During the last week of my 4 week radiation treatment, I started to get a lot of pain when peeing during the night. I’m now a week after the end of the treatment and the pain has been extreme with cramping etc, before I can start peeing. So I’ve had 2...
Hi Just received a recent diagnosis and yet to have the results appointment but spotted the letters in the NHS app. Not sure what it all means. PSA was 5.9 x2 MRI’s 6 months apart showed something PIRAD2 and the biopsy showed a score of 3+4 with 19...
Wow - 2 years after diagnosis ( Diagnosed in January 2024 -G9 - T3a N0) where has the time gone! Anyway, I wanted to provide a 6 monthly update and say Hi again to the inspirational Champions who helped me so much at the start of my journey - Brian aka...
Hi All. Just finished 20 weeks of radical radiotherapy for my Prostate. Including 6 months of hormone tablets (Relugolix). The main side effect has a major increase in the size of my tummy. Any suggestions to decrease my tummy size back to 'normal...
An oncology appointment has appeared on LHs portal the week before his radiotherapy planning meeting. I am freaking out! Is this likely to be about the chips taken during the TURP? What can they have found that warrants a face to face appointment. And...
Hello all, I finished Radiotherapy 3 weeks ago, all went really well... I had my first PSA test since early December (0.11) on Friday and the result appeared on my app earlier today at <0.025... I'm very surprised but happy it's that low so soon after...
Hi everybody hubby has an appointment for four weeks away for results of mri, ct scan, biopsy and nuclear bone scan. He received a phone call today to bring his appointment forward to Wednesday, day after tomorrow. we have gone into shock about this...
Hi. Any one had treatment or got oestoporsis? Been offered a drug but waiting to get teeth sorted. Already has bad back and had serious break from a fall which has healed. Worried wife as usual Thanks guys
Would be nice to hear from anybody who has recently had stereotactic SBRT treatment with regards to their PSA results following treatment. Was on AS for 10yrs with a G6 3+3 but towards the end of last year following bi-ops this was changed to a G7 3...
We had our oncology appointment today to go over Paul’s latest scan results and discuss what comes next. The positive news is that there’s no evidence of progression, and the bone scan has shown significant improvement. The suspected new lesion has...
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