This forum is for the discussion of anything to do with Prostate Cancer. There are only four rules:
No fundraisers, no commercials (although it is OK to recommend choices of treatment or medical people based on your personal research; invitations to participate in third-party surveys are also acceptable, provided there is no compensation to YANA);
No harvesting e-mail addresses for Spam;
No insults or flaming - be polite and respectful at all times and understand that there may be a variety of points of view, all of which may have some validity;
Opinions are OK, but please provide as much factual evidence as possible for any assertions that you are making
Failure to abide by these simple rules will result in the immediate and permanent suspension of your posting privileges.
Since this is an International Forum, please specify your location in your post.
I assume you are referring to the Varian Truebeam which is often referred to as Rapid Arc?
If you go to the Resources page and enter Varian Truebeam into the site search engine you will find references to men who have had this treatment or considered having it.
As I said in one comment It is not easy to find any information on the Varian Truebeam system that is not written by the manufacturers.
Hi my name is Tom Harris and i just finished 44 Rapid Arc treatments
it was a great experience. The therapist were wonderful and the
routine was easy just drink a 16oz tumbler of water 1 hour before
and hold it during treatments. about half way through i began
to suffer from fatigue and lightheaded. later to find that i became
anemic . radiation oncologist said not from radiation. but my primary says
that is is and we will keep a watchful eye on it. Blood count stayed the same
but will come up after these treatments . the biggest problem was that i was
getting bored.
All i can say is that this was an easy treatment and i would do again if
needed. i will have a psa after 3 more months and see where we go from here.
The best of luck to you
I am scheduled to begin the same amts of Radial Arc treatments in Nov. Did you have hormone therapy ahead of the radiation? If so, what did your PSA level come down to just prior to the radiation? Thanks!
