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Below is my experience. Hopefully it will be useful to men newly diagnosed who aren’t sure what to expect, when and in what order! I would imagine that my experience won’t be radically dinferential to others. It’s certainly a journey! 20.08.25 - PSA...
Hi name is Ray, got diagnosed in December 2022, psa of 135, Gleason 9, with couple of lymph nodes involved started treatment in 2023. Hormone injections then chemo, 6 rounds of Docetaxel, then 20 days of radiotherapy. Psa dropped to undetectable & has...
Hello, I'm new (again) to Macmillan...I will explain. I'm 83 with 5 kids and 7 grandchildren .5 years ago I was in the colon cancer group. I got that sorted with some major surgery - a hemicolectomy. For the next 5 years I had annual checks and colonoscopies...
Hi all this is my first posting. I had radiotherapy for prostate cancer in year 2000. Over time began to experience leaking urine which got progressively worse to the extent that I now have to use pads.I have also ended up with ED and very little feeling...
I 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 remaining to complete from a 3 year prescription. My PSA numbers are very good, being undetectable at...
Hi everyone, I'm quite new here, still very much learning about all that this wonderful community has to offer... but I feel very alone and without info with my (supposedly quite rare) IDCP diagnosis. I'm facing some difficulties deciding on a treatment...
Greetings all. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February and, fortunately it appears that it’s not spread beyond the prostate. My local NHS acted pretty swiftly and 3 weeks ago I had it removed. The operation went well, so I’m told, and I was released...
Finally. 164 days after referral. Did we get a fully staged and graded diagnosis? No. Despite a PET PSMA scan and a CT scan, they still don't know whether the lung nodule is cancerous or not. However, mets to pelvic lymph nodes and the pelvic bone show...
Hello my husband has just been diagnosed with prostrate cancer and we have been told T2 and has been five three treatment options - active surveillance / radiotherapy or surgery . we have just met with a surgeon to discuss removal of the prostrate and...
My dad has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that he has (for various reasons) decided not to get treated for. This has now caused spinal compression and he has lost the use of his legs. I am just wondering what the next symptoms might be so that...
