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How are your HDR side effects, especially urinary, doing these days?

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1185299/

Discussion: Has anyone had HDR Brachytherapy for locally advanced Prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 6, 2024

@jeffmarc The urologist would have prescribed Venlafaxine if Myrbetriq were controlling nighttime urinary frequency. Since it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1506138/

Discussion: Oxybutynin superior to placebo in reducing ADT-associated hot flashes

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 15 5:58am

Side effects I've experienced from 7 months of Orgovyx: brain fog, shrunken package, occasional finger tingling,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1261039/

Discussion: ADT Side Effects: Anyone had increased shortness of breath at rest?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 18, 2025

Hi @carver, I moved your question about urinary incontinence after prostate cancer radiation treatment to the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/777034/

Discussion: Do you have urinary incontinence after prostatectomy & radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 24, 2022

He’s mostly correct, but you might need him if you ever develop a urinary complication down...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1494680/

Discussion: Do I need a Urologist?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 31 7:29am

And do you have any urinary problems as Brachytherapy will make them worse.

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1076727/

Discussion: Radiation treatments: Why choose external beam over brachytherapy?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 28, 2024

Western Radiation Oncology is a high volume brachytherapy (BT) center. They specialize in low dose brachytherapy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1500887/

Discussion: Prostatitis after Brachytherapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 8 11:48am

@jeffmarc Thanks, Jeff! I've been taking Mirabegron (Myrbetriq) 50 mg unsuccessfully for urinary frequency, as well...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1505973/

Discussion: Oxybutynin superior to placebo in reducing ADT-associated hot flashes

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 14 7:07pm

I suggest going straight to the radical prostatectomy. People sometimes get hung up on the word...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521982/

Discussion: Deciding between radiation and prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 7 5:56pm

I had a RARP in 2015. Urinary leakage never got better than one or two pads...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1489299/

Discussion: Leaking now thirteen years later

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 23 9:11am

My urologist (and second opinion doc) said that having prostatectomy after 70 years old is not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1064118/

Discussion: What is the average age of the gentlemen on here?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 8, 2024

I had 28 sessions as well. I still have urinary urges 2 yrs later.

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1391232/

Discussion: Is anyone else getting these side effects months after radiation ?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 10, 2025

Hello, I am 4 yrs. post radical prostatectomy and 3 yrs. post radiation treatment. My psa's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/686885/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2022

Your urinary problems won’t go away just because you have a lower PSA. This is a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1195574/

Discussion: Been on Orgovyx for four months. Should I stop taking finasteride?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 22, 2024

Thank you for the video suggestion and link. The ED and urinary videos were very informative....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/758144/

Discussion: Erections post radical prostatectomy: What to expect?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 6, 2022

@damonk People that have tried both UCSF and Stanford have found UCSF to be more attentive...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1522455/

Discussion: Starting ADT

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 8 12:13pm

Unfortunately, there is no way to know if you will have urinary problems after treatment. After...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1313254/

Discussion: Looking for info on HDR Brachytherapy to ask Radiation Oncologist

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 26, 2025

Hi @lb1049, along with @web265's encouraging post, I'm tagging @samidh @perrychristopher @maxvt @michaelcharles @stoney @tomf @jammy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/820949/

Discussion: Incontinence Improvement with Pelvic PT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 4, 2023

@jc76 I'm not familiar with Space/Oar. The AUS is an artificial urinary Sphincter implanted to repair...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1450702/

Discussion: AUS activation and riding a bike

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 1, 2025

@oldgreenpaint I’ve seldom heard from people that said SBRT radiation had no side effects at all....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1532933/

Discussion: SBRT Side Effects

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: 5 days ago