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Hello, I have prostate cancer that has spread to my rectum ,and am wondering if anyone else had had the same ,I have started hormone treatment and had my first hormone injection last week I am still getting lots of pain in my anus and it is still bleeding...
Hi everyone, I am new to the Macmillan community and wanted to introduce myself. I'm glad to have found this forum and look forward to learning from the experiences and advice shared here. I'm hoping to connect with others, read helpful discussionsvand...
I raised this a couple of weeks ago, but it got lost in everything else that I was asking, so I'm trying again. All my husband's paperwork says T3 N1M0. I queried this because he has a lesion in his pelvic bone and has had a nodule in his lung, which...
Hello. I'm new to all this as diagnosed with pc on 23/12/2025 in time for Xmas and told it was advanced in January and given a few other scares after scans. On a duplet treatment of Enzalutamide and Decapeptyl which has dropped my PSA down to 0.2 from...
Not such a good day today. DN called to change my husband’s catheter, no idea about the visit. My husband went into panic mode as he experiences a lot of pain whenever his catheter is removed and a new one put in place. He has been going through this...
i had my appoitment today to find out my pet scan results. {waiting for 2 weeks now} but alas it wasn;t with my oncologist but a junior doctor who couldn't tell me or was advised not to. said my oncologist will talk to me when i see him, but maybe not...
Hi I'm Paul recently diagnosed stage 2,10 of 31 cores showed cancer 1 Gleason 3+3,9 Gleason 3+4 no spread.Have been offered 3 treatment options cryotherapy,SABR and Radical prostatectomy.I understand it's a very personal decision and I'm going to look...
Hello all. just about to start my first dose of relugolix. [tomorrow] not on anything else so far. wondering what it's like, what to expect side effects wase? there seems to be patients on more than one medication. i was talking to david who is...
Hi, just had my first EBRT 6 hours ago and already I’m experiencing a worsening of my urine flow. Is it normally so quick to take effect.
I have previously posted my journey to surgery and subsequent recovery. I was so grateful for the support prior to diagnosis and after but thought it appropriate to do an update. Waterworks are generally good. Bladder capacity isn't great and may wake...
