Prostate Cancer Support Group

I am starting radiotherapy next week. I will keep everybody informed as I'm moving along the next few months.

I had 8 weeks of radiation with IMRT -Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. I had the latest technology applied and had no real side-effects like skin burning and hair loss. I did have to take Flomax for a while, but didn't like the side effect of dizzy spells everytime I stood up from sitting or lying down. Right now, I'm awaiting my second PSA test in Jume to see if the score is lower as it should be.

My Father had Radiotherapy after his surgery 10 years ago. He had no problems till now. I guess we should have expected this because it had gone into his lymp nodes. Now he had Advanced Prostate Cancer and has traveled into his bones.

My Dad just finished 40-something treatments, now he has to wait 30 days to have a test (possibly the PSA?) to see if it worked. I hope so.

Anyway, my dad is 60, in fairly good shape, and he didn't suffer too many side effects other than some problems urinating, and being tired.

I completed 8 week of IMRT for prostate cancer rwo wweks ago. The worse side effects were loose bowel , gas, urgency and excessive frequency for urination and bowel movement.

The bowel and urine volumes were also very light. I have bben megadosing on Sal Palmetto and that apparently helped. It almost got to the point where I couldn't pee at all.

I wonder if I am suppose avaoid sunlight,I was out on a hot day and I fely very week afterward and have been having mino rskin irritaion issue all over my body- alot of itching.

My bones and teeth also started weekening but I a taking herb supplements and calcium for that.

I don't know if th eradiation has anything to do with it, but during the treatments, my foot gave out onme just my normal walking down the stairs. Was on crutches for a day or two.