Alive - good comments here . A RP is major surgery . It has improved so much over time . Uro's really know what they are doing . It is perfect ? No! But its a very good method of PC cure and/or control . Usually a small blast of External Beam Radiation Therapy ( EBRT) is requested to clean up some arrant cells in Pelvic region. Now , som of these cells could be PC and some may be perfectly normal Prostate cells too ! Your under ( or should be ! ) deep anaesthetic( ask Dr to ensure deep sleep and no pain when waking up etc ... ) . This should work out fine if you select this method . Best this about this method is having the Prostate out and FULL Biopsy on gland ! They find all sorts of things . Down side is longer recovery time than most forms of Radiation. We are here for you mate ! Keep us in the loop . James on Vancouver Island .