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Hi,  Good luck with the trial, I admire your fortitude. Looking up the trial it's beyond me and so is the summary.    The full description is linked here if anyone wants to look.  https://haldatx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AACR-Triple-Meeting-Halda-Presentation-24OCT2025-1.pdf

I've had 16yrs of various sun damage treatments on my scalp.   I went privately in November and was given cryotherapy. He said keep it covered in vaseline, don't puncture the blister.  It was great advice and healed very quickly without sign.   Although if it made your eyes water he might have given you a bigger blast.

All the best, Peter

My husband had the cryotherapy on the 22nd Jan. It was a day procedure, he came home with a Foley catheter. That was removed after a week. He was very swollen and bruised naturally after the op, the swelling gown down in 2 weeks, he had a little bit of pain/discomfort too, so he had to take some paracetamol, but nothing too concerning. After the foley came out, he was retraining urine, so he had to self catheterise which was not very nice, but got easier as time went on. He had to do that for a month. For a week or so he had to use around 4-6 self catheters daily. The last 2 weeks he only needed to catheterise once in the night. After a month he’s going to the toilet ok, goes through the night without having to get up for a wee. He just had his PSA test and it was 0.4 which we're very happy about and we will have a follow up consultation with the specialist next Monday so we will know more about how good a 0.4 result really is. The biggest problem is that he’s got ED and it is upsetting him, but hopefully that will improve in time. 

I was diagnosed with Prostate cancer, on the day I was meeting consultant, David Cameron was on TV extolling the Naonknife treatment that had cured him,

So can I have NanoKnife focal therapy - sorry not available on NHS Wales, only private

OK 2nd choice can I have HIFU - sorry not available on NHS Wales, only private

OK can I have Cryotherapy- sorry not available on NHS Wales, only private

you can have Radical Prostatectomy (DaVinci) ..but not best suited to me

or Radio Therapy + HT pre & post treatment.

OK .. can I have MR-Linac   Real time tracking with MRI image, very accurate, very low collateral damage.….- sorry not available on NHS Wales, only NHS England or private  ( ~£45k)     
It is your right to request treatment cross border in NHS England  …. Christie’s NHS Trust allow NHS Wales patients.    No, all requests for outside treatment are rejected as no funds.

My option is Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT).     This is effective, but can damage the bowel, with wonderful terms such as anal-leakage for 6-9 months.

However good news, you can have a rectal spacer gel injected, this puts a space between bowel & prostrate so bowel does not get irradiated in collateral damage.   OK can I have that please …. sorry not available on NHS Wales, only private  (£8k)    It will be performed by the NHS urologist who has been treating me.

Feels like NHSWales is a 2nd class service.

So my Q would be, is PROSTRATE CANCER UK able to assist in obtaining treatment in NHS England or using Private facilities.   I’m retired, with no medical insurance.

Hi Guys,

First time I've posted anything on the forum having previously spent some reading of other peoples stories, so here goes.

I underwent Cryotherapy on the 8th of January and had a catheter for 2 weeks- a week longer than expected.

A week on from catheter removal, I'm finding I'm waking 7 to 8 times a night to pee- I thought it was bad prior to the treatment- at 3 to 4 a night. I'm knackered in the mornings and struggling to get back to work.

I wanted to ask of others experiences once the catheter had been removed and how long it took to return to something like "normality"

I'd really appreciate others post Cryotherapy stories.

Many thanks,

Trev.

Hi 

I have been looking at discussions on the forum for a couple of weeks now and it seems a really kind and generous forum and so I am posting to see if anyone might please share their wisdom and experience around treatment options. 

My husband, 54, has recently been diagnosed with localised prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, but had a PSA test, which showed it raised at 4.85 and then another PSA around the same level so had an MRI. The MRI showed a diffuse area so they offered a biopsy, which showed cancer - Gleason score 7 (3+4). It is localised and no node or other involvement beyond prostate. 

We feel very fortunate that it has been found early and that we have options, but with options come decisions, which is where it feels more challenging. 

My husband has, in theory, been offered a variety of treatment options, including active surveillance, radiation, brachytherapy, HIFU, cryotherapy and a radical prostatectomy. 

Given his age (relatively young), he's been advised against radiation therapy given the chance of it causing secondary cancers. We have also been led to believe that if he has the treatments that aren't surgery now, he will likely not be able to have surgery later or it will present greater risks.

It seems that the choice we are being steered towards is between active surveillance and a radical prostatectomy. 

To provide some context, there is a history of cancer within my husband's family - both his parents died of cancer relatively young (very early 60s and 70) - his father of oesophageal (having had mouth cancer previously) and his mother of pancreatic. Given this experience of cancer, my husband is keen to have the cancer removed. Whilst the surgeon has advised there is no genetic connection between prostate cancer and the cancers my husband's parents had, I have read that there can be connections genetically between prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer meaning that prostate cancer can be more aggressive where there is the genetic connection - additionally, his parents are from a part of Spain where a particular BRCA1 founder originates, which seems to be linked with this. I appreciate I may be worrying unnecessarily (and it may be a case of a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing!) and my husband has never undergone any genetic testing re cancer, but I guess we both feel that with the outcomes his close family members have had with cancers and given we have been advised he will need treatment at some stage even if he undergoes active surveillance at this point, we are veering towards surgery. My husband has private medical care through his work and so has seen a surgeon who specialises in radical prostatectomies with CUP and who thinks, based on the information he currently has, that he can spare the nerves (I am not sure if this is the man commonly referred to as the professorwhocannotbenamed?). Given all of this and thinking it would be better to have surgery at a younger age and whilst the cancer is as small and contained as possible, my husband is leaning towards a prostatectomy rather than active surveillance. 

I am sorry for the long post, but I would really welcome people's thoughts and advice around the choice between active surveillance and a radical prostatectomy – both in terms of personal experience and in terms of anything we may be failing to consider / unaware of.

Thank you very much in advance. 

Hi all

I had focal cryotherapy a week ago and am due to have the catheter removed tomorrow. I have to say I’m not looking forward to it, and the uncertainty around continence and how to deal with it - practically and emotionally. 
So, my question is what are others experience, and how did you cope?

Thanks in advance.

Steve 

Hi all,

I’ve seen lots of conversations over the last 2 years which have helped me cope with this wonderful disease, so I’ve decided to jump in and ask for help and hopefully maybe help others who maybe starting out.

i was diagnosed in Feb 24 had brachytherapy in the July and it lasted about 4 months and the PSA started to rise. It’s now spread to the pelvic nodes, it is still contained. I’ve been offered cryotherapy as well drastic surgery but that maybe not the option due to risks and quality of life. I’m 57yrs PSA 4.26, Gleeson 4+4 
I’ve been offered hormone therapy tablets and injections. My question is: 

Which type/manufacturer of pills and injections come with least side effects or are they all the same. 

thank you! 

Hi guys, update:

we decided to go private and have focal therapy done, cryotherapy. It’s costing us £20K so far. The procedure is on the 22nd Jan so I’ll update more after.