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On Active Surveillance. MRI and Biopsy-Type Questions.

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Tommy. Thanks.

How was your transperineal biopsy experience.

I read you just have a local anesthetic and not asleep?
How was residual pain etc?

I had no issues with my transrectal biopsy in February 2025

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TommyG | @tdgillett | 1 day ago

@jaygk
Took about 10 minutes, no pain, a bit uncomfortable but not painful. Joked with my urologist during the procedure. He was saying the numbers of the prostate zones randomly throughout the needle sampling. He said, "There's one more I haven't done yet. If you tell me the right number, that's the last one. If you get it wrong, we start over again." I got it right but his joke was enjoyed.
He may have given me a local anesthetic--lidocaine by shot? I was definitely not asleep.

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