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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 27 11:25am | Replies (4)
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hey thanks for the detailed bio.............
can I ask if you thought about any other treatments than RARP? my numbers are very similar and I am thinking of Focal. I have talked to 8 doctors from great institutions. Why do you think you had little Ed or Incontinence? Good Surgeon? (Who) and Good Health indicators going into the operation?
I am really fit 69 YR. good ED numbers and Incontinence numbers going into whatever treatment. I would take RARP if I could count on your results. But that is always the dilemma. I have family history unfortunately.
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I considered ALL treatments. My doctors were in concert, all recommended RARP - including the oncologists - and all recommended against the other therapies as their long term efficacy was not established and some are considered much more "fringe" than others, with a couple doctors saying that some of them were straight up snake oil that were preying on the fears of men when it comes to treating this disease.
I attribute my lack of ED and incontinence to two things. The first is that I kept most of my nerves on one side and all on the other - but that does not guarantee a lack of ED. I spent four months hammering my pelvic floor with therapists as well as with my personal trainer - so not just Kegel's, and even my urologist said "you are now my poster child".