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My dad has metastatic prostate cancer, with bone metastasis and lesions. He lives in Italy so he's not on any NHS pathway and I live here in the UK, so I'm having a hard time understanding everything that is going on (aside from googling, and doing...
Hi folks back again after after my appointment with encologist on 17/09/24 . Discussion about chemo or Abiraterone. Having a Decapeptyl injection 3 months previous which brought my psa down from 3.6 to 0.13 I’ve went for the Abiraterone. Having tried...
sorry I think I left out I’m going on the Abiraterone half dose
Hi havnt posted for a short while . On HTsince July Have had covid jab appointment and am enquiring any drama with having this as well as HT ?
Good evening I've recently finished my chemotherapy for my prostate cancer ( I'm on triplet therapy) I'm continuing to have injections and tablets ( degralix and daralutamide) but since finishing chemo I've started to get really bad leg pain, mainly...
Just wondering what prescription level do you guys on Apalutamide have? Are you all on the full 4 tablets?
Hy my husband has just been diagnosed with metastatic prostrate cancer , I feel so guilty that I’ve neglected him . I should of acted quicker to get a diagnosis. HE did complain about being up a the toilet overnight , but felt ok . no urinary symptoms...
I’m currently having RT 12 fractions in 8 to go, Monday and Tuesday were cancelled due to machine breaking down,therefore I have had a break of 4 days without treatment I understand this will be added on at the end of my plan but I’m a bit concerned with...
Hi, I've joined this forum for some advice for my Dad. He is 83 years old and has various health conditions including CKD, heart failure, diabetes and dementia. We've noticed urinary problems for quite a while now and last week saw the kidney consultant...
My father, 75, called me yesterday (we live a few hundred miles apart). He was getting blood in his urine, saw the GP, had a PSA test with a result of 18. Then had an MRI on Monday which showed "something" (possibly outside the prostate itself - he wasn...
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