Dear friends you can probably guess that I am relatively new to this group only being diagnosed 2 weeks ago today with some bone spread. Up until now in have never noticed blood in my urine but this morning when I took my safety overnight tena pad off...
I shall be having my first HT injection on Monday. How did other members cope with theirs and was there any side effects experienced? In have been advised to continue talking my initial pills as well until they run out at the end of month. Thankfully...
A big thank you to all the lovely people in the group who walked me through what to expect with my husbands 20 sessions of radiology. Two weeks in so half way there. He is over the moon that this morning was his last enema (or enemy as he calls it ) he...
Hubbie has this scheduled for Monday and I’m nervous as I can’t find the booklet which explained what it all entails .Can anyone help please. Also how long will it be before the radiation starts - thanks
I though I highlight a couple of aspects of radiotherapy which I don't see highlighted very often. Although the number of sessions seems daunting I found it reassuring to have easy access to healthcare professionals during every visit to the hospital...
Hi, Yesterday I received the news that my Gleeson score had somehow jumped from 7 to 9. I am due a bone scan soon but from what I have heard so far it has not spread. So I shall have a consultation with an oncologist soon. Meanwhile I am looking at the...
Hi, Well my husband finally had his RALP last Thursday. We’ve just had the “Well, this time last week….” conversation. Small streaks of blood in the leg bag the last two mornings after we’ve come back from a walk, but I don’t think that’s anything to...
After finishing my sun bed sessions on the 18th October I had my first PSA blood test yesterday morning at my GP surgery. Having read in many posts about the benefits of using the NHS app & being able to see test results quickly I duly downloaded the...
Hi to everyone,sad we have to meet like this but upwards and onwards.I’ve been for all the diagnostics, scan,biopsies,and bone scan,I got my results last week,so from a psa of 7.2 the mri scan showed advanced locally spread so was then sent off for a...
Hi - new here and just after some advice. Dad had 2 PSA blood, 10.4 & 13. Just had an MRI that shows enlarged prostate and a dark patch on right side of prostate. The lady that called said it’s a 4 on the suspicion scale (don’t know what that is!...
