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Morning all, Husband had the Zoladex injection last Thursday accompanied by the 28 days Bicalutamide tablets. Should we expect any reduction in the PSA immediately or does it take few weeks to take effect? Please let me know how your experience...
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in July and had radical robotic prostatectomy on August 15th. I'm just saying hi to introduce myself. I've been thinking, and even though I'm very happily married and my wife is my best friend and soulmate I still...
Hi, Well my husband finally had his RALP last Thursday. We’ve just had the “Well, this time last week….” conversation. Small streaks of blood in the leg bag the last two mornings after we’ve come back from a walk, but I don’t think that’s anything to...
After finishing my sun bed sessions on the 18th October I had my first PSA blood test yesterday morning at my GP surgery. Having read in many posts about the benefits of using the NHS app & being able to see test results quickly I duly downloaded the...
Hi. I'm sorry if this seems unacceptable due to a non diagnosis. But I've been diagnosed with an enlarged prostrate and have many symptoms I hav ve a PSA test the end of the month. My dad had prostate cancer at the same age I am now (51) my mam died...
Hi all, I've just been diagnosed with T3 PC with consultant suggesting complete Prostatectomy if bone scan is all clear which I would have done after a planned holiday to NZ in early Jan. Ive ready about leaky bladder and erectile dysfunction. Can anyone...
Hi to everyone,sad we have to meet like this but upwards and onwards.I’ve been for all the diagnostics, scan,biopsies,and bone scan,I got my results last week,so from a psa of 7.2 the mri scan showed advanced locally spread so was then sent off for a...
Hi - new here and just after some advice. Dad had 2 PSA blood, 10.4 & 13. Just had an MRI that shows enlarged prostate and a dark patch on right side of prostate. The lady that called said it’s a 4 on the suspicion scale (don’t know what that is!...
I've been given a low grade prostate cancer diagnosis: localised prostate carcinoma Gleason 3+3=6. I'm 56, healthy, very few symptoms (slight change in pee flow, but this is stable) I had a biopsy in July and Oct 2022 (the first one did not tally with...
I have advanced prostate cancer. I was diagnosed 5 years ago. I have Gleason score of 10. I was treated with docitaxal and 20 rounds of RT. For five years I have been o Prostrap 3 monthly injections. Recent PSA was 0.89 and rising slowly. Recent Pet PSMA...
