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I've asked the trial coordinator if any major side effects and he said he cannot discuss them because of trial rules. Besides the trial is still new and will only have 30 participants. The RO doc said he doesn't see the side effects being any different than 23 sessions of IMRT or perhaps even less. He based this on similar larger trials. The one thing holding me back is the brachytherapy procedure at both locations will be 3-4 hours under general anesthesia, intubated & on a ventilator. I've never had any surgeries and this scares the hell out of me! My cardio doc cleared me for the procedure.
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I didn’t realize brachytherapy Had such rigorous requirements. Being intubated is definitely different compared to most surgeries and all other radiation treatments I am aware of.
I’ve had six different surgeries for which they’ve had to put me under, No big deal, you just wake up when it’s over. When They operated on my spine, they Anesthetized me too much, Took a couple hours to wake up while I was in a groggy state. My wife was next to me trying to keep me awake. That was the only weird problem. I’m not sure if they intubated me, but they did say my throat would be sore after a couple of the surgeries.
In June when they put in my AUS, they have to put me under again. I really don’t worry about it.