Husband told after his pet scan which is being arranged urgently he has to start on hormone tablets the minute he has had his scan and then have an injection 2 weeks later. The problem is we are sort of in-between being private and NHS which is where...
Hello, I hope that someone will be able to help me to understand my relative’s pathology report. I have been a member of the breast cancer group for almost five years and I’ve got to grips with the numbers and terms used there, but prostate cancer...
Hi all, I'm currently awaiting a biopsy result after being told I have Prostate cancer....PSA 30 so fairly advanced. I'm not somebody who can sit around twiddling my thumbs without doing something about it, so I've been carrying out research into...
Hi everyone, Quick question big left field. Since being diagnosed with PC has anyone else started sweating a lot more than they used to? I have never been a sweater and one spray of deodorant in the morning used to work for rest of day. I now sweat...
Here are my details: Here are my details Gleason 8 T2a N0M0 3/6 samples tested Gleason 8 only on one side of prostate seen 3/5/22 on HT Prostap then RT 20 fractions completed 19/10/22 HT continued Current PSA .2 When I complained of tiredness...
I've recently lost Mum. As a result I'm helping my Dad a lot more. I know he had Kidney cancer many years ago and cured, I think, but following that he did self catheterise which in the past 5 years has moved to a fixed catheter. He is in his 80s. He...
Thanks for those who have provided support both on the open forum and through PM's. I am now finished with my RP sessions. I have another of the Zoladex injections on Wednesday. Since my last PSA was 2.99, I am praying for below 1. I have been reflecting...
Though the public house has long been central to socialisation and the for centuries brought solace to the working man as he grappled with the trials and tribulations of quotidian existence, it has never received the sort of scholarly attention it deserves...
My husband on Thursday gets the results if his MRI, bone scan and biopsy. We are meant to be going abroad on Saturday for 2 weeks. I know no one will have a definite answer but what do you think the chances are if us being able to go. Is it likely they...
Hi all My husband has had problems with low platelets/clumping before diagnosis and after. initially they put his last 3 abnormal platelets down to the possible after effects of chemo and radiotherapy but on looking at previous results it appears that...
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