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I am on Arbiritone / Zitiga. I have been on 1000 milligrams per day for last six months. I am finding the side effects of fatigue and breathlessness difficult to deal with. Is anyone else having similar issues?
Start 7.47 psa. Mri and biopsy showed 4.3 T2c. Moderate flow. All scan clear confined. . Mdt going to give me adt which scared me with side effect and turp operation in 15 days .then radiotherpy after. Wow. Too much to handle poor me. What your advice...
I have a cancer care review next week but my NHS app calls it a QOF Review F2F appointment. Does anyone know what the QOF stands for? I’m interested not worried but a search online leads me to a Quality and outcomes framework in an industrial setting...
First biopsy 7 years ago 6.5 PSA, no cancer, very large prostate, considered BPH, slow PSA increase for next 7 years, PSA jumps from 9.5 to 14 then to 17.5...2nd biopsy three weeks ago...cancer, 3+[light]4 Gleason, considered contained, surgery scheduled...
Yesterday was a momentous day for me and my family. I had a telephone appointment with my oncologist from WPH, the first I've had since finishing my RT in January. He was delighted to tell me that he was happy with my latest PSA result of 0.26 and that...
I was at my Treatment Planning meeting yesterday when the bell rang out! There is a very large area in the Freeman Radiology Treatment Department. There then followed spontaneous applause across the department. Do you ring the bell following Prostate...
I was PSA 49, Gleason 7, aggressive PC. I have had the 6 month HT injection and also on Arbiraterone for 2 years. I commence 20 sessions of RT on 27th. August. My last PSA was 0.14. Once I have had my RT, how can they tell if it has been successful...
Hi All, does anyone know if this is a standard procedure for all patients, I was under the impression it was and that I would have to inject these after surgery for the next month, I have just been informed that I won’t and I will only receive this...
Are there treatment options given? Do you have to accept treatment offered. How young is young considered if Prostate cancer diagnosed. Anyone here just over 50? What is your experience at the early diagnosis stage?
Eight years ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, I thought it was the end for me, it all started with me having headaches every day for years, I didn’t think much of it, thought I just have headaches and I think it was normal, it was not until my...
