Triplet therapy chemo done what to expect from radiotherapy?

Didn't have the chemo but did have 37 sessions of radiotherapy.

I hurt my back (completely unrelated) during the radiotherapy, so I didn't have a good time, but no problems with the radiotherapy.

You are given all the help you need by your team.

In the end, none of it was a problem. My bladder seemed to fill up while they were watching, so I was seen as an easy win. On one occasion I didn't even get as far as the reception desk to sign in before I got kidnapped and zapped. I had to sign in after the event. The receptionist had no idea I was there.

I have a very small amount of bleeding from the rectum around the 4th week in but that stopped quite quickly.

The main side effect for me was fatigue, which builds up, and so you can be pretty tired towards the ends of the treatment.

I am now six months after the radiotherapy and have no remaining side effects.

The treatment itself was completely painless, and only slightly undignified, although I seemed to be the only one NOT worried about my dignity.

The enemas were available and used, but nothing like the problem I though they would be. If only I had not had to go 30 miles and hurt my back, it would pretty much have been a non-event.

A friend of mine, though, has, in the last 2 months, completed 33 sessions of radiotherapy. He is having problems with sudden bouts of diarrhoea, which came on after the treatment had completed. His medical team say that it is the radiotherapy, and that it will gradually recede.

It is gradually receding but, because he has little patience, is really annoying him.

This is a way of saying that, luck as I was, there can still be some problems, and that it is very personal.

Thank you Mstev2 for your comprehensive reply.