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Hello... My name is Harry. I'm 67 years old. I'm positive I will be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer next My PSA came in high... Doctor didn't tell me how high. He had me do another test which I am guessing came in high also because I was...
Hello again. Has anyone (other than EddieL) had their radiotherapy at Sheffield Weston Park? My OH is about 11 days into his Bicalutamide HT and in fine with everything. i am concerned though that we’re not in the right postcode for the top cancer...
Hi All, my husband has stage 4b, Gleason 10. He got diagnosed last January with a PSA of 186 and after triplet therapy, we got down to 0.03 two months ago. He has PSA tests every month, and last month there was a slight jump to 0.05 which we tried not...
Well Christmas Day was lovely with dad he opened presents from his bad as he point blank refuses ( and I don’t think he can walk that much due to pain ) get out of bed so he liked his presents but was very tired afterwards, he ate half a turkey dinner...
Morning everyone I had a meeting with my oncologist and he informed me of the above which surprised me, as it had levelled off at 33 .Does this mean the docetaxel has failed?We are now going to ct scans etc. And a itch to daralutomide?spelling or enzalutomide...
OK, so I had my RALP on 15/12/2025 and I have my TWOC booked for 30/12/2025. All I have drunk so far is large amounts of water, some teas and coffees. Would it be OK to have a glass of white wine with my Xmas dinner or should I abstain?
Hi there , I was diagnosed with a Rectoprostatic Fistula in May 25 , following radiotherapy treatment for Prostate Cancer in August 24, i developed proctitis and and an ulcer a couple of months later, which developed devastatingly into a fistula , iam...
Hello Hope you are all doing the best you can be Some of you are aware of pauls story but all details in our profile. Anyway, he has been doing well, tolerating treatment well.....5 months into diagnosis and psa has risen very slightly from 0.5...
My dad as explained before is Gleason score 7, he started hormone therapy on the 9th so around 2 weeks ago, today his urine got blocked and we went a n e. They put a catheter, can someone tell me what’s going on? We were just about dealing with the cancer...
This is my first post on this site, just thought I'd add my story, we all have such different journeys. I was diagnosed in Sept 2017 (when aged 65) and had a radical prostatectomy very soon afterwards, within 2 months. Unfortunately cancer cells were...
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