Diagnosed two weeks ago and struggling a bit

Hi Edward and sorry to hear.

If you can give us some stats it can help to give u best advice and we may be able to make things a bit easier for you

Best wishes 

Steve 

Thanks Steve.

Stats.... rising and slightly random psa, mri showed a single lesion, biopsy 6 positive samples out of 14 taken. Gleeson is 3+4. 

Don't even want to be writing this tbh. 

Edward 

Well. u don't give a PSA figure but am going to presume not too high with a Gleeson 7 and single lesion which I presume is contained in the gland.

So looks like low key and in fact similar to my figures many years ago.

So potentially easy to treat and curable, I know it's all a shock but it does get easier especially when U are given a treatment plan , possibly active surveillance  may

be an.option.

Also see what others say

All the best, things will get better 

Steve 

Psa up to 9.1.

Offered surveillance as an option but they seemed to be leaning more to prostate removal. 

For context I am 59 years old.

Ok, so PSA not too bad, the other thing to do is check on the lesion size in mm , hopefully under 12mm.

This could make it easier to go on AS,  sometimes they do push towards treatment for no particular reason unless there's something that we don't know about 

On the plus side looks like u do have time on your side .

Best wishes 

Steve 

Hi Edward 

I was diagnosed at 59. PSA was 14.5, no symptoms etc.

Know how you feel atm. You've come to the right place to get all the information you need. Wish I found the forum much earlier than I did!

Had the operation last April. Two tumours found originally but was straight to treatment options. 

Once you know what the plan is, it does become easier to get your head round it all. 

Hardest bit I've found from the very beginning of all this, was I've never felt ill. You get told you have cancer etc, but you feel fine.

Once you put in your bio your full diagnosis, you'll get plenty of good advice, knowledge and support. 

It'll be much better for you

Hey Edward1 don’t ever worry about how you feel about yourself or how you feel about the cancer, it is your path to walk along. When I comes down to it your situation in one of our business but we are here if you need us.

Getting your head around the new you is one thing but if you have a partner it will be even harder to tread the path. It called a couples disease and it is a real problem if you let it.

So, please burden us with your thoughts and we will listen and support you in any of your decisions and worries.

Good luck

This is exactly right.

From the information you have been able to share you have a really treatable, and likely curable illness.

The problem is that it's cancer, and you have been told all your life that it is going to kill you.

You are now in the "hurry up and wait" phase. You know that you have an illness that COULD kill you if left completely untreated, but the plan isn't in place.

Once it is, life will be very different. There IS life for you to live.

All you have to do is grab it.