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Good afternoon my fellow PC people. Having being diagnosed with PC in November I knew from the outset that surgery was for me, and now 8 weeks post of my opinion has not changed . However the dreaded incontinence and ED continue and they are becoming...
Hi my husband is having problems with mobility after having radiotherapy (20 sessions)and hormone therapy, injections and medication. He has difficulty walking, numbness in legs and generally has slowed down a lot. would be very interested to know if...
Hi all. Well, its coming up to a year since diagnosis of 'terminal' prostate cancer and bugger me, I'm still here. Consultant has dropped me to 3 monthly appointments instead of monthly. As long as she keeps telling me I'm on 'limited' life expectancy...
Hi, I am new to this group but hope it will help me through a maze! My partner has been diagnosed with a Gleason OC4 plus 3 .Surgery was ruled out but he has just started hormone therapy with radiotherapy to follow at some point but not sure when...
Hello , I posted in here when my husband got his diagnosis for prostate cancer back in 2022 age 57 and very fit. He waited from February 2923 to July for his radical prostatectomy by robot and they hadn’t realised the extent of the cancer , took as much...
I was diagnosed in 2022 with T3b, gleeson 3+4, psa 8. No spread to the lymph nodes. At the time I wasn't aware of all the help, support and guidance you can get...so went along with the consultant and 3 year plan for HT and 20 RT. It's now almost...
Hi everyone. In a nutshell my husband diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer approx. 6 years ago. Treated initially with chemo and radiotherapy and then 3 monthly prostap injections. His PSA has been 0.01 undetectable since that time and is to this day...
Here for my husband, age 67, who got a shock PSA reading of 33.0 (no symptoms) last mid December, only because he happened to ask for a PSA test when at the GP having a blood test for something else. The route to diagnosis has seemed very slow, with...
Hello, New here so I'm saying hi, and slowly coming to terms with my Dad's recent diagnoses. My Dad (61) has recently been diagnosed with metastic prostate cancer. In February his PSA was 77, and in March had gone up to 104. His MRI was a 44, and...
Hi my husband had his 1st round of new chemocabazitaxel, 2 weeks ago after having 3 rounds of doxetal, which has not worked, he’s been so poorly on new chemo & today we saw oncologist, & after she listened to us, told us the chemo is only giving him...
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