Radiation itself is painless. Some of the side effects are fatigue, rectal bleeding, bladder damage, but they vary from patients to patient. I got something around 7700 grey over 42 treatments at age...
Fralink, Some radiation patients will develop urinary retention and that may be treated with a catheter and a bag. Perhaps that happened with your husband. Definitely ask why your husband had to have...
I guess I didn't reply out of embarrassment--and I posted the initial topic. It never occurred to me to ask for a sedative or anesthesia, and at the time of my biopsy, I had been a science and...
Interesting. I don't mind colonoscopies, either the prep or the procedure (though I'm in dreamland when its done). But if anything good came out of my prostate cancer it's that I'm never going to...
Let’s talk some about[b] biopsy pain. It’s a subject of interest to most men about to have one. [3]Before I had my prostate biopsied more than three years ago—which came up with 11 of 12 cores...
Ginjer, There are surgeons and there are surgeons. First, your husband needs to get a second opinion on what consistutes the best procedure for him. He might choose a nerve-sparing prostatectomy,...
It is believed now that a rapid rise in PSA is a serious warning that cancer might exist in the prostate. I would urge your husband to follow up immediately with his urologist. I had a rise in my PSA...