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Hubby had his robotic radical prostatectomy last friday. His one surgical wound (not drain site) has been leaking a fair bit of straw coloured fluid - which i know is normal. But too much. Went to urology yday and been prescribed antibiotics. The area...
Hi, I've been recently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, about 5 weeks ago, just started the Hormone treatment. Finally able to tell people that I have cancer without bursting into tears. My memory is getting worse, even before I was diagnosed. Don...
Hi again. So up to Taunton yesterday for scan. My consultant called me this afternoon as she has received the report already and asked if I can see her tomorrow rather than dec 11th ( the date prior to me having an appointment for scan). We had a brief...
Biopsy 29/8/2024 - 10 pot of 20 cores were cancer. T2a N0 M0. The 10 cores sll in left side of prostate. I was diagnosed 30/9/2024 Gleason 6 Currently on AS. Last PSA was 6.6 14/6/2024 I had a PSA yesterday 25/11/2024 and got the result today...
Afternoon everyone, Been a while since i wrote on here, So i was put on a hormone injection for the next 2 years and had 33 session of RT back in April after my PSA went up 5 months after surgery. RT wasnt that bad a ltittle tried but not alot, also...
My story: I was diagnosed by my local District Hospital (A) who referred me to Hospital (B) for radiotherapy. (B) then said they could not treat me due to my 2 replacement hips. My 2 consultants (Oncology & Urology) at (A) were “surprised” (I am being...
I've belatedly joined the group having been diagnosed with advanced Prostate cancer following a random blood test earlier this year which revealed a high PSA count. I'm well into the journey with four sessions of chemo completed, two to go, the last scheduled...
Hi, I'm new to this group and would like to ask a question. I was diagnosed with PC 12 months ago and have been having active monitoring since then. However, my latest MRI and biopsy have shown I now need to undergo either surgery or Radiotherapy, as...
I am told to drink at least 2 litres of water a day, gulp that's a lot, I'm a guy that was anyone's after two pints of beer, I can manage 1.5 litres and that's it. Two litres of water is just over 4.5 pints, I read on one NHS regional websites that...
Hi struggling with side effects of HR is this normal just completed RT as well
