Mark's Story

Ethnicity
White British
Age
50-59
Work
Office
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Geography
South East
Relationship status
Married/In a Civil Partnership

Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Tips and advice for any bladder or bowel side effects of treatment

Take the medication advised, make sure they put you on a repeat prescription and if you suffer any side-effects let the Nurses / Oncologist know asap,

How this treatment impacted my life the most

I have had to learn to live with disturbed sleep as a new normal now, I have to plan work and journeys around places to go to the loo and I have had to cut out alcohol completely since that makes the urine issues worse.

If I had to do it all over again, would I choose the same treatment?

No

Why did I give this answer?

I believed these symptoms would be with me for a few months and then start to improve, it now transpires that this is not the case and the long-term effects could be with me for the rest of my life.

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