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I went with DH to his 3 monthly appointment yesterday. We were expecting to see his specialist nurse, but instead, we saw another resident doctor. We have now not seen the consultant since January or the specialist nurse since April. Without having...
About two weeks I filled in the online form for free membership at Pure Gym and as of yet I have heard nothing. I wondered if anyone else had experienced this problem and if there is a way to speed things up. I do a lot of walking but zero resistance...
I had SABR treatment in early August. I would like to report, for the benefit of people looking forward to this, that the side effects have been pretty much as predicted in terms of the nature, severity, and duration. The most noticeable one affected...
my father diagnosed 2 years ago. Gleason 9, mets extensive all over skeleton. Initial PSA 250. triple therapy and chemo for 9 months. Resistance after 3 months wuth PSA doubling every 4 weeks. cabacitaxel forb5 rounds but stopped due to high toxicity...
Hi All, I’m been quiet on here for a while but feeling pretty wobbly and know you’ve all been a huge support before, so I’m hoping you can help me now… My husband was diagnosed with stage 4b PC last January 2025 with a PSA of 186. He had a really good...
Hi. IAM on hormone treatment and start a month of radiotherapy on 2nd November. Can anyone tell me how the radiotherapy effected you and how long for? Planning for Christmas and want to make sure am going to be fit for it. I realise it may effect people...
Hello All details in our bio This post is just continously updated with our journey Our profile is updated after every change Good luck to everyone on this journey and thank you so much to everyone we have in some way interacted with along the...
Husband is just starting second course of chemo. We are told there is no cure so it just giving best quality of life. At what stage of this journey does hospice/ macmillan become involved. Oncologist has not mentioned anything
Hi have just had the date of my op confirmed for 5 th of October,was just wondering if anyone has recommendations for underwear/pads for after?.Have looked online but as with everything these days there's a lot of choice and you never know if you can...
Hello, I'm a 53 yr old man that just returned from my wellness visit with my primary doctor. I now have my blood work results and it's scarring me a bit, and to be honest, more than just a bit... My current PSA result is 2.838 . Last year (almost to...
