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As I hadn't received any reminder letter from the hospital regarding my first 6 monthly PSA blood test review which I thought should be by the end of May (allowing a little leeway for postal delays), I booked one anyway with the GP surgery. The first...
Hello all, unfortunately we have received the sad news that my partner has been diagnosed with prostate cancer following his biopsy. He has been given a Gleason score of 4+3 and has been seen again for a bone scan which we are hoping will be clear. Treatment...
I had previously posted about mental ups and downs and received great advice. I don't know whether I should have added this to that or make it a separate discussion. I have chosen this way. Please let me know if that is wrong. This morning, I was taking...
Hi everyone I am Andy and after a Turp Procedure on 24 April 2024 for enlarged Postrate .Two weeks after going home I was contacted by my Consultant and he told me the Biopsy showed aggressive Cancer .I had Mri scan ,Followed bey a Bone Scan and was called...
First Chemo session today, I’m to go and kill some cancer!
Hi All It's now 7 months from the RALP and I'm still totally incontinent but I've been very proactive. Despite my Consultant telling me nothing can be done until 12 months have elapsed I found other guidance which said that 6 - 12 months was the window...
My husband is now 3/5 weeks post radiation and I posed previously about his side effects of bloody liquid from his bowels and difficulty in starting a wee and the feeling that his bladder is never empty The kind people on her advised me to contact the...
Hi, started having urination problems in Janaiary so visited GP. After many tests, scans, biopsies I have been told I need surgery to remove the prostate which is devasting for me as I am 55, I am also told I will lose both nerves and will struggle with...
My oncology appointment was brought forward to today, by the establishment of a new clinic. I saw the Medical Oncologist and Radiologist and it was, all in all, a very positive experience. She said that it was going to be a curative process: 6...
Hi all great people.Haven’t posted in a while as have been in a bit of turmoil.So following on from my bio I was offered surgery with a curative out look,psa 7.2 gleason 9 group grade 5 T3b N1 M0 so I was feeling so uplifted with the surgery news ,talked...
