If I may step into this thread, today I had my 8th radiation treatment, and I was wondering if I could ask some extra "your experiences" questions.

Background: I'm 75, in mostly good health. I had my aquablation surgery on Dec. 18th.

My hobby is woodworking, and I just spent two hours in my shop, and I am more tired than I think I ought to be. I was told that since the radiation circumnavigates my pelvic region continuously, there are significantly fewer skin issues since the focus of the beam is going into me, and not hanging around in specific locations for any period of time. Nonetheless, the hip region is where most of the red blood cells are created, and this does throw off the creation of red blood cells. Ergo, I'm likely to get tired.

However, I was told it should take about two weeks for the full effect to hit me. If so, by the end of this week, I'm going to be walloped!

So, for those who've gone through this, did it take about two weeks for the exhaustion to kick in? Did it progressively get worse, or remain about the same? Once treatment was over, how long before you felt like you didn't just complete a marathon?

Thanks for any information and advice