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Hi All, Last week I was enduring the 11th month of marinating in my own wee (Millibob, I know it's an old one) following RP surgery. Now, I am dry. Six weeks ago I had an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) inserted and activated on Tuesday. It's taken...
I had my prostate removed on October 9th, all seemed well, then I had the catheter taken out on 21st, it seemed really sore so I went to the GP day after and was told it's a possible infection so I was taken to my local Accident nd Emergency same day...
So 3 lovely people reached out to me last night with my 1st time on here. Due to me asking for guidance on questions to ask .. Bit of background my dad has had colitis for 40 year + then in 2020 was diagnosed with prostate cancer stage 3 due to this...
Hi I am new on here and well, looking for some kind of advice I guess. My partner has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his Gleason score is 7. They have offered him an operation to remove the prostate or hormone treatment with radiotherapy...
Hi I'm lee I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March 2022 ive since had radical prostatectomy and then I had 7 weeks radiotherapy and then hormone therapy my erection hasn't come back has any one on here had the same amount of treatment as me and...
Hi - my OH has stage 4 PC. Last year after a 12 month delay for treatment he started HT had chemo and 20 sessions of RT. Post chemo scan showed no evidence of disease- not even bone scaring from the oligometastatic suspicious areas. Post PSA was ...
Well had my second PSA since starting HT FIRST PSA 31 to 0.4 TODAY 0.4 TO 0.6 Slight rise but oncologist said she will keep an eye on it and the fact that there was a gap of 10 days late in getting my zoladex 3 monthly jab could have been a factor...
I have been prescribed Sildenafil 100mg by the hospital but only had the chance to use one tablet the results of which were somewhat disappointing, do i persevere for a few more attempts, has anyone used Sildenafil at this strength and then switched to...
Hi there. So I've just been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has advanced and has gone into my bones. The team at my hospital have been outstanding and I've just started treatment. So watching the news recently about Sir Chris Hoy and I'm a little...
Hi, I'm new here. I was diagnosed with metastasized prostate cancer (spread to the spine) about 6 months ago and currently having chemo treatment (completed 5 cycles out of 6). I've wondered recently if its safe to use Viagra whilst on chemo treatment...
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