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Hi Just a wee update. Husband was diagnosed end of May with PC, Gleason 3 +4 = 7, T3 N1 M0, bone scan normal but CT scan showed hot spot in pelvic lymph node. Started immediately on Bicalutamide for three weeks then 3 monthly Prostap for 2 years. PSA...
I think I have lost the plot. Who else would be feeling happy because their husband didn't get up for a wee in the night. This is the first time for ages and ages that he hasn't got up. I am starting to think the chemo is working and is stopping the tumor...
Millibob Great to see that you are now a Community Champion. We'll deserved.
Hi I saw radiologist today. She was delighted my PSA was 0.40 and said it was RT working. Wife delighted. I'm not so sure, surely it might just be the HT. Three months after RT. 9 months on HT. Who knows
My name is Norman, aged 70 and I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in Apr 2022. I was fast-tracked through the system, having a biopsy, bone scan, ct scan etc. My problem was that I had non-secretory prostate cancer so my PSI blood levels were always...
Hi just need to write something down. My husband is currently on day 10 of radiotherapy. Half way there. He had been on hormone therapy since march. He also takes arbiterone. I’m really stressed out about it all. So worried about him. He keeps saying...
My dad has recently been diagnosed with 'moderate' prostate cancer. I lost my beautiful mum to lung cancer in February so I am obviously very anxious about this. He has been offered 3 treatments (Permanent seed brachytherapy, Active surveillance and...
My husband has been diagnosed with locally advanced prostrate cancer. He is unable to have radiotherapy because he has already had it for rectal cancer. He is reluctant to have surgery so is looking at hormone therapy on its own. Has anyone on here have...
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