Hi Everyone, was diagnosed on the 24th of September & told i have two options...Radical Prostrate removal or radiotherapy. I have been given no information! No scores or stages,nothing. I got a phone call today to say i was booked in for the surgery...
Hi folks, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer with a Gleeson score of 4+3=7 in 10/12 cores within both lobes. My PSA was 63.45; my MCL was 17mm. I've just had a 20 session course of radiotherapy - which was nowhere near as nasty an experience as...
Hello Chemo is my next stage and have appt on 4th Oct to discuss. As it comes closer I'm getting a bit stressed about hair loss. I'm 51 and have a decent enough head of hair. People who have experienced chemo, did the hair fall out and if it did how...
To say I'm gutted would be an understatement about coming off of olapirib. This medication has maintained my quality of life since Jan 2021. My next step is an offer of chemotherapy and have a meeting with oncology on 4th Oct to discuss this treatment...
Hello everyone, I’m just wondering if anyone has had a similar story to myself and how they are further down the line. I was diagnosed two weeks ago after 15 months of tests. I wish I’d had a biopsy sooner. I have two tumours one Gleason 6, one 7, I...
My DH has been on HT since mid-July - he will also have chemo. The recommendation is that chemo starts within 3 months. We had booked a family and some friends (who don't yet know about cancer yet) trip to New York mid-Nov for my husband's 60th birthday...
advice needed father suffering with ferocious flushes day and night constantly drenched weak and fatigued has anyone been prescribed cyproterone and has it worked he has prostate and bone cancer tia.
My husband started taking bicalutamide last Tuesday. Today he is feeling really tired and has an upset stomach, generally feels rubbish. Has anyone else felt like this, so soon after starting hormone treatment. Xxx
Morning, Its been a while since i have been on . Just completed my 20 sessions of radiotherapy last Friday after been on hormone injections since January 2022 ( and Abiraterone tablets since middle of June as my PSA started to rise slightly ) The...
Just been told have PC in two lymph nodes in pelvis. Gutted. Not even a year in remission. Offering me SABR treatment. I’ve read that now it’s metastasised it’s not curative. Is this right? Can the SABR treatments kill the cancer and leave me cancer free...
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