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My husband was diagnosed with aggressive cancer and I am wondering how wives are coping. I have fallen apart I'm now on anti depressants. Can anyone tell me how they cope
Hi i am new to this site .In may of last year 2025 i was diagnosed with prostate cancer my local hospital pulled out all the stops and i was given a MRI and CT scan very quickly and it was found that it had gone to my bones . my first blood test showed...
I am 74 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 2 years ago and have a gleeson score of 7 have had multiple PSA tests which have fluctuated between 12 to 22 I've had 2 MRI scans approx 12 months apart and both of which shows the cancer has not grown...
HI All, So I'm new to the group and actually a first to any forum. I'm 49 Years old and recently had my prostate cancer diagnosis. My story so far - No symptoms but felt a little tired so had a blood test. PSA at 3.1 and just outside the range for...
Hello friends I have received my medication’s tablets and injection, Bicalutamide tablets and Goserlin (ZOLADEX LA 10.8mg) concern about The injection as I am a diabetic type two what is increase my blood sugar level and also about the tablets I would...
4 weeks to the day since my last PSA blood test & I was getting ready to chase the results up with the hospital when the letter finally arrived a bit soggy & wet. Yes, it's raining again in ''sunny Cornwall''! The latest score is 0.42 which was up slightly...
I have been on Zoladex for over 2 years now, I have injection every 3 months. At my latest appointment, the nurse asked why I hadn't moved over to Prostap, which was what the surgery usually prescribed. The main benefit she said was that the Prostap injection...
I'm due to start 20 chapters of RT next Wednesday 4th Feb. Any advice of what to eat in the two or three days leading up to the start, and then during treatment. I am confused between maintaining fibre and/or keeping to low fibre bland meals. Any suggestions...
hi my name is EmanSH I have been a very grateful visitor of this forum for months now. I have gained so much info and advice which have been invaluable. Any way I managed to do a profile and I desperately need help. My husband was diagnosed with...
My husband, 77 has had an excellent response to enzalutamide and prostap for almost four years. He had a cardiac event (the enzalutamide was stopped then) last month and is now four weeks post quadruple bypass. He's making a remarkable recovery but when...
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