Good afternoon all, finally got a copy of my MRI Prostate Results which started the ball rolling towards my prostate cancer diagnosis. It’s a bit gobbledgook to me in certain areas so one of your kind people might be well versed in giving a summary of...
Hi all, well had my RALP on Monday at Christies. Feeling tight but pretty good today. I didn't get to see the surgeon after the op, but the intention was nerve sparing and his notes said " nerve sparing incision attempted" . I don't want to read...
Morning everyone I had a meeting with my oncologist and he informed me of the above which surprised me, as it had levelled off at 33 .Does this mean the docetaxel has failed?We are now going to ct scans etc. And a itch to daralutomide?spelling or enzalutomide...
I had my prostatectomy one month ago and have been recovering from the surgery. I will have to say the recovery has gone well so far with little pain! I had read a lot about the treatments, surgery and side effects. However it appears my physical changes...
Are there anybody here who has had SABR as the primary treatment for their PCa? If so can you advise your experience of the treatment and what short and long term side effects that you have had from the treatment?
Hello all, here I am again, Husband had his bone scan on Tuesday. We had a lovely day out at Castle Howard yesterday and have been feeling upbeat. Today he received a copy of a letter sent to his GP from the Consultant Urologist. It sats ’his pristate...
Newly diagnosed: PSA 7.08 Gleason 3+4 Stage 2. Enclosed in prostate only. Enlarged prostate no serious symptoms st all. I will be having Radiotherapy only. I would be keen to hear of experiences with Conventional only and Stereotactic Radiotherapy...
hi - hoping for some advice. my dads 69 - his dad died of prostate cancer in his 60s. he's always had psa checks and his levels have been around 3-4. he previously had an mri in january 2022 which was clear but with a psa density of 1.2 - he had his psa...
I had my trial run yesterday, for radiotherapy treatment due to start in December, although I am still active, I am not particularly supple, and unfortunately I found it impossible to insert without the help of my wife, during the daily fractions it won...
Hello Everyone, Got my MRI results today. Not good news. It seems I have a nodule on top of the prostate and one at the bottom, with intermediate and high probability of cancer. Going to see urologist on Friday. I don't know if a MRI can see...
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