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Re: Good News for Radical Prostatectomy Patients - Johns Hopkins Article

Hi Fred. I don't think there are any PC victims who haven't wondered "what if" as to whether they should treat or just watch - and hope. Who hasn't wondered if they had just left things alone if their life might have been normal and unstressed by the devastating effects of treatment? It is difficult to feel certain of any decision one makes in this arena. There are very few consistencies to go by. One is always weighing the unknowns of the disease (which might kill you - or not) against the known facts of treatment which are almost always on the negative side. I too have wondered if I might have been better off not even knowing of the presence of the disease and yet I have seen what the disease does to you when it is allowed to kill you. Early detection and treatment seems to hold the best chance of beating the disease but early treatment also means you have more years of enduring treatment side effects, and still you never know if it was worth it. What a mess huh! Jon.

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