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My husband passed away Tue 5th Aug, since being told end of April he only had 12 months, Paul never recovered from his 4 fourth round of chemo (this was a 1 st of stronger chemo) spent 3 weeks in hospital with a kidney problem, dehydration & temp spikes...
Having RP on 12th August. The hospital notes I have are a bit vague, but imply I may be offered self-catheter removal at home instead of returning to hospital. Is this many people's experience now? I'm wondering what are the risks or potential complications...
I'm having a robotic prostatectomy in about a month. Cancer was identified via MRI and then biospy right around my 60th birthday. Gleason of 3+4 and 3+3. I'm active, fit, with a huge amount of energy and am wondering just how debilitating things are...
I concluded SBRT five weeks ago for my prostate cancer. Apparently there was a mix upsomewhere so I didn't subsequently receive a message from the hospital for a PSA test after 4 weeks so I arranged it myself in the 4th week. I am rather surprised that...
After a 5 week wait I finally got my biopsy results, I’m normally relaxed about 3 monthly psa tests and yearly mri tests but 5 weeks wait for the biopsy results I was starting to get impatient Anyway the good news is out of the 12 samples taken there...
I had a prostate MRI performed on the prostate, that had a power of 1.2T. As I found out later, the minimum tesla is 1.5, which used to be the gold standard, until T3 .0 replaced it. I am limited to 1.5T due to a Linx procedure where a titanium band...
Hello, New to the forum, 49 years old, got diagnosed a year ago with with locally advanced prostate cancer gleason 4+5=9 presenting PSA 42.8. I am on combination hormone therapy of Prostap and Abiraterone, and completed 37 radiotherapy sessions...
I had the last of my 3 Zoladex implants in April 2024 - a 10.8 one. I have sought advice as I'm still have daily hot flushes - the frequency varies from 2 to 5, each lasting a few minutes. I have been told that this is unusual and it's worth asking my...
Hi my husband was recently diagnosed and is having hormone therapy. Injections and has taken xtandi for last 4 weeks I am feeling quite desperate as he is really struggling. We had to visit a and e last week due to pains in chest which seems to be...
Hello, I have recently been diagnosed Gleason 3+3, with a PSA of 14.2. I am being treated in Spain as a resident so it does make it slightly different as I assume they have slightly different medical protocols . I am waiting for a PET-TAC scan but the...
