My husband is starting chemo soon, but hospital advice on what we can do has varied. What are others' experiences? Did you stop doing things a couple of weeks before to make sure you were ok for treatment? And how strict during treatment? I volunteer...
Sadly may Dad passed away last Friday. He had advanced prostate cancer with metestases in his sacrum and pelvic nodes. These were picked up on his last scan was about a year and a half ago. His PSA had remained low due to the ongoing hormone treatment...
Hello All, When my Dad was first diagnosed in January he needed nephroscopy tubes inserted to his kidneys to help take pressure off his bladder. His prostate shrank with treatment and he was able to have the tubes removed around May time. One wound...
As you'll be able to see from my sig I'm not new to the community; been around for nearly ten years, but never been in this neck of the woods, hope the locals are friendly. I have no diagnosis at the moment but I'll just say what's happened recently...
Hi all my husband has GL 9, stage 4, N1 PC, diagnosed May 2022. He was started on HT and has had 6 rounds of Chemo and 20 of radiotherapy, treatment ending March this year. he will have 6 monthly HT injections for 2-3 years. he is receiving 3 monthly...
Hi, I had my surgery a month ago this coming Monday. Because of how quick everything happened (for which I’m grateful) I never really had time to process things etc. so it’s like I’m now only starting to deal with it now. On the whole I’m doing well post...
Is there any advice as to means of combatting loss of bone density during chemo? Husband is on darolutimide and docertaxel with three monthly prostap injections. We'tre on a balanced vegetarian diet and have been for years. He's taking the calcium tablets...
Hi All, My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer (lymph nodes, and 'a little' in his liver and kidney(?), Gleason score 10) 6 weeks ago. He's started hormone therapy (by injection). He had a 1 month dose 4 weeks ago and had a 3 months dose...
Hello all. OH diagnosed Gl9( apparently upgraded by re examination of histology whilst awaiting surgery). Surgery was refused by UCLH which is where men in north wales are sent after a PSMA showed a suspicious area on T5. He was told oligometastatic PC...
Hello everyone, I'm reaching out on behalf of my partner, who has recently received a stage one prostate cancer diagnosis. He is currently facing a challenging decision regarding the most suitable treatment option. It's been a rollercoaster of emotions...
