LEAD UP TO THE BRACHY

MACHU PICCHU

So ......3 months on and all good to go.
As I've mentioned.......no side effects and peeing like a horse.
Couldn't believe the improvement,and it seemed a pity to have to enter into a procedure which was definitely going to mess with that aspect....at the very least!
Tis is the problem with this %$#@ing disease.......one enters into a realm where one seems to be taking something that's not really broken (no symptoms) and deliberately break it in order to fix it in the long term!
Not an easy one!

NORTH ARGENTINA

Here I was now,meeting at rugby and downing 3 to4 pints without any bladder problems......just like I had 10 years ago or more.
It seemed a great pity to mess with that?
There was absolutely no doubt that :

~there would be problems peeing (initially at least and possibly for a protracted period)

~a bit of pain

~blood in the urine followed by possible clots later ,blocking the pipes somewhat

~burning on urination ,which gradually would probably become more chronic as the radiation clicked in

~potential ED and incontinence,either temporary or more permanent

~potential temporary bowel problems for some period

~worst of all,the necessity to take those %$#@ing alpha blockers indefinitely after

But the old PSA was gradually creeping up and had just gone over the "magic" 10 mark.

MACHU PICCHU

LA PAZ CENTRAL SQUARE

The biopsy (my 3rd) that had been taken in the last procedure comprised a 14 core targeted operation which ,(thank God) had indicated that my GLEASON score seemed to have remained the same (6) and showed that the cancer had not seemed to spread much.
It was also still not apparent with a DRE and seemed thus very much contained in the prostate.

The date for the big one had been set at October 21st 2016

SHEPERD ON THE ANTIPLANO

LLAMA'S IN THE ANDES (3500m)