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Banjolele2010 - prostate cancer successfully removed in 2010, but just found out I now have Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)

Jajw
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Hi I'm 81 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010. The prostate was removed (radical prostatectomy) arthroscopically (no incisions, instruments inserted through small holes) and "robot assisted!" using the 'Davinci Machine'. Please Google this if you want to see the operation being done. All clear since then. But, a few weeks ago I was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer (Myeloproliferative neoplasms or MPN for short) after a bone marrow biopsy. I haven't started treatment for MPN yet but will let you know what happens.

Best wishes and good luck to all. 

  • Hi Jajw,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat - and thank you for sharing your experience with others on the forum. I wanted to send a reply to your post to give it a little boost, so a few more people should see it and hopefully you'll get more replies.

    I hope the forum can be of some support to you, in terms of writing things down and reaching out to others. You can use the search bar at the top to find other relevant discussions and people to speak to, if you'd like to.

    Wishing you all the best,

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