Research

Bob’s urologist suggested surgery.  There is a cutting edge, robotic machine called DaVinci, much less invasive than the surgery of the past but it is still major surgery.  They would remove the prostate.  After much internet research and book reading, Bob has decided the probable side effects are not something he wants to consider.   There are other solutions: External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward the cancer; Internal radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance sealed in seeds or catheters that are placed into or near the cancer; and Proton beam therapy, a high energy external radiation therapy that targets tumors with streams of protons (small, positively charged particles.)

 

 Proton therapy resonated with how he wants to be treated.  The closest place offering this is Loma Linda, CA.  After exchanging medical records and having the colonoscopy they required, he has been accepted into their program and will begin with his consultation on March 25.