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Hi I’m new to this forum, Hello, had my HIFU treatment Monday for my Prostate Cancer, resting up for now
Hi, I'm just coming to the end of my course of 20 doses radiotherapy and want to kow how quickly the urge incontinence will end, as I have a 4 hr drive to see my elderly and infirm mother, can I make the journey without having to stop every ten mins...
Hi, just saying hello. After 3 years with the beast, I am now Gleason 9 metastatic castrate resistant, and undergoing palliative chemo. On only the second cycle, I've been staggered by the extent of the fatigue, and the variety of side effects, including...
Hello all, I’ll post my Q first before giving too many details. I’m on goserelin stomach implant (3 monthly) and bicalutamide oral tablet (daily). Commenced 30/9/22. Really struggling with my mood this week. Only 8 weeks in and still dealing...
Hello all. This has been a tumultuous year for me and this support group has been one of the few places I've felt safe to express my thoughts in. Long story short: 68, Caucasian. My PSA score had gone up to 5.672 (the highest it's been since I started...
Hello, My partner has been on a whirlwind of tests and scans and his results are now through as Stage 3b prostrate cancer. PSA 115, Gleason score is a mix of 1x 6 / 4x7 and 1x 8 as he had 20 cores taken in sections. Nothing found in the Nodes or Bones...
28/11/2022 - Urology nurse telephoned me to explain my test results as follows. Biopsies showed cancer cells in both sides of my prostate but contained within the prostate and not broken through the prostate wall. Gleason score 4+3=7 and TNM score...
Hi. So after much deliberation my husband has decided against radiotherapy and will have Watchful Waiting. He is youthful 80 who has had a very tough time over the last 4 years, major RTA with months of recovery, then tonsil cancer treated with gruelling...
Hi, I have just been diagnosed with grade 5 prostate cancer. I am being sent for a further scan to check whether it’s spread out of my prostate. The nurse I saw was very good but I don’t know whether she was being too kind. My next appointment after the...
I’m now cancer free but keen to promote getting tested and also dispel misinformation about the treatment. A television sports commentator recently posted about the pain her ‘fit’ husband was in and how he had several slits in his abdomen. This completely...
