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Hello everyone, my husband got his biopsy results last week, Gleason Score 10 Grade 5 - cancer has spread to his lymph nodes and seminal vesicles and possibly pelvic wall, but bone scan was ok. He is 72. As urologist who did biopsy was concerned about...
Just though I would update everyone on my husband's PSA the result we got this morning it was 0.0 they said they are not doing the last decimal point for standardisation over the NHS
I'm currently on ENZALUTMSIDE and ZOLDEX hormone treatment. Is it correct for me to be having at least six or more hot sweats a day it's driving me mad?
I am on holiday in central America flying home tomorrow I had to stop taking apalutamide while on holiday because of severe rash which is still there but much less I am due to start 20 lots of radiotherapy on 27th Will the fact I have stopped apalutamide...
Psa now 0.23 from 0.11 3 months ago. Consultant on Wednesday agreed that treatment needs to be under way before psa reaches 0.5 ish. So….. My thoughts are, I’m now waiting for a scan to see where cancer may be. Then I’ll be waiting for radiation to begin...
Hello team, I was last here around 2 to 3 years ago because I had Lymphoma. Touch wood, that is still in abeyance but now I have the double whammy of prostate cancer. I can't tell you my Gleason score, because I was not told. NOW I know I need to...
I guys ,can you tell me your experience with the chemo ? I think the standard is 6 doses ,one each 3 weeks ,how long does it take ?,is it an injection? Anyone could do normal work during that period? Everything you can help me understand I will be appreciated...
Hi All I'm new here and wanted to say Hello. I can only say that I've had my world turned upside down these past four weeks having been thrust into a world of hospital visits, scans and tests. 14th Oct I was woken up with flank pain, really sore,...
A bit of a technophobe I find it difficult to navigate around anything that hasn’t been brought down to idiot level. I started posting about 3 months ago and received great encouragement from other posters with excellent advice about ADT and the worry...
Hello all, I hope you are keeping well, I havent really updated since last time as things have been so hectic around here so briefly Dad was diagnosed with PC after a PSA of 8.4 and Supicious DRE, CT scan showed no evidence of disease elsewhere(not...
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