My profile is up to date with journey so far Can anyone share their experience with focal therapy? What? Successful? Recommend focal versus surgery? I have a mri-ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy under general anaesthetic next week, anyone had experience...
Hello from a new member to the forum. I am 75 years old, and have been living with my prostate cancer diagnosis for the last two and a half years. I have ben on active surveillance, had two biopsies and sufferef a major and prolonged infection after...
HI all, My Dad has stage 4 prosate cancer diagnose in Nov21 and was given injections and Enzalutamide, it worked for a couple of months and then stopped. PSA went up and they offered chemo which made him worse so apart from is recent radiotherapy which...
I have had a follow up appointment following my prostatectomy in May but am unsure what PMLED stands for, does anyone know what this means?
Hi I had a prostatectomy on 27 August at The Churchill. Alistair Lamb conducted the surgery and i can only say that I was very lucky that he was my surgeon. Not only is he a leader in the field but he is a caring person. He called me the evning before...
I have been diagnosed and have had lots of excellent care with Stepping Hill hospital (Stockport) . However although not too far away my home local is Derby Royal Hospital. The GP advised I change to Derby . At the moment i have not got confidence in...
Hi all...I had my mri done over a week ago..Received a phone call from the consultant...He said my dre was abnormal...And my psa is 4.4...Also the mri showed areas..That need to be biopsied..Then I was told it could be 4...to 6 weeks...Also 4 to 6 weeks...
My husband has recently been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer which has spread to his spine and lymph glands and possibly his lungs. I'm feeling totally heartbroken. He's coping so well considering and I am putting on a brave face and functioning...
Long post alert! Having recently completed a 20-fraction course of radiotherapy, I thought it may be helpful to others, who find themselves in a similar position to me, if I detailed my (almost entirely) good experiences. Background: male, 57 at diagnosis...
Hello all. I have posted before, but since there are so many posts and so many people, I think it may be that some posts probably slip by without being noticed. I am specifically interested in those who have received brachytherapy and how they have managed...
