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I am 16 days post-op and one week without catheter after RALP. Before surgery I was pretty diligent with pelvic floor exercises and used the Squeazy app. All the advice is to restart PFE as soon the catheter is out, but I have struggled with this. The...
Good morning thank you to everyone who has replied and helped me and dad lately may I please ask, today the hospital has rang to once again cancel my dads radiotherapy treatment again !! The machines broken down this is now the second time it...
Hi, I'm new to all of this but here goes. I recently went to my GP because of a tingling sensation down below. After a prostate check they sent me for an urgent referral. Since then I have had a biopsy, MRI & bone scan over a 1 week period. Now for the...
I won't link to this or reproduce the conclusions but if you are making your decision I would recommend looking at this reputable UK research, Scientists at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research compared the long...
I am just like a kid going to a new school - I have packed my bag! wipes, enemas, water bottle, latex gloves (my daughter sent these via Amazon to prepare me! With the exception of the enemas!) and a soft toy penguin for luck and a hug! The crazy thing...
Can anybody let me know does external beam therapy does work or not it supposed to to get rid of cancer cells but what if not or can cancer return it’s so frustrating situation the waiting is so long till my consultant calls me in august
Hi all. Wow.! Where did that week go. After spending an extra day in hospital due to a bad morphine reaction I got home late Friday. I had really bad wind and heartburn at first but Gaviscon and laxatives helped First couple of days I spent a massive...
I have advanced prostate cancer with a met on C7. In line with NICE guidelines I was put on Relugolix (which has been fine) along with enzalutamide and alendronic acid which resulted in my first visit to A&E in November 2024 suffering nausea and incontinence...
Some of you knowledgeable community members out there might be able to answer this question for me ! So what is the timeline after a biopsy with the samples taken. Let’s say you have your Biopsy on Monday 1st September, 14 core samples taken, I presume...
Hi All When I connect the day bag to the night bag it seems to be pot luck if it works or not , sometimes you can see flow is instant and I have to set my alarm in the early hours to empty it , on other occasions such as tonight I woke up with pain...
