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As soon as the PSA hits the magic number of o.1 required for treatment, i will be be commenting 33 fractions of radiotherapy plus two years hormone therapy. 33 does same run high when I look at some of the figures being talked about by other forum users...
Hi New member here feeling very worried about what happens next. A couple of months ago I went for an annual blood test required due to my blood pressure medication, all was OK except for a raised ALP of 165 so another test was taken 4 weeks later...
Just had the above it's a bit daunting...the side effects etc.I am also staying on deceptacyl...apologies for my naivety...does this mean I will get double fatigue .Anyone with experiences to share
Hi, Hope everyone is has had a good week - newbie here. I am posting on behalf of my dad. He had radiotherapy and brachytherapy last year. The whole treatment ended at the start of March 2025 and he has been on hormone injections since. Ever since...
Hi guys this is a strange post I guess but I'm a little worried about a friend of mine he was diagnosed in October and still has not had any treatment apart from hormone injections,he phoned me today and has a new woman in his life and everything downstairs...
My husband is in hospital recovering from an infection. He has metastasis in the bones, lymph nodes and spinal cord compression. The medics have successfully treated the infection and are now working to discharge him to home. During a discussion with...
Hi I had no 10 RT yesterday and ironically met with macmillan radiographer and quite happily said I very little side effects,but on getting home I started to shiver and feel very cold ,this then progressed to feeling like I had flu and feeling sick...
Hi folks, I’ve only been on Bicalutamide hormone treatment for a little over 2 weeks but I was wondering how long it takes for it to lessen my overnight trips to the loo, if at all. Before the treatment I was going 2 or 3 times, it’s still the same...
Does anyone have any experience of this type of radiotherapy? From the description on the MacMillan website it appears to be an option for advanced prostate cancer which has spread to the bone. However when we mentioned it to my husbands' oncologist he...
Hello everyone! Not somewhere that I ever thought I would be posting. My dad has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer yesterday with metastasis to his pelvis and ribs. His Gleason score is 5+5=10 and all 35 of his biopsy sites were positive...
