I did not opt for earlier paid surgery; however, Alberta Health Services, who control the availability of surgical beds, unexpectedly opened up additional surgical times this summer, so was able to get my surgery a couple months earlier than expected on July 14th. My surgery went really well; 'it could not have gone better' according to the surgeon. Pathology came back with no cancer on the margins of what they removed. So far, I have have had the best possible outcomes with my surgery. I get my catheter out tomorrow after two weeks, which I am really looking forward to.

At the risk of repeating myself, your husband's cancer does not have the aggressive characteristics that mine had, and all the advice I received was that I should not worry about waiting six months. That said, everyone should make their own decision and I do remember having some anxiety until I settled on a treatment plan that I felt was right for me.

I wish you and your husband all the best.

FYI, here is some information help you and your husband know what to expect. During my surgery, they took extra tissue from around my lesion and also removed the nerves on the lesion side, some pelvic lymph nodes. The idea was to spare tissue where they could, but take more tissue where needed to try to remove all of the cancer. They did full pathology on all tissues removed and reported were cancer was absent and where it was found. In my case, cancer was restricted to the one lesion found in my PSMA MRI and, as I noted above, all margins were clear.