Amber,

I had brachytherapy for a period of about 30 hours right after I finished 34 external radiation treatments. The seeds were inserted into my tongue under anesthesia, so when I woke up I had the hardware in my mouth (it was relatively painless by then) and a guy with a Geiger counter was testing all the rooms near mine to be sure I wasn't contaminating them! The whole experience was actually less daunting than I expected it to be, and the process of removing the seeds was also pretty painless. It was fairly boring to be in almost total isolation for that period, because no one else was allowed to be in the room with me for more than a few minutes at a time -- for obvious reasons.

Cathy