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Hi, I am so sorry to ask you guys, but I am so confused and scared and not sure I am being told the truth, completely. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer around Christmas time, it feels like the depths of it are hidden, to protect us fir sure....
Hello Everyone I'm feeling very low after having 2 PSA levels of 32, and some other symptoms which suggest I have prostate cancer. Waiting for a MRI scan at the moment. Finding it difficult to cope with sudden impact on my daily life. Only my wife and...
Afternoon all. I thought it was time to join up. I was diagnosed in October and have been on the hormones since. My RT starts next Tuesday for 7 weeks. My treatment so far at Colchester has been excellent. I'm 71 and had been getting tested for years...
Hi I wondered if anyone had any experience of this chemo drug after Docetaxel and any mixed therapies including Carboplatin? This may be the next stage of treatment for me. Many thanks
psa was 30.49 diagnosed T3B N0 M0 Locally advanced, spread to seminal vesicles. Moderately aggressive, high volume fairly extensive within Prostate gland. left lobe 9/9 cores 80% Gleason 7 4+3 right lobe 2/5 cores 25% Gleason 7 3+4 core positivity...
Hi, I finished my RT at the end of January, and finished HT end of March. ( had last injection in December 2022.) I have received my results following treatment and all is good with a .01 PSA level. My question is how quickly should I expect to get...
Hi had posrate removed 2 year ago and now pas has gone to 0.16 going to have salvage radiotherapy has anybody had this before and what symptoms did the have
Hi all have posted before husbands suspected diagnosis we had everything confirmed yesterday. psa was 30.49 diagnosed T3B N0 M0 Locally advanced, spread to seminal vesicles. Moderately aggressive, high volume fairly extensive within Prostate gland...
Back in 2006 I was diagnosed with Prostate cancer with a PSA of 17, treatment was 20 sessions of radiotherapy followed by Zoladex implant every 3 months for 3 years, my PSA then dropped to 0.10. There it remained until 2011 when it went up to 0.40. ...
Last radiotherapy session over and done with. Bell rung! Now going out for a meal to celebrate and then home to arrange the beautiful flowers presented to us by daughter and grandchildren! I started this journey with tears, have shed buckets of them...
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