Will be starting my salvage RT next week. Should have started 2 weeks ago by my consultant wanted a second opinion on my PET and MRI scan results. The team who looked at the results couldn't see anything that would indicate the hotspot was a concern...
Nearly 2 years ago my husband was advised that his prostate cancer had advanced to the bowel and liver. He received 6 sessions of chemo (docetaxel)and in addition to the 3 monthly hormone jab he was also prescribed Darolutamide. It is apparent that the...
Hi my husband had a transperineal biopsy 14 days ago, bloody urine eased after 7/8 days. He’s concerned he is still getting watery blood in urine after having a poo…is this normal at this stage? (He is on blood thinners following stents for a blocked...
LH had his TURP on Sunday and came home yesterday. Appears to be doing well so far As this was all done through urology I am not sure how oncologist or radiology will know he has had it done . Think we will need to contact them in a couple of weeks...
9 years ago today, I received the news that my PSA was high and that I had Prostate Cancer. I was in shock and very confused. Last year I wrote a post on here which described the early days of that journey The end - straight to palliative care! . It was...
Hi, I started Prostap 3 just 6 weeks ago. I was told it was quite a mild treatment which wouldn’t make me particularly unwell. But the whole 6 weeks have been almost total fatigue and sever night sweats - bedding changes daily! Does this last all 3 months...
12 months after my prostatectomy and without hopefully sounding too dramatic, my whole life seems to be falling apart. It didn't start too well when it took my GP's over a year to do my psa, with the same old reasoning for not carrying out the test...
Apologies, a trawl through previous posts has not provided an answer, so here goes. My 20 fractions of external beam radiotherapy ended March 9th 2026. It's only March 13th now but the side effects, pain when passing water and stools, seem to be getting...
My husband, who is mid 50s, was recently diagnosed with early stage 2 prostate cancer (localised) and been given options moving forward, namely active montitoring, surgery or radiotherapy. He had a biopsy and 9/29 samples were potitive, mainly in 2 opposite...
Good afternoon everyone, my husband just had his 3 monthly consultation with the oncologists he was happy with his bloods psa still undetectable at 0.01 but changing his 3 monthly injection to tablets because of his heart attack and also changing his...
