When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer over a year ago it was suggested to me that I gather as much information about the disease as could. I'm an information junkie. I went slightly nuts. Like everyone else, want a cure for cancer. Reading...
Hello, I wondered if anyone could help as I am very confused with my dad's diagnosis. He says he has locally advanced prostate cancer stage 4 a and b. I don't understand the a and b, shouldn't it be one or the other and if it is locally advanced surely...
Hi Has anyone here any experience with holiday/travel insurance? I'm planning on taking a 7 day break and wanted to budget for this, I would be most grateful for your feed back.
I had a successful RALP just before Christmas. There was very minor incontinence where I have only needed to wear precautionary pads on 3 early occasions (sport and a party). Everything in that department seems to have sorted itself out well. I do however...
I have just lost my 63 year husband to a very rare and very aggressive prostate cancer, that has no treatment! How do you cope?
Hi. I had a really bad day yesterday, I could not get through my thick skull that my op was curative and I could only concentrate on the negative. There have been some hiccups on the journey so far but they have been minor and I really should be grateful...
Hi All This goes on a bit so skip to the end for my questions I am new to the group, so what brings me here you ask, well I am a man aged 59 living in Leeds West Yorkshire with Prostate Cancer yet everyone I have spoken with so far has been a woman...
Good afternoon my fellow cancer suffers. I am 5 weeks into my post Lapriscopic assisted radical prostatectomy. I am doing relatively well, the major issue like probably the majority of patience in my position is continence. Using the squeezy app, I...
Hi, it would seem that I have Radiation Proctitis which is rather unpleasant. I wondered if anyone on the forum who has a similar experience has any advice or a story to share. It's ironic but before radiation I was on the throne every morning at 0700am...
Hi guys! It's possible that this subject has been raised in past messages, although I can't see a way to search this Forum. I had low-dose rate brachytherapy at the beginning of November and have been on Tamsulosin since then. Since the brachytherapy...
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