If you weren’t already scheduled for surgery, I wouldn’t tell you about the things below but it seems like you came here to get other people’s opinion.

With your father having prostate cancer it greatly increases your risk. My father died of it and my brother got it at 76. I got it at 62 because my mother added on, by giving me BRCA2.

If you review the recent medical information about a Gleason six you will find the medical community feels that people with a Gleason six are over treated. Staying on active surveillance is the optimal thing at this point, Unless they found some extenuating circumstances in your biopsy or heredity. You can look on YouTube for videos about it.

Here is a video with Dr. Laurence Klotz, one of the experts on active surveillance. He can give you answers as to why you would or would not be a good candidate for active surveillance.

You could get a PSA test every three months to keep things under tighter control.

Have you had hereditary genetic testing? Has it been offered to you by a doctor? You can get it done free with the below link. Do not check the box to get you want your doctor involved or they won’t send you the kit. It takes about three weeks to get the results and then a genetic counselor will call you.
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Prostatecancerpromise.org