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Has anyone had a really bad reaction to either alendronic acid or enzalutamide? Two weeks ago I took alendronic acid for the second time and enzalutamide for the first. I'd had my one and only dose of degaralix a month before andwas waiting to start relugolix...
Hi all well my hubby has prostate cancer that has spread to his pelvis but now is finding it hard to control his bladder we have another appointment scheduled with the oncologist on the 9 dec we are by both struggling with his diagnosis which was 12 weeks...
Has anyone had experience with treating neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC)? I had two biopsies two years ago, and both pathologists reported finding NEPC. It is an relatively rare and aggressive variation which cannot be successfully treated with conventional...
Hello Friends, I am new to this forum and this is my first post but I am a member of the Bladder cancer forum having been diagnosed twelve months ago with T1G3 and carcinoma in situ non muscle invasive cancer. I have had three biopsies and nine BCG immunotherapy...
Hi, I've just been diagnosed with P.C. -- 2 weeks ago. One week ago, at my first consultation with 2 oncology nurses I was advised that my PSA was 74. That meant nothing to me at that moment until they said it should be less than 5. OUCH! . . . at some...
Hi ! I would like to have peoples views and perhaps also MOs / Medical teams recommendations or thinking regarding different types of supplements, especially when on hormone therapy and perhaps also Abiraterone. I’ll try to group some supplements as...
What you guys think about diet ? I'm trying to decide my path in terms of diet ,according to some the turn to a more vegetarian diet is the answer, other say keto is better, others the Mediterranean diet ,a little bit in between the other 2 ,really don...
Has anyone had problems with hands / fingernails during or following docetaxel? I've completed chemo, it's 7 weeks since the last infusion and my fingernails have become more painful, being particularly bad for the past 3 weeks or so. I'm unable to do...
I,m now 13 days into my 20 fraction's and have been suffering from tiredness and some really bad bouts of depression. The depression is manageable with the help of the wonderful people in Maggie's. But the tiredness, lethargy is wearing me down, I'm staying...
High my last blood test during my treatment was the first one that told me my PSA had doubled in 13 months to 6.0 I am now half way through my radiotherapy but started my second injection for hormone treatment late because my GP, despite my trying to...
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