I am happy to say that after 4.5 months since my Brachy my Psa has dropped nicely. It went from 3.5 before the Brachy to 1.9. I know it can bounce around yet and will eventually go to .1... but for today I am a happy camper. I still have irritative urinary issues and just switched to detrol LA from uroxatral. I am hoping my frequency starts decreasing on the detrol. There are days i have to hit a toilet every 20 minutes for hours. Do any of you have any experience with detrol NOT improving your urinary frequency? I just started it 3 days ago. My libido and potency have been great from the getgo....

Hi, glad you are feeling good about things.

I'm due for Brachytherapy in February next year.

When did your problem with frequency come on? I seem to recall you were going over 3 hours straight after the implant.

peter

I am 15 months post brachytherapy. Had an early stage cancer - GS = 3+3, no palpable tumor, cancer found in 1/10 cores and in one-third of that core. Had PSA checked every 3 months during the first year. Went from 5.6 (pre-treatment) to 0.9, 0.9, 0.6, 0.4. Am now getting it measured every 6 months. In the second year, it is possible to experience a PSA "bump", where the PSA increases. They don't get worried unless it increases for 3 succesive readings, spread over 9 months. I am now over urinary problems but, for me, it took about 5 months before I was.

Well, i still can go up to four hours in my sleep. During the day, it is somewhat more active. There are many times I am comfortable up to about 2 hours when travelling. But just as often, no matter how much i have drank, it can be every 20 mins to a half hour. I carry around a container in the car for such emergencies. I always had an overactive bladder, and these symptoms have worsened somewhat. We'll see if the detrol helps. The past week has been particularly frequent as i have switched from the uroxatral to the detrol. Detrol is said to take a while before it help. The burning on urination has improved to just some mild pain on urination....