People of any background, gender identity or sexual orientation etc can be diagnosed with cancer. Please be welcoming and supportive when talking to others.
We keep this a safe space for everyone. To find out more, take a look at our Community Guidelines.
Hi everyone, my husband is on the second week of radiotherapy but is really struggling with the prep and holding his pee. We are taking on board all the instructions to the letter but everyday his bladder is either too full or not enough and if it isn...
My friend had radiotherapy for prostate cancer and has not had the best of health since! His PSA reading is good, but he has suffered from various problems, the latest being diagnosed with proctitis. Any advice would be welcome, he is not in a good place...
Hello all, you all sound so very supportive so I am hopefully seeking some positivity from you. My dad is 74 and diagnosed on Tuesday. We are devastated. PSA is 6, Gleason Score 9. His consultant has been quick off the mark, and started his hormone...
I am four months into hormone treatment due for second three monthly Prostap soon. After my biopsy and consultations with surgeon and radiotherapist it was decided that, due to previous surgery and cancer treatment, my treatment would be restricted to...
I love salted peanuts. Or rather loved. I'm T3B non-metasised. I came across this Liverpool University study from 2014 which claims that peanuts in generous quantities encourage metastasis. Oddly, cashew nuts seem not to and certainly walnuts do not ...
Hi, everybody, can't say I am happy to be here. I was diagnosed last summer, then was smashed off my bike by a careless mobile-centred driver. So this has put back my treatment. I now cannot have my chosen radical prostatectomy. Thanks, driver. Think...
I posted "fallen through the cracks" a few days ago. Today, I finally had a telephone consultation with one of the urologists more than a month after the biopsy (7th Dec 2021) The phone call came out of the blue, so I wasn't very well prepared The diagnosis...
hi all, I'm 63 just been diagnosed with prostate cancer (march 2021} luckily its low T2, and I am on Active Surveillance, my questions are similar to everyone in this position I suppose, Do I ask for immediate treatment if so which and what is available...
hi folks I need advice if you are taking Bicalutamide for prostate cancer and you stop taking it for 1 day and on that day you drink alcohol just a day what is the interaction good or bad
If you are taking this medicine for prostate cancer and you drink alcohol on that day is it getting to affect you
