Hello... 1st time asking a question or posing my situation on this format. Long story short...I have had two bouts with radiation to combat prostate cancer. My PSA was finally in the teens after several years of monitoring. 1st radiation was CyberKnife radiation treatment (over two years ago I believe). It seemed to work but then PSA started to rise again after 6month to a year. So, ended up in a different hospital system further away that could re-radiate via HDR (high dose radiation) brachy therapy...this was done on Non 14th of 2024.
I have experienced the strong sense of urgency, weak stream, up-4 to 6 times a night, hard to start and hard to stop, and worst of all the burning (I call it peeing acid now) every single time I go. Recently (within the last month) I feel the same type of burning (not nearly as severe) during my bowl movements. Also, there is blood in my urine every so often but not a lot. Used to be worse a couple of months ago but it has becoming much less. Monday, I am going in for a cystoscopy procedure to see if they could see why the pain is so severe and also preforming a UroLift procedure to see if this helps.
Getting hard to tolerate the constant daily/hourly pain and if Monday's procedures do not allow for relief some how, I believe next step is to reach out to another facility.... thus starting with this conversation I guess.... sorry for the long comment... VR