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Hi Firstly, finding this community and reading the very helpful comments is very reassuring. My profile contains my MRI results, but I wanted to ask here of others who have already had a biopsy and been given results and treatment options, what questions...
Hello fellow Prostate people.Just a few words for a little advice.I was diagnosed in 2019 as previous mentioned with PSA of 1220.Over the years it has gone down in stages with the help of Zoladex 1.8 every 12 weekes and Bicalutamide one a day. Rcently...
Hello friends, hope everyone is fine. I am on ADT for past 1 year, and now my PSA is rising, though testosterone is well below castrate levels. My onco says that in my case it appears that castrate resistance has set in early. He is wanting another...
Hi everyone, My husband had a prostatectomy in 2023. Gleason 7 3+4, T3a and an undetectable PSA on the first PSA test afterwards which remained undetectable for 18 months. He then had a very quick rise to 0.4 within 6 months. He was then given radiotherapy...
Sorry I forgot to add my name on PSA help .Derek
I have completed my radiation therapy for a stage 3 prostate cancer 15 months ago. I am now on a 3 monthly hormone injection programme with about 18 months left to complete. My PSA numbers are very good, being undetectable at 0.01. So far, so good! However...
Hi All, my name is Mike. I have, recently, been diagnosed with Prostate cancer. Fortunately, they seem to have found mine at an early stage. My query concerns back pain after having my biopsy about 5 -6 weeks ago. I have, occasionally, had back pain...
Hi everyone i had prostate cancer i 2022 had prostate removed followed by 7 weeks radiotherapy and in 2023 2024 py PSA was 0.025 non detectable but my recent PSA has shown a slight rise is now 0.071 which is still low and with in the .1 limit is this...
Hi all Just read LH's PSA test taken on Tuesday (was counting the minutes until it became available on the portal). It is now 10.7 down from 57 when this all started. He started Bicalitamide on 11th September and had first injection of Decapeptyl on...
Hi guys a friend of mine is starting his journey and is on hormone injections, yesterday he told me he's had 3 small pieces of gold injected into his prostate,and will have a scan in December and start radiotherapy in February has anyone heard of treatment...
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