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PSA down from 90 to 0.5 after 7 months on Prostap 3 now await dates for RT to start any time now.
Ive completed four weeks of hormone therapy, incuding an injection in the tummy..ive got another after the New Year. My Radiotherapy treatment will be at Charing Cross Hospital, London. Does anyone have experience of this hospital they could share?...
My husband has recently been diagnosed stage 4 with bone and lung mets. I’m loving the positivity here and hoping for maybe a good few years ahead of us being in the bone mets category. He has responded really well to HT his PSA now 2.2 from 44.4 after...
Hi all - I have been lurking for a couple of months so a huge thanks and respect to you all as I have learned so much from your experiences whilst I was undergoing tests Today I received my diagnosis so now feel qualified to post and ask questions ...
Hello, I am a concerned and enquiring wife and need the advice of this support group please. My husband has recently been diagnosed with Stage 3b N0 M0. He is 56 and in good health and fitness generally. Gleason score is 2 unfavourable upgraded to a...
I believe that our individual cancers are as unique as our finger prints and developed in its own way . Therefore it is perhaps unwise to try and compare your cancer with those of others . I have found initial PSA readings up to 9000 Ng and the patient...
My Dad who is a fit and healthy man in his mid 70's has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer which has spread to his bones. Inside I am in pieces on the outside I am trying to keep the positivity flowing to keep his spirits up. He is the most...
Hi all I was given Calcium Carbonate chewable tablets to sit alongside Enzalutamide and I'm been fine on them. They're fruit flavoured and easy to chew. Curiously I was also given Evacal D3 by my Doctor. When you read the literature it says: "Do not...
Hi all, So I am so very new here, for me even googling 'Macmillan support' and finally reaching out to my current employer and GP, has been a big step but at the same time a huge relief. My dad has been living with prostate cancer for 13 years or so...
Hi I am constantly exploring new treatments and weighing up the pros and cons ( apart from obvious expense!). You are all so brilliant offering advice, your experiences and opinions, I really do thank you all. Has anyone had elektra unity radiotherapy...
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