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Hello all. My first contribution to the group. Just a summary by comparison. I had my prostate removed in October 2022. Gleason 4+3. Margins clear but a lymph node between my aorta and spin showed cancer. I had cyber knife radiotherapy in December 2023...
Hello there. My husband received RT last October-December 2023 and started HT in May 2023. Still on zoladex every three months. Suffers from gassy issues and back pain. Also lost 20 lbs from January to now. Any suggestions on how to stop the weight loss...
A month ago I had a first Degarelix injections, a larger dose to get it into my system. Felt terrible afterwards and don't talk about the swelling and pain in my stomach. Anyway, last Thursday i had my first normal dose of one injection. I still have...
Hello, I am aged 69, newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, Gleason score 3+4 (favourable intermediate prostate cancer). However, the cancer is adjacent to one side of the bladder sphincter. I also have a longstanding history of bladder neck instability...
Three years ago I had a radical prostatectomy to treat Grade 3 adenonocarcinoma (Gleason 4+3, stage pT2c). I made a good recovery and my PSA fell to 0.05 within 6 weeks and then declined slowly to become undetectable two years. after surgery. Six months...
Hi. I was diagnosed with PC in April. Gleason 4+3 organ confined. Opted for H:T/R:T. Started on Bicalutamide pills for one month then one and only six month injection before RT in September. Experienced most of the side effects of the ADT to some extent...
Hi All I spoke to a member of the Oncology team yesterday. The consultant I've dealt with in the past was not available so one of his team called me. Five hours after the appointment time but thats a different story! I explained about the pain in my...
Hi. Just to let you all know that I have updated my profile this morning. Unfortunately earlier this week I started to get bone pain down my right side. I was having trouble sleeping, walking, sitting "not good" The GP that I spoke to yesterday...
Hi I'its now a year ago since my cancer treatment finished and thinking about getting back into the dating scene but imy confidence has still been knocked by my erectile dysfunction what keeps going through my head is the embarrassing fact that if it...
For several years prior to my hormone treatment I was classified as pre-diabetic having an HbA1c which hovered around 46. I started Prostap injections in October 2018 and had the last one in June 2021. For the first 1½ years of HT my HbA1c stayed around...
