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I was diagnosed end of May Gleason 7 Contained from 14 biopsies found low grade cancer in one offered Surveillance trying to come to terms with things and mainly it’s the mental side I am starting to struggle with anyone in similar position and any...
There's an interesting news article "How One Wrong PSA Test Can Harm a Man's Life" giving the views of Professor Freddie Hamdy following the decision not to offer universal screening for prostate cancer using the PSA test. "The Professor of Urology...
Hi. I'm new to the forum. My husband has been diagnosed with prostate cancer gleason score 7 (4+3) which is intermediate. He also has chronic kidney disease ckd3b with gfr of 44 following a kidney removal in Dec 2021 due to cancer. He has the option of...
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021. I had the usual tests/scans and a biopsy and then a prostatectomy on Aug 4th 2021. Two weeks later I had the catheter removed and two days later was rushes back into hospital with a major infection. They scanned...
Hello, I’m new here and I’m 50yrs, my first time to post after I was diagnosed with cancer, and had surgery three weeks ago. It has never been an easy thing to understand when I was told about it. But I hope being part of this group will help a lot...
Hello there my dad has recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer which has unfortunately spread to his hip and 3rd vertebrae , they found this of a xray as he was in so much pain ( still is ) this all started 10 weeks ago since then , he has...
Anyone had a psa score around 135 when fist been diagnosed with prostate cancer ? my dads has spread to his hip and 3rd vertebrae and he’s in the first stages of testing etc he has his second psa bloods tomorrow im Hoping we can start to move forward...
Hi to all Brand new this, just had my biopsy yesterday due to a 5/5 score on the MRI so I guess it's the aggressive kind. Apologies I do not even know the correct terminology yet. My only concern currently is that I leave my wife squared away...
DH started on Orgovyx in August and it took until the end of October for the side effects to subside. Now he's a week past his first Decapeptyl injection and is also now taking Abiraterone. Side effects have returned with a vengeance and last night...
I've started my cancer treatment over 2 years ago, I didn't take any medications prior to my cancer diagnosis as was very fit and healthy. During the last 2 years I've been taking a lot of medications, most of which come as repeat prescriptions from my...
