[kwhizz]

A couple things.......I went thru this 3.5 years ago........My Doctor gave me my options......I had a friend that had the seed option and it spread anyway and he is no longer here........so....I chose to have it removed by Robotic Surgery.......Piece of Cake....The most difficult and painful part was when the Doctor pulled the Catheter out after a week......Yowsa!!!In my situation it worked out very well.......everything is pretty much back to normal.....Like Joe said........The elevated PSA was found thru a random Blood test.........
On another note.....some years ago we built the machine that filled and capped the seeds......The dosage at the time was controlled by the length of the "Seed".......anywhere from .090 to .140 in length.........the body was .030 diameter .003 wall Titanium tubing and after filling with the radiation medium ....the ends were capped off with some caps that would resemble smooth pop bottle caps......again .003 wall Titanium..........the seeds are inserted thru a special tool that resembles a needle......That way they were able to get the Radiation exactly where it was needed............Some of this Medical stuff is interesting......