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I will be starting my course of radiotherapy next week and am concerned to make sure that I prepare properly. I have read about what is involved, when to take the enema etc. but cannot find any paperwork to refresh my memory. I have a telephone call the...
Hello, I was diagnosed in March after MRI and biopsy, Gleason 3+4, T3. Thankfully follow up CT and bone scans have not shown any spread so for that I am grateful. Provisional surgery date is 23rd June, I can’t have RT as I have Crohn’s disease and...
Hi I had my TURP on 3rd April for Urinary problems. Results came back as expected with Gleason 9. This had already be confirmed and TURP planned before PC found. What I want to ask is about the after affects. I have had no pain, very little bleeding...
Dear all I am sad to have to join your community, but there seems to be a lot of help and support here so I was wondering if I could benefit from some of your experience. My 75 year old father was initially was diagnosed in December following a PSA...
After a urine test and flow test Friday which seemed ok I’m getting anxious that the consultant didn’t say a lot and I had to push for a second PSA test which he has put in 6 weeks time which I think is excessive waiting. Going a little bit stir crazy...
Has anyone experienced ending abiraterone/prednisone /omeprozol treatment regime ? How is the steroid treatment tapered off? Also, does Prostate 3 treatment end at the same time?
If being a type 1 diabetic wasn't enough for the last 30 years life has given me another bad card. Prostate cancer. After a turbulent couple of weeks of emotions my wife and I need to make a decision ready for my urologist early next month. The two...
At the end of the month, I am going for my PSA Bloods and bizarrely I m hoping it is above the 0.1 requires required by my consultant for further treatment. My PSA reading becane detectable, at 8 months at 0.04 and at 12 monyhs it has risen to 0.07. My...
I just had my annual PSA test and it came back as 0.2 again. Apart from a blip last year, when it was 0.3, it has now been stable at 0.2 for nearly 5 years. Two more annual tests from the NHS and then they write me off as cured, by which time I'll be...
I’m a 61yr old healthy fit guy and recently just had a full blood check and everything is fine bar my PSA. Top level reading should be 4.5 but mine is 9.2 so now my GP has referred me to Urology for an MRI to start and he says it’s not likely an enlarged...
