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Please tell me everything re Orgovix - is this the latest and greatest
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 6 1:16pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
He is completing his 5th week of radiation this Friday. He was tattooed, so as to make the radiation specific and I know that is so much better than it was in past times. I am also wondering if the effects of the radiation continue after his treatment. Diarrhea, difficulty with and frequent urination.
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Have your Dr. prescribe him Flomax to help with difficulty urinating. Helped me when I was taking radiation. The radiation is cumulative so the worst is toward the end of the sessions. I was on one a day during treatment, two a day right when I finished treatments for maybe a month, then went down to one, and I'm off it now 3 months later.
Most people get over radiation side-effects in a few months. A small minority (including me) don't, but I have no regrets — better alive with some occasionally-irritating side-effects than option 2.
(They do get easier to manage over time, even if they don't go away completely.)
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Sadly those side effects will be with him for awhile. We are all different so there is that. I am 5 months post radiation (25 sessions EBRT) and still have some bowel, bladder and urethrae issues but nothing like my first couple of months post radiation which were miserable.