First day back at work (in the bed + laptop home office) after Xmas and took five muinutes out to try and contact nO to let her know about the decision to have brachytherapy (i.e. internal radiation treatment)- but there was no response from e-mail or voice mail. So we shall have to wait to hear back, and see when we can schedule treatment for.
The decision in the end was pretty clear cut as soon as dK said he thought my LUTS did not preclude the brachytherapy. The risk of impotence seems much lower (must ask nO about the preventive use of viagra) than surgery, and while there is a chance of on-going LUTS (which may be made worse by the radiation, at least initially) it seems the risk of stress incontinence (or worse) is minimal.
The brachytherapy also seems to be much more managable compared to external beam radiation. There won’t be daily trips to Southend, and the side effects seem (with brachy) should be much more localised as the radiation won’t have to travel through the surrounding flesh. Even dO (who you might expect would bat for his own specialism) thought brachy better than external radiation.
Anyway, the bedtime cup of tea has arrived (Mp having returned from choir) and its time to turn in and hope tomorrow brings some news of what to expect and when.
