I had my proton treatments at the University of Cincinnati that shares gantries with a Childrens Hospital. I was reminded of this when I went in for scans. (See attached photo.) The children’s side was kept separate from the adult side, but some things were shared. (See attached photo - Childrens Hospital on the left; Proton Center that I went to on the right.)

I chose to have my proton radiation treatment results submitted into a registry (https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02040467). Hopefully, it will help someone make a decision one day.

Interestingly, it turned out that one of the radiation technicians remembered me from a visit I had made to our local high school eleven years earlier when I was vice mayor of my city (later to become mayor). I had been invited to their AP Government class to talk about local government. The radiation technician remembered me from his senior class that I spoke at. (It pays to be nice to people. You never know who might be pointing a radiation beam at you one day!!!)

I haven’t been back to the proton center since my treatments ended. I selected a medical oncologist at a cancer center just a few miles from where I live. She coordinated my ADT injections and now my regular bloodwork.

So far, those visits have been uneventful.