Hmmm, we are in not so Great Britain here and about 20 years behind you lot :tongue: :smilewinkgrin:...
I do love statistics :smilewinkgrin: The lymph node side of things is bothering me a little as it appears to me that everything they have removed involves cancerous tissue, and the next step is lymph...
Thanks for your reply 142. I forgot to say that his starting PSA was 24.5. I have done hours of googling about this and I read somewhere, I think, that if there is seminal vesicle involvement, then...
Hi all :-) I am wondering if anyone here could explain my husbands report I managed to get hold of today. We are due to meet with the surgeon next week to discuss it and any further treatment (we...
Zufus, I very much prefer frankness than fluffy rubbish to make one feel better !! I like to know exactly what is what and who is who in the zoo. I have big suspicions that with a small prostate with...
JNF, they did a 12 core biopsy and all six on the left were positive, sorry, I don't know the %. His prostate is said to be small and not enlarged at all. Being a diabetic, he is on a good diet and...
Hello, I thought I would give you a little update on my last post :smile: We went to see the consultant today and my husband was diagnosed with PCa, gleason 7 (3+4) and the cancer is in the left side...
Thank you very much, all of you for your responses, you have all been very helpful. I will question our GP over the free PSA test as luckily, he is very nice and understanding, unlike the consultant...
142, would you mind explaining what a 'free PSA' test is? I have read about it, but I dont understand it and i need to know what I am talking about when I ask his GP tomorrow !! Please excuse me if i...
Thank you James for your reply. I very much suspect PC as his prostate feels small on examination and he has no urine infection so the only thing left is cancer which is hiding where the DR cant...
Thank you for your reply Tikvah. My husband is quite angry about having a possible second diagnosis within a year, which I think is quite understandable and i have become quite numb I think. I will...
Hello all :smile: I have been reading this forum with great interest and I now feel able to post a few questions if I may. My husband is 51 and I am 41 and we have two girls 10 and 12. He has some...