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Ahead of my second biopsy next Monday, I got my PSA level checked last week and it came back lower again from early October which was 3.4 now it has come in at 2.4 which hopefully rules out a more aggressive full diagnosis in a couple of weeks !! Still...
Hi ! So my PSA result from todays measurement is in and still my PSA is < 0.10 21 months after final radiation (total of 24 months of Firmagon / Orgovyx). This also means that, in agreement with my MO in Finland, I can go ahead and start step 1, stopping...
Hi, I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer for sometime now and have been monitoring it for the last 10 years plus. I have now decided to have Radiotherapy. I have had the first hormone injection and finished the pills due to have the second injection...
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer over nine years ago at the age of 55 with a Gleason score of 6 and have been managed on an active surveillance programme since that time. I have undergone two sets of biopsies and one MRI scan, the latter of which...
Well I had a call today about a hour ago , I honestly thought it would be dads mri results , but it was a lovely lady saying that my dads been referred to the fraility service , this will obviously be due to how weak he is becoming and he’s loosing so...
My husband commences chemotherapy on Friday as part of triplet therapy. He has been kn tummy hormone injections for 3 months. Yesterday he had his worse day ever he said he wasn't in pain but felt so unwell he was very emotional by the evening sobbing...
I had my RARP on 12 December, staples out 24 December and Catheter out 29 December. Have been making a very good recovery, no apparent inconvenience. However, yesterday morning my right testicle swelled up massively and was extremely painful and I...
Hi Everyone, hope all is well....this is a delicate subject but would really appreciate some help/advice as the NHS in my opinion are poor at offering up front info /advice / counselling on procedures which affect dramatically quality of life and certainly...
Just popped by to wish everyone a happy new year - and may the fight against this disease continue positively for everyone. My OH is about to do chemo 5 of 6 on triplet therapy this Friday. Currently psa is 1.2 from 80 in July. I am so very proud of how...
Hello lovely people , I called dad’s consultant today , his p/an answered and she said that the reports haven’t even come through yet from his mri … what a anxious time waiting i absolutely hate ringing up ! she said it’s on alert and when they come through...
