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In the short time I've been here I've read numerous posts which suggest that patients and their partners were actively engaged in the treatment decision process, and given a choice of things to try. "We are still deciding which...", "We have until Friday...
After weeks of hoping I was having a nightmare and a cancer diagnosis isn't really happening it looks as if it is true. Today in the post we received the date for husbands first chemo session which is 4 August. I must admit I went in another room and...
Had surgery to remove stage 4 prostate cancer 4 years ago and PSA levels rose from 0.07 to 0.6 since surgery.just finished a 6 week course of radiotherapy but PSA levels only dropped by 0.1 , really unsure of what happens next, any advice would be gr...
Hi all, I don’t post here often but hope to start a discussion on Docetaxel, I am sure there have been other discussion though. You can see from my profile that I am stage 4 and in my case Abiraterone has failed quite quickly (3 to 4 months). PSA now...
Advice please. Tomorrow is our first appointment with the oncologist since OH biopsy. His readings so far are T3/4, N1, M1. Presume we get Gleason tomorrow. We know it's spread to bones and nodes and specialist nurse told him radiotherapy is unlikely...
I have been obtaining quotes for a cruise insurance and most companies just ask a few questions and then give you a very high quote. However, insurancewith.com online asked many more questions and came back with a much cheaper quotation. Does anyone...
I was diagnosed a week ago having gone through two PSA tests. An examination, then MRI and then biopsies. Whenever the C word is mentioned its a shock, but I was also relieved to finally have an answer as this all started before Easter. I had a blood...
Hi there My husband had radical non nerve sparing prostatectomy, with dissection of the lymph nodes, just over 3 weeks ago. This was after a diagnosis of locally advanced prostate cancer at the beginning of May. He had to wait for a treatment plan until...
anyone got experience of this.
My 67 year old Dad discovered his prostate cancer had metastasised 2 months ago, following 6 years of uneventful watchful waiting and has rapidly declined since. Everything has happened so quickly, we're all in a state of shock and deeply unprepared,...
