RSilver, regarding your MGH questions... First, sorry for the delayed response; been away from this forum for a bit. I live in southern California and had the same issue with availability at Loma...
In the event it may help others, I will add that I opted for Proton Therapy (at Mass General). I was about to sign up for Robotic surgery when I became aware of Proton and did exhaustive research; I...
A suggestion: check out a book: You Can Beat Prostate Cancer by Robert Marckini. And/or look at www.protonbob.com (this is not a cure-all recipe book but rather a very interesting view of options)....
Bob, Regarding the rectal bleeding question and proton beam therapy: I have been told by some men who had it done at Loma Linda that they had some minor bleeding about 6 months after treatment and...
Bob... I was diagnosed on 4/08 at 50 years old. PSA 4.6, gleason 3+3, T1c. If you have not seen it yet, I advise a book by Robert Marckini, "You Can Beat Prostate Cancer", which does a very nice job...