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Hi I just had my planning session last week and was surprised that they now in our area needed bladder empty for the scan.I was wondering why the change.I will ask when my first RT starts.
Well the long anticipated results day. What a farse. to start, a three o’clock appointment turned into a wait until 5.30. Then the consultant said to his ?nurse have we not had the mdt meeting. NO was the reply. It’s tomorrow!!! so, my head was mashed...
Is anyone on here taking medication for excessive Hot Flushes which I am suffering from? I'm sure my Oncologist told me when I saw hm for the first time that there was a drug that you can take if it gets too bad which mine is certainly going that way...
Hi....I vistited my doctor approximately 6 weeks ago on an unrelated matter and as part of that investigation I was subsequently sent for a blood test. Two days later I had a call from the surgery saying could I come in that day and see the doctor....
Just as I was settling into thinking that I may have miraculously escaped, the sniper got me from a distance of 2 years. I had reckoned that the longer I could run, the less chance of being hit and at 18 months post op I was still PSA <0.025. I had...
Hi all, First post after a recent brush with prostate cancer. at 60 years old. I believe that I'm one of the lucky ones. With no sysmptoms I received a positive diagnosis after a routine health check detected traces of blood in urine. The diagnosis...
During the last week of my 4 week radiation treatment, I started to get a lot of pain when peeing during the night. I’m now a week after the end of the treatment and the pain has been extreme with cramping etc, before I can start peeing. So I’ve had 2...
Hi Just received a recent diagnosis and yet to have the results appointment but spotted the letters in the NHS app. Not sure what it all means. PSA was 5.9 x2 MRI’s 6 months apart showed something PIRAD2 and the biopsy showed a score of 3+4 with 19...
Wow - 2 years after diagnosis ( Diagnosed in January 2024 -G9 - T3a N0) where has the time gone! Anyway, I wanted to provide a 6 monthly update and say Hi again to the inspirational Champions who helped me so much at the start of my journey - Brian aka...
Diagnosis Raised PSA: 121, clinical diagnosis of prostate cancer MRI shows a 92cc prostate with a right-sided tumour (T3a)(T3a) Bone scan/CT scan - no metastases. Plan 1. PSMA-PET scan 2. Bicalutamide 50mg OD on the day after the PET scan...
