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Hello,
Just looking for some answers...My husband was diagnosed June 4, 2008 with prostate CA. His gleason was 6, his PSA was 4, and he is 50 yrs old, great health.He is titled as having low grade low volume T-1 cancer. We feel so blessed that this has been caught early, however we are now faced with treatment options. HIFU is done by his doctor in both Mexico and bahamas. However his doctor also states that since his CA is localized he would be a great candidate for the Radical Retro-pubic prostatectomy. COuld any of you guys in his age range, and similar cancer catagory give me advice as to your healing after either one of these procedures. We still have a very healthy sex life, and as odd as that sounds, we would love to have the CA eraticated without loosing any of the "stuff" I will await your reply. THanks in advance
Sorry to hear of your husband’s diagnosis but you can take some comfort in the fact that he appears, from what you say, to have what is termed an insignificant tumour defined as being:
1. Nonpalpable
2. Stage T1c
3. Percent free PSA 15 or greater
4. Gleason less than 7
5. Less than three needle cores with none greater than 50% tumour.
If this is the case then he is a candidate for any of the current options, from Radical Prostatectomy to Active Surveillance, with only the latter giving any guarantee of non-interference in your sex life – an important aspect of any decision making. If you would like to know more about this option, then click here: ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE FOR FAVORABLE RISK PROSTATE CANCER . This article asks the questions: What Are The Results, and How Safe Is It?
As you may not be aware, there are almost 500 stories from men who have had the full variety of treatments available and you can access them here MENTOR EXPERIENCES. If you are particularly interested in surgery, then probably the best of the tales is that of GLEN LESLIE who covers the issues of sexual performance very clearly and fairly, in my opinion.
Probably the most difficult thing for any newly diagnosed person to deal with is the lack of certainty in all aspects of this disease from diagnosis to final outcome. Virtually the only certainty is that all treatments will result in unwnated side effects. Just how serious those will be is impossible to say - some men find very small changes in their erectile function, but that is not the cae for the majority of men, unfotrtunately.
Good luck, whatever path you choose - and keep asking questions.
