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I’m coming to this group rather late in the journey compared with many others it appears. So until the beginning of 2023 I was (I thought ) a fairly typical quite healthy 61 year old non smoker and not overweight. Just retired I was enjoying having...
Hi everyone, new to this group as a daughter who's dad has just received a diagnosis on prostate cancer that's spread to the bones.. however, that's all we've had! Discharged from the hospital within a couple of hours of a conversation, after being...
HI Looking for experiences or information of getting private treatment for prostate cancer, that is available on the NHS in some areas (London, Yorkshire, Portsmouth and a few other NHS hospitals) however not available in my local NHS hospital area...
Hi I am facing surgery for removal of prostate or Radiopaphy trying to link up with anyone who has been through it. What is the likely timeline from meeting consultants to treatment (op)? What is the recovery timeline experience /like? Best incontinent...
I'm a Gleason 8 T2c N0 M0 high risk patient and my oncologist has recommended hormone therapy for 3 years, I am currently on 3 monthly injections of Decapeptyl which started in May 2023. I'm now roughly 18 months into treatment and my PSA is <.03 or basically...
Hello all my name is Ian. So my journey began with a trip to A&E with a suspected stroke slurred speech,dribbling and unable to swallow and was sent for a CT head scan.Which they did not find signs of a stroke. However the did find multiple areas of...
Join new to this group was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 5/6years ago. went on the Acitve surveillance programme. The PSA level has been rising slowly over the years, it got higher last October think it was 7.3 or there about. Rather than wait...
Original PSA 6.1 6 Months on hormone therapy then four weeks of radiotherapy and my second injection of triptorelin, 5 weeks after radiotherapy I have had my first PSA results 5. Is that okay? My oncologist says "it's fine" and that's it.
So 2 weeks ago, only 2 weeks after his biopsy, we received a text with an appointment at urology for today. John rang the Macmillan nurse and asked if this was to get the biopsy results which she confirmed that it was, but also told John that he did indeed...
Tuesday 4th Feb appropriately World Cancer Day! I had my last Radiotherapy session (20) and had the Joy of ringing the bell. Still fairly fatigued and somewhat effected in both toilet department which may go on for a few more weeks but looking forward...
