Pre op checks completed today so barring strikes, disasters etc I will have had a robotic prostatectomy by this time next week. I’ve done more homework on this than I ever did at school and I’m happy with my decision, based on me. I know it’s not for...
Should i have PSA test (s) while i am on hormone treatment and awaiting radiation therapy?
Hi millibob The team couldn't say 100 per cent if it had spread to lymph nodes so I had seven and a half weeks of radiotherapy to the whole pelvic region on initial diagnosis. As discussed previously if the scans come back clear....how do they find...
I have my last HT injection in three months, maybe it will be extended, I decided late last year, when HT ends that will be the end of my treatment, This is not a goodbye, Eddie.
Been a while since I have checked in and I would like to say thank you for all the messages I received on my welcome post. It has been a stressful couple of weeks. I had my biopsy a week before Christmas, which meant we wouldn't hear anything for a...
Hi everyone, nice to meet you all! Tonight I was told that my father has been diagnosed today with advanced prostate cancer and I don’t know what to do. I am only 22 and terrified by the prospect of this diagnosis for him. All we know is they won...
My husband has advanced prostate cancer, spread to his spine. He's been on enzalutamide, had radiotherapy, now having chemo. My query is about the pain in his neck and the back of his head, which we presume is from the mets and osteoporosis. He has low...
Hi all, I have been on Prostap since March last year just before starting my course of radiotherapy, thankfully I have had undetectable psa levels since. My oncologist has told me that after my next prostap injection due in a couple of weeks I can stop...
We didn't see the oncologist today as he is happy with all the results so he has passed us to the oncology nurse who is lovely. So PSA is 0.06 and testosterone is 0.4 which she said is excellent. Happy days as she said the cancer is now surpressed. Thank...
I start my chemotherapy plan of Wednesday this week and am naturally anxious not knowing what to expect and how my body will react. Any advice and tips from those that have had chemo for prostate cancer very welcome .
