My father had radiation therapy for prostate cancer last summer and has developed complications from this. He was having problems with his urine flow and required further surgery that was carried out yesterday. My dad is 78 years old and I am afraid that sometimes he is not very clear when he tries to explain things to us. Apparently this complication that he had is quite common for people who have had radiation therapy.
My concern now is his account of what his doctor has told him....I have not talked to his doctor myself but plan to. Anyway I took him up yesterday and he had the surgery performed. After surgery he was taken to his room and seemed to be a lot of discomfort but was doing okay...then started to complain about pain on the top of his left leg. I looked to see if there was anything there and found a bandaged section. He said the nurse told him that the tool or light (that's what he called it) that the doctor uses is hot and he had laid it on top of the material that was covering dad and it burnt through the material and also burnt his leg?? It is not a big burn, the size of a dime or nickle he said, but it has formed a blister and is very painful...I have not seen it. I stayed with him all day and my sister brought my mom up in the evening. Things were good and he seemed to be doing well except for the pain and the discomfort from the catheter.
This morning however he phoned mom and told her that the doctor had been in to see him and told him they had found further complications that had to be addressed and his prostate collapsed. Now I am really concerned....does anyone know what this is all about...or what to expect from this? Will he have further complications as a result of this? Apparently in all the confusion the "tool or light" was forgotten and that is why the burn resulted. Like I said, dad can be confused sometime when he explains things so I will not know what happened until I talk to the doctor myself....but right now I am just wondering if anyone has experienced anything like this before or can shed any light on this for me.