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Devastated by support group meeting: I'm doing everything wrong
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There is no perfect solution for PCa. Choosing from the treatment options is difficult. Choosing treatment vs active surveillance is difficult.
Everyone should know the risk & side effects of the treatment they have chosen and be willing to live with it. In my journey, I made the decision to have surgery and then I made peace with it. Being burdened with doubts is useless, the burden of having PCa is great enough.
Not at all telling you what decision to make, but once I made my decision I then tuned out of most topics on this discussion board and elsewhere. I needed to keep myself unburdened and at peace. This is just my way, knowing how my mind and emotions work. Wishing you well!
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@jeff1963 Well stated sir! Thanks for the well wishes.
I guess in a sense, being challenged on my decision may be a good thing, but I sure didn't ask to be challenged. I could've lived without just fine and being unburdened would have been so much better. Oh well.
The good part? It firmed my resolve in my decision. The bad part? The full realization that there will likely be better treatment choices with proven results in the near future. Focal might be that...but not enough data right now. We have to make a decision based on where medical science is right now.
Just spoke with a really good fellow who should'a been on active surveillance. But, 16 years ago, everyone got surgery. That was the standard of care then. I'm stuck in the now.