Hi everyone update of my brother he finished his 6 rounds of chemo on Tuesday and rang the bell . He’s had a cat scan today so we now wait results if that . All in all he’s doing well his mood is quite low but given time I think that will lift he’s...
Hi all We received the results of my LH's biopsy this morning. He is Gleason Score 9 (4+5). GraDE GROUP 5. Not what we were hoping for. There is cribriform pattern present. On the right side of 13 cores taken 10 were positive, maximum right core...
Hi all Age 54 T3aN1M0 Prostate adenocarcinoma PSA 44, GS 4+5=9 T3N1, PSMA avid peri-prostatic deposits including anterolateral to bladder and 1 right obturator lymph node involved. Around 12 weeks since treatment started (Bicalutamide, then...
9 weeks ago I had robotic radical prostratectomy surgery. It was the best solution given the state of the cancer discovered by the biopsy -Gleason 3:4 but with fibriform near the edge of the prostrate. A whole body bone scan showed no evidence of any...
My husband passed away Tue 5th Aug, since being told end of April he only had 12 months, Paul never recovered from his 4 fourth round of chemo (this was a 1 st of stronger chemo) spent 3 weeks in hospital with a kidney problem, dehydration & temp spikes...
Having RP on 12th August. The hospital notes I have are a bit vague, but imply I may be offered self-catheter removal at home instead of returning to hospital. Is this many people's experience now? I'm wondering what are the risks or potential complications...
I'm having a robotic prostatectomy in about a month. Cancer was identified via MRI and then biospy right around my 60th birthday. Gleason of 3+4 and 3+3. I'm active, fit, with a huge amount of energy and am wondering just how debilitating things are...
After a 5 week wait I finally got my biopsy results, I’m normally relaxed about 3 monthly psa tests and yearly mri tests but 5 weeks wait for the biopsy results I was starting to get impatient Anyway the good news is out of the 12 samples taken there...
I had a prostate MRI performed on the prostate, that had a power of 1.2T. As I found out later, the minimum tesla is 1.5, which used to be the gold standard, until T3 .0 replaced it. I am limited to 1.5T due to a Linx procedure where a titanium band...
Hi all I am back I am afraid with my over thinking and second guessing! About a week ago LH received an invitation to register for the hospital portal so he can view results, appointments etc. On Sunday he had his biopsy and was told there would be...
