Side Effects

[ODave]

Good morning all

So post treatment some SE’s starting to come around. Nothing to crazy yet. Just wondering after SBRT I’ve got the low hanging feeling if that makes sense and feels like sitting on a tennis ball sometimes. Is that normal? From the outside nothing noticeable at all. Also should I be taking anything like sildenafil to keep blood flowing to that area?

[Tall_Allen]

I took daily Viagra (20 mg) or daily Cialis (5 mg) for about 6 months starting the first day of SBRT.

Here is what you can expect:

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[45RPM in reply to Tall_Allen]

TA, how does swollen prostate pain express? And my question is more where we feel it and how we feel it...since i had fiducials, I have felt at times, and seems to be worsening, a dull pain that feels like it is in the perineum area. And initially thought it was my left testicles.

[Tall_Allen in reply to 45RPM]

Were your fiducials placed trans-perineally or trans-rectally? There may be some residual soreness if transperineal. If not, maybe you got some prostatitis. It's probably temporary.

[45RPM in reply to Tall_Allen]

Ya transperineal would make sense, hope that's all it is. I also have a big cyst on one of my nuts, thinking also could be that and maybe I am just noticing more as every little thing now is magnified down there. Thanks TA.

[JuliesHusband in reply to Tall_Allen]

Does SBRT differ from IMRT? Why the Viagra?

[Tall_Allen in reply to JuliesHusband]

Yes, SBRT is done in 5 treatments. IMRT takes alot more (up to 44 treatments). Viagra protects blood vessels that supply the penis.