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Diagnosed with prostate cancer, where to go now in this moment?
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I had 39 radiation treatments in 2024. Drs told me they normally don't see
radiation proctitis that soon after radiation.
*Brian.*
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@brianmcl My proctitis started near the end of radiation and progressed to full blown soaking bleeding at 10 months. My enteritis started a month or so after radiation. What a mess is all I can say. Got my proctitis cauterized and eneteritis was treated with Mesalamine for 90 days.
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I work with a lot of people that have had radiation. Frequently, the proctitis starts within three or four sessions with somebody that’s having less than 30 sessions. It’s usually very minor at that point, But burning and low flow are common problems that Flomax Is prescribed for.
With as many sessions as you had The chance of proctitis is lower because less radiation was used each time. I had about the same number of sessions 12 years ago and never had any Proctitis issues.