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Radical Prostatectomy vs. Radiation therapy?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 21 7:39pm | Replies (52)

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@wwsmith Agree- there’s no question in my mind that surgery can be devastating to your sex life; I am a walking example of it.
However, all surgeries are not the same, right? In my case I had an extensive amount of G4+3 which spread so far laterally that it caused a ‘tiny’ (Haha!) break in the capsule.
So of course I am impotent - I told the surgeon to cut until it was gone and not worry about my future as a pornstar.
But not all men have cancer that extensive and many - probably not on this forum - do recover fully.
It’s the old saying that ‘we’re all different’…so much so that I sometimes wonder how any of us can offer advice to a newbie since we really have no idea how they’ll react to anything we ‘recommend’. It’s such a damn crapshoot!!
Phil

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Indeed. We don't know what we don't know. 'We're all different' really hits the mark... one applicable treatment for the same set of circumstances, or very similar, I don't think exists. Lots of similarities and a bare few exactly the same. I suspect you are right that many of the men with lower grade circumstances are not on this forum. I wasn't on here until my gleason 6's showed up as 7's with cribriform. (What the hell is cribriform? ....and I found you guys). Great posts Phil... you and Jeff Marci among others - really helpful.