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Hi, this is my first post, I read a little bit about leakage, and I know it’s very early days for me, but I wonder if anyone has got any tips about the pelvic floor exercises, or really how to prevent what is like a dripping tap, and getting through so...
My husband is starting chemo soon, but hospital advice on what we can do has varied. What are others' experiences? Did you stop doing things a couple of weeks before to make sure you were ok for treatment? And how strict during treatment? I volunteer...
Sadly may Dad passed away last Friday. He had advanced prostate cancer with metestases in his sacrum and pelvic nodes. These were picked up on his last scan was about a year and a half ago. His PSA had remained low due to the ongoing hormone treatment...
Hello All, When my Dad was first diagnosed in January he needed nephroscopy tubes inserted to his kidneys to help take pressure off his bladder. His prostate shrank with treatment and he was able to have the tubes removed around May time. One wound...
As you'll be able to see from my sig I'm not new to the community; been around for nearly ten years, but never been in this neck of the woods, hope the locals are friendly. I have no diagnosis at the moment but I'll just say what's happened recently...
Hi Everyone, I'm now 54 years old and had a Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy nearly 2 years ago. Mine is a story of positive news... I was diagnosed early and had the best of care, including surgery that has been very successful. As the...
Hi all my husband has GL 9, stage 4, N1 PC, diagnosed May 2022. He was started on HT and has had 6 rounds of Chemo and 20 of radiotherapy, treatment ending March this year. he will have 6 monthly HT injections for 2-3 years. he is receiving 3 monthly...
Today is my birthday and we should have been flying out to Tenerife to join our cruise ship for 2 weeks around the Greek islands. Never mind I am sure an appointment with the hospital oncologist and blood test for husband today will be just as much fun...
Hi all, just want to start by saying this is a really lovely and supportive community from reading some of the posts. My Dad is in his mid 60s and has been struggling with severe back pain for several months. Last week he had to attend A&E because he...
Hi, I had my surgery a month ago this coming Monday. Because of how quick everything happened (for which I’m grateful) I never really had time to process things etc. so it’s like I’m now only starting to deal with it now. On the whole I’m doing well post...
