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Hi all I'm 3 months into hormone treatment now and feeling shattered and a bit rubbish a lot of the time any tips for this much appreciated.
Dear all I have locally advance prostate cancer - Gleason 4-5 I am on zoladex and aberiterone. I had 4 weeks radiotherpapy in October/November. The good news is that my PSA was pretty much 0 on my last blood test. The not so good news is that...
Hi guys my partner has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it's at the earlier stages but he has three options, surgery, radiotherapy or wait and watch. To us wait and watch isn't an option as why would we want to wait for something to grow. Surgery...
Hi my husband had enlarged prostate for 4 years resulting in a catheter for 3 years which was finally removed in August last year after a TURPS procedure. Unfortunately cancer cells were found as a result of the procedure but biopsy results and MRI were...
Hi, I’m a (normally) silent member and rarely sharing but after 2.5 years on pills that have got me to here, but now are failing to do anything, I’m up for chemo Tuesday. Carboplatin. I’m stage 4, metastasis in bones and my PSA has trebled, shot up...
Hi my name is jiggles , I’m new to this forum I would appreciate some advice on holiday insurance to Canada , hope someone could give me some guidance. Thanks
Hi sorry if i am doing the wrong thing starting a new subject not sure how to continue the thread. We went for a review with radiotherapy re the very painful foot swelling. They are adamant that it is not the radiotherapy and are running tests to try...
Husband's PSA is 0.4 today, rising from 0.2 in December. He's approaching 5yrs RALP and had adjuvant RT December 2020. Was denied a PSMA scan by Radiology department so had a CT and MRI end of last year which didn't show anything. We have Oncologist...
Hi, I am half way thru my 20 fractions, and obviously on my HRT injection, 2nd one due soon. Prostate cancer confined to prostate. Side effects, tiredness, slight nausea, some diarrhoea yesterday, and today some blood in poo. Radiologist says...
Hello. My husband (55) with a PSA of 5.5 has just had an MRI which shows two lesions of concern, both contained within the prostate. He's been told it's 60% it is likely to be cancer. He's got a biopsy booked in next week. He's received an appointment...
