Normality resuming after brachytherapy?

Here are Gloria and I having a wonderful time - well, similar!

Gloria and I have just returned from a two week holiday on a cruise liner.  It was fabulous and we had a great time, mainly because we both relaxed completely. She did have her laptop with her, but the Internet service was so poor that she really was not able to do much so she had to pay attention to me!

It's hard to tell whether things are getting back to normal because, largely, there's not been a huge change. However, it's easy to be fooled. The changes post-brachytherapy happen very slowly and you barely notice. Yet if those changes had taken place overnight, you would be quite shocked, possibly.
For me, the main issue was tiredness, but that has now passed. Urination and so on, those readers who regularly scan these pages will know, have largely continued uninterrupted. There's been a little bit of discomfort, but I've not had the constant need to go to the loo that some people report. At night, I often manage to pass the whole night without getting up, although more recently it's been about 4-5am that the call has come.

Generally speaking then, life on the cruise was pretty ideal. No flying and airport nonsense - always a bummer if you need a pee urgently. Always a toilet nearby, whether in your cabin or elsewhere. And no pressure to do anything. Bizarrely, cruising was one of the last things we'd normally consider for a holiday, so this was quite a revelation for us.

Moreover, it was good to test the theory that having brachytherapy makes you sensitive to alcohol. No such problem there as our massive bar bill will attest! I have had little or no reaction in that respect and I do tend to like a few glasses of wine.

I also tried out, after consulting my urology nurse, whether I could stop taking my Tamsulosin. The answer is probably no. I missed one day and the waterworks slowed up so I quickly decided to start again. I'd probably have been OK, but didn't want to tempt fate.

So, here I am. Life's pretty good and things are fairly normal. I'm well past the high radioactive stage so can now dandle children, travel on planes (no thanks) and generally cause consternation to Gloria ... as usual.