Hi guys my partner has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it's at the earlier stages but he has three options, surgery, radiotherapy or wait and watch. To us wait and watch isn't an option as why would we want to wait for something to grow. Surgery was our initial option as it says radiotherapy doesn't completely get rid of it only slows it down and shrinks it and we just want this cancer gone and out of our lives, however we are hearing horror stories about the surgery and was wondering if anybody had had the surgery and could tell us everything was ok afterwards? We’re aware it can make you incontinent for a while but was wondering did people get back to normal afterwards and how long did it take? Also does surgery make it spread to other places? Also been told they can pierce your bowel? Just over all really scared and heartbroken, please if anybody could give some advice, Thanks for listening
Hi PCT and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and I'm sorry to read that your partner has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
It's natural to wonder how treatment might affect him so can I recommend that you join the prostate cancer group, which is a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your partner's diagnosis and proposed treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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