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I received my final diagnosis from my consultant today. A quick recap….. last November my PSA was 77.7, and after being red flagged I was quickly seen by my urology consultant. After a DRE, MRI, CT scan, bone scan, and colonoscopy, I waited (and prayed...
Morning follow up appointment yesterday Gleason 6 given choice of surgery or active surveillance surgery could be awkward as I had radiotherapy for testicular before so theydon’t want to do again i have opted for surveillance any advice would be a help...
Hi all Since my original post below All last week and the Friday before i have not been asked to take my underwear off only down to the base of my dick, i have also been told by several Radio Therapists that is absolutely no reason to remove pants for...
Hello all My BMD has significantly decreased as per recent dexa scan. As compared to the baseline at the start of my ADT. Having discussed with my onco as well as my orthopedic doctors, the choice of treatment is narrowed down to denosumab and teraparatide...
Hi advice please. Anyone who has undergone radiotherapy did you find it better to have the treatment am or pm? OH and I walk a lot usually in the mornings but wondered if it would be better to continue with morning walks with treatment later in the day...
I had my first PSA test done in January taken by my GP, the receptionist rang me and told me my PSA level was 5, down from 6. But a subsequent call from the hospital urologist said my PSA level was negligible, less than one??? I have not questioned...
Hello - new here on behalf of hubby. My husband is 57 and otherwise fairly healthy - I made him go for a private medical as he never goes to the Dr - thank goodness I did as it flagged a PSA of 5.8 which led him to go to GP and get further tests. ...
Hi all I'm sure I'm not the only one to come across this, but I'm after travel insurance to cover me as I have stage 4 incurable Prostate cancer. I keep coming across the same question on multiple sites which is my illness Terminal. I have had stage...
Hello everyone. Hope everyone is doing fine. I wanted to share my inputs on my ADT and also seek some answers. So I started my ADT back in Oct 2024, and am on same treatment since then. Its abiraterone, plus relugolox, plus prednisone. So the...
Hi guys I am starting rt 30th June they put me back a bit as we have a holiday booked second week in June,I found out towards the end of January that I definitely have prostate cancer I'm now on 3 monthly injections is it a long time from.finding out...
