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Hi my dads been having hormone treatment for prostrate cancer, he’s due to have radiotherapy in August in the hope he’s going to be cured it’s hasn’t spread thank fully and just inside the prostrate gland my question is he’s had a little bit of blurred...
Hi ! I haven’t seen many posts regarding the use of Lutetium 177 treatment and this of course makes me curious on how this type of treatment is handled / implemented within the health service in UK and of course in other nations The treatment has...
Hi, my OH had a biopsy a few weeks ago and has just received a letter he was cc’d in to say he likely metastastic prostate cancer (spread to lymph nodes). (annoyed he received a letter rather than phone call but anyway) Just really wondering what happens...
I've got T3b N1 M1b prostrate cancer - Should i give up drinking alcohol?
As many on the group suffer from either insomnia or nocturia Community member Worriedwife has suggested a new thread where anyone awake can chat or record their thoughts at this time of night (or during the day). Let's give it a go and see. Feel free...
Just a quick question is having an x-ray for my hip joint pain okay after radiotherapy, this is the original pain that ended up with me being diagnosed with PC, I am told by my GP I have from scans done during tests for PC that I have quite bad osteoarthritis...
Hi. 18 months into HT and taking Tamsulosin daily. I find mysef going for a wee more frequently than I did a couple of years ago when I was diagnosed. I especially get more sudden urges to go as well. Is this usual?
This is really not important on a scale of things but we need to make a decision. We have got a holiday cottage booked in Kent for the first week in September. We need to pay the balance on the booking in 2 weeks time. LH had his MRI last night and...
My husband was diagnosed with Prostate cancer in 2020, it spread to his bones 2 years ago. He has had 9 rounds of chemotherapy and the cancer is still spreading, they have offered a different chemotherapy but with the time he has left he has decided to...
My partner had a prostate biopsy 2 weeks ago he has now been invited to a meeting at our local hospital with a specialist urology nurse, is there a difference between this and seeing a doctor or consultant
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