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Hello all. I have recently been diagnosed and am awaiting a bone scan to see if it has spread. All very scary.
Advanced prostate cancer with bone mets. Husband admitted to hospital, I'm so angry query on cord compression, scan done no compression but several fractures but not for surgery, vomiting several times a day palliative care changed cyclizine to metoclopramide...
Hello, I have been reading the posts on this group and have found them very helpful. My husband has been diagnosed with prostate cancer Gleeson 4 + 4 no lymph involvement. He has had a bone scan and now waiting for a follow up CT scan on his chest. His...
Hello everyone, New here, not sure where to start, but feels a bit reassuring to be part of this community that Macmillan provides. I am 55 and have just been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, with a PSA of 3.6 and Gleason of 6 (3 +3) two days ago...
Hi Lovely People We got our delayed psa results today, should of been yesterday, but I would rather wait longer for good news than to have bad news in a hurry!!! Hubby's psa has fallen from 598 to 12.3 after his first initial injections of 240mg Frimagon...
Good evening all, I've just been prescribed Xtandi. I was wondering if anyone else is on it and what have been your results so far. And what did you have side effect wise, if any. Thanks, and have a good weekend all.
I need some advice on pads after catherter removal. Still very uncomfortable at the moment.
Hi everyone I just want to share something. Last year I had a heart attack followed by open heart surgery! Then this year prostate cancer. So with a high psa I get given a choice Surgery Radio Therapy with hormone therapy Radioactive beads ...
Hi again Hope you had a relatively Merry Christmas I finished SRT in November 2020 one year later my PSA is 0.02.(my profile shows my history) With new ultrasensitive tests this is not really undetectable. Studies on the subject vary as some make...
Hi all, anyone here got Ductal adenocarcinoma who could perhaps share your experiences with my husband and I. We know it is said to be more aggressive but not much more than that. He is stage 4 bone and lung mets but doing well on treatments with PSA...
