My Gleason 4+3 stayed the same post op, but what you describe is very common.
As for relaxing? HAHA!! I haven’t relaxed since even before my biopsy and 6 yrs later, STILL not….
But there’s a difference between being healthily anxious - like awaiting results- or being morbidly obsessed 24/7 with this disease. I’ve gone from that obsession to a state of acceptance - even now during ADT and salvage radiation.
Once you are a member of the brotherhood, there is no getting out. You will be constantly tested with bloodwork and scans for as long as you live no matter what your surgeon says. Yes, you are ‘good to go’ as far as HE is concerned but now another chapter of vigilance begins.
Just live your life and work this condition into it - don’t let the condition be how you live your life.
Hopefully, your surgeon truly got it all and you are cured. That DOES happen!! So just get your PSA’s done as recommended and take it from there. Remember: Life is a chronic condition…