I just thought I would bring this to your attention - it's on 4 February 2025. Here's a link to a blog about the Community and World Cancer Day by Steph, one of the Online Community Team: World Cancer Day - The Online Community is here for everyone...
Just to introduce myself, my name is Mandy & i belong to the lung cancer forum. Just over 2 years ago I was diagnosed with stage 3b lung cancer(incurable), I’ve done well but things are now starting to be less positive. my pride & joy are my 2 sons...
Hi all, 61 yr old with "aggressive" prostate cancer with lymph involvement T3b N1 M0, Gleason 10. Diagnosed in September 2024 after PSA score of 15 discovered by GP end July 2024, urgent referral to urology, all tests done and commenced Zoladex within...
Hi all well I have my biopsy results and I do have pc , thankfully it's confined to the prostate and my consultant says she will cure it, in her words it's a journey but I will get through it.i have tablets for a month and will.have injections followed...
Think I may have put this in the wrong group first attempt… last year my routine PSA came back as 6.1, the retest showed 5.8 and I naively hoped the drop was a positive sign. All DRE results were “that’s feels absolutely fine”, but I was sent for an...
Hi Everyone. I am 64 years old next month. Just over 2 years ago i went for a routine psa test there was loads of stuff on tv about getting checked early so i did, results came back as 5.8. gp referred me to the specialist, they arranged an mri...
Well today I had my 13th Radiotherapy session out of 20 and generally it’s going very well so I regard myself very lucky to be getting this treatment! Yes I am having a few side effects now being quite fatigued at times particularly in the evening and...
I had surgery to remove my prostrate in September 2022 and now have 6 monthly blood tests and reviews with my surgeon. So far so good. I thought that as time went on the anxiety in the build up to this test would ease as I “got used to having it”. In...
Well, it looks as though the PSA bounce is moving in the right direction. My first PSA test 24 Nov 23 4 weeks after finishing RT came in at 0.09, & then there was a bounce to 0.38 on the 2nd test at the end of June 24. The l etter from the hospital...
hi looking for some help after prostate removal how long do you burn for? And do you constantly feel you want to go to the toilet? and advice will be great davej123
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