@psychometric, regardless of your decision, visiting with the folks at MD Anderson will give you confidence in your choice.

For my benefit, did you happen to answer a questionnaire about lower urinary tract symptoms? It goes by two names, but its the same questions: AUA Prostate Symptom Score or International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). It's a 7 question quiz concerning urinary symptoms that allows the patient to rate the level of severity of the particular symptom from 0 (None or Never) to 5 (Almost Always). Your answers give a composite score of 0 - 35. If you did take that quiz and know the outcome, would you mind sharing it? In several radiation studies I've read, they use that composite score as one determining factor in deciding whether that particular radiation treatment would be a good or poor choice for a patient. I will add that the IPSS threshold was not the same in all studies I reviewed.

Thanks and keep in touch!