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Hello everyone, Advice please ? Hubby started HT in April/May last year & radiotherapy in June/July time (SBRT - 25 ish sessions). So, he just called the hospital to get results of his first PSA test after his treatment. His pre-treatment PSA was...
Good evening all, Husband is on 4th day of 20 sessions, a little fatigue to be expected… but he also has cystitis kicking in and a few sty’s around the eye, any recommendations of what could ease either or? Does he need to report side effects when back...
Hi everyone, it's been a while, but I'm finally checking back in. I have been navigating life with Stage 4 prostate cancer for the last five years, and to be honest, the fatigue has really started to take its toll. I've decided to put myself first and...
We finally have an appointment next week at Christie’s in Oldham with oncologist consultant. Our question is, after seeing urologist after the routine tests, he said we would prob be offered surgery but hadn’t had the mdt meeting yet, so he would see...
Hi, I’m not able to sleep tonight, worrying about my husband and missing him so much. He is having tremors in his arms and hands.These are new symptoms.Doctors don’t seem concerned about it but I am worried that the cancer has spread to his neck and...
I had a discussion with my Oncology Team last evening. It was good news, so I thought I would share it. Six months on from the last test my PSA is still undetectable. The side effects of the Zoladex are still the same - pronounced but workable,...
I had the Radical Op in Dec 2024 and my Post Op PSA was a stubborn 0.2 So additional treatment required to sort things out. Then follows by 7 weeks of Radiotherapy then f ollowed by Hormone Therapy. I have now been on the Hormone therapy for 6 months...
Please help me. I'm falling between my cancer hospital, my urology hospital, A+E and my superb but put-upon GP. Politics aside, I'm suffering physically and (increasingly) mentally. I've been on max dose Co-codamol for at least 3 weeks. It only provides...
Hi, my husband is in hospital having been treated for an infection. He has advanced metastatic prostate cancer, bones, spinal cord compression and lymphoma. Doctors were on top of things, infection gone, oxygen levels ok, about to start discharge plan...
A PET PSMA scan in August last year highlighted a malignant lesion in my husband's right lung. He then had a CT scan to try to identify whether this was a met fron his prostate or another primary. We waited for 8 months for clarification on this. The...
