Depression

Oh Vik, I have no words or indeed help but please have a squishy cwtch from me. xx

Oh Vikster I have no advice, but you know where I am xx

Hi Vikster.

First of all, huge hugs for you and your sister!!

My former FIL had the same thing and was also depressed for a while specially for the re adaption time. All he did though was keep going to the docs and getting reassured it was a phase and to focus on the recovery. By the doc explaining it, and with the recovery happening, things did start to get better.

What about giving a call to McMillan instead of stopping on their leaflets? I believe they do support groups that could help both you and your dad to deal with all the c*ap cancer brings to all involved.

Maybe you can make an appointment to see his doctor and maybe ask for help/assistance? Not sure how it would work, but might be an idea?

**More hugs and good vibes to you**

Vickster,

Dealing with cancer can be so hard for both the patient and their family.

Have you been given caontact details for a Macmillian nurse? Or specialist cancer nurse attached to where he is being treated they will be a great place to start, if not contact Macmillian for info and support for you and your dad,

it might also be worth having a google to see what prostate cancer support maybe in your area.Is he at home or still i hospital, if he is at home is the district nurse still coming round? They were a fantastic source of info/ support when my mum was ill

Fluffy hug. I don't know what to offer by way of help but please offload to us when you need too x

Thanks for all the kind words and advice. He has been "google ing" which is probably not the best. I have offered to sign him up to a forum so he can talk to others in his situation, but hes not interested. In fact hes just not interested in anything. Something has got to be done though as hes at the bottom and needs to be helped up. District nurse has stopped coming now as wound is all healed, etc - he has just been kind of left to it. No appointment needed till after Christmas apparently, but surely thats wrong.

Im going to go round later this week and get all his paperwork and see if we arent missing a trick. I feel so moany and miserable when i say im exhausted, but i feel drained, so god knows how he is feeling.

Thanks for all the kind words and advice. He has been "google ing" which is probably not the best. I have offered to sign him up to a forum so he can talk to others in his situation, but hes not interested. In fact hes just not interested in anything. Something has got to be done though as hes at the bottom and needs to be helped up. District nurse has stopped coming now as wound is all healed, etc - he has just been kind of left to it. No appointment needed till after Christmas apparently, but surely thats wrong.

Im going to go round later this week and get all his paperwork and see if we arent missing a trick. I feel so moany and miserable when i say im exhausted, but i feel drained, so god knows how he is feeling.

Vik I don't have any words of wisdom I'm afraid but just wanted to send you a hug and I hope in time things get better for him and for you all as a family. x

Oh Vik, sending you all huge hugs. i definitely think his GP needs to know what's going on, both from a physical and mental perspective x

Big hugs from me too. I think the GP is a must like Nursey said x