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So, 271 days after my initial PSA result, 238 days from my MRI, 166 days from the biopsy, and 139 days after the diagnosis was confirmed, I begin radiotherapy on Monday 5th October. Only one thought occupies my mind: getting this little fecker zapped...
Morning. My husband is due to have his next HT jab in October, which will take him through to January, thereby completing a year of injections plus the 20 sessions of radiotherapy earlier this year. When we had our follow-up appointment with his oncologist...
Hi everyone, I am 64 and evaluating two entirely different treatment paths for a T3b prostate cancer diagnosis. While my primary, non-negotiable goal is to completely clear the cancer and protect my life, I am also trying to carefully weigh how each...
T3aN1M0 Gleason 9 4+5 Hi all, I received my second psa result since Radiotherapy ending March this year, the first was 3 weeks post Radiotherapy and the second yesterday, both reading <0.025... I have a telephone Consultation Meeting in a couple...
Well started my 3rd week with upset stomach quite bad had ot yesterday seems hopefully settle today is normal or does it mean i got it for my last 8 appointments out of 20, i spoke to team yesterday via a phone call promise a phone call did not get one...
After the debacle that was my prostatectomy I am finally moving onto radiotherapy. I had my first hormone injection 10 days ago. No major side effects as yet. I am easily tired but push myself to attend the gym every second day. I found that I wasn’t...
Already taking Soladex and Daralutamide, my husband is scheduled to start Chemo next week with Docetaxel. What can I do to help him through the first cycle please? I don’t want to crowd or fuss but I do want to help.
In looking at different posts where people give their psa, I notice that some of the ‘less than 0.1’ results are finely defined, such as 0.02. Or even to three decimal places. In my health board, they seem to stop at ‘less than 0.1’, so my recent results...
This is for anyone who can't keep on the topic. It's hard not to stray, but if we have 'no specific topic ' we can't go off topic. It is good just to be able to wander and talk about other things. I could have named it 'Waffle'. Then I couldn't go...
Hi all, It is now over two weeks since my first ADT injection - Decapeptyl (triptorelin) - and so far so good, feeling perfectly normal - but i realise its early days yet. I am now waiting for the radiotherapy to start in a couple of months time. ...
