Comments on: I am just completing open beam radiation therapy and am optiimistic I will, be cancer-free. I had a 5.7 PSA, 3+3, T1, 25% of one out of 12 samples biopsied malignant. However, I have also been rendered incontinent, impotent and in great pain, even before I started the radiation therapy. I was going to do brachytherapy, so I had a Lupron shot and then felt hustled into having a TUMT done. After the catheter was removed, the troubles began. And have only gotten worse. My urologist wants me to learn to self-catheterize, which I find barbaric. He claims I have a urinary tract infection from not emptying the bladder fully, which apparently I haven’t done for years. I’ve gone through 3 courses of antibiotics (cipro, levaquin and nitrofurantin) and I am still “peeing razorblades.” Would you suggest waiting until the radiation swelling goes down (late Dec.) or is there anything I can do now to try to get back on track? I dread going through another TUMT-like procedure such as the greenlight laser, but I’d like to get a portion of my health back. I’m 64, married, BTW.

Comments on: I am just completing open beam radiation therapy and am optiimistic I will, be cancer-free. I had a 5.7 PSA, 3+3, T1, 25% of one out of 12 samples biopsied malignant. However, I have also been rendered incontinent, impotent and in great pain, even before I started the radiation therapy. I was going to do brachytherapy, so I had a Lupron shot and then felt hustled into having a TUMT done. After the catheter was removed, the troubles began. And have only gotten worse. My urologist wants me to learn to self-catheterize, which I find barbaric. He claims I have a urinary tract infection from not emptying the bladder fully, which apparently I haven’t done for years. I’ve gone through 3 courses of antibiotics (cipro, levaquin and nitrofurantin) and I am still “peeing razorblades.” Would you suggest waiting until the radiation swelling goes down (late Dec.) or is there anything I can do now to try to get back on track? I dread going through another TUMT-like procedure such as the greenlight laser, but I’d like to get a portion of my health back. I’m 64, married, BTW. http://prostatecanceradvice.org Prostate Cancer Prognosis, Questions and Answers Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3