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Post by cernunnos on May 4, 2024 11:06:08 GMT 1
If anyone is interested in the gorey or less goreyness of this problem . I have just returned from a stay in the clinic in Limoges to have my prostrate removed due to cancer. I know that many men won't talk about this , but it is wise to get checked out once a year, it can be treated. One of our younger ( than I) French neighbours died a painful death last year due to not being checked for PSA.
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Post by suein56 on May 4, 2024 11:24:15 GMT 1
I have just returned from a stay in the clinic in Limoges to have my prostrate removed due to cancer. Due to being checked you have had a potentially life-threatening problem removed before it could cause you damage, upset or even death - I call that an excellent result. Chapeau for getting tested
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Post by Nifty on May 4, 2024 11:30:50 GMT 1
Welcome to the club.
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Post by cernunnos on May 4, 2024 12:42:03 GMT 1
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Post by cernunnos on May 4, 2024 12:51:01 GMT 1
I have just returned from a stay in the clinic in Limoges to have my prostrate removed due to cancer. Due to being checked you have had a potentially life-threatening problem removed before it could cause you damage, upset or even death - I call that an excellent result. Chapeau for getting tested Thanks Sue , I have been tested just about every year since I was 45 .
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Post by norfolk on May 4, 2024 13:09:21 GMT 1
Due to being checked you have had a potentially life-threatening problem removed before it could cause you damage, upset or even death - I call that an excellent result. Chapeau for getting tested Thanks Sue , I have been tested just about every year since I was 45 . Great news, well done mate
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Post by beejay on May 4, 2024 13:32:20 GMT 1
Due to being checked you have had a potentially life-threatening problem removed before it could cause you damage, upset or even death - I call that an excellent result. Chapeau for getting tested Thanks Sue , I have been tested just about every year since I was 45 .
Presumably, the last test (when?) revealed the need for the surgery? Prior to that there was no test result that raised concern?
Just curious as I have just had my first PSA test which gave a 0.9 result and nfa required. Previous requests for a test were considered unnecessary by my GPs. (UK)
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Post by lapourtaider on May 4, 2024 13:44:24 GMT 1
Thanks Sue , I have been tested just about every year since I was 45 . Presumably, the last test (when?) revealed the need for the surgery? Prior to that there was no test result that raised concern? Just curious as I have just had my first PSA test which gave a 0.9 result and nfa required. Previous requests for a test were considered unnecessary by my GPs. (UK)
I've had mine checked every blood test I've had done in France for the past 18 years. Unless there are any anomalies, nfa.
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Post by Polarengineer on May 4, 2024 14:09:47 GMT 1
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Post by cernunnos on May 4, 2024 14:47:19 GMT 1
Thanks Sue , I have been tested just about every year since I was 45 .
Presumably, the last test (when?) revealed the need for the surgery? Prior to that there was no test result that raised concern?
Just curious as I have just had my first PSA test which gave a 0.9 result and nfa required. Previous requests for a test were considered unnecessary by my GPs. (UK)
The tests showed no change until 2022 , ( before, it was stable at below 4) when there was a jump from 3.5ng/ml to 7.67mg/ml .
Checked every 6 months.
Then an IRM scan
and then a biopsy showed a small tumour on one lobe. They then did a bone scan to check there was no spreading , which was negative. It was then decided in October last year to remove the prostate but I wanted to wait until after lambing , so went on 5 months hormone treatment that slowed the growth. The PSA went down to 2.46ng/ml in March this year but the free PSA/total had gone down too.
Here in France , if I want my PSA level tested , I go to the docter and ask him to write a perscription or just go to the lab and pay €18 . I choose removal over radiation because after radiation there is no possibility of removal and it can also do damage to other organs/tissue. The operation was painless and the treatment good in the clinic.
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Post by gigi on May 4, 2024 14:50:41 GMT 1
Chapeau from me, too, Cernunnos - not only for being checked regularly and now post-op but for being willing to talk about it on here!
My 91 year old brother had to be operated on 10 or so years ago for cancer of his prostate and got on well afterwards, but would never dream of saying anything about it to anyone, not even other men going through the same treatments or check ups at follow-up clinics.
Not cancer, thankfully, but my husband recently had an op (TURP) on his enlarged prostate, hoping that he’ll be able to pee normally after 2.5 years of needing to use Speedicaths, very neat for self-catheterisation - no need of bags during the day or night, after being started on those at the hospital at Nîmes. Back here in the UK he was introduced to neat Speedicaths and available on the NHS.
Well done to you and good luck to any others with cancer or other prostate problems.
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Post by mysty on May 4, 2024 15:05:21 GMT 1
Hope you make full recovery. It would be nice to have a doctor.
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Post by cernunnos on May 4, 2024 15:26:13 GMT 1
Chapeau from me, too, Cernunnos - not only for being checked regularly and now post-op but for being willing to talk about it on here! My 91 year old brother had to be operated on 10 or so years ago for cancer of his prostate and got on well afterwards, but would never dream of saying anything about it to anyone, not even other men going through the same treatments or check ups at follow-up clinics. Not cancer, thankfully, but my husband recently had an op (TURP) on his enlarged prostate, hoping that he’ll be able to pee normally after 2.5 years of needing to use Speedicaths, very neat for self-catheterisation - no need of bags during the day or night, after being started on those at the hospital at Nîmes. Back here in the UK he was introduced to neat Speedicaths and available on the NHS. Well done to you and good luck to any others with cancer or other prostate problems. That was why I wrote it gigi , men are weird animals , can't or won't talk about "important stuff" ( I'll discuss anything with anyone! )
It's important to discuss parts of life that seem very scary to some . I have a catheter that is very simple to use , in fact a lot easier than having to pee ! It will be removed next week and then I will have an ultrasound check to make sure the internal stitches are good.
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Post by cernunnos on May 4, 2024 15:27:05 GMT 1
Hope you make full recovery. It would be nice to have a doctor. What do you need a doctor for mysty?
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mysty
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Post by mysty on May 4, 2024 15:52:58 GMT 1
I have never had a test for anything in the last 30 years. No doctor or dentist will take anyone new onto there books in Saint Amand Montrond. I travel two hours for a dentist.
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