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Hi All, I was convinced at a party before Christmas by a friend who is passionate about Prostate Cancer to take a PSA test. So drunk at a party I ordered one online. Did the test and sent it back and wasnt expecting anything unusual. Anyway it came back...
Hi guys I finished 20 rounds of rt and 7 months hormone treatment last August but come 3pm at work I'm absolutely shattered I've now developed a fib which I wonder if that may be a factor,does it get better ?
Please can anyone tell me if they are suffering from any side effects from the above? i have had 3 doses now and I have noticed pain in my ribs where the cancer is located and more worryingly breathlessness Has anyone had treatment for these side...
Evening all. I got the bad news today, rating 4, so a biopsy on Monday. I live alone but I have family not too far away. I wish all of you the very best. God Bless. Michael.
Hi y’all Just had a call from my Nurse for this seasons PSA Short story long, RP in 2018 Gleason 4 plus 3, clear margins, PSA undetectable until Aug 2019 Since then gentle rises and falls: Feb 2025. 0.12 Aug 2025. 0.09 Feb 2026. 0.14 Obviously...
Hi, my first post (I think, may have been here at time of original treatment). Full story in Profile. I like to think I'm pretty stoical, we all die sometime and at 77 hardly "early", but I have noticed a difference in my mental reaction to "not curable...
Hi, today my husband had a three monthly review, over the telephone, with his oncologist. All good news except that my husband’s PSA level has raised for the third time…each three monthly review it is a little bit higher. It has gone from 1.5 to 3.5 in...
Hi all — looking for some perspective. I’m 41, no family history of prostate cancer, no urinary symptoms, no symptoms of anything. I recently had a PSA test and it came back at 6.1 (lab reference range 0–2.5). I went in for a "well mans" test...
9 months since surgery and my PSA is a minute score virtually undetectable at <0.025% from my latest PSA test this week. I am more than relieved. The Can-Sir group I am a part of shows me how lucky I have been and the benefits of early detection and urgent...
Diagnosed in Nov '24 with stage 4, so I've been on a regime of Degarelix 80mg injections every 4 weeks. I also take 2 X Abiraterone 500mg tablets daily. To date I've had about 16 injections -- for the first 8 I had no side effects/reaction except...
