CT scan mapping my prostate for radiotherapy

Hello MountPeter 

A warm welcome to the online Prostate Community

You are not alone in having issues with the CT planning scan - I know someone who took 3 attempts to get it right so with luck you will be fine the 3rd attempt. I am sure they will keep going until they get it right,

Best wishes - Brian.

Hi MountPeter ,  I had 3 abortive planning attempts and eventually realised that I needed to try and have my bowels empty and avoid gas producers!  After that, I sailed through 37 RT sessions without getting bounced once.  I tried to get a routine that worked for me and although incredibly boring it worked.  Good luck with the tattoos and your eventual treatment.  There isn’t a panic once you are on HT, so don’t worry. Best wishes, David

Hello MountPeter  i too am at the NNUH and had my planning scan only tuesday just gone my first sborted the second 6 attempts canula kept hitting valves in my prominent veins they done my scan though i was worried about the fact of no contrast Millibob   Right hear kindly with some of the gang put my mind at rest saying it can go ahead without contrast i think im right maybe we can talk again im in attleborough speak soon and hope goes weell i start my RT on 16th july

Hello Tango, it is very reassuring to hear what you have to say. I am down for my third attempt on Thursday 13th (good job I am not superstitious!) If I ever get there, I start 20 sessions of RT on 4 July. After I have voted.

So you star a week or so after i start are you norwich based buddy

Dereham. Stage 3 prostate cancer. Two sites, one well contained within the prostate and one on the membrane, but not metastasised as yet. Done the hormone pills and two injections with a third scheduled after the RT. Not what I had planned for my "golden years"

Mines in my bio in prostate and lymph node i got changed 3 times with consultants that really stressed me out though

Hello MountPeter,

It was only on my 3rd attempt that I managed to complete the planning scan, the issue having been that my bladder wasn't full enough.  If I had failed again I was going to ask the radiologists how long they would let me keep trying so never did find out the answer to that question,

Good luck with the next try later this week & I'm sure they will help support you until success.

All the best,

Brian