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My husband started on bicumatide 10 days ago he got his psa checked on Friday before he got his first decapeptyl injection on Friday. So on 23rd January his PSA was 30.49 on Friday it was 22.8. is this a normal deduction for being on HT a short space...
My husband who is receiving treatment for prostate cancer, for the second time, is now in hospital. He has a chest infection and they are running tests. It just seems all consuming at the moment. Apart from the chemo, pills and injections, this is...
Hi All just finished 39 sessions of Radiotherapy and finish 9 months of HT in mid May. My original Testosterone was 29 (quite on the high end for a man of 66) but HT took it down to 0.4. Wondered if anyone has similar experiences and what I should expect...
Hello all. I have posted several times here as I've struggled to make a decision about what is the best path for me moving forward. My stats: 68, Caucasian, Gleason 3+4, 5/24 cores indicative of prostate cancer. After doing as much due diligence as I...
Hi everyone, My dad has been having hormone treatment with Prostap 3. He was due to be having the treatment for 2 years. I have seen another thread on the forum about confusion over whether injections should be every 3 months or 12 weeks, which would...
Hi all, my husband had his surgery on Saturday and I collected him on Sunday. He is managing ok but is still very tired and quite weak. His back is really hurting him since last night though and I think it is highly likely that it is due to him (understandably...
Hi all as anyone heard or know anything about the Nanoknife procedure?
Hi all Need a little advice. I’m 55. Diagnosed Friday. Gleason 7 (3,4) and able to have either active monitoring, surgery of radiotherapy. Don’t fancy the radiotherapy and hormone treatment as scared I’ll lose what makes me. Is leaving it really an...
Hi all, I’m Pete from Hull, England. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021, Gleason 7(4+3), had a radical prostectomy in Sept 2021, everything went well but my PSA has slowly risen from 0.02 to 0.18, I’m having radiotherapy next month and I’m having...
Hi firstly I’m new here hello everybody, I’m a 71 yr old man with prostrate t3a cancer I’m quite fit go the gym 4/5 days a week and go on walks I’m learning towards having my prostrate surgically removed like to have some feed back on m choice
