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Successful Radiation Proctitis Treatment?
SpaceOar barrier gel was placed January 2025 and I had 44 weekday IMRT treatments during February-April. Diarrhea started along the way and continued after treatment...
UltraSensitive PSA < 0.03
Hello, After my recurrence last year in May 2023, I underwent 20 sessions of IMRT and started receiving Zoladex 10.8 Injections every 12 weeks. Over...
On the first day of Christmas, la la la la la la, a CAM patch.
Well... had my first GUO visit post-IMRT. He wasn't really concerned with my PSA going from 0.19 to 0.23 and just said we'll see what...
Has anyone had diarrhea with radiation?
Has anyone in the Forum had RT to their lymph node basin only and then experienced diarrhea during treatment? How did you handle it? I’ve...
What PSA to expect 2-3 months after ending Radiation?
I had 23 sessions of IMRT and 2 sessions of SBRT boost while still being on ADT. I will have my PSA checked in a...
Post Radiation ABS Lymph and Mono Numbers
My husband is two weeks out of his radiation treatment had his first blood test after his Brachytherapy and IG-IMRT 25 sessions. The PSA is...
Prostate cancer and Zytiga and ZERO PSA
Has anyone attained undetectable psa while on Zytiga (Abiraterone) ? If so was the Zytiga discontinued at some point (before 24 mos) ? I was...
first PSA result post salvage RT — 0.086
Late last year I underwent 38 sessions of salvage IMRT for a local recurrence. At the start of radiation treatments, my PSA was 0.094 (ultra...
Orgovyx and zytiga side effects
I’m a 69 year old, who finished IMRT 5 weeks go and I’ve been on these ADT medications for 4 months now. This last week...
What is radiated during radiation (SBRT) for prostate cancer?
I'm just looking at what others experience with radiation was. While I was getting radiated, I was thinking what they were zapping each day. Was...
Please share your salvage radiation experience, especially on VMAT
I posted several weeks ago about my husband's prostate cancer recurrence on one PSMA-Positive lymph node almost 5 years post prostatectomy. After meeting three different...
What does Capsular Invasion mean? What are the next treatment options?
I’m having recurrence after triplet treatment (Lupron and darolutamide, then Chemo, then IMRT) for Gleason 9 metastatic. Thirteen months of Lupron ended last February. Continuing...
Has anyone had HDR Brachytherapy for locally advanced Prostate cancer
I’m considering having HDR brachytherapy with IMRT with Dr. Albert Chang at UCLA. I’ve been diagnosed with Gleason 9 locally advanced prostate cancer with metastasis...
ADT/ARI treatment - 1 month in
mCSPC - Gleason 9 (5+4) - lymph and bone metastasis. Treatment plan is ADT/ARI (Orgovyx/Nubequa) for 3-4 months then IMRT x 20. First blood work...
Has anyone else had tachycardia with Orgovyx?
Rapid heart rate started half way through IMRT. Had fever for 2 weeks before tachycardia. On orgovyx started 12 days before radiation. Got 20 treatments...
radiation
So I started radiation today (9 Sept '25) 9 weeks -42 sessions.. It is photon ( IMRT and IGRT)... My approved providor-Urology Austin apparently does...
Yippie Ki-Yay,…It’s Bell Day!
Well…I rang the bell at 10:48AM. IMRT to prostate x 20 @ 275gy - total 5500 Side effects - minor to moderate gastric discombobulation, some...
Has anyone experienced leg pain while taking Orgovyx?
I am 77 in good health except for PC, my PSA was 27.4, Gleason score 4+4=8, and decipher score was .84. I am into my...
PSA Pool - Anybody wanna play? 😊
How about a little fun. At 6:30 AM this morning, I had blood drawn for my first PSA test after completing 20 sessions of IMRT...
Learned Something New Last Week
While meeting with my NP 3 months post IMRT and HDR treatment for Gleeson 4 +3, PSA 7.1 I learned something new. When I asked...
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