Decision made ldr brachytherapy

Scotsjohn decision made.
Thanks to everyone on the forum for their thoughts and advice.
I have finally decided to go with ldr brachytherapy. I go in for the procedure on the 23rd of December and should hopefully be heading for home in time for Christmas. I'm hoping that I have made the right choice of treatment, time will tell. This forum has been a great help to me, your support and advice is much appreciated and has helped me to come to this final decision. In the end I was deciding between SBRT and Brachytherapy. Unfortunately I couldn't find a centre or hospital with sufficient experience in the UK with an SBRT treatment track record. SBRT (Cyberknife and Rapid Arc) seems to be used to treat various other cancers in the UK but is in its infancy in treating prostrate cancer.
Advice from various people expressed how important it was to be treated with experienced practioners with sufficient numbers and successful outcomes behind them. To that end I am travelling 1000 mile round trip to have the procedure done by a respected Consultant and his team with over 3000 procedures and a good track record of results behind them.
I will post updates on my treatment in the hope that it will help others, as I found the experience of reading other forum members journeys very informative and at times inspirational. As we all know not all of us will get the same results, but the members of this forum seem to tell it as it is, good or bad, which I think is very important. If we know what the potential challenges and hurdles are along the way, we can face them and deal with them as best as we can.
Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year to everyone and their families in 2017

Congrats on making a decision--I felt a million times better once I did. (Heck, maybe even a billion times better.) Have a wonderful holiday and good luck with the procedure!

I know that Royal Marsden offers SBRT for prostate (Dr. Nicholas van As, I think), or at least they did last time I checked. I'm sure you'll do fine with LDR brachy. I hope it works out well - let us know!

Best of luck. Sounds like you have found a good doctor and that is important. It took me a while to make a decision and was glad when I did. I felt like I weighed all my options and made the best choice for myself. It was a relief to have the decision made. As Andrew said "the decision is the hardest part".

Excellent choice! I'm sure you will do as well as most of the rest of us on HW who chose LDR Brachytherapy. Good luck to you and keep us posted. You mentioned, "home before Christmas" - many of us in the States have this as an out patient procedure and are home same-day. Hopefully yours will be quick as well.

Jim

Brachytherapy - good choice. You're going to be fine.