Ldr brachytherapy newbie

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Posted 28 Jul 2025 at 22:52

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Many thanks to everyone on this thread, I wish everyone well. It's made a massive difference to me to be able to read about your journeys.
I'm lucky to have a choice of treatments and I've gone for Brachytherapy.
A brief summary - no symptoms, no family history.
PSA test just after 70th birthday mid-May 2025 showed 12.
MRI, biopsies soon after. Diagnosed early July T2 N0 M0, CPG 3, Gleason 7 (3+4)
No definitive route for treatment from specialists.
Local hospital doesn't offer brachytherapy so I may have to travel but it seems like the treatment that will get me back to my current health as quickly as possible.
Referral made and now waiting.
(Away for 2 weeks on a long organised holiday)
Thanks again.

Hey there.

The procedure is pretty good, no more painful than a biopsy, I'm going post 5 months, a few niggles but all under control.

Feel free to shoot the questions.

Bryan

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Posted 29 Aug 2025 at 15:31

An update:

Have been to see the nearest Brachytherapy specialist, they are happy to go ahead. Pre op assessment and bloods all done. Have a date for mid September. That gives me a couple of weeks to get my head straight and hopefully keep fit and well. Good luck everyone.

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Posted 29 Aug 2025 at 16:00

Hi Ford55.

Don't be too worried about the procedure, I would suffer anxiety pretty bad but Paul and a few of the lads on here put me at ease.

It's still a GA and a fairly complex procedure but the recovery is pretty good, the radiation will cause some bowel and bladder problems, but they will ease as the months go by.

All the best to you and let us know how you get along.

Bryan

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Posted 30 Aug 2025 at 18:04

Good luck Ford - not that you'll need it - the procedure is a walk in the park, certainly no worse than a TP Biopsy in my opinion.

As Bryan said, you can expect some rose coloured urine for a few days and perhaps to pass a few clots (painlessly!) and then an increase in urinary urgency and frequency for a few weeks (take the tamsulosin/alfuzosin which you'll be prescribed which really helps) but everything settles down pretty quickly from my experience. I travelled back up North from London and walked the golf course watching my lad in a competition 24 hours after the procedure without problems and was back to playing myself in under 2 weeks.

For the vast majority, it really couldn't be any easier.

Cheers!

Paul

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