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Hi all, I had a call this morning from UCH re offering my the op before the end of the month, but I felt I still hadn't had explored all the options. Pre Med previously arranged for tomorrow. She kindly checked with a medical person re the other RT...
Hi I am so fed up with urine and talking about it ..exhaustion..we had so many plans but he needs to do stuff before he can retire and he is too tired.. My oh has had radiotherapy and now on HT. But since has loads of urine problems has recently had...
Hi all, Still trying to understand the reason why we often end up leaking (especially given how much a pain it is to many) after prostate work and this is my interpretation so far. From Wiki (and other places etc), there are basically two sphincters...
Since HT started I had horrific hot flushes, particularly at night, resulting in about 2.5 hours sleep a night - if I was lucky... It was suggested that a course of CBD capsules could help with my sleep pattern and, although they are expensive (£55-00...
Hi, Husband still waiting for a date for surgery but hopefully soon. He’s starting to think about all the little details and practicalities so I thought I’d come on here as this is the place with the most experience. Sleeping with a catheter in (hopefully...
So after 3 Months 2 Psa tests both 10 ,Mri scan and finally a biopsy showing 4 out of 20 biopsies with cancer and the" its not good news speach" from the nurse but Stage 1 low grade and now on active surveillance
Hello everyone I am new here. My husband had been just diagnosed with prostate cancer - it is T3b N0 M0, Gleason score 3+4, his PSA is 92. He is 48. The urologist (we are still waiting for an appointment with the oncologist) told us today that the...
Having a good day today. Yesterday was husband's 5th chemo session. He is sitting next to me with a chemo flush, the chemo fog and I am waiting for the chemo f**t as he has to take Duphalac for constipation after chemo. It's a bit like having Dopey and...
Hi all, Like many trying to decide if to go surgery or RT I stumbled across this on Youtube. It's a specialist on PC in the US who is neither a surgeon or radiation specialist and who seems to comment on (dispel?) some of the points we hear raised...
I had a radical prostatectomy on June 17th last year (2022). I am 68 now. Prior to that I had a very active libido, since then, zilch. I knew it was to be expected but thought that by now (15 months), I would have had at least a partial return of erections...
