Hello good evening Im new here and have had full success with hormone therapy and radiotherapy, PSA 0.01 so very pleased. However…… a friend of mine had an op to have his prostate removed but the robot only took out about 3/4 of it at. The remaining...
Hi, I wondered about other people’s experience with seminal vesicle cancer. With hindsight, I now know that this is not a recent occurrence and the cancer has in fact been there (vesicles) for at least two or three years prior to diagnosis and tumour...
My husband was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in Nov 21, we were told stage 4 as in bones and lymph nodes also. My confusion is that after chemo his PSA is much improved (was 125, after chemo down to 5 and now sitting at 62) and his bone scan...
Dear everyone, it is with the deepest sorrow that I have to tell you that my dear husband passed away last week. His was a very rare and aggressive pathology and I don’t want to cause concern among my dear friends here but I had to tell you. His mixed...
I’m on Prostap 3 monthly injections for advanced prostate cancer. I’m prone to hot flushes like most other people and follow the normal advice to moderate the problem. But this recent heat wave and hot weather is causing me more sweats than usual. Have...
Hello just wondering if anyone has ever considered paying for radiotherapy privately and roughly what the cost was. Cannot seem to find anything on line. Thank you
Hi. My partner starts radiotherapy next week for 4 weeks. How do we get through this , what do we expect? Oncologist has explained things but I want to know from your side of things .
Hi all, I'm new here. In Jan 2022 by dad (63) went into the hospital for an inflammation in his bowel and during the course of that treatment, they did other others due to an elevated PSA (in the high 10s) and he came out with a diagnosis for PC with...
Hello please can someone explain the procedure if you are told you have to have radiotherapy, how long did you wait for the treatment to start and did you have many appointments before treatment started. Than you
Hi all, I had a radical prostectomy Sept 2021 all went well, I’ve had my bloods done every 3 months and my PSA has risen from 0.02 to 0.18 in about a year, so I’m on Zoladex injections every month and I’m having 23 sessions of radiotherapy , I’ve been...
