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Hi millibob The team couldn't say 100 per cent if it had spread to lymph nodes so I had seven and a half weeks of radiotherapy to the whole pelvic region on initial diagnosis. As discussed previously if the scans come back clear....how do they find...
I have my last HT injection in three months, maybe it will be extended, I decided late last year, when HT ends that will be the end of my treatment, This is not a goodbye, Eddie.
Hi folks im tango2pints (graham) i thought now i have finally got my results to say hello toy incredibly and i have no idea how you do it but brave strong warriors (i thought i was big brave and strong it appears how rong i really am ) so i have tried...
Hi All I've just been diagnosed in the past week and I can't believe it. I never had any symptoms. I went to the doctors for my normal check up and the offered a psa test. Long story short, psa was 398 and things snow balled from there. Had a couple...
Afternoon everyone. I was diagnosed with PC last December (3 days before xmas), it been caught very early as only Gleason 6, im on high surveillance as my old man was only two years older than I am now when he was diagnosed with early PC, he was gone...
Hi All. After a lot of research and help from the good people on this site , I am favouring undertake HT/RT treatment instead of the surgery option. A quick question to all out there who have had HT. During HT before you start RT can you still do...
Hi everyone, I haven't contributed here for a while, as things were OK, and I had gone back to work part-time, but now I have a lot going on and not in a good way. Quick recap - prostatectomy in December 2019, followed by hormone therapy and radiotherapy...
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in February 2021, on my birthday 2021 I was informed of its spread to my lymph glands, left hip and spine, at the time I had a partner, but recently we decided to split up. I'm now feeling so lonely and...
Hello, I am new here. I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. It was discovered last November and the diagnosis was after Christmas 2023. Although I have had scans, blood tests, biopsies, consultations and more blood tests, two full months on I have...
Been a while since I have checked in and I would like to say thank you for all the messages I received on my welcome post. It has been a stressful couple of weeks. I had my biopsy a week before Christmas, which meant we wouldn't hear anything for a...
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