2010
| PSA
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| Jun 15 | in St George's for esophageal pouch. No surgery but urine retention
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| Jul 13 | Foley catheter removed
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| Aug 2 | St George's Urology clinic - referred for bone scan
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| Aug 2 | | 489 μg/L PSA value
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| Sep 8 | St George's Uro-Oncology clinic - first meeting
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| Sep 13 | St George's Urology clinic - discharged [from pure urology clinic]
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| Sep 15 | Bone scan
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| Sep 22 | St George's Uro-Oncology clinic - metatstatic carcinoma confirmed - stages T3 N1 M1
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| Sep 22 | | | Cyproterone acetate for about two weeks
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| Sep 23 | St George's ENT clinic - agree no attempt at surgery
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| Oct 6 | | | Prostap SR 3.75mg (one month)
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| Oct 27 | Sign-up for STAMPEDE
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| Oct 27 | | 11.1
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| Nov 2 | | | Zoladex 3.6 mg (one month)
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| Nov 11 | | 5.7
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| Nov 12 | | | Docetaxel 140mg Prednisolone 5mg twice a day
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| Dec 1 | Waited two hours for non-administration of Zoladex
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| Dec 1 | | 4.6
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| Dec 3 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg (three months) Docetaxel 140mg *1* Prednisolone 5mg twice a day
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| Dec 21 | | 3.3
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| Dec 23 | Had a fall so no chemotherapy | | 3 × 8mg Dexamethasone (pre-op steroids)
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*1* On 2010 Dec 3 in addition to the three medications listed above, I took: 3 × 8mg Dexamethasone (pre-op steroids); winter flu jab; anti-emetic before chemotherapy; glucose drip ditto; saline drip after chemotherapy; Domperidone (anti-emetic) 20mg twice a day for a week - a total of nine different chemicals!
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2011
| PSA
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| Jan 10 | St George's ENT clinic - fall has not broken my nose. Improving air flow can be left to later
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| Jan 26 | | 1.4
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| Jan 28 | | | 3 × 8mg Dexamethasone Docetaxel 140mg Prednisolone 5mg twice a day
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| Feb 16 | | 1.4
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| Feb 18 | | | Docetaxel 140mg, etc. as Jan 28
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| Feb 25 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg (three months)
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| Mar 9 | | 1.5
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| Mar 11 | | | Docetaxel 140mg, etc. as Jan 28
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| Mar 28 | | | Omeprazole 20mg per day
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| Mar 30 | | 1.4
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| Apr 1 | | | Docetaxel 140mg, etc. as Jan 28 (last)
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| May 12 | | 0.87
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| May 20 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg (three months)
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| May 30 | last Omeprazole - symptoms returned quite quickly
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| Jun 27 | Endoscopy at Mayday
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| Jun 28 | | | Omeprazole 20mg per day
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| Aug 9 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg (three months)
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| Aug 11 | | 0.79
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| Aug 17 | See Laura Reid at Parkside. Have tried reducing Omeprazole dose to one every three days or so but symptoms return. So daily seems OK.
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| Sep 25 | | | last Prednisolone (left over from chemotherapy)
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| Nov 8 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg (three months)
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| Nov 9 | | 0.70
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2012
| PSA
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| Feb 3 | | 0.99 | Zoladex 10.8 mg
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| Feb 23 | Bone scan and, Feb 27, CT scan
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| Mar 27 | MRI scan
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| Apr 13 | Ultrasound scan of liver | 0.79
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| Apr 27 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg
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| May 2 | Contrast-enhanced doppler ultrasound scan of liver | 0.95
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| Jul 9 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg
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| Aug 21 | | 0.89
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| Oct 1 | | | Zoladex 10.8 mg
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| Nov 19 | | 1.1
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NB. Zoladex implants not recorded hereafter but continued at 12 week intervals
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2013
| PSA
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| Feb 14 | | 0.82
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| May 13 | Lacquer for nail fungus on feet | Omicur 5%, 2 × 2.5ml
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| May 22 | | 0.96 | was told Stampede Trial was over so switch to six monthly visits
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| Jul 16 | ENT clinic at Mayday
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| Sep 25 | Facial cellulitis | Flucloxacillin 28 × 500mg
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| Nov 20 | | 1.4 | back to three month intervals
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2014
| PSA
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| Feb 5 | | 1.3
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| Feb 21 | Prescribed on Jul 16 for nasal polyps | | Betamethasone 0.1%, 10ml Prednisolone 42 × 5mg
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| Apr 9 | | 1.3
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| Jul 8 | | 1.2
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| Oct 1 | | 1.2
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| Dec 29 | | 2.0
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2015
| PSA
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| Jan 28 | Bone scan - no change since 2012 Feb 23 | 2.0
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| Apr 01 | | 2.4
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| Jul 01 | | 2.3
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| Oct 07 | | 4.4
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| Nov 5 | Bone scan - possible minor progression since 2015 Jan. CT scan - no change whatsoever since 2013 | 3.7
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2016
| PSA
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| Feb 04 | | 4.5
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| May 05 | | 8.2
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| May 26 | Bone scan. No change in bone but thickening of bladder wall detected.
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| Jun 10 | CT scan | 5.4
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| Oct 20 | | 7.6
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| Nov 24 | | 9.2
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