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Hi all, After 23 weeks of treatment, chemotherapy then radiotherapy I finished on 13th December. No massive side effects just a bit of pain when weeing and flow issues. My question is about HT I’m on Zoladex implants. No second line Abiraterone etc...
Good evening. New ‘member’ here. Brief background: Diagnosed with localised PC last July. Gleason 4+4. 2 years HT + radiotherapy which started last week. I opted to enrol on to the Pace Trial & hence complete my radiotherapy in a couple of days. ...
Hi there new to the forum ,I've been newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, last Wednesday to be exact and today I had it in my head that I didn't want to get the treatment for it and I'm just wondering if it was a normal reaction to getting the news that...
Good afternoon all, I wonder if any of you can shed some light on recovery timelines. I realise it is different for every individual but I would just like a rough idea. My issue is, my operation has been postponed by 2 weeks (Da Vinci and its specialist...
Hi all thanks for all your feedback with my biopsy yesterday all went well a bit sore this morning, got my bone scan results and that was all clear thankfully
Hi I am just into my year 3 of 3 on HT (prosap)following RT 18 months ago. I'm locally advanced into seminal vessels, no further, however my RT included the pelvic lymph modes as well as the prostate and seminal vessels. My last 4 psa readings were...
Hi All just joined the group for help and support. My father died at 86 years old in September of prostate cancer so at 57, I had a DRE and PSA check in December. PSA was 1.47 which is fine but DRE showed something suspicious so was referred for an...
My third psa reading since starting HTas come back as 0.1 previous 2 were 0.4 then 0.6 Also I am being put back on apalutamide at a lower dose as I had a severe rash Nov 24 and had to come off it RT finished 24/12/24 so all looking OK at mo
Hello lovely community this Will be my 2nd post and I’m coming here as I’m back in a dark place again. I wasn’t sure where else to turn and I’m not finding talking therapy useful right now. My dad’s diagnosis was 2 months ago and he is doing well...
Hi everyone. My father, grandfather and great grandfather all died from prostate cancer in their 40s. I'm 47 so I'm high risk. I've started having trouble going to the toilet. The flow is weak and intermittent. I know this could be anything but with...
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