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Hi fellow warriors just looking for similar guys with PC that can meet up on a regular basis for a coffee and chat. Cheers Take care
Hello, I hope you’re doing as well as can be. I haven’t written anything for a while. My husband is doing ok. Pain is under control and his mobility is improving with the help of his physiotherapy team. I am getting a bit concerned because he is getting...
Anyone else on Statins for their cholesterol? I was put on them twice before in the past and both drugs caused muscle and joint pain so I stopped. My GP has been persistent and I refused so they referred me to the local Lipid clinic and after 6 months...
Just tried to renew insurance with NatWest with whom we have been insured for many years certainly through all of my diagnosis in 2018 until now had it out in 2019, radiotherapy in 2020, hormone treatment 2020 until 2024. My PSA remained undetectable...
Last thusday i had a meeting with my oncologist,the previous meeting before i was bemused he seemed very concerned that i take the abiterone plan.....i thought he might think i was going to refuse treatment,which i would never do.This meeting he said...
<span;>Hi Everyone, <span;>I am posting on behalf of my dad, who has recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He’s now trying to decide between radiotherapy and having the prostate removed, and there’s obviously a lot to take in. <span;>Age: 62 ...
Hello all, I have come here today to have a bit of a self-indulgent moan, I hope no-one minds! I am almost 7 years after RALP surgery, and I am currently on daily Bicalutamide. In the past I have had 2 rounds of SABR radiotherapy and 1 round of cryotherapy...
So, 271 days after my initial PSA result, 238 days from my MRI, 166 days from the biopsy, and 139 days after the diagnosis was confirmed, I begin radiotherapy on Monday 5th October. Only one thought occupies my mind: getting this little fecker zapped...
Exactly 2 years ago, I received confirmation of Prostate Cancer (following a biopsy - confirming a high PSA score). I was told I needed to start Hormone therapy to reduce Testosterone in my body - which allegedly "feeds the cancer". When Consultants...
Morning. My husband is due to have his next HT jab in October, which will take him through to January, thereby completing a year of injections plus the 20 sessions of radiotherapy earlier this year. When we had our follow-up appointment with his oncologist...
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