West Central Iowa | jimjr - 6/1/2026 08:37
Devinf already do no carb low carb , intermittent fasting, and zero added sugar, and have a friend lining me up with mayo in Rochester, I have a checkup 1st week in August, if that shows anything, I'll go to mayo and try the Proton beam therapy if my insurance covers it. Its radiation but they put a hydro gel around the prostate that protects your colon and other surrounding organs from the radiation, pinpoint beam gets the cancer but nothing else, this friend had it done 6 years ago after a couple of his friends had it done sounds promising, but expensive if insurance doesn't cover it.
I had Proton Beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer in the spring of 2022 at Mayo and I think it is a very good option, especially over conventional radiation treatments, which typically require many more days of treatment. I did a total of 5 treatments, 3 the first week and 2 the second and was done.
Our daughter was a pharmacist at Mayo, and lived somewhat close, so we had a good place to stay and hang out between treatments.
When I inquired about insurance paying for the proton beam radiation, I was told that Mayo bills the insurance company at the same rates as conventional radiation, so it was not a problem, but that may of changed since then. I know the machines cost a LOT of money, and they were running the one machine from early in the morning until late at night, but all of my treatments were around midday.
They were installing a second machine when I was up there.
Good luck with your treatments!
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