GBINAB said...
I have heard of some better results even in the long term with some that went the radiation route, however it is harder to predict what part of the healthy organs the radiation will EAT UP ..and its left to be determine how precise science is that ....
I think brachy has been a clinical tool for over a decade now, and the nature of the radioactivity is carefully plotted. My Iodine 125 seeds have a half-life of 60 days and and are specifically placed in the prostate...inserted on strands so they go (and stay) where they ought to. That, according to ultrasound mapping. The whole thing is that the radiation is placed just where it should be, for as long as it is needed.
I take herbal supplements to ameliorate the side effects...whether that has helped this to be easier I can't say. I do find it hard to understand how I'll have problems down the road when the seeds are actually inert after a year. It is the narrow focus of the treatment that is meant to spare the neighbouring giblets. Fact is though...surgeons promote surgery, radiation oncologists promote brachy if the candidate is right for it.
I don't seek to turn this into a debate as there are no wrong choices as long as we fight this fight, but I can only say that the science looked good going in, I feel good, and I'd do it again.
An edit to answer the original question (typical Kraut...ask me what time it is and I'll tell you how to build a watch). After two months, I feel some fatigue some days which would not be helped by my arthritis. The major thing is that when it's time to pee, it is time to pee. Soon. That has kept me a little closer to home of late, but most of that, I think, is a reluctance to find myself on the parkway and pulling over to take that whiz. No leakage, no ED. And I find that tendency towards an insistant bladder is fading now too. Hope this helps...