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Hello, I’m posting on here on behalf of my husband Mike. Has anyone been treated with the hormone treatment Degarelix? Did it stop working and were you treated with a different medication please? PSA rising on 3 occasions, waiting for bone scan results...
Feel so let down now cancelled my appointment nov then april now august wanted to discuss focal therapy was 3+3 now 3+4 been told they have put me on 4monthly bloods instead of 3 months it seems they are waiting for it to pop out surely prevention is...
So, 20th radiotherapy session done and dusted. Have to say, my husband has been lucky and escaped any serious issues with the radiotherapy. The hardest part was the travelling on the bus x 4 every day. Especially through the hot weather and unreliable...
Hi everyone. I don’t normally post on here, but I thought I’d reach out and see if anyone has been through something similar. I’m 19 months post-prostatectomy and so far I haven’t regained any natural erectile function. Before surgery I had no problems...
Hello I am new to this forum but I would like to share this story and ask if anyone has had a similar experience. My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer 14 years ago. He had prostate removal as they advised. we were told that as the cancer...
Morning all. Just had a call from the urology nurse re my husband (53yrs old). PET Scan back with suspicious areas in pelvis (as well as newly confirmed prostate ca). MDT due in 2 days. Started today on hormone therapy tablets. After PSA, MRI, biopsy...
Hi I’ve been coming on to this online community since April 25 when my husband got diagnosed , we have gained valuable information that has so helped us and that has stopped worries . He was Gleason 3+ 4 and advised that active surveillance was fine at...
Hi Millibob, Grundo and David2017 and everyone who enables us to have this space, thank you so much for all your helpful suggestions about my and my husband’s situation. We are waiting for our local adult social care team to get in touch to reassess...
Hi, Some of you may know my journey, after finding out of have stage four prostate cancer in december last year, I started triplet therapy and 3 weeks ago I had my last (6) chemotherapy session. I just had my oncology appointment and my psa has decreased...
I received my diagnosis in Nov 2018 (PSA 11 and Gleason 8) and immediately started hormone therapy followed in Feb 2019 by radiotherapy. The good news just had 6 monthly PSA check and returned as 0.12 slightly down from last time so am pleased with that...
