Martin receiving radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Martin receiving radiotherapy - two green lasers are used to align my body (using four tattoos on my chest lower abdomen and thighs) then after alignment the nurses must leave the irradiation area they dim the lights and the x-ray machine (10MV) delivers five fractions of radiation to my abdomen.

In December 2007 (aged 53) I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the prostate. My PSA was 13.6 staging was T2c N0 M0 and my Gleason score was 4+4=8.

I had a radical retropubic prosatectomy February 2008. Three months later my PSA was still high indicating the cancer was still present and had spread. A tumour was found in my abdominal lymph system. I started radiotherapy in spring of 2009 (attending 5 weeks (25 days) at Royal Preston) and it was one of the most depressing times of my cancer treatment - each day for five weeks I was reminded I had (probably) incurable cancer.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• radiotherapy
• prostate
• cancer
• royal
• preston
• hospital
• oncology
• PSA
• Gleason
• Tumor
• tumour

[iwalkerify]

why is it sped up?

[prostatesupportgroup]

@iwalkerify The full treatment takes about 15 minutes so I condensed the 15 minutes into 1min 30 sec

[buggeroff11]

Its sexist that it seems so many men are excluded from working in these depts. so much for equallity in the work place.

[dollyknockers]

@iwalkerify I wasn't trying to be funny pal. Sorry if I have offended, that was not my intention.

[iwalkerify]

@dollyknockers

lol on the road to recovery

very funny

[dollyknockers]

Thank you putting this video up. My Father in law starts radiotherapy next week and watching this has allayed some of his fears. When he had an MRI he found it very claustrophobic but watching this has reassured him. Take care pal, I hope you are on the road to recovery.