Radiation therapy effects: Can it cause brain fog & memory issues?

No just the radiation. It's probably not the radiation, just something that happened at the same time.

Thanks. How do I check them out? Is there a website?

I had 31 days of radiation with no side effects at all during the therapy time. I also had hormone suppression medication. Have not had any problem close to what your husband is experiencing.

I have three different rounds of radiation treatment:

March 2015 SRT 39 IMRT 70.3 Gya
July 2017 WPLN 25 IMRT 45 Gya
April 2023 SBRT 5x8Gya

No side effects, in these 10+ years, I have not seen discussion in any of the online forums related to the cognitive side effects you describe. Those of us on ADT can testify to the cognitive issues with that treatment.

The 39 treatments you describe sound a lot like SRT, did his medical team add ADT to it?

Kevin

@nole88 I had 5 radiation session finishing in 2023 with no brain fog. I would think as others have commented, that some form of medication might have caused the brain fog. What does the radiation oncologist say about it?

@johnoclark you might be surprised at the advances they have made with types of radiation machines. Check out the mirage randomized trial results.

I had 35+ sessions and never felt anything after them. Some people reported fatigue, not heard of anyone reporting pain, Anything is possible, I guess. Why don’t you ask your doctor about it?

I haven't heard of brain fog with radiation only. However, I have heard that radiation side effects can come back after several years. Regarding brain fog, I personally have a ton of brain fog due to the ADT and Aberitaron. I have started to see a cognitive therapist that works with cancer patients. I have only been to 3 sessions. I am learning how to change some of the way I think and process things to hopefully build new pathways in the brain.

So I started 28 sessions of IMRTon Monday. Yesterday was day 2 and I started having pain which seemed to be in my prostate. I have had proctitis in the past and it feels like that. Has any else had pain like this during treatment?

Strange advice. This person may have already had a prostatectomy and had to have follow up radiation because the cancer came back. That happened to me.

Radiation is replacing a prostatectomy for more people because it is very successful. There are also multiple types of radiation to choose from. At least you don’t end up unable to get an erection which happens almost every time with surgery.