Radiation Therapy
My husband is 70 years old and has been diagnosed with localized prostate cancer. He choose to have hormone therapy and radiation instead of a prostatectomy. The first two weeks of radiation he was holding his own with no major complaints or side effects. He is now going into week three and is feeling awful, especially nausea and horrific stomach upset. He feels weak and can hardly hold food down. Has anyone had similar side effects with radiation and if so, how did you handle it? Does this last for the remainder of the treatments? He has 19/28 to go and I feel so bad for him. If you have any suggestions or given suggestions by your cancer team to help with the side effects, please share. Thank you!
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I am so glad you reached out. I am so sorry to hear that your husband is going through such a hard time. I really hope our community members respond with their personal experiences. In the meantime, has his doctor given you any suggestions to help him? I really hope he can start to feel better. Please keep us posted. Jill, prostatecancer.net team thanks for chiming in on this with your tip. It sounds like it has been really hard for you, I hope your side effects have improved from the medication. We are here for you. Jill, prostatecancer.net team Teresa, I am so glad to hear your husband is feeling better!! Although no one wants the stomach bug or virus, I am glad to hear that he is doing ok! Jill, prostatecancer.net team
Hi Jill...thanks for responding ☺️...he feels so bad he is trying to decide whether to stop the radiation and just have the prostatectomy. We are waiting to talk to the doctors.
I hope you hear back from them soon. We are here for you both! Sending over lots of support. Jill, prostatecancer.net team
I had the same difficulty. Eased after radiation was complete but took months before completely "normal" again. I think a low dose short term prednisone can really help after completion to relieve gastro problems but I am not dr
Thanks DaveB...
He is feeling better just really tired. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! I am encouraging him by telling him he is on day 14/28 treatments so he is half way to the end of treatment...yeah!
Teresa Franklin
