It ain't for sissies!
UPDATE!
I’m now an official cancer patient, got my first treatment yesterday.
Implanting gold dot fiducials near my prostate to serve as targets to positing the beam.
Inserting a hydrogel spacer between my prostate and rectum to move the rectum away from the radiation paths
Got my first ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) shots of -who names these drugs???- Firmagon. Firm A Gone, really???
All procedures done by needle injections under local anesthesia. Some minimal discomfort during the procedure.
The Firmagon (snicker) is a liquid that gels up under the skin to slowly release the medication over a full month. Some discomfort from the resulting lumps in my belly.
Longest needles I’ve ever seen. Watched the belly injections, the bottom ones were around the hump, so I couldn’t kibitz...