Breast tenderness was related to use of hormones for a 6 month period. Once stopped taking these the tenderness subsided. Fatigue was an issue and had to be handled by taking frequent rests - especially during EBT after Brachytherapy.
Fatigue was the key issue directly after treatment. Brachytherapy was followed by EBT which left me feeling tired. Only way around this was to take rests when exhausted. Longer term effects on urgent and frequency of urination are annoying, but manageable. Planning and using incontinence pads helps to minimise impact. These are small prices to pay when you consider the alternative. I am on a curative pathway and have a low PSA (0.1) 2 years on from treatment.
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I chose radiotherapy as it seems like a one stop treatment for my cancer. It was unclear whether the cancer had escaped the prostate capsule. On this basis I felt it was better to have radiotherapy to treat the prostate and the surrounding area rather than have a prostatectomy and then potentially require radiotherapy as a second step.
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