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Yes, yours is a terrible story - and I place the blame firmly at the door of 'surgery addicted' urologists.
I thank my lucky stars that my tumour was so advanced, because if I had been diagnosed very early on, I too would probably have been panicked into having the prostate removed.
The urologist who did my biospy is notorious for pushing guys towards removal. My brother-in-law was diagnosed 6 months after me, with a pretty low set of numbers, and he rang me in panic after he was advised to have the operation.
By then I had learned enough about options to be able to show him all the choices available. He opted for brachytherapy and is still doing very well four years later.
A few years ago I posted on Yana and on other international sites a question about just how many men with PCa were treated solely by urologists. The response was shocking. Huge numbers of men around the globe never get to see an oncologist speacialising in PCa.
We have all read story after story about the awful side effects which can occur after surgery - and just how often the cancer isn't eradicated anyway, meaning PSA rises again, and choices become limited and dangerous.
I am deeply saddened - and angry when I read how a guy like yourself has been treated.
