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Hi all , I’m feeling so devastated since my dad was informed his cancer has spread to his spine .seeing him suffering kills me. he is currently under urology but has now been referred to oncology. He has since had a fall and had a week long admission...
Hi all, just had a biopsy yesterday and couldn't pee afterwards so had a catheter fitted. I can say I have more discomfort from this then the biopsy. I was concerned that the flow was weak but after laying down on the bed and nodding off the bags in the...
Has anyone halved their Abiraterone dose? Just had a telephone conversation with the consultant. They don't want me to start Olaparib again and due to the side effects they are going to halve my Abiraterone from 1000mg to 500mg a day Has anyone else done...
Hi - my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 Advanced Prostate cancer in January 2022; after starting on steroids, Proscap quarterly hormone injections and then Abiraterone in June 2022 his PSA dropped from 468 to 0.1. So far so good..... But with an...
Hi All Does anyone know if you can be put on medication to reduce your prostate size between having an MRI scan which gave the size of the prostate and having the targeted biopsy. Will reducing the size of the prostate affect the precision of the biopsy...
Hi. I was diagnosed in 2018 with a PSA of 178 and a blown lynph node in my left groin, Gleason score of 9.5 (5 + 4). I wasn't given any chemo as I have peripheral neuropathy - my hands and feet are a bit numb and I have very little strength in my hands...
Hi I had a psa test at the end of January which was 7.4 and in April I had an mri scan, when given the results six weeks later the urinary cancer nurse told me I had prostate cancer( no maybes) with no escape my nodes were clear. I’ve since been told...
Hello my dads 77 and was diagnosed with prostrate cancer back in April it’s in his prostrate and locally advanced but not spread He started hormone tablets for 28 days then he’s had 1 injection which lasts 6 months we’re currently waiting for him...
5 days after prostrate biopsies I am still passing a lot of blood regularly.
I finished Radiotherapy in early February following Hdr Brachytherapy and still often have rather disturbed nights 3-6 toilets visits have tried Solifeocin tablets even on an increased rate which didn’t work for me. I have now been referred for an intravesical...
