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My initial worry was the stories of folk having 3 to 4 biopsies before cancer was found. The risk of long term complications was a factor in my resistance to do additional biopsies.
Plus, I had no symptoms that bothered me so I adopted the "If it isn't broken, don't fix it." approach.
I really wish the MRI guided biopsy procedure was available four years ago. I would have done it back then rather than next week. Also, my syptoms are now bad enough they are driving me to find out what's going on; and any long term side effects of a saturation biopsy probably won't make my life much more miserable. So I may have to wear a diaper... might be better than the fear of dribbling onto my pants. And the prostate is soft enough I can't really enjoy sex. So even complete ED isn't that serious a worry.
Oddly - the symptom of poor ejaculation hints at a transition zone problem (if I understand the anatomy). And that was one of the places my first biopsy didn't sample.
As for attitude, I still take one step at a time; but I can't say I am optimistic at this point. I hope the biopsy finds something, even something bad, because that will end the doubt that is driving me crazy.
