Prostate Cancer Treatment That Doesn't Suck Too Bad

Recently, my dad went in for prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate symptoms are strong in that side of my family -- my dad had problems, my uncle (his brother) and my grandpa (his dad) all had prostate cancer and, in some cases, some pretty severe BPH symptoms and prostate infection pain.

When my dad did his due diligence he looked at his prostate cancer treatment options.

In the end it came down to two:

1. Prostate surgery 2. Radiation treatment

The idea of having his prostate cut out by the surgeon's knife was not that appealing, but neither was radiation where, if there is a slight miscalculation, it can screw up your ability to have sex and urinate for the rest of your life.

In the end, he took the radiation option.

And the reason why is because of the breakthroughs they've made in the technology.

In his case, they put radioactive "seeds" around his tumor.

This was done via robot and he said it was completely painless.

The only problem he had was the logistics of getting out there. He had to go five days per week every week for 8 weeks.

Forty treatments in total.

Since he had a long commute, that was not ideal.

And, if he was not retired and had the time, he probably would not have been able to take advantage of the option (and instead get his prostate cut out by a surgeon -- which, again, comes with its fair share of side effects and potential problems).

The point of this article is simple:

These days, not all prostate cancer treatment is horrifying. Sometimes it's painless and simple.

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