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I shall forever be grateful to everyone on this forum who has given me input and feedback throughout my Prostate Cancer journey from the intitial journey began for me in January 2024. I appreciate your patience with any "daft questions" I had, and the...
….do dad has been given max of a year, maybe a lot sooner, to live. It has spread to his bones, last psa had gone from 32 - 84 in six weeks. He won’t have any further treatment. Chemo wasn’t successful so it was stopped half way. Anyway he now has incontinence...
Hello everyone! Although I am not active on the site I keep an eye on you guys and as far as I can see all seem in good spirit and keep having good fun on the site! We are OK. Jacob is still very active but come the evening he is tired so very tired...
Good morning. Can anyone give some insight into what psa level would trigger recommendation for Salvage radiation treatment. Some sources say nothing is done till 0.2 others mention much lower thresholds. Confused. Thank you all
Hi We got a phone call appt today to say PSA is now undetectable! We are both relieved and delighted to hear this news and pray that the Enzalutamide and Prostap continues to keep things in check for a long time to come. The only question I have...
Hi I am not sure how to continue entries I have already made. We have now received an appointment fir oncology to discuss egat happens next following my husbands PSA rise. We were told the next steps would be a PET SCAN with a view to staring radiotherapy...
Hubby had his catheter out on monday. I know its very early days. And i know it can take months. But just hoping to hear some positive feedback. He is 53 years old - which i hope is in his favour. At the moment he can only go 20/30 mins before needing...
Hello all, This follows on from my previous post, as trying to find a consultant local to me for an initial oncology appt. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Jane
Hello Everyone, I am writting these on behalf of my partner, I have updated my profile with his details so far as we know them. This is all very new and we are just starting this journey. The facts his gleason score is 4+3=7. and T2/T3 and PSA 5.3 but...
Hi , I finished 20 fractions of rt 2 months ago, I don’t really understand how the radiation carries on working after your treatment has finished,and also how long does this process last , thanks in advance
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