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Husband had Aggressive Prostate Cancer

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Am a newbie,my husband was diagnosed 2yrs come March with aggressive prostate cancer,It had come out his prostate but luckily he hadn’t spread,He was giving 37 radiotherapy and has been put on hormones for 3yrs,His psa has been coming down and now at 0.2 which is good,Has anyone out there been here before as I still think of the worse because I asked about this and was told because he had aggressive cancer the radiotherapy probably never killed all the cancer cells ,Hope you all understand this as am hopeless With forums, Husband was 56 when diagnosed 

  • Hi Tobbie and welcome to Cancer Chat.

    I'm sorry to hear your husband was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer but it's great that treatment was available and his psa has come down to 0.2. I just wanted to put you in touch with another member on the forum [@woodworm]‍ as they also had prostate cancer he may be able to put some of your fears at ease. I know he's having a few problems with his laptop at the moment but hopefully once he's got that fixed he will stop by to say hello and share his experience with you.

    You can chat to our cancer nurses about this next week as well. Their lines are open Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m on 0808 800 4040 (freephone) so do give them a call when you can.

    Kind regards, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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    Hi Tobbi

    Welcome to this friendly forum. Several years ago I too was diagnosed with prostate cancer. My psa was high at 70 but luckily ythe cancer was still contained within the prostate and hadnt spread. I also had 37 radiotherapy treatments and two years on hormone therapy. My psa ended up at the lowest they can measure @ 0.01. It has been increasing very slowly since just as the specialist said it would. I am due for another blood test tommorow morning but am not worried about the results.

    It must be a worrying time for you both but more so perhaps you. For I have now lost twelve members of our families and have found it harder being the relative than the patient. As the patient you feel rightly or wrongly you have some control but as a relative you try to appear positive while inside you are almost the opposite.

    I hope you take heart from my experiance and if you want to chat, I will be happy to reply. Am on my pld laptop at the moment as my newer one is playing up

    Sending kind thoughts your way, Brian.

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