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Hi all, as per my bio, I was diagnosed with gleason 6 2 days ago after my targeted biopsy came back with 10/25 cores positive. My psa was only 1.47 so low and tbh was expecting a negative biopsy though the mri showed a small pirads 4 lesion (fully contained...
Afternoon All, I was researching Vitamin D with Vitamin K found this: https://www.cshl.edu/vitamin-k-supplement-slows-prostate-cancer-in-mice/ This is a new research from 2024. AH or anyone else, are you familiar with that? Are you all taking...
Hi, my dad was diagnosed with G9 PSA 136.4 and advanced to lymph nodes and seminal vessel in Oct 2022. Since then he has hormone tablets, hormone implants, chemo and radiotherapy. We have been blessed for 2.5 years of him handling the treatment amazingly...
Tomorrow is the day I head in for my biopsy and then the wait for results
So, we have had a face to face appointment with the consultant oncologist. we were really worried last November when, at a telephone consultation, the doctor said she was really concerned that my husband’s PSA had gone from 0.04 to 0.21 in the 6 months...
Hi all so todays the day we got our results after a very long wait and unfortunately Bryan does have prostate cancer and unfortunately the cancer has started to grow out of the prostate so consultant said surgery wasn’t a option as they still maybe a...
Hello! My 75 year old Dad is currently going through diagnosis. He kept a lot of what was going on from us until last week so it’s all been a bit of a shock. He had blood tests with a raised PSA of 7 (which I’ve read is relatively low compared to some...
Hi, I'm new here and I have never been on a forum before so forgive me if I'm asking a question that has already been asked and answered, but I don't really know my way round. I have just been diagnosed with prostate cancer and I'm looking for some...
Hi, My husband is 14/20 sessions of radiotherapy in. Could anyone enlighten regarding cumulative effect of RT? Also, how long after RT/ Hormone Therapy do you begin to feel a little more normal? Many thanks!
My husband has stage 4 Prostate cancer and I recently checked how much a 5 day trip to Belgium would cost. This came in at £2817 for both of us. I decided to update it to check the cost for a UK trip, same amount of days and this came in at £2400…I just...
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