Hi Teddy.
Welcome to the group, sorry you find yourself here. I was similar to you on diagnosis in May.
I looked at all options & spent time with consultations of each treatment to decide which was best for me. I was offered a prostatectomy, active monitoring or radiotherapy.
My choice was the prostatectomy which I had in August & I'm making a great recovery.
I'd reccomend getting the toolkit from pcuk. It's fantastic. Most stuff is on the website too so if you could spend a few hours looking that would be beneficial
My second port of call was my local pca support group. I met loads of guys, the pca nurse & made some good friends.
Take it slowly & look into everything & keep posting. Lots of help & advice here.
All the best
Carlos
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Hello everyone. I was diagnosed with Prostrate Cancer two weeks ago. I'm waiting for an MRI scan which can't be done before 9 October 2014 to give time for healing after biopsies. My PSA score was 5.8 with no symptoms.
I think I'm more worried about the NHS processes and my fear of delays than the treatment itself.
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Hi,
Welcome to our site.
I've only recently joined having been diagnosed in June but it was one of the best things I could have done. People here are so supportive and you get the feeling you are not alone. Even sometimes with a loving family around you, you can't really talk about your concerns in case you cause them more worry.
Anyway, hope your scans go well, a worrying time I know but we're all here to support you, whatever the results.
Steve
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Hi Teddy.
Welcome to the group, sorry you find yourself here. I was similar to you on diagnosis in May.
I looked at all options & spent time with consultations of each treatment to decide which was best for me. I was offered a prostatectomy, active monitoring or radiotherapy.
My choice was the prostatectomy which I had in August & I'm making a great recovery.
I'd reccomend getting the toolkit from pcuk. It's fantastic. Most stuff is on the website too so if you could spend a few hours looking that would be beneficial
My second port of call was my local pca support group. I met loads of guys, the pca nurse & made some good friends.
Take it slowly & look into everything & keep posting. Lots of help & advice here.
All the best
Carlos
Life's a Marathon. Run in peace. |
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Hello everyone. I was diagnosed with Prostrate Cancer two weeks ago. I'm waiting for an MRI scan which can't be done before 9 October 2014 to give time for healing after biopsies. My PSA score was 5.8 with no symptoms.
I think I'm more worried about the NHS processes and my fear of delays than the treatment itself.
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Thanks for replying its good to know your not alone