Radiation

Entry 71

Just to bring you up to date I have had my appointments with Health Science Centre Radiology and am already finished. It was accomplished in 2 days. The first day's appointment was about 1 1/2 hours long and was mainly consultations and marking the spot on my hip to be radiated. Very thorough. 

The following day was the actual treatment which took about 20 minutes and was done in one session.  I'm happy to report they think they got a relatively small and localized spot on my hip with one strong radiation application. I am having little or no side effects that one extra strength Advil tablet per day can’t handle. 

I have also been taking new medications, Abiraterone and Prednisone for 3 weeks and am equally free of significant side effects from that combination. So all in all I appear to be doing quite well. 

Cancer Care Prostate Center and Radiology are all over me like a tent. They will continue to monitor me closely for the next 6-8 weeks at which time they should know if the 2 treatments are successful. We will see.