Best wishes Dragon.

Best of British for Tuesday mate.

Been following this thread quietly on my now very infrequent visits to the forum & Betfair. Prostate cancer is one of the most treatable cancers & is the most common in men. If a man lives long enough he will develop prostate problems- it's the nature of the anatomy. In the olden days, men died of "stricture" when an enlarged prostate blocked off urinary flow & there was no treatment. I myself  developed benign enlargement of the prostate. One day I woke up & couldn't pee. Just want to wish you good luck for Tuesday, Dragon, & many more years of posting on the forums.

Good luck, & wishing you a speedy recovery.

Heres hoping your recovery provides you with a pain free future

Good luck today Dragon , got my PSA result yesterday -good .

nice one paulo - very pleased for you m8

Chin up, as previously said stay positive and enjoy the sport fest coming up.

The Dragon,

Sorry to hear this news.

But, when I had my prostate gland removed the surgeon had a lot of trouble scraping off its bed. He did it but feared I would get an infection, which I subsequently did. Infection was in the pelvis and needed intravenous drugs to clear it. Then, five monts later, I had to have my pelvis cleaned and then pinned because of the damage the infection did to the bone.

When they x-raying the pelvis, though, they found a spot on my kidney. A year later part of my kidney was removed because of that spot - which then turned out to a cancer unrelated to my prostate. So, had I not got the infection the cancerous kidney would have gone undected for much longer.

I also had radiotheraphy after the prostate was removed to clear the prostate bed. All worked out completely and I was fully discharged many years ago now.

I tell you all this not to be a drama queen but to hopefuly help show you that things do work out and that not having your prostate removed because of your hernia was probably a good thing - look what happened with my pelvis (athough it did lead to showing the issue with the kidney).

Radiotherpahy in the prostate area is one of the easiest to have, although it will burn your bum hole a bit!!!

I wish you all the best with it and do keep us posted.

Sound advice and sorry to hear your surgery did not go as planned. I lost a good friend to this two years ago, but unfortunately he ignored the symptoms until it was too late and he was at stage 4 (PSA 170)
As a result pretty much everyone he knew went for a PSA checkup. I myself had a low score (1) but the "finger up the bum" process detected a swollen prostate so its tamsulosin for me for it seems like ever.
Still, get the test done. I know for some there is the fear of the test because they dread the answer, but just do it.

We all certainly are.

Great work by others sharing their own personal experiences.

sorry it didnt go well for you dragon.

as others have said, you still have other ways to treat it.

good luck.

thanks guys. waiting to hear from radioligists from leighton hospital now.

will chase them up nextweek if i dont hear from them

Yeah, good luck mate.

I'm sure you'll come through this stressful time Dragon .ATB.

best wishes dragon. keep your chin up.

Keep going Dragon

thanks guys update seems to have gone?

weird

TD are you going to post a Masters thread?