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@Frank - It's not that I am not concerned about the SEs, I clearly am. More the Incontinence issue, then ED. I could make adjustments and live with the latter if I had to, if that was the price of cure. The incontinence if it were permanent, would be more difficult. But I have a high degree of confidence that worst case scenario, that gets worked out over time.
So that's why I am meeting with an RO next week. I am still very partial to surgery, but I want to hear what the RO has to say.
@Alan - parametric is the term I think that is used for these MRIs so I think its the same thing. I am also having the endocoil, w and w/o contrast.
I will let you know if I get feedback on accuracy from my Dr. If the results are good, I will have the presence of mind to ask. If the results show anything bad, I may not :-(
Anon, I know about six other chaps who used the same highly recommended surgeon as myself for the radical....and none have any incontinence issues. None of us even do kegels. The top surgeons seem to be pretty adept at protecting against incontinence. We all had issues of some sort with erections and needing viagara which helped somewhat...but you 'never' get fully back to where you were in this area. Kind of a small price to pay at our stage of life to pretty well ensure staying alive.
