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Hello, My husband was diagnosed in 2020 with Advanced prostate cancer, with mets in lymph nodes, pelvis and 2 ribs. He has done really well with his oral chemo/hormone treatment until shock last night. He had checkup scans in January this year and...
How long after the completion of radiotherapy is it safe to have the vaccination? Unfortunately I suffered a bout of shingles in April, very painful. My radiotherapy ended in Oct 2024.
Good Morning, one question I’m struggling with is my PSA level that someone might be able to shed some light on. Obviously had my biopsy done last week after lesion found on top of the prostate but from reading personal stories on here PSA levels can...
I am writing this as I recuperate from robotic RP surgery yesterday, and await what will hopefully be a good news PSA result in about 6 weeks time. Surgery was such a hard decision, but it was the right one for me, and I think I went into it eyes wide...
Belated because I unexpectedly started my PCa journey nearly a year ago with a PSA test, which was followed very quickly by a phone call from the GP surgery asking me to go in ASAP. The vital statistics were PSA 18, T3aN1, 4+5 so Gleason 9. My profile...
So my husband has been taking Abiraterone for the past two weeks, takes early mornings and then can eat an hour later. He is now to start Alendronic acid, this requires empty stomach, only take with water and stay upright for 30 mins fortunately this...
Hello Everyone, New to the Forum and wondering if others can help me decide on my next step. But first a bit of background, will try to keep it short. I'm 75 yo and 11 years ago I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. I decided against any of the offered...
Hi everyone, just joined this group . PSA of 140 , DRE confirmed cancer . I’m well read on the subject and terrified waiting for MRI scan results . Fairly young at 55 , fit and well app art from occasional uninary symptoms. Gone from planning a future...
So I thought I’d update. My husband had his second biopsy under general anaesthetic last week. The surgeon told him that the two cores that he managed to get in the first biopsy showed low grade cancer, but he said the results did not match with the mri...
Good morning, I am 77 and was diagnosed with Gleason 3+3 in July 2024. The lesion was 3mm dia and 18 samples taken, 9 from right side, no cancer, 9 from left side 2 samples Gleason 3+3. I had an MRI last week which showed that the lesion is now 10mm...
