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Hi Everyone. I am gaining weight since taking the hormone Injections and tablets. Is this common when having this treatment. At the moment my body is very weak and fatigued so exercise I can't do. Can the doctors give you anything to counter the weight...
Hi All, I'm a 62 year old bloke living on the Gold Coast in Australia. I'm very active and physically fit, problem is I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. This is after a biopsy and a pet scan. My Gleason score is 7 (3 +4) although my specialist...
Hi all, I just wanted to share my milestone with you. At 68 years old, I was diagnosed with PCa and it was suggested that I might hope for about 5 years! Quite a shock as you all know. The diagnosis focussed our minds and we set about organising things...
I have been diagnosed with both bladder and prostate cancer. I have been offered two treatment options: removal of both bladder and prostrate and replacement with a stoma or separate treatment of the bladder with BCG followed by radiotherapy and hormone...
Hi all, I had a telephone chat with my consultant earlier as a follow up to a recent review and then 'additional' blood test (to check the results of the one a couple of weeks earlier). After 4 months of HT my PSA is still falling (now 1.6 from 6...
Good morning Argy48. I picked up your profile on the Ask a Nurse forum and thought that the good people on the prostate cancer forum might be able to help. If you copy and paste your profile into this thread I am sure you will get some replies.
I am two days from planning. In each of these days I have to administer an enema and drink the minimum of a litre of water. I generally have no problem going to the toilet daily, usually immediately after breakfast or sometimes upon rising. This morning...
Hi Everyone I appreciate that to most men on this forum my problem may seem trifling but I ask for your patience. I'm sure your knowledge and experiences may help me make a decision about TRUS biopsy. I have a nodule on my prostate, found by DRE 18...
I have just received an email from Prostate Cancer UK about a new online class to help cope with Hormone treatment. You can read all about it by clicking on THIS LINK .
I know it’s very early days but thought I would post an update. Early appointment yesterday, fab empathetic and informative nurse. Started with general Q/A where for the first time I was able to ask a million stupid questions (what is that occasional...
