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Hello, my husband was diagnosed last week with Prostate cancer. He had a PSA of 8.4 followed by an MRI and a biopsy. At his consultation of his results last week he has been advised to have a prostatectomy with the need for urgency. His appointment...
Hi I'm about to start chemo after the Enzalutamide started to fail. The list of side effects for Docetaxel sounds horrendous and makes you wonder why you would go ahead. Does anyone have an success stories in terms of managing the side effects and...
Morning all. A bit of shared experience please. I was diagnosed March 22 and had a PSA of 229 Gleason 4 + 5 = 9 advanced PC with mets in lymph nodes and lungs. I have had 1 HT injection 4 weeks ago and had my first round of Docetaxel on Wednesday. How...
Hi everyone, My Dad has had a terrible experience. He was diagnosed with prostrate cancer about 2.5 years ago. Due to Corona he had to wait a while before treatment (hormone therapy before radiation, and radiation) After his treatment he was told that...
Hi - had biopsy after 5 years from being treated for localised prostate cancer. Biopsy agreed as psa went from 0.57 following treatment to 4.14 last month. But biggest rise was my PSA Density is now 0.25. I only have a small prostate. Waiting for results...
So got diagnosis of t3a n0 m1 Gleason 4+5 =9, metastases in pelvis and ? No curable..... Oh dear! 1 way ticket! Got plenty things I can do positively with my ticket, but a constant immobilizing question keeps popping up....what next! Think a group...
Hi i was diagnosed in February and have been having hormone injections since April. As anticipated there have been some problems with sex. I can get an erection but find it very difficult to reach a climax so the whole procedure is stressful. I feel...
Diagnosed 2021; T2; Gleason 3+4.RT FOR 20 sessions ending 20/4/2022 plus Prostap HT injections 3 monthly & bicalutamide HT tablet daily both ending 4 weeks ago. PSA reduced from 8 to 0.01. Oncologist seems happy about status(telephone consult every...
Hi all, I’ve just had my last session of radiotherapy today. In mid August I will have a blood test done then a week after that a telephone consultation will my consultant. Still no face to face, I’ve actually only met her once and that was to sign...
Started hormone injections Decapeptyl hormone injections once a month. Need to make choice for treatment going forward between 1. enzalutamide (xtandi) 1 tablet a day, monthly bloods taken Or 2. chemo docetaxel 9 sessions every 3 weeks. This...
