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Occasional alcohol during radiation treatment?
My Dr. said an occasional cocktail would be ok, other Dr’s disagree , has anyone found any negative side effects with a drink once or twice a week ?
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Once or twice a week...no...once or twice a night...no!
O' e had three different treatments involving radiation:
SRT
WPLN
SBRT
69 total individual treatments.
The only constraint was traveling, weekends were free of course but not the weekdays.
No side effects, I didn't change my diet, continued to exercise....
I am always ope. With my medical team so they knew and had no issues.
Remember, that's my experience, I may be an outlier when it comes to experience.
Kevin
You should also cut back because of the recent report below, that any drinking at all can cause cancer. I had to quit 3 years ago because I went on blood Thinners and you can’t drink more than one drink a day with them. I was on blood thinners because Zytiga caused permanent problems with my heart. I used to drink a big Margarita in the afternoon after work and then wine or beer with dinner. Now 1 drink 1 alcoholic drink a week. Don’t really miss it, though a beer with spicy Mexican food is mandatory 😀.
The CDC reported this January 13, 2025
Drinking alcohol may also increase prostate cancer risk. All kinds of drinks that contain alcohol increase the risk of cancer.
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