I have Gleason7 (3+4) PC and am due to start 20 Radiation treatments on 5th October. I am thinking of taking 1/2 day holidays from work to cover these. I am hoping that the side effects will be minimal. Work is like therapy to me and I want to keep working...
Just been told. It’s sort of contained. I’m on the hormone pill and injection. My bmi is 35 so adds to how well I get on with what treatment I go for. I’m so very scared. Have it out and radiotherapy, or hormone and radiotherapy or what ? I’m 56, surgeon...
I have stage 4 prostate cancer which has spread to various parts of my body including my ribs and spine. I have been suffering from lower back pain for a few weeks but recently, it has become a lot worse, despite taking pain killers. These have various...
Hello my Dad is 73 has prostate cancer diagnosed in 2016 psa 99 and it has spread to lymph nodes and bones. He has had chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and has Prost injections and is on hormone therapy tablets as well. My Dads mobility has also been severely...
Hi All I was hoping to start radiotherapy late September or early October, I can’t get past the flow test , the bare minimum is 14ml per second , last week mine was a pathetic 8ml last week so I got given a 30 day course of Tamsulosin and today managed...
Hello can I ask for your experiences of surgery at around age 50 and also radiotherapy? I have to decide and the side effects feel life changing? Thank you
Hello, My husband, aged 56, was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in April. His only symptoms at the time were a feeling of 'pressure' and the need to go to the loo several times a night. His PSA test was over 400 and his Gleason score was 9...
Hi, My husband was initially diagnosed with prostate cancer 3 years ago PSA 70. After a course of radiotherapy and hormone therapy (Zoladex) PSA came down to around 1/2. Symptoms / problems resurfaced earlier this year when a large lymph swelling...
