Update October 2017

Update October 2017

On the 22nd September I had my yearly consultation with Dr Wheatley, my endocrinologist, at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. Two week prior to my visit I had blood tests at the same hospital.

During the visit I had my height & weight measured and was pleased that I've lost over 5kgs!

Dr Wheatley ran through the blood test results and I'm pleased to report that they are all normal. My Prolactin level has reduced to 40 Down from a high of >40,000 and the Doctor asked me to reduce my Cabergoline from 5 tablet per week to 4.

The best news was my PSA level which has now fallen to 1.2, down from a high of 4.1 prior to my Brachytherapy. 

All in all it was a great visit and a good start to my holiday the next day.

As our trip to Secrets Silversands in March was a bit of a disaster (I had a bad chest infection and spent half the holiday in bed) we decided to go back in September.

I also decided to splash out & book Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class seats as a bit of a treat & it's certainly a good way of travelling. We had access to the Virgin lounge at Gatwick where we had a good breakfast and some lovely cocktails. 

We were rather let down with the wheelchair assistance that I'd booked in advance for Bev. To be frank the lack of assistance at Gatwick is appalling and I've written to the airports management about it.

On board we were'nt able to have the seats I'd previously reserved which was annoying. The service also came up short which was disappointing. The seat was quite comfortable and I did manage to get some sleep.

The wheelchair assistance at Cancun airport was superb. Although Virgin had not contacted the airport in advance Bev was offered a wheelchair straightaway and we sailed through Immigration and Bagage only to have all our cases searched at customs but this didn't hold us up much. The member of staff took us out to our taxi and there was no fuss.

The reason I've mentioned our holiday is Donna at St Luke's had arranged to call me the following Monday for my six month telephone consultation. I was sitting beside one of the pools with a lovely cocktail when Donna called at 10am (4pm UK time).

Donna was very pleased with my PSA result and my general health so we decided that I can now go onto yearly consultations with six monthly PSA blood tests. If my PSA increases I will contact Donna straight away. It was good news so I celebrated with a few more cocktails.

I'm pleased to say that I didn't put on any weight while on holiday and I'm determined to keep below 100kgs for the foreseeable future.

I'm back at work now and as always October is busy. I've already bookings for November and curiously lots for January & February next year. 

I think I shall end here and I will write again after Christmas.