It’s taken us 6 weeks to get an answer with what’s going on with my husband week after finishing radiotherapy, he started to have back & groin pain, spoke with oncology dr on a routine call, to which she said she’d arrange a ct scan & mri today we...
Got my second PSA results since starting treatment coming with phone call from consultant , T4 with bone met 31 initially to 0.4 This time ? Some crazy sweating and even more crazy cramps in buttocks and legs ,but a ok . Radiotherapy planning...
Hello, My dad had a serious fall over the weekend after losing balance and slipping backwards, he's had problems with mobility for a while but we presumed that this was due to mets in the hips however he had another scan and it was found that he has...
In light of sir Chris Hoy,s diagnosis after initial diagnosis it is hard to keep positive Last November when I was made aware that my cancer had returned.. Still precisely where ? To be determined. I went to some dark places and I was probably bordering...
7 weeks after the initial histology update to Gleeson 9 I finally obtained the details - not good . G9 extra prostatic extension , base margin positive PT3bN1 I asked for the PSMA PET scan after the initial update but was told I had to wait until the...
Hi - having read thr forums over the last few months I do feel like an imposter as my MRI scan had a PIRADS of 1 and BPH was diagnosed. PSA readings: 15th August 2024 = 6.5 28th August 2024 = 7.2 1st October 2024 = 8.4 MRI Scan on 10th September...
Hi I am at a loss with my husband every day there seems to some new problem to report He had a Prosectomy in April 23 his diagnosis was not great T3a after op T3b there were margins and he’s a Gleason 9 it’s not great He was put on Bicalutamide...
Hello all I'm 54 ,I recently made a psa test and it came 132 ,went to the urologist and by rectal touch she confirmed something wrong ,doing today my mri ,I'm terrified, feel my life is over ,can't see anything else in front of me but death ,my anxiety...
I don't know whether I have been unlucky, but waiting for a treatment plan after diagnosis is taking an awfully long time. Diagnosis was on 25th July, Gleason 6, T2c NO Mx. MDT wanted me to have a repeat biopsy because MRI PI-RADS 5 lesion does not...
Hi I'm 2 yrs through a 3 Yr programme of prostrap injection following radiotherapy 16 months ago. I have locally advanced PC. I have always had to get up a number of times during the night for a pee whilst having this treatment but more recently sometimes...
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