I have just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, I have looked at various treatments and been told that radiotherapy is not advised due to me being 50 and secondary cancers, I was offered hi-fu but due to my cancer being all over that is not an option, I saw on one of the forums surveillance but this option wasnt given to me or anything else, I have been told surgery is my only real option but I am worried about after the surgery all the side effects, and I have spoken to someone who has had the surgery and his side effects and it really worries me that I will get the same
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