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Hi Guys its me again well firstly thank you for being so warming from my newbies post i have now had Zoladex LA 10.8mg First Injection Complete (29.02.2024) What To expect from here i was wondering if the gracious chaps and ladies could kindly help with...
Hi I feel in a terrible quandary and need some help please if possible My husband Peter diagnosed year ago PSA 7.4 grade T3A Gleason 9 not great had a radical prosectomy March last year ( surgeon left in all nodes) As pre scans showed N0 M0...
Ok, yesterday, I had a chat with the oncologist and the Cancer Research chappie to discuss my treatment I’ve been on hormone treatment since just before Christmas (bicultamide at first and then implants (can’t remember the name of them). The treatment...
Hi Everyone I have recently been diagnosed with Prostate cancer . This came as a massive shock to me and my family as I didn't have any of the usual signs of cancer or enlarged prostate at all. I eventually went to see the doctor after soldiering...
Unfortunately joining the club A completely unrelated docs visit with a simple "lets take blood while you're here" resulted in an alert on my psa score. "You're just under the threshold but its concerning. Lets repeat the test" . A few days later it...
7 years after my prostatectomy my psa levels have risen to 0.2 so GP has referred me back to hospital as its a sign the cancer has returned. Feeling scared and frustrated. I was given a number to ring the hospital to book an appointment. I've tried...
Good Morning to all on this excellent forum and in particular my fellow traveller Amnesiac, not forgetting Millibob and all who sail. Surgery over, home yesterday. Some pain in abdomen when sitting up, trying to follow Physio instructions to minimise...
Yes it’s now the third time I’ve been told it’s cancelled again due to my Crohn’s guys and gals, I just keep getting all syched up for it when the rugs pulled out beneath me , getting to be a saga now
Hi back again, So in January I was given my first hormone injection to or a reaccurace of cancer after my prostate surgery last year. Not many side effects luckily which has caused some weight gain but a lot of sweating on and off. I should be 10 stone...
Hello, pls I would like to know these test results interpretation. After complaining to my dad's doc. about the horrible side effect of zoladex injection he was experiencing, he decided he stops the injection for now while he was placed on routine checks...
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