Up until 5 days ago I had been a person aged 70 who had gone through life without significant medical problems. I had a comfortable retirement and could enjoy family, grandchildren and travel. 18 months ago I started getting senior mens problems - poor...
Hi I'm new to the group so please bear with me if this has been covered before. I was diagnosed 12 months ago and my Gleason score was 4+3. I've recently finished my RT just over 2 months ago after 6 months of HT ( Prostap 3 ). My last PSA reading before...
Hi, I'm new here and new to the prostate cancer experience. I'm scheduled to have a prostatectomy in the next few weeks and wondered if anyone, who has been through it, had any tips on recovery. I'd be most grateful.
Hi, does anybody have any views on active surveillance for Prostate cancer. it is 1 option that i have been given and i wondered what it was like having to have 3 month tests all the time. Does it play on your mind or do you just get used to it and get...
Hi , I was diagnosed with localised advanced prostate cancer in October 2024. last year I had 18weeks of chemo and 4 weeks of radiotherapy. iv been on Prostap for over a year now and have a 3 year course. Finished radiotherapy 1st Sept 2024 then...
Hello I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer stage three in 2018 was put on a clinical trial and had radiotherapy on the prostate and also on the pelvic bone. My PSA has stayed at a steady level until now. It has reoccurred in my prostate the...
Does anyone have advice on how to deal with the dreadful fatigue that my 89 year old father is experiencing at the moment, my mum is finding it increasingly difficult to cope with. He is sleeping for a lot of the day then is awake at night, he then disturbs...
A very close family friend is about to go through a biopsy on his prostate. I have been with him to his previous appointments which his doctor has said its very likely to be cancer. Our friend hasn’t got any family close by they are all 200 miles away...
My dad (65 y/o) who has been a super health/fit guy was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer w/mets to local lymph nodes and multiple bone sites (around 5 including, scapula, ribs, and spine.) His PSA was about 261 when he had blood work completed...
Hello! My 75 year old Dad is currently going through diagnosis. He kept a lot of what was going on from us until last week so it’s all been a bit of a shock. He had blood tests with a raised PSA of 7 (which I’ve read is relatively low compared to some...
