Hello,
It is not quite clearly stated, but perhaps obviated: Did you have a radical prostatectomy and "then" your course of radiation, or...do you still have your prostate, and you only did a course of radiation? If you had a prostatectomy, and your course of radiation followed, I would ask how long it was post-prostatectomy before your PSA started to rise, setting in motion your course of radiation? How high did your PSA climb until you had radiation? But...if you did not have a prostatectomy, then I would ask "why" did you choose the course of radiation, knowing that in most cases, it prevents you from having a successful prostatectomy after the fact? I have heard there are some newer methods to make a post-radiation course prostatectomy have a better/best outcome, but when I asked my urologist about my options during the review of my biopsy, he said he never does radiation followed by prostatectomy, because "radiation turns your prostate into a walnut-sized piece of concrete" that is not amenable to prostatectomy thereafter. He said it is extremely difficult to successfully remove "all" of a post-radiation treated prostate. No matter your answers, good luck to you.