So It's Tomotherapy for me

[ezhoe]

Did the simulation today with the tattoos.. RO's explained to me that this was the most Gentle approach, considering my history of urinary problems compared to say Brachy boost. I will start 44 treatments on 10/22 after almost 2 months of HT.. Crew at UC Davis were very professional and everything went smooth.. my appts will be 2pm daily which is perfect for me.. I will post as time goes by.. Ed

[Hidden]

I went through the same 44 Tomo treatments over the summer, also at 2:00 PM. Side effects were minimal. I had the SpaceOAR procedure done prior, which although unpleasant probably helped. My name is also Ed.

[ezhoe in reply to Hidden]

Hi Ed..They never mentioned the Oar to me.. maybe the location of the tumor? dunno.. mine is in the Anterior transition zone.. again dunno if it matters ..Ed

[Hidden]

Good luck going thru radiation. Hope that it works for you like it has so far worked for me. Fatigue and various other side effects are atttached.

[NewAgeBrother]

I recently finished Tomotherapy at Johns Hopkins. From my research, it will do the most precise targeting for standard IMRT meaning not hypo-fractionated as there is literally hundreds of slices all intersecting in the prostate with minimal hits to OAR. In fact, it is even possible to do salvage radiation with Tomotherapy even after RT as opposed to just RP.

[ezhoe in reply to NewAgeBrother]

Yes I read that about the possible srt. thanks Ed

[j-o-h-n]

to ezhoe,

Ask them if they can microwave you lunch at the same time. You'll do just fine...

Good Luck and Good Health.

j-o-h-n Friday 10/12/2018 6:46 PM EDT