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groin pain . suspicious area from mri

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Posted 12 Sep 2023 at 15:52

hi my partner has been for a mri. the women doing it said they was something on his prostate and the specialist will be touch .he has had  groin/back  pain for at least 18 months coming and going . he noticed blood in his urine why he had his psa done. which came back as high . 

my question is does pain always mean it's advanced/terminal.  I know u shouldn't but if u Google it .it says prostate cancer only causes pain if its advanced or terminal . is this true . I'm so anxious.  

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Posted 12 Sep 2023 at 21:08

Yes I can understand where you are coming from. I too had back pain prior to diagnosis. I also looked at all the evidence building up towards a positive diagnosis, but being an optimist it didn't bother me and I figured it would all be ok in the end. Sure it turned out I had cancer, but the back pain was a red herring. I've been treated and now I'm ok. 

BTW it can not be terminal, because it is only terminal if it does not respond to treatment. Advanced cancer can respond to treatment and people with advanced cancer can live for many years.

 

Dave

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Posted 21 Sep 2023 at 13:02
I'm sorry to hear this, but please bear in mind that although advanced prostate cancer is incurable, "incurable" does NOT mean "untreatable" or "terminal". There are a whole raft of treatments available which can keep the cancer at bay for many years.

Best wishes,

Chris

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Posted 12 Sep 2023 at 21:10

Not sure if this helps, but in my case, I had a period of really bad backache which seemed not to respond to the usual pain relief and went on for a while. It was actually part of what prompted me to have a PSA test. I became convinced that the back problems meant that things would turn out "really bad". In the end, the backache was completely unrelated and went away of it's own accord, oddly around the time of my second PSA (and hasn't returned). I've had prostate surgery, post op results are encouraging and my recovery is going more or less to plan so far.

I (plus my partner) found the early days the worst, most unsettling time. Don't blame yourself for feeling anxious - it would be odd if you didn't. Good luck with the result and come back to this forum with any questions or just to offload.

John

 

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Posted 12 Sep 2023 at 18:44

There are many more causes of back and groin pain than prostate cancer. 

Dave

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Posted 12 Sep 2023 at 19:13

thank you  . On there own I wouldn't be worried as he is a regular gym user and his job is quite physical lots of heavy lifting . its with the suspicious area on the  mri,and the blood in his urine . all pointing to cancer. he has no urine issues which is also confusing . no pain or problems weeing.  

User
Posted 12 Sep 2023 at 21:08

Yes I can understand where you are coming from. I too had back pain prior to diagnosis. I also looked at all the evidence building up towards a positive diagnosis, but being an optimist it didn't bother me and I figured it would all be ok in the end. Sure it turned out I had cancer, but the back pain was a red herring. I've been treated and now I'm ok. 

BTW it can not be terminal, because it is only terminal if it does not respond to treatment. Advanced cancer can respond to treatment and people with advanced cancer can live for many years.

 

Dave

User
Posted 12 Sep 2023 at 21:10

Not sure if this helps, but in my case, I had a period of really bad backache which seemed not to respond to the usual pain relief and went on for a while. It was actually part of what prompted me to have a PSA test. I became convinced that the back problems meant that things would turn out "really bad". In the end, the backache was completely unrelated and went away of it's own accord, oddly around the time of my second PSA (and hasn't returned). I've had prostate surgery, post op results are encouraging and my recovery is going more or less to plan so far.

I (plus my partner) found the early days the worst, most unsettling time. Don't blame yourself for feeling anxious - it would be odd if you didn't. Good luck with the result and come back to this forum with any questions or just to offload.

John

 

User
Posted 13 Sep 2023 at 05:33

thank you . we  had no sleep yesterday it wasn't a good day . thank you for replying 

User
Posted 21 Sep 2023 at 11:20

not looking good . been hospital today said can tell from mri its not contained to prostate . suspicious area in his hip Ave to go for bone scan.  honestly everytime we go hospital it gets worse . it's hard to be positive and remain hopeful 

User
Posted 21 Sep 2023 at 13:02
I'm sorry to hear this, but please bear in mind that although advanced prostate cancer is incurable, "incurable" does NOT mean "untreatable" or "terminal". There are a whole raft of treatments available which can keep the cancer at bay for many years.

Best wishes,

Chris

 
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