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Hello all So I am on ADT since october 2024. The psa is practically zero and the testo is also down. But i am now seeing that i have started developing man boobs. My onco told me that it is a side effect of testo supression. What i did not do, and...
Hi, I'm hoping that I can get some advice and possibly some reassurance as my husband was diagnosed with prostrate cancer on Monday this week. He is on the gleeson score as a 9 (4+5) and its a T3a. Its all a bit of a shock and very scary. I'm trying to...
My 65 year old husband had no symptoms but because our neighbour had a Psa test he thought he should too. It came back as 12.7 , then DRE dr says prostate enlarged will just check it out with mri which shock to us came back as PIRADS 5 , prostrate volume...
It’s funny how things are coming back to me after the mad rush of events last year. I have just updated my Profile with the following note. 8/2/25 - Update. One thing i forgot to diary is that through the whole operation/catheter etc I experienced no...
Hi, I completed my 20 radiotherapy sessions 2 weeks ago. I am on 3 monthly Hormone Therapy Prostap injections I didnt have any real symptoms during the RT treatment. But since completing the treatment I have been having the symptoms that ive seen online...
Hi all Have any of you applied and received your records from the hospital that is treating you for PC? If so and how long did it take for you to receive them. I am trying to get mine at the moment and thing seems not to be happening. I just wondering...
Hi everyone, is anyone else considering taking part in any clinical trials? As I’m heading down the surgery route, I had three trials offered. 1) a randomised decision for lymph node removal or not with a three year follow up. - not going to join...
Hello. Just in - at basement level - So hi everyone! and in November if you’d asked me to stick a pin in a body map where the prostate was I might as well have been blindfolded. Stick pins in me is what happened - ( well biopsy needles as I’m sure...
Hi All just a quick message to say hello. I was diagnosed on 30th December 2024. After 5 years of steady rising PSA now 5.9. Brother was diagnosed a week later after I told him to get a PSA after my MRI he was PSA 32. He’s super fast tracked with bone...
A couple of days ago I had a moany rant here (or maybe a ranty moan) about my husband John's appointment for his biopsy results with his urologist. No point in repeating that as I've updated my bio briefly,but wanted to update about yesterday which hopefully...
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