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Hi Guys D iagnoses Gleason 6 Psa 2.7 PSA to date 3.1 third time that it has been creeipng up. On Active surveillance Just had my Three monthly chat with my nurse she says nothing to worry about with the PSA levels at the moment. I asked her about...
Hi all, I just turned on the TV news and (as if it was a sign from somewhere) they had just started talking about what I think was a PCRT trial of 5 larger does over 25 smaller ones and that it had a 96% success rate at 5 years. I'm due to go in for...
My husband was diagnosed on Friday last week. We were informed by telephone call which I cannot believe they would do that. We are awaiting CT and Bone Scan, which will be separate appointments. The consultant informed us this will be before 2 weeks!...
Should I be concerned about these timescales? From a blood test in July for another reason, my local hospital inadvertently discovered I had a psa level of 13.1. For some reason they delayed notifying me of this until over 2 months later. Valuable time...
Hi I had my prostrate removed by keyhole about 10 weeks ago and only just been to have my blood tested ready to have a phone call of my consultant October 3 to see if alls well will let you know the outcome
Husband is currently having chemo plus takes daralutamide tablets twice a day and has decapeptyl hormone injections every 3 months. I note that some of you are taking extra medication for things like bones etc. Sometimes I feel as if our oncologist is...
Hi I am new and very anxious for my husband and our situation, he had been complaining of a bad shoulder since April but works in a construction type role so we put it down to a lifting issue. he then started to loose weight and not eating again we...
Hi all - my husband has been recently diagnosed (metastatic to lymph nodes only) and after his first consultation with the oncologist was offered triplet therapy. (ADT + docetaxel + darolutemide - given at the same time). I believe its fairly new to the...
Just watched a BBC breakfast report about the study conducted at the Royal Marsden in London into the efficacy of the rapid 5 day radiotherapy treatment. The trial found that 96% of those treated over 5 days we're cancer free after 5 years compared...
I am recently diagnosed and started hormone treatment about 1 month ago. I have suffered from tinnitus most of my adult life and it has now intensified almost to an unbearable level (some days!). Has anyone else had this experience?
