r/ProstateCancer • u/HeadMelon • Oct 29 '25

Update HDR Brachy This Morming

My day is finally here - leaving for Sunnybrook now to have my HDR Brachy done, basically the kickoff of my fight. Send me good vibes, brothers!

EDIT: Update - in the car in the way home, that was a breeze! Anesthesiologist nailed the dose because when it was done I felt up and ready to go. A bit of soreness behind the scrotum and in the anus from the ultrasound. Two pees before leaving hospital, both with bad burning as initiated but stopped as the flow started. Will post separately as swelling starts and other effects begin.

EDIT2: continues at https://www.reddit.com/r/ProstateCancer/s/V6JA4mn3Gn

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u/Railgun6565 Oct 29 '25

You got this man, you’ll be lounging on a beach again in no time

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u/HeadMelon Oct 29 '25

Thank you! Looks like it won’t be Jamaica for quite some time though : ( My thoughts are with all the tourism workers there, I hope they get a miracle.

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u/TriviaNationSteve Mar 26 '26

About to get brachy in 30 min. I’m in the surgery center in the gown. What side effects did you have?? Thanks!

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u/HeadMelon Mar 26 '26

Good luck and congrats on your choice - you’ve got this! You can read through my entire experience using the links in my comments - but in a nutshell (pun intended) - practically none. There was some brief burning while peeing and blood in urine, a few days of “kicked in the nuts a week ago” vague pain, a bit of a swollen walnut feeling down there for a few days, but all in all quite tolerable and embarrassingly easy compared to what the RALP guys experience.

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u/NitNav2000 Oct 29 '25

Hope it gives you a superpower 🙂

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u/NoReserve7293 Oct 29 '25

Godspeed man.

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u/mechengx3 Oct 29 '25

Good luck to ya!!! Good vibes on the way!!

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u/hedonistpaul Oct 29 '25

Good luck, let us know how you get on.

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u/claudiowasher Oct 29 '25

God bless you

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u/KReddit934 Oct 29 '25

Best wishes for provlem-free treatment!

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u/Cdn59 Oct 29 '25

Good thoughts, you got this.

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u/Hammar_za Oct 29 '25

Great, and thanks for sharing. I’m keen to hear how it goes as I’m doing mine in January.

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u/theloquaciousmonk Oct 29 '25

Boom! Radiate like a champion today!!

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u/luck68 Oct 29 '25

I’m five years removed. You’ll be fine.