Radiotherapy Bleeding

[Hillwalker87]

Hi everyone,

My dad is is currently half way through palliative radiotherapy on his prostate. He said he's started to see blood on the tissue when he wipes. He says sometimes only a bit then other times a bit more. The radiologist said this is about par for the course at this stage. I suppose the main question is is the radiologist correct and is this likely to get any worse over the next half of his treatment? Many thanks in advance!

[Tall_Allen]

Perfectly normal. Here's what he can expect:

prostatecancer.news/2018/10...

[Hillwalker87 in reply to Tall_Allen]

That's great, thanks Allen!

[Break60]

Yes apparently it is not unusual. Mine was so bad I ended up getting radio frequency ablation after a colonoscopy a year after SRT showed my anus was a mess. It took years before it stopped bleeding completely.

[Hillwalker87 in reply to Break60]

Thanks for your response!

[kreg001]

I had bleeding following radiation. At my colonoscopy they equipped the scope with a laser and cauterized some blood vessels that had erupted. The GI Doc said it’s very common after RT and/or BT. For what it’s worth.

[Hillwalker87]

Thanks for letting me know your experience! I will relay this to him🙂

[sharpcut]

Hi Hillwalker87. Make sure Dad has a Full Bladder and try to get him to move his bowels before he is treated. I am told Blood is normal

[RVALuna]

Hillwalker, I remember Dr. Snuffy Meyers used Proscar/Avodart to reduce the bleeding from his high dose RT treatment of his Prostate Ca. Avodart use has the advantage of reducing PCa recurrence. Best RVA Luna.

[immunity1]

It is qite common and it may get worse at the end of the radiation treatments or even after they have finished. I have had it, on and off for 10 years but thats because I have had lotsa radiation