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My husband had his radical prostatectomy surgery yesterday afternoon and I collected him from the hospital this morning. He has been understandably v tired and rather groggy all day, and spent most of it lying on the sofa resting - only moving to empty...
Hi I’m Batts, recently been diagnosed with cancer am on hormone therapy got a ct scan on Wednesday if that is ok should start radiotherapy in the next month or so.
I am awaiting my radiotherapy and have had my first 3mth hormone injection... I was given Adcal-D3 After taking these for a couple of months I now find out not supposed to take within 2 hrs of food.. But I havent been keeping to that... will it be very...
Hi All i’m presently 3 months into my 2 year hormone therapy and I’m having the usual side effects eg tiredness during the day but insomnia at night together with hot flushes, I’m also being affected by gynecomastasia, as I’ve developed quite lot of...
Hi everyone. My partner finished his six and a half weeks of radiotherapy last week. The side effects have been pretty bad. He is now incontinent. Has anyone else experienced this? He’s in the loo all day and night at 20 min at the most intervals. It...
I can only presume you all went through the same thing as me when you first heard the news and then had that horrible wait to see if spread or not... 28th dec mri showed thingy on side of prostate and told PC but wait to 19th Jan to find results of biopsy...
Hi, I’m new to MacMillan but I have had prostate cancer for several years. They are currently monitoring only. I’ve had several biopsy’s, the first one being very traumatic and caused several health issues. The first biopsy was taken through the anus...
My husband is getting his first hormone injection today decapeptyl. He will get it 3 monthly. he has been taking bicamutide tablets for 7 days. He has to take them for 3 weeks. We got oncologist on 9th may. Most people seem to be on Prostap is there a...
Hello I am new to this site. My husband has prostate cancer for the second time. Just need to feel im not alone, thinking too many negative thoughts.
Hi Guys, Following on from our devastating news last week on my dad's PC diagnosis. He had started Hormone therapy and had an MRI scan, we receieved the news today that it hasnt spread thank god and its stage 2. There is hope and light at the end...
