Part 7 - My
personal experiences with Prostate Cancer
While I was recovering in the hospital room after surgery, the surgeon gave
me one of those “good news/bad news” talks. The prostate removal had gone well,
but he told me about the suspicious cells that he had found. I would need
follow up radiation as soon as I had time to fully recover from surgery.
There are two types of radiation for prostate cancer, adjuvant and salvage.
I had the adjuvant variety – radiation that is performed within 6 months after a
prostatectomy.
More about radiation:
My radiation treatments started in February, and ended in March. I had
heard some horror stories about radiation. I have to admit that my experience
was not too bad. I followed the instructions faithfully, and the only new side
effect that I noticed was that I was very tired after a treatment. After a treatment I peed so often that I
worked from home – I could not make the half hour drive to Hartford without
stopping once or twice. Lucky for me I had some understanding managers.
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