Stories

My journey has been about dealing with LOSS. In the early weeks and months, it is a loss of balance as you decide about treatment, weigh the inevitable side effects...

I’ve been on ADT for about 5 years and I’m 75 years old. When I started ADT I was exercising at a local gym but was getting progressively weaker. I...

My story is simple; I’m tired most of the time, I’ve lost all or most of my body hair, I have difficulty not gaining weight and my body fat/muscle ratios...

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It all started in 2012, routine yearly physical, blood work showed PSA 5.2, doc gave me an antibiotic for ten days, and then it was like a month later tested...

In 2015 I had a CAT scan that showed I had prostate cancer. At the time my PSA was 2.7. So i opted for radiation treatment. As time went by...

We have been waiting 3 months for a biopsy to find out if my husband has prostate cancer. This morning on our way out the door to the appointment they...

on 23 July 2022 I was admitted to Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford for a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). This went well and I 'came to' in the adjacent ward...

So, 7 days ago I was at Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford undergoing a Prostatectomy, 4 hours later I was coming to a ward looking at the clock realising "4 hours...

Have always been very physically active - gym (6 days a week - 2 hours). Roughly 15 years ago I underwent a spinal fusion. Started going to PT as part...

Last August I had to have Emergency surgery because of blocked Bowels and then they said I have to have surgery now because I have a large mass on my...

I went 10 years post RP before a slight rise. Now, I am 23 years post-op. My PSA seems to double every 3+ years and my current total is 1.3;...

First of all, I want to clarify that you will encounter syntax and spelling errors since English is my second language. I'm a man 67 years old. At the end...

Recently I had a visit with my Oncologist and my PSA was still zero. I was overjoyed with that news and now I don't have t see him again until...

I am one of the unfortunate 5 to 10% who continue to struggle with incontinence after surgery. It's been over two years now for me. I did PT and kegels...

I have always had an annual physical that included testing of my PSA. In 2019 (I was 62) I had my physical and my PSA was 3.9. My PCP never...

I was 62yrs old and diagnosed with a 9-8 score on my PSA test, was told need to remove my prostate. NOW! It was a shock to hear, after being...

I had surgery in 2015 and then radiation in 2016 but still had cancer so I went on ADT treatments in 2017. I had some control in 2018, being able...

After radical prostatectomy surgery, I had a blood clot in my left leg and a couple of days after discharge from the hospital developed an embolism in my lungs, spent...

Today I went for my appointment with the Oncologist, PSA is undetectable, Haven't had a Lupron injection since October 2021, Off Zytiga since March 2022. The doctor was surprised that...