After two failures and then a second CT planning scan followed by rescheduling I finally got through my first Radiotherapy treatment today such a relief, 19 more to go hopefully won’t affect me to much by way of side effects Great to get going!!
Hello Everyone Thank you for all the support you have given to our Community over the past 12 months. So we can keep the forum free for help and advice can we please try and use this thread for Christmas and New Year greetings and the "No Specific Topic...
Does anyone else think? that.An item on BBC Scotland yesterday that 58.000 men are diaganosed with Prostate Cancel every year.They also said there a new way of testing for P.C instead of the normal P.S.A.But will not be available for about five years...
Hi. Has anybody experienced really bad lower back pain after completing radiotherapy treatment. I finished mine at the end of December last year and have recently started getting really bad lower back pain. Also started getting pain in legs, feeling like...
I have been getting a lot on ads on my Facebook feed for Soursop and its anti cancer qualities . Does anyone have any experience of taking this at all ? I am always highly sceptical about this type of thing but would love to hear from anyone who has...
OH had his bloods done on Monday and his PSA last month was undetectable and this time it’s 0.1 can this be with the RT or is something lingering around the HT
Hi, haven’t posted in a while but wanted to update and ask for advice, please see profile for full info. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer in March 2024 and then stage 4 cancer (spread to lymph nodes and bones) my dad finally finished his 6...
Hi all. and I hope you all managed to have a happy and enjoyable Christmas. My details are in my profile but briefly, just before Christmas 23, I was diagnosed with T3a 16 of 26 biopsy samples show cancer, Gleason 4+5 = 9 GG5, CPG5 (We didn't find out...
Hi all, I finished my RT and HT in the spring 2024 and am currently having 6-monthly PSA tests, done by a lovely Macmillan nurse who visits my local GP surgery - next one due in March. The two I've had so far have been showing <0.05 which is obviously...
Just spoke to OH radiologist . He is having 360c GY in 6#. 6mv can someone explain please x
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