@naturegirl5 According to the radiology oncology nurse, when I have the brachy therapy, a shield of some sort, will be placed on the top and upper part of the vaginal cylinder, to eliminate radiation to the area of my vagina that previously received brachy radiation. The new lesion is very low in my vagina, just beneath where the 2023 radiation stopped. It was originally suggested that I would be having "targeted radiation", but for some reason that changed and I was not given an explanation. The information that I have been given has been inconsistent and that concerns me. I will have the brachy at Rochester. I am having the external at another Mayo hospital. Near the end of the external, I will have brachy one day and external the next x three brachy treatments. I was originally told I would have the brachy at the completion of the external and that changed with no explanation.