So Pleased With Brachy

I had seeds implanted on 2/21, so now entering week 7.

I went skiing yesterday.

I will be umpiring a full baseball schedule this season.

I was out of work only two days.

I was a scorekeeper at the state wrestling tourney 3 days after the procedure. (With a padded seat.)

I'm having discomfort in elimination, liquid and solid. It's slower and more frequent. Occasional urgency with both but no accidents. Sexual stuff is uncertain, but promising. Modesty prohibits me from full disclosure, but I have a belief your use it or maybe you lose it. I mean, I know I will lose prostate function but I don't really much need it, I don't think.

Zero incontinence from day 1.

Some urgency in urinary and bowels. Much more frequent urges, but have been controllable until I can get to a toilet.

So I would never say that brachytherapy is the right thing for everyone, but there are 4 or 5 really well-proven treatments for PCa and there are two important organs involved: the prostate and the brain. 

 

Good job, Ump. I wish that more would explore brachy. Like you, I have nothing but good things to say about it. I also come from a wrestling background and have spent a little time at the scoring tables myself. Glad to hear of your success.

Hi Ump:

Glad things are going well but it's to be expected!  You are most likely cured and should look forward to a normal life.  Good luck on your 3 or 6 month PSA test - you should expect a 50% reduction (or more).

Jim

Great update Ump, good to hear from you again and glad (but clearly not surprised!!) that you went through the Brachy process as smoothly as you did.

I had mine done on a Friday afternoon, out to dinner on Friday night, mass on Sunday morning and work on Monday. Picked back up on intensive cardio and weight training by week three and have never looked back.

The frequency in "output" is normal and will continue to improve over time - part and parcel to the seeds being hot and doing there job!

Continued best to you - and as I have stated a few (: times out here - please continue to hang around and be a resource for the newbies that will follow - your experience will be invaluable as they weigh their options for treatment.

Great to hear, loving the brachy reports.