June 2021 update. A follow up procedure in January to open up the hole in the bowel and perform a drainage. More antibiotics post surgery was the treatment and what the colon specialist thought would be 4 to 6 weeks for the whole to close turned into 4 months. The good news is that now resolved I have put back on weight and pain has gone and control has almost returned to normal. Whilst the bowel is now resolved and things are relatively normal, my PSA numbers which had dropped down to 0.42 in February, jumped to 0.95 in May and 1.8 at the end of May. I have just had a PET scan & some good news, no spread of the cancer outside of the prostate. No confirmation of why the increase in PSA so further blood tests needed.
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