Your topic " Salvage radiation without ADT? " I had salvage radiation without ADT, right or wrong its has been 3 years and PSA is below .01. I go see the vampire in about a month for my 6 month draw....
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I had surgery, then RT., completed around April or so 2016. The urgency is still with me. 2 to 3 times to go before leaving for work. Yes carry an extra set of draws every day and sleep in a diaper...
Yes, recently I had surgery, followed by radiation around 3 years ago. Same thing - they did the scope for a biopsy of the bladder, they said they thought the bleeding was from the radiation, but...
Had my fist shot yesterday at Walgreen's around 11 AM . It burned going in and later in the night I had a low grade fever, felt tired, had muscle pain, and shivering. Today I am still sore (more than...
I was not burned externally. Once a week I met with a nurse and RO, who both always asked if I had anything like a sunburn or felt a burn while taking a shower. Keep an eye on your skin down there...
At end of July, I switched back to my original URO, who ended up doing 2 cystoscopies , one in his office to look inside and another at the hospital to take a bladder biopsy Just got the pathology,...
Had the same happen to me. URO did a scope in his office 8/10 and found 2 red areas at the base of my bladder and said he thought the radiation did it but wanted to rule out another cancer. Had...
I recently posted about the radiation damage to my bladder from RT. When my URO told me about the red areas he saw inside my bladder, I asked him if having an empty bladder vs full mattered at the...
Thanks Bobby You know the issues with waiting............and I am tired of being cut on while trying to just wake up and live something of a normal life Take care...
I switched back to my original URO at the end of July. When I entered the hall from the waiting room I was handed a cup for a urine sample, then during the office visit the URO asked if I had seen...
Maybe so, but plenty of us have done surgery AND radiation![/quot Self included...
Others will chime in shortly and say the blood in the urine has nothing to do with the RT - but they are not MDs...
I don't mean to highjack the thread - but yes, RT was completed in the spring of 2016. RO had a cat scan and a MRI completed and said nothing showed up (middle of 2016). RO wanted to do a colonoscopy...
For me about 2 weeks into radiation, bowel issues started (gotta go means gotta go with very short notice) About 2.5 years later, the bowels are still an issue So, never trust a fart...