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LH had his TURP on Sunday and came home yesterday. Appears to be doing well so far As this was all done through urology I am not sure how oncologist or radiology will know he has had it done . Think we will need to contact them in a couple of weeks...
Hi, this is all new to me. I’m more than confused. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer about three weeks ago. Ever since, my mind is a mess. I’m confused as to what is happening. I have lovely support from my family, but I still can’t seem to grasp what...
9 years ago today, I received the news that my PSA was high and that I had Prostate Cancer. I was in shock and very confused. Last year I wrote a post on here which described the early days of that journey The end - straight to palliative care! . It was...
Hi, I started Prostap 3 just 6 weeks ago. I was told it was quite a mild treatment which wouldn’t make me particularly unwell. But the whole 6 weeks have been almost total fatigue and sever night sweats - bedding changes daily! Does this last all 3 months...
12 months after my prostatectomy and without hopefully sounding too dramatic, my whole life seems to be falling apart. It didn't start too well when it took my GP's over a year to do my psa, with the same old reasoning for not carrying out the test...
My 87yr old brother had a PSA test in September 2024 resulting in a figure of 8.1ng/mL In September 2025 it had risen to 17.6mg/mL He was referred to our local hospital (the same one that treated me) and I attended with him. The outcome of the consultation...
Apologies, a trawl through previous posts has not provided an answer, so here goes. My 20 fractions of external beam radiotherapy ended March 9th 2026. It's only March 13th now but the side effects, pain when passing water and stools, seem to be getting...
My husband, who is mid 50s, was recently diagnosed with early stage 2 prostate cancer (localised) and been given options moving forward, namely active montitoring, surgery or radiotherapy. He had a biopsy and 9/29 samples were potitive, mainly in 2 opposite...
Good afternoon everyone, my husband just had his 3 monthly consultation with the oncologists he was happy with his bloods psa still undetectable at 0.01 but changing his 3 monthly injection to tablets because of his heart attack and also changing his...
Hi, I've had prostate cancer since 2012. I had my prostate removed followed 2 years later by salvage radio therapy as my psa was rising. All well until 2019 when psa rose again and I was put on hormone treatment - prostap 3 injections for life. Prostap...
