Hi. Today at about 9.30 a.m. I finished my month long course of radiotherapy. I still have to have PSA tests to find out whether the treatment has been effective of not but I am optimistic. At the very start of this episode I was told that my tumour...
Does anyone else have severe constipation been hospital did X-ray no blockage said no more laxatives l (had two satchets movicol) and take in samples when he can eventually go. Said will arrange sigmoidoscopy loads bowel wind . I’m so worried
Good evening knowledgeable People. My OH is starting RT in a few weeks. I was just wondering what happens on his first session. He has had CT and MRI planning scans but according to his letter, it says the first session is about one hour long. I was just...
It is almost a year since husband finished his chemo. He continues to have 3 monthly hormone injections and daily daralutamide tablets. His PSA has been less than 0.03 for a year which they class as undectable and yesterday he had his blood tests and...
Hi there. So I've just been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has advanced and has gone into my bones. The team at my hospital have been outstanding and I've just started treatment. So watching the news recently about Sir Chris Hoy and I'm a little...
I had robot assisted radical prostatectomy 5 months ago. I’ve made a good recovery in all respects apart from not being able to get an erection. I was prescribed Viagra which didn’t work, then Cialis which seems to improve blood flow but hasn’t yet produced...
My PSA went from 3 to 6.1 in thirteen months doc says something has changed and gave me a DE and told me I have lump on my prostate. I've been on hormone therapy now for 5 months and go this Tuesday for my planning appointment. I had no symptoms apart...
Hi I’m new to this group. Any advice will be helpful. My husband has incurable prostate cancer. The hormone injection and subsequent enzalutamide have stopped working so is now starting 10 sessions of cabazitaxil over 30 weeks. Has anyone been through...
Hi friends, I posted here previously and found the support received really helpful. My husband has recently begun hormone therapy, following a recurrence of an increase in PSA for successive tests at six then three month intervals. Three years after...
hi , ,,, so today my daughter and i spoke to my husbands consultant, ( my husband has dementia and has also refused any treatment for his prostrate cancer ) and we were told that the prostrate cancer has spread to his bones , shoulder /kidney and this...
