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At this time, my Urologist is in the process of getting a Petscan to determine if the cancer is still only involving the prostate. Of course with insurance involved it doesn’t happen quickly. The Urologist told me that I will have the opportunity to meet with an onocologist to discuss other possibilities for treatment. I took into consideration that both of the doctors I have seen are surgeons so I feel that surgery would be their first choice which has been the case. My preference is for the least invasive procedure. I have been reading about HIFU as an option if I am a candidate for this treatment. The first doctor I saw painted a very bleak picture for any type of radiation, and this was without a Petscan. An hour after receiving my diagnosis his office was calling me to schedule the surgery.

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I had an orthopedic surgeon once tell me if you keep coming back you will end up with surgery as I am a surgeon. RO will want to do radiation and an SO surgery. I chose surgery and ended up with 25 sessions of salvage surgery 2 years later. Have a recently diagnosed friend that chose radiation for Gleason 9 because he knows to many that had removal to only have salvage radiation later. The fact is, you won't get out of this unscathed by one or the other. Best wishes on your journey.