Hello,
As you probably know my brother has been diagnosed with early prostate cancer with a gleason score of 6 (3+3) PSA of 6.9 and has elected to go for Brachytherapy whihc he is going to receive on 21 August. One of the things that has crossed his mind is can the radiation from the brachytherapy acffect his dogs and cats - most of whom seem to share his bed. I thought I had read there could be problems with small children if you sit them on your lap but other than that not even thought about pets. They don't usually sit on his lap like the cats we are cat sitting at the moment like to do in the evening but they do get on the bed and cuddle up to him and his wife during the night so I suppose it is a fait question. He lives in South AFrica and cannot contact his urologist directly and when he contacts his secretary she just tells him things like "this won't happen" and never heard of that rather than direct his questions to the urologist. I don't think he has met his radiologist yet and not sure if he will before the day he goes in for the low dose brachytherapy - indeed he may not even know who the radiologist is before he gets there on the day. So, anyone any idea about this?
Thanks
Des
Assuming your brother's wife isn't pregnant, which is another matter, never mind the pets 
It seems to be that he will need to avoid sitting less than 50cm away from children any more than a few minutes each day for the first two months.
I imagine the same applies to pets.
