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Hi, My husband is advanced prostate cancer with nodes and bones in the pelvic area, gleeson 8. He is on Enzalutamide and 3 months Zoladex. He react well, PSA dropping nicely. Yesterday we have seen the ecologist and discuss RT which will start later...
As I have a real phobia of hospitals and get really anxious about husband's appointments I couldn't wait until his appointment next week to find out the results of his PSA blood test yesterday so I rang the oncology nurse. Just before his last and final...
I am still weeks away from treatment. The wheels turn slowly! I meet the oncologist in 4 weeks, but I anticipate IMRT. I requested to be considered for brachytherapy but I have yet to be assessed as a suitable candidate. I am leaning towards LD Brachy...
I had a meeting on Wednesday and was given by prescription of my injection and fybogel and sennosides I was told to take it for two weeks before my scan for radiotherapy but I have 60: sennosides ta ets I am to take one each night , then 60 fybogel one...
Hi guys just wondering if you all had to self administer MICRALAX micro enema before each RT session.
Hi there, I was diagnosed 3 days before Christmas, so all still very new to me. Gleason 3+3. Due to my father being diagnosed at 60 with early stage (im 58) and he was gone in less than 3 years I am obviously very anxious about it all, but all I get from...
On my NHS App, I can only view my GP record. I tried last week to get my surgery to add hospital data but that has made no apparent difference. My surgery suggested that the Oncology dept at my local hospital probably ‘weren’t connected to the app’ yet...
After having my prostate removed 2 years ago at 67 gleeson 3+4 PSA was 5 I have had never ending continance problems mainly due to a bladder neck restriction,last week i had a urethrotomy to open the bladder neck i now have to have catheter for 4 weeks...
Good afternoon all my husband was diagnosed on dec 22nd 2023 and I’m really struggling with the whole it’s cancer thing. My husband is extremely positive about it and the fact he’s going to beat it! He is 52 had no symptoms and was invited for a psa test...
Hi All, I had RT April 2022 , my lowest PSA was 0.34 taken early August, one year on its up to 2.4 , so I will have to be scanned, not sure if I should be concerned, feeling okay , still working . Just wondering if others have experienced this,...
