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Posted 3/22/2013 1:38 PM (GMT 0)
Good evening all,

My husband had High Dose radiation, which was followed by 6 weeks of External Beam radiation last May/June.  He has his "final" Lupron injection in late November. 

Things have been going reasonably well with very few hiccups until the last week or so when he has started to experience urinary problems, ie. extreme urgency as well as frequency.  He is not due to see specialist until June. As before, he has found Voltaren a great help in this, but obviously cannot take it on a prolonged basis.

I thought I had read of other members having similar problems, well after the completion of radiation.  Are there any others in the same situation?  Is this fairly normal? (not that there is anything at all that is "normal" about Cancer.)  I would be grateful of any input.

Thank you

PS (Edited to state that HT stopped for a while to monitor how things are going).  HT may need to continue depending on PSA and other findings.

Posted 3/22/2013 4:28 PM (GMT 0)

I've been experiencing those SEs for some time now, along with that burning sensation from time to time. I reported it to my Family Doctor and thought it maybe from radiation scarring he said that he could refer me to my URO and said not to bother as I can live with it. I still get an urge to pee whenever I hear running water.....someone here did say that flomax would help aleviate those SEs.
Posted 3/22/2013 4:56 PM (GMT 0)
about a year after my LDR and IMRT I had a few weeks of urinary issues, slow stream and burning. Took Flowmax and the symptoms disappeared in a week.

JT
Posted 3/22/2013 5:20 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry to hear this and hope he finds some relief.
Posted 3/22/2013 6:32 PM (GMT 0)
I am two years and three months out from HDR and IMRT treatments and have no urinary issues at all. I am on ADT2 with Lupron and Jalyn (Avodart and Flowmax). The Flowmax probability alleviates any potential problems. I will have my last three month Lupron injection in July, but expect to stay on Jalyn.
Posted 3/23/2013 9:08 AM (GMT 0)
It isn't unusual to experience late term urinary SEs like that after radiation. I tried Flomax, which didn't help all that much. Then I switched to Rapaflo, which gave me complete relief immediately. Eventually all symptoms disappeared on their own.

These drugs, alpha-blockers, all work in pretty much the same way, but some guys will respond to one but not another. There are about a dozen of them available now. Try different ones until he finds one that works. I got samples from my urologist so I didn't have to shell out lots of money. You can ask your uro if he has samples.
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