Edtrucks -

My first urologist - he's now retired - put me on Active Surveillance. When I got my 3+4 with my new urologist, I had been on AS for six years.

So, in my case - and it matches my personality - it's inertia and analysis paralysis. Not any deep thinking or research on my part.

Also, I had joined a virtual support group that was just about all men that had advanced in their treatment, and some of their stories heightened my anxiety about treatment. I should have realized that I wasn't dealing with a general population of those treated, but a self-selected group that wasn't happy with their results.

I now attend an ancan.org support group. They have their groups split up by category - Under 60, Military, Low/Intermediate AS, Low/Intermediate (discussing treatment) and High Risk.
https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer/
I hope more support groups do this in the future. AnCan is the only group that I'm aware of that does this.

You made the right decision for you and you can now put this cancer in the background and focus on living!

La dolce vita.