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Biopsy or not?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (69)

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@peterj116

I can't remember. I think it was Stage 2.

The options were surgery or radiation.
I looked at the side effects.
For surgery, it was bladder incontinence.
For radiation, it was bladder & bowel incontinence.
That's a no from me.

Besides... radiation involves multiple trips for multiple treatments.
I wasn't keen.

It's a big decision, though.
The good news is that prostate cancer is one of the slowest-growing cancers.
So you've got time to consider your options.
Plenty of guys will come here with their input.

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Most guys in my support group who had radiation did NOT have any urinary or bowel incontinence. I haven't had any (though did have other side effects that have gone away). The multiple trips part is true, and the prep is uncomfortable. Radiation seems to have the opposite side effect of surgery--surgery has incontinence while radiation makes it really hard to pee. Neither one is a picnic.