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Anyone had salvage radiation therapy post-prostatectomy?
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Avoid if possible at any cost. PSA rise from .08 to .13 is not a double and this is after 2 years. (Repetitive doubling over 6 month intervals is a red flag). Post-surgery radiation almost destroyed me. Incontinence, Urethra stricture, Incessant bleeding bladder, anemia, multiple ER and hospitalizations and procedures until finding a treatment that worked. Granted there are newer and more targeted radiation than 7 years ago, but still - Don’t just do something, stand there.
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What happened to you after radiation is extremely unusual. The vast majority of people that have salvage radiation have minor or no issues, Proctitis for some, Some diarrhea for others. Some have fatigue, but it’s not common either. I had eight weeks of salvage radiation and had no side effects at all. After about six years, I started having some incontinence problems, but I’ve had surgery and radiation so I can’t blame it on one thing.
It seems the people that have 20 or so weeks of salvage radiation are the ones that have the problems. Those that get 35 or 40 weeks of salvage radiation are getting lower doses and it seems to cause fewer side effects.