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Hi, it’s a question about climacturia. A bit about me… from the UK, live in Australia (past 25 years). 54years old, PSA 2.1, PHI 85, positive biopsy and MRI, negative PET and CT Scan. So, low PSA, but a shocking family history which informed my GP’s decision...
I people just came out of the appointment with the urologist and came home completely confused she couldn't tell me almost anything, I have all my exams and ,I had 10 lymph nodes in the pelvis suspicious but turn out to be only 5 ,nothing else ,nothing...
Hi i was diagnosed with prostate cancer Gleeson 3+ 4 - localised . I have been given choices of surgery, radiotherapy and recently cryotherapy. I wonder if anyone has been through cryotherapy and their experience . Many thanks in advance for your help...
I was diagnosed this week wit PC T2cN1 M0 gleason 4+5 , with 5 lymph nodes positive, in the ct scan 10 lymph nodes were suspicious but now urologist say it's five ,does any one experienced a mistake in diagnosis? It's possible that instead of 5 it's 4...
Hi all, It has been a while since I wrote on here. I just wanted to update on the progress with my OH stage 4 diagnosis. My OH was diagnosed a few months ago (details in my profile) and started triplet therapy. He has had 3 rounds of chemo out...
Hello It has been a lonely journey over the past two years, a diagnosis just after retirement and then treatment. Two and a half years have passed and my Gleason 4+5 was treated with Radiation Therapy and two years on the LHRH Agonist,Goserelin (Zoladex...
Hi all, I posted a while ago on the "welcome" channel, but I'll try here too for some advice and an update on the situation. My dad, who lives in Italy, has metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer, with extensive bone metastasis. He went through...
Hi , OH is starting his radiotherapy pathway next week and we are becoming increasingly fragile. He has the gold seed markers next week and then the following has his planning RT. He then has the RT starting December . Can anyone explain why the delay...
Good morning. Wonder if anyone can help. I completed my radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer ( 3+4 ) some 6 months ago - all seemingly good so far. I have been on HT ( 3 monthly Decapeptyl injections ) for 15 months - 9 months to go. I have been suffering...
Hello everyone, my friend had a radical prostatectomy then a post operative histology revealed Gleason 4+3=7. Recent PSA has gone up to 0.9 and spread to lymph nodes including para aortic nodes, but hasn't spread to bone or organs. He is currently on...
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