@longevityride thank you for the response. very interesting. The brachy I will be having is outpatient and I had it in 2023. The top and sides of the cylinder will be covered to protect the vaginal tissue that rec'd radiation in 2023. It's just supposed to be aimed at the new lesion in the vagina. I have never had chemo but worry about the aftereffects of so much radiation. In 2023 they did tell me that they give far less radiation now than was given in the past. Hopefully that means fewer side effects. I was given all of the possible side effects but told a few were "rare". I sure hope so. They ask me about side effects every day when I go for treatment. I mentioned something kind of 'off the cuff' the other day and at the end of my treatment an oncology doctor was standing over me to talk about what I had told the girls. At least they are taking things seriously, or so it seems.