
22nd 06 11 had my third zoladex injection wow that one hurt different nurse .
weight loss seems to have stopped but still feel sick nausea most days,back on flowmax as it works urine flow is improved with it,so will tell URO and maybe he will come up with something else TBC
Favorite Quote: Motorcycling introduces you to friends that you did't know you had