I had the permanent brachytherapy {BT} in late 2007. I have been extremely pleased with the results. At the time I was 62 years old, in excellent health and the cancer was diagnosed early. After all the preliminaries, diagnosis tests, etc the implantation was done on an outpatient basis. If memory serves me correctly the radiation seeds we implanted manually per a computer generated map. I had some very minor discomfort and bleeding as of the results of the procedure which cleared up totally in two weeks or less. Since then my PSA which is checked yearly has steadily declined and as of may 2023 was less than .04. I have available a prostate supplement I can take as I have issues with frequentcy, stream and or bladder emptying which are rare.
I just recently developed a reason to have an MRI. A question on the paperwork was, "have you had radiation seeds implanted as a prostate treatment", answer yes. The staff doing the test had not done anyone with seeds before and we are log jammed until they get and answer if there is any special considerations to be taken. Has anyone encountered this situation ?