I feel his pain, I’ve been really, really tempted to go without but luckily the sensible head wins out. How does he get them to stay up? It seems that, once you wear them a couple of times they just stretch too much to hold themselves up.
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Suspender belt, shudder, can’t wait for the pictures. 
That might just be a step too far 
Clean the silicone band at the top with surgical spirit…
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Ooh, noted, ta
So not the happiest day.
Pathology has come back and upgraded to Gleason 7 ISUP 3, basically gone from the low end of 7 to the high end, with extension into the seminal vessels so from T2 to T3b.
Far from the end of the world but does nudge the needle in the wrong direction somewhat.
How soon are “they” planning surgery/whatever ??
Long string of rude words. Very sorry to hear that and assume they will swing into action with chemotherapy/immunotherapy or radiotherapy? One of our friends still has the target/focus marks they tattoo on you (apparently, I have not asked to see them!) from radiotherapy 5 or 6 years ago.
I am so sorry to hear that.
All my best wishes.
I’m very sorry indeed to hear that, John. At least in France you can be confident that the treatment required should be available quickly.
All best wishes for a speedy recovery,
Brian
This is post-surgery and it’s now a waiting game to see if the bugger is hiding somewhere. It was always going to be a waiting game but this pushes the probability in the wrong direction.
Sorry to hear this. Can you explain what this means in layman’s terms for a simpleton like me?
In short, a bit more aggressive and widespread than first assessed.
Mine (pathology) was pretty much the same, a couple of early PSA tests which should be zero or near enough, then 6 monthly monitoring . I’m a couple of years further down the road than you and had an early scare, but all good at the moment. Try not to worry too much, your own head is your worst enemy sometimes. My urologist told me that no one dies from prostate cancer in france, but they can die from stupidity (i.e. no follow up).
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Wish my dad had been diagnosed properly instead of being ignored until he had stage 4 which proved fatal. Doctors in the UK seem to write off everyone over 80 now!
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I can’t deny the occasional bout of stupidity but definitely not in this context.
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Thanks.
I had lots of bouts of deniability, surgery is a great leveller…
Sorry to hear it’s less good news, and wishing you all the best for a full recovery @JohnH
One of my best French friends who’s in his mid-seventies has been undergoing many months of prostrate chemo, but was recently given the all clear and resumed normal life. Shortly afterwards while pulling out weeds on a steep slope, he fell over backwards and is now visiting the hospital for his shoulder injury - so hope all goes well for you too, but stay out of the garden!