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My husband recently diagnosed with mesatastic - spread to sacrum and lymph Gleeson 9. Started triple therapy and had first chemo last Wednesday. Other than a little tired on Sunday thought all was going well ( had been walking/cycling & working as normal...
Well I've now been on relugolix for over 6 weeks now side effect as kick in really bad hot flushes mainly bed time brought chill pad and a pad for pillow they do help a but only for a short time as you put them in freezer before use .tamsulosin have really...
Waited 16 days now for my biopsy result phone up specialist nurse no return call nothing on nhs app so worried as I have another lision
I start my treatment this week. 21 days of Bicaluamide tablets and Leuprorelin injections every 3 months. How soon after starting did you start RT? Is alcohol ok during treatment? Am due to go on holiday on 15th August. Will the treatment have an effect...
We've just received the letter following my husband's ten minute appointment with his CNS last week. Apparently it was a telephone appointment. No it wasn't. All appointments have been face to face. Also, the lesion in his pelvis is now on the right...
I was diagnoised with stage 4 prostate cancer in April 2024, started Zoladex and Apalutamide in May and had SBRT in September the same year. My PSA has since been dropping from 85 to 0.042 ( June 2026). Things look good for me until recently when I discovered...
i was wondering if changing my first appointment with my ocologist to discuss my pet scan results, from a face to face to a telephone appointment means anything. would it be because of the pet scan not being to bad?
Hello, I wonder if someone can help me. My Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019. He will be 82 next week. We were told that having been caught early that he will die ‘with’ cancer and not ‘of’ cancer. Sadly, this hasn’t proven to be the case...
I am 62 and just was diagnosed with favorable intermediate Gleason 7 (3+4) two days ago. Which after waiting a month post-biopsy was actually somewhat of a relief. My PSA was 5.114. PSA density 0.165. My MRI showed a PI Rad 4 lesion with MRI capsular...
Having finished my 20 fractions of RT in October 23, I have just received my latest 6 monthly PSA blood test result of 0.45. This is very slightly up from the previous one of 0.42, but the copy letter from the hospital to my GP consider them encouraging...
