I was diagnosed with BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) over 9 years ago. This was because I was having problems emptying my bladder and my 'flow rate' was quite poor. The diagnosis was arrived at following the usual DRE (Digital Rectal Examination) and...
This is my first post, though I joined the community in February, when my husband's PSA was found to be 79.1 - and have been following some of the posts. After CT, MRI & bone scans & biopsy, hubby was found to have: Metastatic ardenocarcinoma of prostate...
Hi.. every, it seems every ones journey is different.. there doesn't seem to a Standard response to Prostate Cancer !! I'm now 75 and in good health... but I have Prostate Cancer, I've had it for 8 years and been on watch and wait, which to me seems to...
Hi, biopsy came back that cancer was confined to prostate, however advised I had prostate removed. Gleason 4+3 T2. I’m just 58 yrs. Psa around the 8 mark before op. I saw consultant last week roughly 10 weeks since the op. Unfortunately my PSA is 0.11...
Has anyone used a radical cystoprostatectomy to attack the primary prostate cancer tumor? In the language that most humans speak, a radical cysto ... y is the surgical removal of the bladder, the prostate, the adjacent lymph nodes, and the seminal vesicles...
Following my telephone appointment with the Oncology department and I mentioned the pain in my hips and back I have a CT scan on Sunday afternoon and a Bone scan on Wednesday morning They are very quick off the mark except I then have to wait until October...
Hello Everyone Seems I still cannot get a break, just did a stint in hospital for nine days where I had 22 pints of fluid drained from me. Before that I had to stop my chemo, I had four treatments and it was, to say the least more than I could take...
Hi everyone, Well I said I would update once I got my first blood test after Salvage radiotherapy. To recap had radical prostatectomy Nov 2023 PSA 9 weeks after RP was 0.10 and climbed to 0.22 by mid March 2024 Elected for SRT. Started 20 fractions...
Hello all. My first contribution to the group. Just a summary by comparison. I had my prostate removed in October 2022. Gleason 4+3. Margins clear but a lymph node between my aorta and spin showed cancer. I had cyber knife radiotherapy in December 2023...
Three years ago I had a radical prostatectomy to treat Grade 3 adenonocarcinoma (Gleason 4+3, stage pT2c). I made a good recovery and my PSA fell to 0.05 within 6 weeks and then declined slowly to become undetectable two years. after surgery. Six months...
