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So tomorrow we go back to the hospital to tell the doctor that husband is going to have chemo as suggested. I hate the place and I just want to run away and hide and make it all go away. I feel we have lost everything, we both retired early just before...
I recently asked my GP to refer me for genetic testing as I have a family history of cancer. My father died of prostate cancer at the age of 53, my mother died of breast cancer at 75 (diagnosed around the age of 63) and my sister died of a brain tumour...
Hi my friends in the club no one wants to be in , update I've been on Bicalutamide now 2 weeks 4 days after Leuprorelin jab ... absolutely no side effects ... now thats not what i expected .... am I missing something here my friends?
Has anyone had chemo called docetaxel and tablets called decapeptyl. What was your journey like. My husband is coping far better with his diagnosis than I am. I have to keep hiding when I am upset because I don't want him to see me like this. The doctor...
I am currently looking for travel insurance and I am not sure what to tick for one of the questions. It asks are you taking chemo tablets, having chemo injected into a vein, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, any other treatment. The only treatment husband...
Hi, I've just been diagnosed with stage 3 prostate cancer that has spread to my pelvic bone. I begin hormone therapy next week, and radiotherapy in a few weeks time. My psa was normal, and I had no symptoms until I developed pain in my lower buttock...
stage 4 with bone mets. Is due 3rd hormone injection next week & apt with oncologist week after. He is taking vitamin c & adcal. He was an excessive black tea drinker but has moved to green tea. He’s eating a lot of fruit & drinking pomegranate juice...
Hi...I have been recently diagnosed with PC. PSA 6.45 GLEASON 3 + 4, Stage T2a. My options are..monitoring, prostatectomy RT with HT, brachytherapy. My father succumbed to hus PC which had spread to his bones, my older brother had a successful prostatectomy...
Hi folks Is it normal to still be getting discomfort and pain in abdomen 10 weeks after the prostate removal .. it's not major pain just a sudden pain in one particular area when I move in certain positions Thanks
Hi, im having RT for my PC, and bern advised to drink Peppermint tea, which I have bern using tea bags. I couldn’t get a peppermint plant in any of my local garden centres, so, will common garden mint do the same job . The fresh brew is much nicer ...
