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Looking for people who had a G6 diagnosis and opted for RARP
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@jeffmarc thanks Jeff. My issue which I’ve expressed before is the waiting while being on AS. My urologist is great and will do whatever I want. He is a fan of AS but understands it’s not for everyone. My logic(at least today’s logic) is have surgery while I am young(51), recover and hopefully be cancer free. As opposed to waiting, getting tested every 90 days and wondering if I have worse PCa hidden in my prostate.
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Because you are young, I would hold off as long as possible for treatment. You are going to lose the ability to have normal sex if you have a prostatectomy. At 51 that is a real social problem. Yes, you can get an implant. If you can’t get an erection after that you may need two or three of them by the time you are too old to do it. Many men get depressed about the situation after surgery.
The surgery may also leave you incontinent. You just don’t know.
If you want surgery, find out if you can get the nerves spared, At least that would give you a chance of a normal erection.