I was wondering on how to best to time blood tests? Having been under 1 for 3 months, my PSA is now up a bit to 2.0 -just days after receiving my Firmagon injection and having a bit of a reaction with some redness round the injection area. Firmagon is...
Had LRP three weeks ago , catheter removed four days ago ,now 100% incontinent ,not expecting miracles, but any hints or tips would be hugely appreciated. Thank you and all the very best. Pate53
I had high psa 21.9, had scans and 17 biopsies , confirmed cancer gleeson 3&4 so confused as to what treatment to have very concerned about the side effects to both treatments radiotherapy / hormone or full removal Any advice welcome
Hi all I'm on active surveillance atm I was wondering if I could ask all those on it if you encountered any problems while on it eg back pain or anything else. Thanks in advance
Hi My name is bill,62 years old and diagnosed with prostrate cancer with a Gleason score of 4:5. It is locally advanced but a scan has been done on my bones and this came back as negative,so it’s the prostrate and just outside it’s perimeter. See...
Hello all, you all sound so very supportive so I am hopefully seeking some positivity from you. My dad is 74 and diagnosed on Tuesday. We are devastated. PSA is 6, Gleason Score 9. His consultant has been quick off the mark, and started his hormone...
I love salted peanuts. Or rather loved. I'm T3B non-metasised. I came across this Liverpool University study from 2014 which claims that peanuts in generous quantities encourage metastasis. Oddly, cashew nuts seem not to and certainly walnuts do not ...
I posted "fallen through the cracks" a few days ago. Today, I finally had a telephone consultation with one of the urologists more than a month after the biopsy (7th Dec 2021) The phone call came out of the blue, so I wasn't very well prepared The diagnosis...
hi folks I need advice if you are taking Bicalutamide for prostate cancer and you stop taking it for 1 day and on that day you drink alcohol just a day what is the interaction good or bad
If you are taking this medicine for prostate cancer and you drink alcohol on that day is it getting to affect you
