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Prostate cancer treatment options: Help me chose

Posted by timothyhightower @timothyhightower, Jan 8 8:37pm

I am 62 yo who started out with esophageal cancer after having Ivor Lewis surgery with multiple complications I now suffer from fail to thrive. I recently received results of 3+4 / 7 prostate cancer with a recommendation to have it treated. I am to discuss the options on the 24th but it feels like they really want to go for removal. I am worried about side effects of that as well as other treatments. Can anyone give me their experience and advice so I have a little idea what to expect?
thanks in advance

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jcf58 | @jcf58 | Jan 11 10:17am
In reply to @timothyhightower "It is confined to just the prostate at this time. Urologist says it's intermediate aggressive but..." + (show)
@timothyhightower

It is confined to just the prostate at this time. Urologist says it's intermediate aggressive but my history with esophageal cancer and it's aggressive nature is concern for treat over watch. My concerns are side effects of treatments as I am not an old man yet and still wanna play house.

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You might want to consider one of the focal therapies. I chose Tulsa pro in July. I was also Gleason 7 but 4+3, with intermediate risk. I was 65 the time and liked the technology and the low risk of side effects. I was able to “play” one week after treatment and haven’t looked back! My PSA dropped from 8.62 0.68 in three months.

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