Choosing Treatment

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Hello all. 

I have an appointment to see an Oncologist on the 27/01/26. To then decide on surgery or HT/RT. I am going for the latter. The amount of tissue that will have to be removed with surgery, In the words of the consultant I saw. Will leave me incontinent & suffer ED for the rest of my life. Prostate, Seminal Vesicles, Nerves & Lymph Nodes. He half said it would be better having HT/RT. In his words if I opt for surgery I will still have to go through RT, & perhaps HT. I am 58 years old.  I think the surgery option is too much to ask of my body. Soon I'll be upping my gym time to 3 sessions per week. Mostly resistance training to put on as much mass as possible. I just do not want to be incontinent for the rest of my life. I have not yet shed any tears over this very recent diagnosis, Dec18/2025, although I expect I will at some point. 

Thanks

  • Welcome to the dreadful club of dilemmas. You are very young  and will recover from surgery well but the RT and HT are seemingly the better choice but that’s up to you. I’ve had HT and chemo so I’m not the best to advise.

    Good luck