Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum. It's been so helpful so far. A week before Christmas my wonderful Dad got diagnosed with Prostate cancer. He's 71. It turns out (unknown to us) that he had troubles going to the Loo for years and put it down to old...
Hi, I am new to this, so sorry in advance if this isn't the right place to say this. I'm currently 23 years old, I lost my mum out of nowhere in 2013 to pneumonia in which I was right beside her at our home. I was only 12 and felt helpless, I...
I wonder if anyone can answer from knowledge or experience if there is an H.T. ie injection, pill, including dose, or frequency etc that is the least onerous?
Hello My hubby was told he having Radiotherapy rapid arc I forgot to ask what is Rapid arc please can someone tell me, He started his journey by having Chemo which he just finished. he told me he had marks put on him
Hi new to group Have had metastasis prostate cancer for about 4 years in lymph nodes. Treatment via cyber knife but unsuccessful. Been on hormone suppression Treatment since but my Psa is rising now 2.14. What should happen next or am I worrying...
On HT,never been constipated till now.Not been bad this week though,went for CT scan. Bowels not empty after enema, took the torpedo,helped enough ,or so i thought. Come back next week , take stronger laxative for 5 days previous. Anybody else have...
Finished RT 18 months ago but recently had 2 and a half weeks of blood in my urine (a lot so it looked like red wine) I've had antibiotics so not an infection, ultrasound and cystoscopy show nothing irregular apart from the fact that my prostate is growing...
I am not sure if this is a good or bad thing. We have been today to see the therapy part of oncology to discuss the 12 week course Hubbie can do, the one with chats and exercises. Hubbie was handed two questionnaires to complete, which he did and he said...
After a long gap, I'm back asking for advice. We've had a few delays in treatment due to OH white cells now bouncing back after chemo. Darolutomide was reduced in strength and finally s withdrawn during chemo as the combination of that and the docetaxel...
Hi everyone , I have been diagnosed Gleason 4+3 and I am also locallly advanced at stage T3a NOMO. I am thinking of HT and RT instead of surgery . Can anyone update me on the side effects of erectile dysfunction and tiredness for HR -RT ? I am speaking...
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