New here and worried

Every one is different, take it from me, if you trust your consultation then leave the internet alone otherwise you will make yourself ill with worry, if your are diagnosed with PC then you will need all your strength and  good health to fight it, the last thing you will need is treatments to be hindered by other health complications caused by stress and worry, my best advise is to live one day at a time and build your up your health by healthy eating and exercise which I did to help me through surgery and radiotherapy.

Hi

There maybe problems then there might not be, it seems the oncologist team have done everything but the biopsy, which will tell all, of course your going to be worried, when I found out, I trawled the net for every piece of information I could, joining various chat groups, this one being the best. 
The thing about the net is so much information is out there, I’ve now limited mine to side effects of treatments and looking for new treatments, so keep an open mind about what you read.

Hope when you’ve had your biopsy, that whatever it is, the right treatment will be forthcoming so try not to fret although that’s easy to say, you have a strong wife as you’ve said so that’s a great thing, don’t know what I’d do without mine, who is my career as well.

Stay safe

Joe

Hi Joe, thank you for your kind words. It’s not easy, but I will try to look at the treatment side of things and hopefully I can have my biopsy soon and then between us all we can plan a strategy going forward.

thanks again

Thanks Theodore. I think you are right. Take each day as it comes and hopefully will have my biopsy soon

Hi Robin.

The important thing to stress is that, even in the event you have cancer, everything you say suggests it has been caught early, and that makes it very, very treatable.

I will also share with you the words of the consultant who conducted my biopsy - “not every man who has a suspect MRI result and is referred for a biopsy has prostate cancer”.

I will not deny its a scary time, but stay positive and carry on living your life until you know what’s actually going on. At that point, and only at that point, can you start to think and plan ahead.

The very best of luck to you.

HH

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There is so much information out there on the web and some of it is contradictory and some of it is just too complicated

Very true! Some of it is just plain silly, too!

Always be sure you're reading a reliable source (not always easy)

It's also well worth reading the 'toolkit' for general advice.