Hi all hope everyone is ok ,I have my first 6 monthly telephone appointment soon and a blood test next Tuesday I don't mind admitting I'm getting a tad nervous now lol
Saw oncologist yesterday, she was so kind and thoughtful whilst being authoritative. Made a great deal of effort to work me out and having established I need, not want, to be fully involved, she promised that is what will happen. Shocked to hear 33 fractions...
LH had his planning meeting yesterday and all seemed to go OK. Got his provisional list of treatment dates and according to that his treatment will start on 18th May. A bit longer to wait than we had hoped but at least we have the date. Apparently they...
Hello everyone, Advice please ? Hubby started HT in April/May last year & radiotherapy in June/July time (SBRT - 25 ish sessions). So, he just called the hospital to get results of his first PSA test after his treatment. His pre-treatment PSA was...
Good evening all, Husband is on 4th day of 20 sessions, a little fatigue to be expected… but he also has cystitis kicking in and a few sty’s around the eye, any recommendations of what could ease either or? Does he need to report side effects when back...
We finally have an appointment next week at Christie’s in Oldham with oncologist consultant. Our question is, after seeing urologist after the routine tests, he said we would prob be offered surgery but hadn’t had the mdt meeting yet, so he would see...
I had a discussion with my Oncology Team last evening. It was good news, so I thought I would share it. Six months on from the last test my PSA is still undetectable. The side effects of the Zoladex are still the same - pronounced but workable,...
I had the Radical Op in Dec 2024 and my Post Op PSA was a stubborn 0.2 So additional treatment required to sort things out. Then follows by 7 weeks of Radiotherapy then f ollowed by Hormone Therapy. I have now been on the Hormone therapy for 6 months...
Please help me. I'm falling between my cancer hospital, my urology hospital, A+E and my superb but put-upon GP. Politics aside, I'm suffering physically and (increasingly) mentally. I've been on max dose Co-codamol for at least 3 weeks. It only provides...
A PET PSMA scan in August last year highlighted a malignant lesion in my husband's right lung. He then had a CT scan to try to identify whether this was a met fron his prostate or another primary. We waited for 8 months for clarification on this. The...
