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Second opinion given my diagnostic?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 21 3:45pm | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
If you seek a second opinion, do it quickly. Prostate Cancer is slow growing but you don't have forever. Be sure to go over the risk factor of your cancer if it's high risk etc. also It may be Aggressive. Have you had a PSMA and MRI, if not your Urologist may send you for one or both. Also the surgeon that works with your Urology office may be booked solid and it could be Months till your RARP. It was 3 months from my Diagnosis to surgery.
Welcome to the Forum and welcome to the club no one wants to join. This forum is great and we all support each other! We all have different perspectives. The RP is scary but your surgeon might be able to do some serious nerve sparing.
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And not all prostate cancer is slow growing, even. Some (like mine when I was 56) can metastasise *very* quickly.
Getting on ADT as soon as possible will help the OP, because it can put the brakes on the cancer (at least for a while) and give them and their cancer team more time to plan treatment.