Hi, I'm new to group. My husband seems so much more positive about his diagnosis than me. It occupies my thoughts all the time. Any help would be appreciated x
Hi, my husband had all scans done and Biopsy.....we know at the moment he has stage 3 cancer ....CT scan been done and hospital got results back on Monday. I was told MDT meet Wednesday and Thursday. I asked this morning what happened at the meeting,is...
Hello everyone, first post. I am 60, good shape, world traveler, but now depressed trying to figure this out. Went for biopsy after psa score of 5, but free psa was only 8%. (should be around 20%) Biopsy initially showed 1 of 12 areas positive, 2% with...
I would like to hear if anyone has had external beam radiotherapy for pain control and if so did it work? My hubby can’t walk for pain in the pelvic floor area and it’s quite severe. He is having one blast and I’m just trying to manage his expectations...
Hi all. I am really worried about my husband’s health and wonder if any of you have suffered the same symptoms after chemo is finished. he finished chemo at the beginning of December then developed a bad cough and wheeze 2 weeks later, he then had 4 courses...
My husband and I met with his surgeon today for the first time since deciding on surgery as treatment and hopeful cure for his PC. (See bio for more detailed info). We went in feeling quite positive as we had been told in a previous appt that there was...
Well i got the phone call from UCLH yesterday, all the cancer was contained in the Prostate. The pathology score was 3 + 4, it's now a case of monitering and PSA level tests. Very happy bloke
Hi, I had a prostatectomy in May 22, 3 months on my psa was 0.07, 6 months on it was 0.09 now, most recent is 0.12, which has triggered a referral to oncology, I suspect that oncology will monitor further until I've breached 0.2. Has anyone had further...
We had a call from the specialists nurse this morning. Biopsy result is Gleason Score 3+4=7 and a bone scan has been requested Grade will not be confirmed until bone scan result. Surgery is not an option which we knew already. So decision is taken out...
What we know so far. My husband had an MRI which showed PIRADS 5 lesion confined to prostate. PSA has been between 5 and 6. After getting a bit of a scare with the MRI result I feel we are in a better position to deal with this due to all the advice and...
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