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In February my PSA was 18.2. In March/April I had 5 doses of SABR and my PSA has now dropped to 10.4. I had, of course, hoped/imagined it would fall to o and was initially very alarmed but I THINK that such a drop a month after finishing SABR (without...
I hope you can help me please. My catheter was removed on 30/04/2026. I was weeing badly afterwards - that is to say small quantities (less than 100 ml) and very frequently. I seemed suddenly to have become doubly incontinent. However, as I was not...
Hi, im a Newby turned 49 in january but diagnosed in december stage 4 spread to pelvic bone and nearby lymph nodes. Cas most cancers i suppose, mine was found unintentionally when I broke a vertebrae in my back last July and after testing for osteoporosis...
Hi guys just had my first 6 monthly telephone appointment my PSA is 0.07 which in there words is lovely
Hi, My dad has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer and lyptic bone legions. He is 88. He has a urology appointment this week. Obviously it has been a shock but he has had a quick decline in his health since xmas. My concerns basically is that I...
Hi all. I hope this thread doesn’t offend anyone but I’d like to know if the thought of surgery ( I know it’s classed as major surgery ) put people off this route. You’ll all know I opted for this option and tbh I was absolutely bricking it on the day...
Hi, I'm Simon. This is my first time on here. I am 63 and I am booked in for a prostatectomy in 18 days time, but I think I want to cancel my surgery altogether. I feel that life after surgery, loss of testosterone, libido, sex-drive, erectile dysfunction...
For some time now my lower legs have been ‘twitchy’ late in the evening if I have been sitting down for a while. More recently a number of small, red lumps have appeared on both legs which I would describe as hot and very itchy, which I put down to...
Hi everyone, Three years ago my husband had a prostatectomy Gleason 7 4+3 and a T3a. He was undetected for a year. Then had a rapidly rising PSA over 6 months 0.1,0.2,0.2 and 0.4. he finished radiotherapy and had two PSA’s of 0.2 and has now moved to...
Dear community, Thank you in advance for your time and insight. As background, I am in my 50s and have a direct male relative, father, who had prostate cancer (in his mid-sixties) resulting in the surgical removal of his prostate and additional treatment...
