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Hello all I wanted to share my experience with hot flushes. My radiotherapy finished last November Hormone Jabs finished in March. The hot flushes have changed now and even before the heatwave started my core temperature felt as if I was in the sauna...
Not sure where to start hubby is 66, family history of cancer, 18 months ago requested PSA rang up 10 days later told bloods were normalThis year had health screen PSA checked called in and told 7.9 referred to Urology but on checking PSA 18 months...
If you had blood tests and you got white blood cells will you get pills to increase the cells or injections and how long will you need to wait before you can have chemo thank you
Does anyone know if once you have finished chemo if you then automatically have RT or does it just depend. Thank you
Can any one say if my results ie 3+4=7. Staging T3b N0 locally advanced high risk prostate cancer means it has come outside my prostate to lymph node’s? Just confused as a Macmillan nurse said it had when I spoke Friday to her, cheers
Morning gang as my treatment plan moves forward starting brachytherapy followed by radiotherapy how long would I expect to be off work on the dreaded SSP
Hi gang I’ve been a bit busy recently deciding on my life plan but here’s a update T2 Gleston 3/4 psa 52 Been on Hormone Therapy now two months no side effects apart from hot flushes . Originally offered surgery after many theory’s decided not for me...
Hi, I had a Prostatectomy about 2months ago and will have my first assessment on 28th September. Although all seems to be going well, I'm concerned that my urine flow throughout the day is still uncontrollable. Whenever l sit for a period of even...
Page two lol , I’d like the seed brachytherapy to be honest , colonoscopy camera result was favourable but after four to five weeks I’m still waiting on the 18 biopsies I had in and around colon , still sat on a consultants desk secretary said last 5...
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