Good morning my dad is on day 4 today of radiotherapy for prostate cancer he’s having difficulty passing urine , he said it’s painful and not much comes out when he tries we did tell the staff at clatterbridge yesterday and they said it’s common...
Hello! Hope everyone is doing as well as can be. My dad is currently on chemo and Darolutamide and is having a 1 week extended break between treatments to attend my wedding. We have just realised he will run out of Darolutamide for about 7 days, we can...
Hi what’s people’s thoughts experience on leaving primary tumor treatment adt + 2nd generation
Phew! Relief! Hormone therapy stopped May 2024. PSA readings to date April 24 0.06 July 24 0.04 oct 2024 0.21 ( seemed like a big jump) Feb 25 0.27 ( a small increase) I’ve been fearing a third increase! Instead: On Thursday last week 0.22...
I am writing this as I recuperate from robotic RP surgery yesterday, and await what will hopefully be a good news PSA result in about 6 weeks time. Surgery was such a hard decision, but it was the right one for me, and I think I went into it eyes wide...
So my husband has been taking Abiraterone for the past two weeks, takes early mornings and then can eat an hour later. He is now to start Alendronic acid, this requires empty stomach, only take with water and stay upright for 30 mins fortunately this...
Hello Everyone, New to the Forum and wondering if others can help me decide on my next step. But first a bit of background, will try to keep it short. I'm 75 yo and 11 years ago I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. I decided against any of the offered...
So I thought I’d update. My husband had his second biopsy under general anaesthetic last week. The surgeon told him that the two cores that he managed to get in the first biopsy showed low grade cancer, but he said the results did not match with the mri...
Hi, I'm Chris. 66, still working, couch potato but no other vices - OK 'smooth jazz'. After counting 17 toilet trips in 24 hours, I sought help. I have a PSA of 7.2, MRI pirads 4 score (feels like the wrong word) and just had a 16-sample biopsy today...
Our local hospital is failing to meet all its cancer targets to the point where it has stopped publishing the results on its website. My husband was referred on the 28 day pathway on 12 May, although the GP did say it might take, and I quote, "a little...
