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Let's keep this as light hearted as possible. Yes I put my will in order and sorted out ownership of the house. I have been reading another post and the comment was "awe **** it, I am buying a new car" and proceeded to buy what he had always wanted. ...
Finished RT 10 weeks ago and have had 6 UTI so cannot have a psa test. Ended up with catheter for 9 days. That was an extremely painful experience with all the inflammation going on. I also have swelling in lower legs and feet and gout in one foot. Very...
Yesterdays appointment resulted in firstly being advised to get in touch with GP for strengthening and conditioning physiotherapy. We informed the Oncologists registrar that membership had come through for the Pure Gym Sir Chris Hoy initiative last week...
I really don't like the recent changes to the forum home page layout. Anyone else have a view on this ? I would prefer that we bring the old layout back. Sandberg (Rob)
Hi, I am a 57 year old, referred in March due to elevated PSA of 7.8 Had MRI, given a pi rads 5 and T3a staging Had bone scan and CT scan to check for spread Had biopsy (requested GA) After MTD meeting was given Gleason (3+4)7 NO MO T3a/T2 ...
Today I received two letter, the same content from our local NHS telling me that now patients will automatically be sent a link to access my results, using an automated messaging system. Before I had to phone around before I could get the result which...
Anyone else on this particular combination? 3 months into decapeptyl (1/4ly injections) and 2 months of darolutamide tabs for Stage 4 disatant metastatic recurrent. Treatment duration "forever" (aka not very long!). Side effects mainly a general drop...
Hi guys any thoughts , 27 July 2026 I went for a Pet scan at Castle Hill hospital Hull ( Dr Pattu great guy got me seen in the private hospital for the scan) .Now I have phoned the hospital twice ,my daughter as rang last week to see if the results were...
Hello everyone, I’m new here, having only just joined the forums. I’m currently 10 weeks post-HIFU surgery and doing well, but I hope it’s ok to share my story in case it helps anyone else navigating that initial "whirlwind." The Diagnosis My journey...
Hi All I have a phone consultation next Tuesday so I will be mentioning this but I'm getting a bit concerned I was diagnosed as Stage 4 in 2023, had chemo and am currently on Triptorelin injections every 3 months and daily Abiraterone+steroids PSA is...
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