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@bens1 I will ask about this. Are you doing good health wise. Side effects wise. Thank you for your input. It’s helps.

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My PSA has steadily declined since 2022 from 10.29 before I was treated to .61 a few months ago with the exception of a one month slight rise, which was more my fault. I still test every quarter even though my RO says every 6 months would be ok.

My urination flow is better than before I was treated and I was surprised. I have no pain or blood anywhere, which was true before and after treatment.

I do work out regularly in a gym and play golf and all good (although my game is a work in progress).

By the way, I would have picked Proton if it had a built in MRI. I respect all the studies being done in this direction as well as patient experiences in this direction BUT none of the studies compare Proton DIRECTLY with MRI guided photon such as the Mridian or the Elekta Unity. As two RO's said to me, what you can see in real time, you can treat.