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i am going to have radiation therapy soon but my brother had external beam and he kept on jogging hes a runner had no side effects thats 2 years down the road john q
Bear in mind that it takes years, usually over ten (but five in my case) for collateral damage to become evident. I've seen the "burn" marks in my bladder and I'm told there is likely to be fibrous tissue where the prostate and rectum meet.
EBRT is still worth doing though. Despite it causing bladder cancer in my (or so I believe) I wouldn't have changed the treatment. It helped keep advanced cancer under control for five years and counting.
