Met my third Radiation Oncologist and I said pushy

Friday before labor day and I met with another Radiation Oncologist. And wow was he awesome. For over an hour and a half we talked. He wanted to know what I had learned so far, so this was not a lecture. We went through every procedure, past and present, who I was looking at. We covered a lot of ground, and on more than one occasion he stated he thought I was doing the right thing, at 47, going the proton route, even though he does not use that technology. At no time did I feel like I was a number to him, I was a patient, and he was able to give me all the time I needed.

So I learned a new procedure. He does high dose brachy therapy. An outpatient procedure with higher radiation seeds, over two treatments. It is still an invasive procedure with needles (catheters) inserted in your prostate, with computer calculations done by location to determine how long the seeds remain in your prostate. Procedure takes about four hours, you are sedated, and most people are back at work the next day, feeling as though they got a few shots the day before. He is currently performing this procedure for people 50 and over.

And I stayed pushy, he helped me schedule an MRI for the following weekend, so I will not have to make a trip to Atlanta to get it done, and I don't have to wait six weeks.