I've just now got my biopsy appt for next Weds - I will ask them on the day, but wondered how people normally get the result - by phone, letter or face to face? Obviously at some point they sit you down and go over things and possible treatments ...
Hi all LH had his face to face oncologist appointment yesterday. He was officially given his TNM stage as T2c N0 M0 with a Gleeson score of 9 and with cribriform present, so an aggressive cancer but contained in the prostate. Because of this the MDT...
Hi there, I had my blood test for PSA back in September 2024 and it was 22 I had a wide radical prostatectomy in December 2024 After the op in March my PSA was 0.09 which my consultant said was unusually high, he was expecting 0 to 0.04 so he...
I thought I would update you following on from my 7 week consultation and first PSA test since the surgery. I had the surgery on 7/7/25 and left hospital (feeling terrible) on the 8th. I was re admitted on the 9th with chronic stomach pain. I eventually...
Hello Hope you are all doing the best you can be ️ My question is about hot flushes, Paul has been on degarelix since the beginning of July, tolerating well.....hot flushes are worsening, thankfully so far this is all we have to moan about! We tried...
How high can psa go up ?
54 years old. Prostate Adenocarcinoma: with Peri-Prostatic Deposits and 1 Obturator Lymph Node involved. Locally/Regionally advanced. PSA 44 Gleason 9 4+5 T3aN1 Hi all, Its been 3 days since my 4th Chemo treatment (Docetaxel) and just over...
Just had the phone call for my MRI result (my PSA had been 15.6) Left & right have suspicious areas. It appears to have broken out of the capsule but as far as they could tell me , no obvious spread to lymph nodes or bone. They couldn't tell me...
Hi, just wondering if anyone else with both Parkinson's and advanced prostate cancer has experienced a rapid progression in Parkinson's symptoms after starting leuprorelin 3 monthly injections. This seems to have happened with my dad, however I can't...
My husband has been offered radiotherapy or surgery. He’s decided on EBRT. We have only spoken to the urologist at the moment and the referral has been made to oncology. The urologist said that he hasn’t been offered ADT. Does this mean that he doesn...
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