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Brachytherapy dilator use

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  • woodstock99
    woodstock99 CSN Member Posts: 206 Member
    #22
    My brachy eneded 8/2 and I

    My brachy eneded 8/2 and I used mine for the first time on 8/19 at my first appointmnet with pelvic floor therapist.  I was given the hard plastic one by the RO nurse but she and the RO told me to buy silicone ones which I did online on Amazon. 

    I have been using the smallest size every other day since then working up from 5 minutes to 15 minutes. 

    I am going for session2 today and bringing size 2 with me to see if I graduate although it's seems very large compared to size 1. 

    Pelvic exams have been difficult for me since menopause and lack of sexual activity so I am definitely going to use mine and so far it's not awful. 

    I do mine in the early morning after I take my thyroid pill as I have to wait 30 minutes to eat or drink anything so I hop back in bed anyway so decided its good time for me.  

    I am 68 and hopefully will stay fit and agile enough to be abe to continue to use them as long as necessary.

    This is the set I bought:   

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BKB3852/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    And the pelvic floor therapist recommended this lubricant:   

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078HV733W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 

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  • PMWB
    PMWB CSN Member Posts: 1 *
    #23

    thank you ladies for all this information. I’m new and just starting the dilator dance. Where does one find these cool cones you speak of?

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  • NoTimeForCancer
    NoTimeForCancer CSN Member Posts: 3,613 Member
    #24

    Hello PMWB, Woodstock put a link to the ones she got in her post right above your post, but I don't think it was cones. And if I may, I would like to add a little more info. One beautiful woman had told me years ago to do it 10 mins everyday as opposed to the 3 times a week. There were times it was difficult, not going to lie, but be persistent. I used the 'candlesticks' size M and then L, and after 13 years I still use them but only once a week now.

    Hang in there. You are not alone

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