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I do not see that I had a choice as to which treatment, it was quite clear. I was given the facts as best the med estab could determine them. It is your choice in the end. With High G scores, moderately high PSA, all 12 bio samples had cancer, nothing detectable outside, but the implication was that there had to be cancer beyond the prostate. My schooling & work involved a lot of radiation physics, so I thought I knew what I was getting into. You just do not know exactly what is going to be zapped. And you do not know how long it will take the good tissue to recover. They were very careful about not hitting the bladder, not so careful about hitting the colon & rectum. As you and many others say, I wanted it all out or dead, especially the stuff that could not be seen. So, the primary treatment had to do the job. As stated previously, I had hemorrhroids going into the beam treatment. So, the surgen said to wait three months after rd tx and then take out the hemorrhroids. I did, but here it is mid June, and the H surgery was Feb 4, 2008, have not healed yet and must remain somewhat close to the toilet.
Joe
