@mtcoastie That
BUUUT is critical and should not be taken lightly!
I totally get the anxiety, impatience and the need to ‘get on with it’ but don’t let your emotions rule you.
There is NO being done with this, OK? Many, many men have long term remissions until the day they die and others do not. You are young so please don’t rush the process and shoot your load, as it were, too early in the game. Time IS on your side!
Your Low Decipher is a key biomarker and it’s good right now so enjoy it; it may stay that way forever and you’ll never have to face the miserable SE’s of cancer treatment. Or, it could change to a higher number - which your urologist is watching - and may signal a time to act.
I was diagnosed with glaucoma over 30 yrs ago; my mother had it and lost the vision in one eye…I was hot to do surgery ASAP, but my ophthalmologist laid out a long term plan, explaining the nuts and bolts of the disease in MY particular eyeball pattern (yup, we all have one) and he advised very conservative treatment with eye drops and 6 month monitoring.
He even described his flow chart approach of “if this, we do that” and so on. He said that treating too soon can sometimes be worse because once that option is
Used your choices become less. And if your situation becomes more serious there might not be anything that can be done…
Over 30 years later, and with cataracts forming in both eyes ( and driving me batshit) he still wants me to be tolerant since simple cataract surgery in MY case would be anything but simple or routine…so I adjust yet again.
Be grateful for your situation and don’t rush headlong into decisions that are irreversible….Best,
Phil