lanemaux":1h60c6j0 said:
Hi Johnphillip , great to hear you got the treatment course you wanted (or so I read it ) .Am I correct to think this is the pellets of radiation therapy type? Would love to know how you get on with that. They have me on abdominal needles monthly of the type they give pedophiles to kill their testosterone completely. I can attest that they work fine , in that regard at least. Not had a genuine impure thought in near 2 years now. As far as the prostate cancer goes , still a bit up in the air. Got a really good PSA last month , but that was the first that the doc gave without a shake of his head since this gymkana started. My number one tip once you already know you have the disease is humour. Depression is sneaky as hell and a genuine PITA that harms you in real and tangible ways. There is no sense in letting it in easily. That may sound simple , and it really isn't, but it has helped me and by extension many others around me (if my reviewers can be trusted). So go out and do things that make you smile amigo , best medicine without prescription you can find.
hi mike, and thanks, yes its the treatment that the O P was saying his brother had. Brachytherapy
years ago when you went to see a specialist they said were are going to do this, now they give you the choice of how you would like it treated . the treatment i had can only be done if the cancer is still in the prostrate ,and how you score on the tests they do.
i was very gratefull the young lady doctor at the practice picked it up. some doctors would just keep an eye on it i.e. your psa levels.
ok the op, they inplanted 62 seeds into me , the amount of seed depends on how bad it is .one of the last tests the do is a pee test to see how your "flow" is . if you pass that test then every thing goes ahead. why they need to do this is because after the OP ,your pee slows down for want of a better word, you are given a 10 day course of antibiotics.
and some tablets to help you pee.
after 2 months the seeds go down to 50% . and in about 8 to 12 months they then become zero. the seeds are metal covered in plastic , and stay there for the rest of your life . you get tests every few months to see how your psa levels are, they say for the first maybe 6 months the level will rise . it can take over a year for it to come back to normal. after about six to eight weeks after the OP they become more aggresive ,and you start to feel more tired. i am lucky i dont have to go out to work.
to be honest at the moment i do not think to much about it , i have been luck to be treated and am trying to get on with my life . i have loads of hobbies from woodwork to metal detecting to clay pigeon shooting . some i can do and others i get tired , so the ones i can not do , i am members of forums like this , and keep intouch with my friends on them .i am 63 and belive i have lived a good life had my ups and downs, the ones i feel are the young children who get cancer and have a very short life . they are the ones to me who bring a tear .bless them ...........................last thing to all get it checked
oops clicking the figure not the man helps
