When you have prostate cancer and they implant the radioactive seeds into your prostate .Are the seeds a danger to anyone else such as holding a young child on your lap can the radiation affect the child in anyway.My brother is trying to make his mind up about his treatment and he has grand children he is concerned that the radiation could harm them.any info would be appreciated.
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he needs to discuss his possible treatments and side effects with his Oncologist
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well thats a question he should ask the DOCTOR, not people who could have absolutely NO CLUE what they are talking about!!!
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Yes. The doctor will tell him that he cannot have small children on his lap. He needs to be a few feet (6) away from small children. Usually after 2 weeks, it is alright to be in the same room as them. Depending upon his size and the radioactive seeds that they implant, it could be up to a month or so until they can sit on his lap again.
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I dont know about the danger you ask about, but I have known a couple of people who had them and ended up losing control of their bowels.. a really bad deal.. I had Prostate Cancer in 2005 and am doing great.. I had Proton Radiation at Loma Linda Universty Medical Center in Loma Linda California. I think Proton Radiation is by far the best treatment for prostate cancer today.. It has little to no side effects and about a 90% cure rate. The other treatments all have some really bad side effects during and after treatments. Proton Radiation is very different from conventional radiation in that approximately 85-90% of the treatment energy is released exactly at the point being treated... Therefore, other body tissue and organs are not effected as they are with conventional radiation which is not concentrated.. since the proton radiation doesnt damage the other organs or tissues.. you have no side effects... There is a new book just out written by Robert J Marckini, a prostate cancer survivior called YOU CAN BEAT PROSTATE CANCER. The book is great. It tells about prostate cancer and then explains all of the various types of treatments available giving the side effects and pros and cons of each treatment.. any one with Prostate Cancer should have the book.. It can be purchased at Barnes and Noble and ebay im sure.. some other places too. There is a website called PROTON BOB.... (bob stands for brotherhood of the balloon it is part of the treatment) Anyway the website tells about prostate cancer and Proton Radiation.. you and your brother should read the website.. If you do be sure and read the Patient Testimonial section .. it is former Proton Radiation patients.. and we are all 100% sold on proton radiation.. Its a no brainer choice if you check all the options.. It has little to no side effects and a 90% cure rate..I was not sick one singe day during or after my treatments.. It was like a being on a vacation... There are now 4-5 places offering proton radiation,..Loma Linda University started it about 17 years ago.. and due to their great success with the program, MD Anderson in Houston, Tx just constructed a facility for it and has been open for about a year... also Mass General in Boston, a hospital in Indiana and one in jacksonville florida I think.. also some are currently under construction.////Doctors have been slow to recommend Proton Radiation. They felt or feel it is still experimental, dont know about it, or its just a money thing with them.. they dont make money sending patients elsewhere for treatments.. Dont let some doctor talk your brother into what ever treatments they do until he checks out all of his options.. Id be willing to bet no doctor has mentioned Proton Radiation to him.. The odd thing is though that when I was in California getting my treatments, there sure were lots of doctors and other medical professionals there being treated for prostate cancer with proton radiation.... If you read the Patient testimonial section of Proton Bob you will see what I am talking about.. there are now testimonials there from doctors...... It made believers out of them after they had treatments..Also when I was there, there were several men being treated who had the seed implants and who had radical surgery and it had not worked.. If you or your brother have any questions about my experience with prostate cancer or the proton radiation treatments, please feel free to email me here on yahoo answers.. I will also be willing to call either of you on the phone and discuss it.. most any of us who have had proton treatments are the same way..we just hate to see any one have the treatments that has all the side effects when there is such a good option available with no side effects and as good if not better cure rate.. Most people who have Proton Radiaton are cured.. my PSA is now .13 thats point one three../...hope i have or can help.. I wrote this in a hurry and there is lots of it.. so im not checking my spelling and typos.. hope you can make sense of it. Also the Proton Bob website tells all the places where the treatment is available... I think the book I mentioned can be purchased there too.. not sure though.. Ill be glad to send your brother my book if you will email me his address..
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