Any diet restrictions with radiation? What were your side effects?

The eternal radiation treatment was tough on me. I am 50. made me extremely exhausted and a very upset bowel. I had to stay away from greasy foods, dairy, and most carbonated beverages. I found a simple tuna fish sandwich to actually be the best for not "going right through me". This really messes up the colon and bowel movements.

web265: I gave some details on December 27 but I had the Spaceoar inserted transrectally this morning in Orlando. They also inserted Fiducial marker seeds as an extra backup to mapping with the MRIdian radiotherapy machine but they were in there anyway so why not. They put me to sleep and it was a smooth process. No blood in the urine or any pain. They had a Spaceoar technician, who I guess lives locally, and that person was in the operating room as well. The doctor said my symptoms could be similar to the biopsy which for me was blood in the urine and semen but so far, day one, all good. I do have to be physically careful for 3 weeks with my exercise and object lifting.

Sorry you had a rough go. I’m going to be starting treatment soon and am concerned about me having the issues you did. Thanks your bit of info helps.

This is good information to know… I will be having a consultation with a RO who also uses the MRIdian machine.. I thought the MRIdian eliminated the need for the fiducial markers and possibly even the use of SpaceOar… I’ll wait to see what he says when we meet in February.. Thanks for posting and best of luck to you..

docoop, radiation was also tough on me. I got diarrhea very early, so early that the radiation technologist thought it was caused by something I ate but it was not. I'd be reluctant to receive radiation for prostate cancer again.

I had a failed placement of the SpaceOar gel. Now waiting until gel dissipates before I start radiation treatment without the SpaceOar Gel.

If you go to the Spaceoar web site you will find that they actually have two levels of expertise which seemed a little off to me. They give you the names of people who have been certified. In my case, I was lucky enough to have a spaceoar technician in the operating room with me when I had it inserted. I was told not to do certain exercises for a little while to make sure that the gel and or the markers did not shift. I go in this week for the mapping so maybe they’ll give me some more information then but I have not had any side effects from it yet.

I am 74 years of age and diagnosed with prostate that has spread to the lymph nodes.
I had a psa of 63 and a Gleason score of 8.
I just finished 20 rounds of radiation and had very little diarrhea problems but I took Imodium after each bout. I also drank straight Cranberry Juice every day, tastes gross but I guess it worked, I also took 2 Advil daily to help keep infection at bay.
I only had very little soreness at the rectum and no burning from the radiation on my body.
I still have slight burning, more like tight pressure when urinating but getting better.
I finished radiation 10 days ago and still have to get up during the night too often but that’s to be expected for a while.

I am on the Keto diet. Sugar is just like Testosterone it also feeds cancer, so this will be my way of eating probably the rest of my life.

I have read this and I do believe it true. When mentioned to any of my medical team they state this is not proven true. Most will agree sugar is not good for any diet but all state it is not proven to feed prostate cancer.. have you found/read any studies with findings that support this.. I really would like to read them..