Prostate cancer the silent killer.

Good luck mate! Hope all goes well for you. I just wish sometimes that there would be as much awareness of prostate cancer as breast cancer. Breast Cancer has the ribbons, coverage during NFL games, etc. It's almost as if men are disposable but women should be saved, which biologically speaking, makes sense but still...
 
Just seen you got the all clear. Well done.

Bit of a fact for everyone. Testicular cancer is rare to find in developing countries and is the only cancer not to be found in wild animals.
 
Just seen you got the all clear. Well done.

Bit of a fact for everyone. Testicular cancer is rare to find in developing countries and is the only cancer not to be found in wild animals.
Interesting whys that then anybody know people say it's diet fatty foods and processed but wild animals bit unusual. Apperently ginger garlic and tomatoes have ingredients that stop cancer cells growing.
 
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Hi guys just thought as a fellow blue I would share my story with you . I was suffering with a trapped nerve in my leg caused by my disc constantly moving.Anyway the pain was so bad I was rushed to a accident and emergency and spent a week in hospital. They done mri and said nerve was trapped deep under my disc so they cud not operate. Anyway I mentioned I was struggling to urinate is this because of the trapped nerve?. The doctor said no we will do some bloods anyway bloods came back and psa was 2.8 which was slightly raised.i had to repeat blood test2month after and psa had risen to 9.0 I went to see the consultant at warrington hospital I'm 46 and he said it's unlikely you will have cancer but because of your urinary symptons we will send you to Halton for a biopsy.anyway I went for the biopsey got there for 7.30 and was talking to all the other guys there was 6 of us all from great Sankey most over 60 and me 46 . We joked we could have got a mini bus together and it must be prostate awareness day in Sankey. Anyway I was last one to go in for the scrape a few each side .the next day I picked my Mrs up from work and suddenly started to feel really ill shaking with hot sweats and heavy breathing . I was admitted to warrington hospital on a drip for one day the doctor said I had scepticimea blood poisoning from the biopsy. The next day I felt a bit better and they sent me home and told me to take the anti biopics I was all ready taking from biopsy as they said there was a slight chance of infection . The same night and for weeks after i had hallucinations hot and cold sweats and was really sick .i went to see gp and he did more test and I had a water infection and plylori bacterial virus offset from the sceptisemia. Anyway 2days later I went to see the specialist and he apologised for me getting scepticimea but I have more bad news for you. You have prostate cancer t1 which is a low grade cancer. Well I was a bit relieved he said we don't recommend surgery because of the side affects or radiation because it's low grade I recommend active watching which is just waiting for it to get worse . The McMillan nurse Said I will phone you in a couple of days. But she didn't phone so I rang her she said we have had to re diagnosis you as the biopsey has shown higher levels of cancer cells present. Well me and my Mrs were shocked and were told because of my symptons they recommend radical prostectemy robotic surgery where they take the whole prostate out.so had to go to arrow park for procedure. I spoke to consultant and he said afterwards you may suffer with a bit of urine leakage or incontenence.it was the day of procedure went in at 7am and was first one in. They give you a blood thinning injection then give you anaesthetic. When I woke I felt great hardly any pain and went home day after with a cafeta on which is a tube placed in your penis with a ballon inflated inside it was uncomfortable and I had to keep it in for one week then went for it to be taken out at hospital they closed the curtains and said put this pad on. And as soon as I stud up I leaked quite badly . I have five scars where robotic arms went in and I'm still leaking 5weeks after. Been told it could take upto 3months or even up to year to get back to normal I know await the blood test results to see if it's gone. If not its hormone then radio therapy cancer is a lonely place from being a 46 year old working active sports player to suddenly have this is hurrendous and my wife has suffered to as have my family. Really I am fortunate for the trapped nerve and I managed to get it whenever I did . Just hoping the blood test results are ok and I can get my life back to some kind of normality. Has anyone else been through this because i would like to hear how they managed after the operation.
Been nearly 3 months since operation and been suffering bad pains in gut and hernia like pain. Been referred to the bowel specialist feels like all this is never ending.
 
Apologies for re opening this thread but it's best part of 18 months since anything was posted and I think we need to keep Prostate Cancer in the mind of all our members, yes ladies as well. I'm just 64 and in April this year went along to my annual well man clinic at my GP's surgery. I always felt well and no peeing problems or anything so no worries.The morning after I had been, I received a phone call from the surgery to make an immediate appointment to see the doctor, nervously I went that afternoon. No beating about the bush he said PSA 5.7 from negligible the year before and we are investigating you for Prostate Cancer. Immediate rectal investigation where he said prostate feels normal. From there within the week I was at Hope for an MRI, then a week after that Urology to see the consultant, give another blood sample and have another rectal exam. Again 10 days later was at Urology, for results/follow up. Scan had shown some abnormalities and PSA had risen to 6.4 so had an immediate biopsy by TRUS, this was a Wednesday morning. I had the procedure ,not nice but manageable and went home. No side effects, apart from pee a bit dribbly, until about 7 o clock on the Thurday evening when I started to feel cold and shiver, within minutes I was shaking uncontrollably so the wife drove me to Hope A and E. Well, I spent a week in Hope with Sepsis from the Biopsy and do I not want that again. Since then I have been several times to Urology and although the Biopsy by TRUS picked up no cancer cells my PSA has risen to nearly 8. They initially wanted me to go to Christies for a more intrusive biopsy but thought better of it due to my bad reaction to the TRUS, so now I am waiting to go for another MRI and blood test in November. What a strange feeling, of course no one wants to hear the word Cancer. But I am content knowing, that should it be, they have caught it early. One more thing, I did then have a bit of a problem peeing, so they put me on Tamsulosin. It helps, but don't know if anybody else out there has had it, but when I now ejaculate there is no liquid, totally dry except, apart from every so often a small tear appears in the Japs eye. To all the guys on here that have the chance to go to their Well Man clinics, DO IT , do not put it off, and ladies make sure your partners go. PS hope all you guys that posted previously are doing well.
 

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