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Hello There My OH is undergoing 6 weeks of RT alongside 3 monthly Hormone therapy injections for 24 months total this is all following a Prostatectomy earlier this year staging jumping from t2b to t3b so locally advanced PC. My question is if the...
Hi all I've just had a rectal examination due to a PSA of 4.5 (I'm 64) my urologist said my prostate did not feel right so I had an MRI ,I got the results to that and they said I had some suspicious marks , anyway I now am booked in for a biopsy next...
Hi all, I finished my RT and HT in the spring 2024 and am currently having 6-monthly PSA tests, done by a lovely Macmillan nurse who visits my local GP surgery - next one due in March. The two I've had so far have been showing <0.05 which is obviously...
I'm single now and have completely lost my confidence in meeting women because of my erection problems any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
How long before infusion should you have blood test? Is 7 days too early?
My husband has been diagnosed with PC. He went for check up after pain in groin area ( shooting pains on and off, sometimes worse at night , sometimes would go away for a couple of weeks - initially diagnosed as a pulled muscle ) and they tested his PSA...
Hi everyone and hope your Christmases were special and as anxiety-free as possible. My OH John is off for his first Prostap injection today after just over 2 weeks on bicalutamide. To be honest he's felt pretty miserable due to constant low grade nausea...
I am now home after turp number 3 Pet scan done a month ago...discussion to be had with my oncologist mid Jan. I have successfully managed to not let pc dwell on my mind to much....so all that's left to do is wish everyone a happy w year thanks mb, always...
Just spoke to OH radiologist . He is having 360c GY in 6#. 6mv can someone explain please x
Hi All Last time I had a blood test at the GP in December 2022 before all this started the result was 148 g/L The normal range is 130-180 After I finished chemo in December 2023 my result was 115 g/L I started Olaparib/Abiraterone on 4/11/24 and...
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