In a last ditch attempt to make you feel better - (but not necessarily to stop writing! ), I met a man in the locker room who was having radiation for prostate cancer at the same time I was.
This was at the renowned Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He was a regular guy - a plumbing contractor, so he was a rich, regular guy - and we became very friendly over the course of treatment and even had dinner with our wives when it was all over.
Interestingly, he really didn’t do any research, question the doctors or even know his PSA or Gleason scores. I had to play charades with him and use street language (Did they put you in a big big scary tube with a lot of noise? Did they put pellets up your ass for about an hour?)
in order to even understand why he was there and what treatment he was getting.
After a few meetings I learned that he was a Gleason 3+4 and had some aggressive cells in his biopsy. Never did find out his Decipher.
But his treatment, Hans, was exactly yours. ADT/brachytherapy/ radiation. The only difference was 6 months Orgovyx as opposed to 18(?) months for you.
So even with all the fancy US tests and trimmings, his dietary counselor, his Physician Assistant liaison and weekly Q&A sessions with his RO….his treatment was almost identical to yours, dogmatic, orthodox and hopefully, lifesaving…
Phil