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Posted 6/30/2012 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
Do you think you can get PTSD from the experiences of being treated for PCa ?
Posted 6/30/2012 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
Yes. It's not the treatment. It's the diagnosis of cancer or any other life threaten illness. I had it.
Posted 6/30/2012 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
Yes. I had a trifecta of heart surgery, PCa diagnosis 2 months later, and then lost my job due to a plant closing a month after the PCa diagnosis. It took a while for me to get back to an even keel after the ups of successful treatment of two major problems and being able to retire and downs of two major surgeries and losing a job I held for 36 years. Major disruptions in your life take a toll on you.
Posted 6/30/2012 10:09 PM (GMT 0)
It's possible. Depression is also very common (my PC doc says like 80% of all PC patients get at least some depression).

With PC you need to treat the mind and emotions as much as you need to treat the body.
Posted 7/10/2012 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
You can get PTSD from anything that happens. The mind is a funny thing and even when we think we are "braving" something the body can be affected. If you think you are suffering from PTSD or know someone who is (that sounds like a commercial) find a good therapist to talk it out with. Talking things through really helps. Although cumbersome to sit there for an hour, the benefits are endless.
Posted 7/10/2012 8:14 PM (GMT 0)

InTheShop said...
It's possible. Depression is also very common (my PC doc says like 80% of all PC patients get at least some depression).

Glad to know I'm not the only one who sees the black dog of depression. Well, I'm not glad that anyone does, but at least I know it's not only in my head.

As far as PTSD - I can easily believe that people go through that when they're hit with the cancer diagnosis. There must be stages similar to grief (actually, very similar). I've gone through the shock, the "why me's," the bargaining, the anger, and some grief. Still working on acceptance.

Ted
Posted 7/11/2012 1:20 AM (GMT 0)
Well the needle came out of my arm during surgery and when I woke up my left arm was 3x its normal size. If someone is taking my blood now, they had better get it right. Walked out of a MRI because they left that needle hanging in my arm for over one hour while I waited. Almost lost it.
Michael
Posted 7/11/2012 2:50 AM (GMT 0)
LOL...sorry about the needle incident but whats that got to do with PTSD? I think maybe you posted in the wrong thread Michael.
Posted 7/11/2012 2:59 AM (GMT 0)
I believe so. For me, it wasn't the dx of PC, as PC was my 4th dx with a serious cancer. But I was, and am still traumatized by my Salvage Radiation Treatment disaster, even though I am coming on the 3 year mark of it being completed in 2009 this November.

Twice, I have had to gone back to the clinic to pick up medical records, and each time, I almost freaked out bad and started to have panic attacks. I don't even like the smell of the place, kind of an electrical/ozone kind of air inside, and seeing other patients walking in and out.

At any time, even this far out, I can still see myself lying face up on the table, seeing the machine move in around me, and when it rotates to that certain position, feeling the strong burning sensation in my bladder. Just can't get it out of my mind, and wonder to this day, how, I ever endured another 34 treatments after the first burning.

I have had other medical procedures that left me equally tramutized, so I guess it can happen.

david
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