In 2013 I took up gliding at the age of 50ish, having wanted to do it for ages but never quite getting around to it. At the time, a dear friend of mine had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and I thought to myself, I could be walking around with one...
Well that was a weird experience. Husband very recently diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. Still awaiting a PET scan for formal diagnosis of advanced nature. Sorting out support for the temporary catheter and spoke to a nurse. When I said why...
Good morning to all Today is the first anniversary of receiving the dreadful phone call from my GP to say that with a PSA of 953 I most likely had prostate cancer… It has been a rollercoaster of a year, tests, biopsy, hormone therapy and chemotherapy...
Hello forum members. It has been some time since I last posted. I had the radical prostatectomy operation around three years ago , and have been well ever since. My PSA levels have been monitored throughout, and gave now breached the treatment intervention...
Hi everyone, I thought I'd share my dad's journey so far and hopefully hear from others who have been through something similar. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer with an initial PSA of 14.7. His treatment has now completed; He started hormone...
Feel so let down now cancelled my appointment nov then april now august wanted to discuss focal therapy was 3+3 now 3+4 been told they have put me on 4monthly bloods instead of 3 months it seems they are waiting for it to pop out surely prevention is...
Hi everyone. I don’t normally post on here, but I thought I’d reach out and see if anyone has been through something similar. I’m 19 months post-prostatectomy and so far I haven’t regained any natural erectile function. Before surgery I had no problems...
Hi Millibob, Grundo and David2017 and everyone who enables us to have this space, thank you so much for all your helpful suggestions about my and my husband’s situation. We are waiting for our local adult social care team to get in touch to reassess...
I received my diagnosis in Nov 2018 (PSA 11 and Gleason 8) and immediately started hormone therapy followed in Feb 2019 by radiotherapy. The good news just had 6 monthly PSA check and returned as 0.12 slightly down from last time so am pleased with that...
I am planning on returning to work 4 months after robotic prostate surgery, i work in a demanding construction job & my consultant advised me to have at least 6 months off which financially not viable, just wondering how many people are in or have been...
