Hi. My strong OH had been told he has a ‘suspicious area at T5 &7t rib.?they have now decided. To call it oligometastatic. he is to start chemo next week of docatacel. What I’ve read is that this does not kill the cancer cells so my question is what is...
Side effects and work. Hi, I have stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer and am about to start chemotherapy, 6 cycles, 3 weeks apart. I know everyone is different,but could anyone give me some idea as to how they feel after each cycle and for how long...
Hi I had prostate cancer 6 yers ago and after HDR (14days) and the brachy my Psa went from 32 down to unreadable however I have now started to experience night pees (1 or 2 per night) and what i can only describe as discomfort at the end of my penis...
I was admitted to acident and emergency in August and subsequently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, leading to a MSCC diagnosed. I have tried to find posts relating to MSCC but haven't found them yet! I am 48 and was fit and healthy until my diagnosis...
My husband (at age 65) has been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. His PSA was 281 and it has spread to his pelvis, spine and lymph nodes. He was in a lot of pain and could hardly walk, but he started on pain relief and Degarelix injections...
I have had my 6 month review after stopping hormone therapy and they are please with my PSA, however they are worried that the radiotherapy had damaged my bowel and bladder. I am having to wee a lot and am getting hot flushes especially at night (5...
Hi all Today md received the dreaded news that he has prostrate cancer. As you can imagine we are all worried about him, and how best to support. Theyve started him on the hormone therapy tablets, and this Thursday he will have a mri scan to see if...
Well there has been some general delay, perhaps some of it is my fault dithering, I am not too sure but it does not seem to be the time or place to be apportioning blame. My Radiotherapy starts on April 20th and I am most apprehensive. I am a dreadful...
Hi, I am just one month into my hormone treatment and two sessions into my radiotherapy treatment, during the day i feel a little tired and my head feels really swimmy but I'm really struggling to sleep at night since starting the R/T anyone else experienced...
Hormone Treatment Am I correct in saying that Hormone Treatment has the cancer in abeyance and therefore it takes away any urgency to have Radiotherapy? Or is this assumption flawed?
