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I’m wanting to identify the best price for Abiraterone, to include the blood tests and analysis of those tests. I have a consultation with my consultant later this week to discuss whether I would benefit from the drug. I anticipate, because of the private...
Hi all I have been given a date for prostatectomy surgery in a couple of days. I’ve been on this journey along with everyone else here for about 18 months to two years. Reading the posts and advice here has been very helpful and supportive. Last big...
Hello. I'm aged 52, diagnosed in November 2024 with Gleason 4+5 (9), original PSA133, but only visible spread to one small lymph node on a PET scan (Bone, CT, and MRI all looked ok). They are thinking micro spread in the bones. So I've been on Zoladex...
Hello, hope everyone is OK. My husband has Prostate cancer with metastatic growth in bones and spine. He was tuin a lot of pain prior to diagnosis (GP thought it was sciatica) but this resolved with steroids. He also had Degoralex injection and one session...
Hi all hope everyone is ok I start my rt treatment in 8 weeks time I have 4 weeks of it my pc is confined to the gland with a score of 3 plus 4 I have not had the meeting yet to tell me what happens etc and have read some slightly worrying stories ie...
Hi I'm not a forum person but I think my experience may help others. Especially if you have just been given terrible news. I was diagnosed, just before my 52 birthday after attending the doctors with what I thought was a kin to a groin strain, the...
Hi everyone I just joined - hubby diagnosed grade 5 prostrate cancer - and it’s broken through the wall apparently. We’re waiting for a pet scan to see how far it’s gone. No date yet!! Hormone suppressant therapy to start then radiotherapy. Providing...
New here, I was diagnosed in November, started hormone treatment in February and going in next week to start radiotherapy
My 59 year old husband has been diagnosed with PC, with a gleason score of 3+4. His last blood test in February showed a PSA level of 24. We have been told that looking at the MRI scan and from the samples taken at the biopsy that the tumour is in one...
Thought I would update since it’s awhile since I’ve posted. Im into my second year on A/S having had a Gleason score of 3+3 , 3 monthly psa and yearly mri Last psa was 8.8 which is slightly down on previous one, psa has been in the 6-10 range with only...
