You will see from my profile that I had my follow up meeting with the urologist from the CT of the 18th July today and it was very dispiriting to say the least. I fully expected having been called in for a meeting that the results would have been looked...
Hello, had my three monthly blood test results today. All well on long term HT treatment, PSA still at 0.02. Nurse Specialist says the Royal College of something or other is recommending Adkal and Alendronic Acid tablets to prevent osteoporosis for...
I have not been on this site for 18 months or so, essentially since I made my decision to go with PROTON beam therapy, rather than the NHS offered PHOTON treatment. Going privately in London was, for me, the only reasonable offering. A 3 page NHS patient...
At his second oncology, appointment in November last year, DH was told "We will talk about radiotherapy next year." He saw the onco again in January and it was not mentioned. Since then, he has seen his specialist nurse once and a resident doctor once...
A little update from me. I had my TWOC on Wednesday and it worked!!!! I am now catheter free, thank god. The first good thing that has happened to me for a long long time. I was very nervous about the whole thing and had convinced myself that it would...
Hi all, My husband finished 20 sessions of RT three weeks ago. He's in pain and has blood in his urine. Is it normal to have blood in the urine? Also, he's peeing a few times each hour and waking up during the night, affecting his sleep, and he has...
Hi to all my ‘brothers and sisters in arms’. It’s 3 years since I put my last new thread on here and, with over 60,000 views, many of you will be familiar with my story about my brachytherapy boost treatment pathway so far. I have always been aware that...
My husband has been on Abiraterone for two months. We found out today that his liver enzymes (specifically ALT) has risen in this period from 24 to 277. His Bilirubin and ALP levels are in the normal range. His Oncologist has taken him off the Abiraterone...
So relieved! Hubby's PSA results just became live on the hospital portal and showing as <0.01 (Does that mean undetectable?). Thank you to everyone who talked me down from my panic last week - really appreciated Karen
My husband was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had a biopsy at the end of last week and a bone scan yesterday. Can anyone tell me what happens next and potential timelines? I know it will be a week or 2 before they have the results but what...
