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Hi, I'm a 42 y/o and although I do not have prostate cancer, I do have a type of sarcoma called a rectal GIST, which means I'll be having an abdomiopereneal resection in January, leaving me with a permanent Stoma - I have been aware of the likely need...
Hi all I just had my yearly MRI Scan and My Nurse said to me the Scan was Steady and that was all. My last PSA was 2.2 just up by one point. I am active surveillance? Question is what dose Steady Means from the scan. Les
I had a non-nerve sparing robot assisted prostatectomy three years ago at age 64, and as cancer was found in a lymph node I subsequently had 6 months of hormone therapy and six weeks of radiotherapy. I developed lymphoedema in my right leg, and also had...
I like the new layout but the forum is completely broken in my usual browser. I normally use Opera on a Windows 8.1 laptop but nothing seems to work with that combination. Posting this with Chrome and I hope it works. I will try Firefox next.
Hi all, I’ve recently been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer - T4 N1 M1b - has spread to a lymph node beyond pelvis and there’s a lesion on T8 of the spine. Started off with four week course of Bicalutamide with Zoladex 3.6 implant after first...
Hi been on here a while and have shown our journey, I've just noticed you can request friendship on here so if anyone who want to talk I'm here with open arms x
Hi all, just letting you know there will be a talk at Maggie's Center Freeman hospital , by Paul Ferris ex N/C player about his cancer journey, it's free and all welcome.
Hi to everyone. Firstly I do not normally do forums or online chatting but reading through some of the posts and some of the stories I admire peoples strength and bravery. Some make me feel that I have it quite easy. I'm 48 and was diagnosed with prostate...
Hi, My Dad went to the doctors about something completely different. He had a load of bloods and his PSA came back 16, DRE was swollen so a referral was made. This was at the start of August. He had an MRI which showed abnormalities and git sent...
Morning All, My Dad was diagnosed with locally advanced prostate cancer yesterday after 4months of tests from going to the doctor with something unrelated. The tests consisted off PSA, MRI, CT and bone scan. I have found this forum to be very...
