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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / August 2004Simulation
After my RRP in March of 2000 it was determined that I had some tumor left on my bladder neck. I decided to have it radiated. Yesterday I went in to get set up. They stuck something up my rectum and something down my penis and generally made me uncomfortable. I think the doctor didn't go into detail on this before the procedure knowing my history of canceling the procedure. If so it was a very smart move on his part. :) Gary Nichols > After my RRP in March of 2000 it was determined that I had some tumor > left on my bladder neck. I decided to have it radiated. Yesterday I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Gary Nichols During simulation they usually fill the bladder with a colored liquid so it will show up better. I'm sure they would have given you a few "happy pills" if you had asked. The up the rectum part is a new one to me for this procedure. George Age - 69 8/12/02 - PSA 3.7 10/13/03 - PSA 4.69 11/11/03 - PSA 4.8 11/18/03 - Biopsy - 10 cores one core-25% of core-Gleason 4+4=8 all other cores benign tissue 12/10/03 - Consult - Oncologist MD 12/16/03 - Consult - Radiation Oncologist Treatment Plan - Northeast Ga Cancer Center HT - started 12/17/03 - Eulixen & Lupron (2nd 4 mo Lupron-4/26) 2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04 >> After my RRP in March of 2000 it was determined that I had some tumor >> left on my bladder neck. I decided to have it radiated. Yesterday I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >if you had asked. The up the rectum part is a new one to me for this >procedure. They explained to me that it is to prevent radiation from hitting the rectum. It was a measuring instrument of some sort. Gary Nichols >George >Age - 69 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol >Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04 > >> After my RRP in March of 2000 it was determined that I had some tumor > >> left on my bladder neck. I decided to have it radiated. Yesterday I [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol > >Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04 Your situation sounds like mine as the was some cancerous cellls where they spliced everything together (the apex of the prostate was the tumor site). The purpose for the urethra dye is correct but I have to agree the rectum thing is a new one on me also. I saw the resulting picture of the dye in the urethra and I am amazed at what they said they saw. For me it was just an uneducated smudge. It did help them target the beam and besides that I now have four tiny tattoos...and didn't have to drive to Texas to get them. (That was in reference to Oklahoma not allowing tattoos but they allow piercing...oh well, enough of this OT) I hope your treatments go as well as mine have. Best of luck. Chuck McClellan Yeow! How many times do you have to do that?  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .07 .05 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03, 4/04 non illegitimi carborundum > After my RRP in March of 2000 it was determined that I had some tumor > left on my bladder neck. I decided to have it radiated. Yesterday I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Gary Nichols >Yeow! How many times do you have to do that? Just once I hope. I go in next Thursday to see if everything-all the radiologists measurements are ok and to see if the cat scan was ok. If not I may have to do it again. If so I am going to insist on some sort of tranquilizer. Gary Nichols > ... They stuck something up my rectum and ... I had a couple of MRIs done that way. What they inserted in me was an antenna connected to a balloon and a shaft. They push in the shaft until the antenna is very close to the prostate. Then they blow up the balloon to press it in tight. It really wasn't bad at all. Just imagine a baseball bat shoved up the rectum by a football player who twists it around to get a snug fit and then attaches it to a pressure hose to expand the tip. Sometimes they provide a cute nurse to smile at you while they're doing it. Alan >> ... They stuck something up my rectum and ... > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Alan I had a cute nurse DOING the procedure. She joked around a bit but it was still very uncomfortable. A doctor, of course, handled the other side. Which is a good thing as it probably would have scared the nurse. :-)) Gary Nichols Gary Nichols I've read that an "intrarectal (IR) balloon device" is being used sometimes, "to immobilize the prostate gland and localize the rectum, in patients receiving dose escalated 3-dimentional (3D) conformal radiation therapy". Perhaps that's what it was. Larry > After my RRP in March of 2000 it was determined that I had some tumor > left on my bladder neck. I decided to have it radiated. Yesterday I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Gary Nichols |
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