The frustration and depression comes in waves. Aged almost 80 and with advanced prostate you learn to recognize when the medics shrug their shoulders not because you can't be treated but because the system says you aren't worth it. Time to add an...
Hi, My partner had a radical prostatectomy in March 2025. Almost a year on he still has severe urinary incontinence so will soon have tests to determine if a sphincter will help with this. If he is suitable the sphincter op. is likely to be this September...
Hello, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer metastatic in t12 rib in June 2024. Since I have had the standard 3 monthly jab from the GP and on apalutamide tablets. Generally it has gone ok, without too much bother with side affects. I do wonder if it...
Hi. I am a wife of a post prostatectomy patient carried out in May 18 at aged 59. We had a great sex life and after the op there was movement shall we say so I thought fabulous we have little nerve damage from the op. However even though he can he now...
Hi everyone I promised to let the caring people who had read my last post were I was up to when I found out Here's a brief recap I was 60 and diagnosed in Sept 2019 and went on Hormone therapy straight away My diagnoses was T3b N1 M0 - high risk...
Just a bit of background: diagnostic in Sept 2025, Gleason 3+4 but with ductal carcinoma. Brachy therapy in December, followed by 23 sessions of external beam radiotherapy (plus androgen deprivation since late November). Since the brachy, I've been...
After radiation treatment and 3 years hormone therapy (finished 4 years ago) and recommended sex drive I find sexual activity more an anti climax than a climax compared with before. Current PSA is 0.14 so am still happy I had treatment but along with...
Hi all, Bit of a random question, but after 8 years on continuous HT (Zoladex 10.8mg) I have been talking to my team for an while about having an HT holiday. Obviously I will go with their advice and at present they are still wanting me to stay on HT...
Hi, this may be too early to post and is probably just me overthinking, but my PSA after RP has been creeping up a bit and I am feeling scared and alone. First test was 0.04, second 0.04 then the third came back 0.07 which worried me. The team at...
Good Evening, Some may remember me joining here around 12 months ago. I had my RALP back in April last year and following my recovery my activity on here became scarce as I returned back to normal life. It's only when the anniversary of my diagnosis...
