Prostate Cancer IMRT Radiation Treatment
One of many. Edited for time. I am only stage t1c and will only need 25 sessions.
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Why did they turn on the lights then turn them back off?
With out Varification on setup they deleverd Radiation Ahfter Checking ssd then start Radiation
Definitely not a trilogy.. there is no OBI arms or anything. Definitely a 2100.
Machine looks like a Varian Clinac 2100 SL to me. Trilogy’s are silver (except for Lady Trilogy’s which are pink…..)
Oh, yeah, the patient survived, but the doctor died. Like something out a Steve Martin movie. Unfortunately, it’s true. My doctor; Dr. Cook expired during my treatments. May God have mercy on his soul.
After I was in for PHASE 2, it turns out that the rads were taking such a toll on my bod that I was sleeping almost all the time.
It does not hurt, but I had to be off my arthritis meds the whole time, and I was in so much pain from the arthritis that it was really hard to stay still.
What you see here is one of my earlier treatments, and notice the big beer-belly I had back then. It went away. I was 186lbs when I started, and 151lbs when I finished. I’m gaining some of that back now, and I’m up to 161lbs now.
When I posted this, I was told 25 treatments… but that was just for the cancer that had spread.
The treatment did not start yet but as soon as the machine is on,they must leave the room.
this is triology
My husband is getting this treatment presently. It does not hurt.
They leave before radiation is on.
Why medics are with the patient… should they be outside the room to avoid radiation???
Doesn’t hurt. Radiation kills cancerous cells and healthy tissue. The idea is to minimize the dose to healthy tissue and try to treat just the tumor. By delivering it in fractions (treatment each day) it enables the healthy cells to regenerate and repair to a certain extent.
YES
is this a LINAC?
So how does radiation help?
Does it hurt?
I dont know :S
7 fields doesn’t have to be IMRT. Only if each field consists of several segments or have moving leafs one can speak of IMRT. Otherwise it’s 3dCRT.
This was Phase I, which was 3 fields. My Phase II was 7 fields, and was on a Varian Clinac IX linear accelerator. The treatments in phase II were much more involved and longer.
Was that IMRT?
It seemed to me like 3dCRT.
Only 4 fields.