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I did not have any rectal spacer prior to my radiation, so that is an option. I had photon radiation. My RO said that there are equally small percentages of people having issues with rectal spacer procedures as there are with rectal problems from those that don't have it. I had some rectal proctitis during the first months after my radiation, but nothing after. I am going on 1.5 years since my photon radiation applied with the true beam guided application.
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@edtrucks I have to think that if there is an equal number of patients having rectal issues with rectal spacers as there are with patients who don't have rectal spacers there would be absolutely no market whatsoever for the products and doctors would not be using them. Did your RO pull up your MRI and show you just how close your rectum wall is to your prostate capsule? We're talking millimeters, and the spacers give ROs a buffer zone of protection. After everything I have read about the benefits of rectal spacers, had my RO made that statement I would have excused myself and left to find another RO.