Hello my friend

As others have said, do not be embarrassed by this or by bringing it to this forum! Everyone I have seen here is focused on trying to help each other and no one truly knows for sure what’s going to happen to their bodies with regard to how they react to radiation therapy.

I cannot speak to the 20 session treatment plan. I did the five sessions over two weeks. My urinary system was impacted the most and I am now eight weeks post treatment and it’s settling down pretty good. My bowels I could tell were perhaps a little bit more active than usual, but I wrote that off a little bit to my greater use of MiraLAX And psyllium pills to make sure that my plumbing was working well. Retrospectively I think it probably was the radiation even though I had space oar inserted. And when they do the five session therapy, I believe that they are a little bit more accurate. The inserted what’s called fiducial markers in the prostate and space or as well. I don’t know what they do to control overspray with a 20 session beam radiation? If anything? Making your oncology team know about any bad things happening is your best hope for getting good information on how to mitigate it.