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ranger44's numbers are much, much higher than yours and still ( I think) he is on active surveillance.
You had a single core of 3+3 and a PSA of 1.2, right?
You remind me a lot of a friend of mine who had RALP after a slight increase in his PSA (2.6 to 3.3 or something). Wonderful person but a total worrywart. Got lucky probably cos he was young @ 54 and is happy with his decision now but for me it was a really poor life decision. He too was 1 core @ Gleason 6.
You would serve this community greatly by letting others know that these kind of numbers do not normally need treatment and could lead to less than optimal outcomes that affect livelihoods for all involved.
This comment may be viewed as harsh by some but my goal is to be helpful.
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Not harsh. Maybe I should have worded my initial post differently. Like "Made a dumb move need help". I have two friends that have PSA over 7 and they just monitor or treat. The one friend his PSA has started to drop. I felt at the time I would make myself sick knowing I had cancer. Dr gave me 85% chance that both impotence and incontinence would be fine. Especially having watched my Dad die from it. Well, little over 4 years and I think we might have got the cancer. (no guarantee) But I fall into the 15%. But I also dont know from there. My wife is sick so I have not even tried to get an erection in the 4 years. I miss it but....... . On incontinence I have not done kegel excercises. I put on a condom catheter and wear it all day. I can hold it while sleeping with no pads. I can do whatever I want with the CC. (except wear shorts). But I need to make the right choices from here. I am following the AUS thread but I probably should try exercising first. Sounds like the AUS has another 85/15 split. I know I have history where I would end up. Impotence very important to a healthy male. But I got 51 beautiful years. Its not the worst thing. I dont need any notches in my pistol.