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Completed Cyberknife Treatment

I completed my five treatments on December 24, 2008.
I had urinary "twinging" and BM frequency urges for
one week. As of January 1, 2009, I feel quite normal
as before the treatment. I also had a psa test on the
first day , 2.9. I actually fell asleep during each
treatment as I was trying to stay awake to watch my
"Cyber" do its thing. lol. This was all done at
Georgetown University Hospital in DC. which I
highly recommend. Now I will get a follow-up PSA
on January 23. I feel like I bought some more
quality of life time. Good luck in whatever choice
you make.

Re: Completed Cyberknife Treatment

Neil:
What is Cyberknife treqtment, I seem to have read somewhere that it is a treatment for the skull area. Obviously that doesn't appear to be the case.

David

Re: Re: Completed Cyberknife Treatment

David and all,

There is a good deal of information about Cyberknife (and all the other treatments) on the site.

There are two ways to find the information:

1. Click on the Return to Website link

2. Click on the link to Search Engine in the first paragraph and enter 'cyberknife' or

3. Click on the Treatment Choices link and page down to the Cyberknife link.

Its that simple.

All the best


Terry in Australia

Re: Completed Cyberknife Treatment

Today is January 26, 2009. I just got my first
post PSA # 2.0. Dr. Collins said that was par for
the course. We wil do another PSA in two months.
AS far as side affects go, I had bowel frequency
and urinary "pressure" for the first week post
treatment. I have been on Flowmax 0.4 mg since
the 3rd treatment and I will stop it soon and see
how it goes. My previous PSA numbers were 5.3
in May. 3.3 in September and 2.9 on the first
day of treatment. So I guess I'm looking at
progress not perfection. I hope others give
this treatment a consideration. Good luck to all.

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I completed my five treatments on December 24, 2008.
I had urinary "twinging" and BM frequency urges for
one week. As of January 1, 2009, I feel quite normal
as before the treatment. I also had a psa test on the
first day , 2.9. I actually fell asleep during each
treatment as I was trying to stay awake to watch my
"Cyber" do its thing. lol. This was all done at
Georgetown University Hospital in DC. which I
highly recommend. Now I will get a follow-up PSA
on January 23. I feel like I bought some more
quality of life time. Good luck in whatever choice
you make.

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