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My LDR Permanent Seed Brachytherapy Journey

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Posted 26 Aug 2020 at 22:33

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

If you think I am scary here, spare a thought for the two headteachers that I have just investigated - now both ex-head teachers 🤦🏼‍♀️

Beheaded. 😬

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Two cannibals named Ectomy and Prost, all alone on a Desert island.

Prost was the strongest, so Prost ate Ectomy.

User

Posted 17 Sep 2020 at 12:36

8 weeks post Brachytherapy, met with my Consultant on Friday for my first post treatment consultation, had a CT scan prior to the meeting, he was very pleased with how with how the procedure had went and he spent sometime discussing side effects and what to expect going forward as in blood tests etc , what would happen if PSA wasn’t coming down, short, medium and long term.

As far as side effects go, I am still a bit tired but my biggest problem to date was coming off Tamsulosin, I was given a six week course of medication and two days after it ended I could hardly pass urine and had to get more Tamsulosin off the out of hours doctor, all is fine now but it was a fairly uncomfortable 24/36 hours. Everything else appears ok, I don’t have any ED problems at present but I believe in some men this can become a problem on down the line.

So all in all Brachytherapy has been ok so far just need to wait and see if the PSA comes down, only then will I know if the treatment has been successful.

User

Posted 17 Sep 2020 at 13:14

Great news. May long it continue. Hope you have a good weekend and can enjoy the lovely weather.

User

Posted 18 Sep 2020 at 14:13

Hi glad to see you are winning but surprised you only had six weeks of Tamulosen i was taking them for six months and could have continued if i wanted but decided i was happy to stop them at six months with the agreement of my doctor.

Good luck John.

User

Posted 18 Sep 2020 at 16:54

Thanks John,

I discussed this with my oncologist and he said to keep taking them as long as I needed but he did suggest in a months time to try and go down to one every 2 days but he did say to always make sure I had access to some tablets, did you have any side effects with the Tamsulosin?

User

Posted 19 Sep 2020 at 07:54

I was taking Tamulosin for over 10 years due to my enlarged prostate. I'm pretty sure it had no side effects.

User

Posted 29 Sep 2020 at 20:01

10 Weeks on from treatment, still some side effects mainly tiredness and frequently going to the toilet at night and some pain sometimes in my penis when I am going to the toilet but I believe that as time goes on these will reduce.

First post treatment PSA reading was 2.97 which I am told is satisfactory.

User

Posted 01 Dec 2020 at 19:26

Follow up with my Consultant today by phone, had my bloods taken last Monday and was informed today that it had dropped to 1.27, I am now 4+months over my treatment and have very few side effects, but if fatigue from time to time but not as bad as it was, only up once or twice per night which is probably helping with the fatigue as well, I am still on Tamsulosin once a day, I have tried going off them Or reducing them but If I miss a day I start having difficulty going to the toilet so will stay on them for the time being. Have headaches in the morning sometimes but this nay be a side effect of the Tamsulosin, no bowel issues either.ED hasn’t been a problem so far but it’s a bit strange the non ejaculation but thats one of the side effects of having your prostate blasted with 72 seeds of radiation.

So all in all so far I am satisfied that Brachytherapy was the best option for me, one of our contributors on here has launched a Brachytherapy UK support group and it met for the first time last week, it was really good to hear others who have had the treatment and their mainly positive stories.

if anyone is considering Brachytherapy and wants to talk about don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Regards

David

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Posted 02 Dec 2020 at 07:58

Hi David,

Welcome to the Brachytherapy Club and glad to hear it's going well with your recovery and PSA dropping.I got my yearly blood test out the way before Christmas and my PSA is 0.08 after 4 years so happy with the result.

Regards John.

User

Posted 15 Dec 2020 at 20:00

First post but thank you for such a good account - I’m 10 days into LDR Brachytherapy and its good to read real life history. PSA 5.3 Gleason 3+4:7 so I’m hopefully looking forward to a first checkup and reducing PSA in January. Many thanks 🙏

User

Posted 15 Dec 2020 at 22:05

Hi Phillip,

Good luck with your treatment with brachytherapy we all had to make a choice on procedures and i found it difficult at the beginning but so far so good and i think i had more worries about the side affects in my decisions to go towards Brachytherapy as the main push was towards Robotic surgery at most Gleason levels.

I think when you get to 70 and are told you have cancer in any part of your body it makes you sit up a bit.But at my age the average life expectancy is about 83, and my dad died at 80 after having cancer at 50 being a heavy smoker but he did not die from the original cancer or prostate cancer.

So let's support our friends on here and give them comfort even if we can't change the end result.

Regards John.

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User

Posted 16 Dec 2020 at 09:01

Hi Philip, glad you found the post useful, I was diagnosed back in Feb 20 and it was reading informative posts like John’s which helped me make my decision to go with Brachytherapy. I hope your experience is as positive as mine has been so far and all the best for the future

User

Posted 18 Dec 2020 at 13:47

Hi Philip... Welcome to the club and good luck for a successful outcome for your treatment. Please keep your follow LDR Brachyteers informed of your progress

Regards Tom

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