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Why I am glad I chose Proton Therapy (for now). Good, bad and ugly.
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 21 11:47am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
@islander2025 I had the 5 session Proton. My symptoms (including from Orgovyx) were fairly mild. I.e. urinary pain, but it was mild and went away without treating. My BM process remained daily. Rare loose stool. Fatique (due to hormone, I believe). Now 3 months out. Some bleeding from rectum. Someone suggested stopping Ibuprofen. I was doing a script version, meloxicam. When I stopped that the bleeding stopped.
This is a long-term issue, but right now, Proton was the best therapy for me. Side effects were really minimal. They bothered me more because I didn’t know I’d have them. Knowing they were normal, relieved my concerns.
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Hi thanks for talking to me. Yeah I guess knowing what to expect helps. Drs are supposed to tell you. Yup the pain med will ness up your digestive track but again what do you do if you have pain? Anyway I’m supposed to get VMAT which is supposed to be pretty good but it’s side effects I read are harsher that proton.. my radio oncologist says he will treat me like if I was his dad, yeah okay but he can’t stop radiation side effects. He said he would gladly give me a letter of referral for proton for my insurance company in order to get it approved. But he convinced me that the difference between VMAT and proton was substantial. But now I’m not so sure the more I read the more I’m scared and believe proton is better. Anyway I gave my prostrate no surgery after 1 Lupron my PSA dropped really fast in under 2 months .02 from 12-14 before. I’m switching to Orgovyx for allergy reasons to Lupron. How are you doing now and you say your effects were pretty mild .. that’s encouraging to me.. thanks for your support. God bless