Hi all good news psa count is dropping down to 4.1 from 6.4 so might get away without op and cannot have any chemo or radiotherapy my testerone has dropped from 52 to 11 fingers crossed it keeps going down just wanted to share with u all
Hi everyone, just after some advice as my 78 year old father has just recently had his mri letter as just after some help with the findings. My father is a very fit for his age and says he feels fine, he just recently put a 12 panel 6ft fence up all...
Hello my dads had radiotherapy for prostrate cancer which finished in September he’s on hormone treatment and his latest psa was 0.2 so all being well it’s working but recently he’s become concerned about a bit of bowl leakage it isn’t all the time...
I honestly can’t believe that there will be no screening. My husband was diagnosed at 58 with stage 4. He is now 63 and told all his options have been exhausted. His dad had prostrate cancer, if only he was screened he might not be looking at a few months...
Hi, I recently had a template biopsy in August, one year after my original Gleason 6 diagnosis in August 2024. My cancer has been upgraded to Gleason 7 (3+4) and the biopsy report noted ‘‘a focus suspicious for but not definite of perineural invasion...
There's an interesting news article "How One Wrong PSA Test Can Harm a Man's Life" giving the views of Professor Freddie Hamdy following the decision not to offer universal screening for prostate cancer using the PSA test. "The Professor of Urology...
Hi. I'm new to the forum. My husband has been diagnosed with prostate cancer gleason score 7 (4+3) which is intermediate. He also has chronic kidney disease ckd3b with gfr of 44 following a kidney removal in Dec 2021 due to cancer. He has the option of...
DH started on Orgovyx in August and it took until the end of October for the side effects to subside. Now he's a week past his first Decapeptyl injection and is also now taking Abiraterone. Side effects have returned with a vengeance and last night...
I've started my cancer treatment over 2 years ago, I didn't take any medications prior to my cancer diagnosis as was very fit and healthy. During the last 2 years I've been taking a lot of medications, most of which come as repeat prescriptions from my...
Saw the urologist this morning. She went over my MRI results. My nodules are still within the prostate gland. She performed a DE and felt nothing wrong. She will perform a biopsy on Dec 16th. She wants to see about the areas that are suspect....
