Would you go ahead with a Prostate removal?

I told the Doctor..yesterday that before we proceed..i want to check for cancer
His reply was:
Because your doing better and responding to finasteride well i think ill have you come back in 6 months for a blood draw ..PSA and go from there..
Okay now my opion is this ...he didnt think the removal was necessary at this time also...
It almost felt like he had a sly of relief because he was so fast at stopping for 6 months..with no argument..or anything..

Get a second opinion at a “center for excellence “ - consider after effects and ability to treat for cancer if it shows up later.

TLDR;
This stuff can be confusing but mine was surgically removed due to cancer. But you don’t have cancer, you have lesions. Are they pre-cancerous?

What about the non removal methods to get a smaller prostate?

Have you read about lifestyle changes after surgical removal? This is major surgery. Just the lifting over 10 lbs is 8 weeks.

Do they really cut the urethra? Asking because they absolutely do with surgical removal (robotic, through abdomen thank goodness)

The second opinion - at a center for excellence is gold. My local urologist is stuck in the 1980s and once shouted at me - “robotic!? I have been doing this for 35 years.”

I stood up, said “and that’s the problem” and left. Went to Mayo but there are other centers for excellence.

@payner
One of the factors that was pushing me to get this done was because of the 3 ER visits...the optilume done i have hit my max out of pocket for the year, so at this point everything is 100% paid until January
But still no cancer is a no go for me..

@casd57 well, if no cancer, look for other options. My husband only had his prostate removed because he had cancer. + the surgeon severed his colon during the surgery & has had a whole lotta problems ever since. He had to have a ostomy bag for 6 months because of the surgeon’s “error”. No lawyer would take his case, which proves that “they” are untouchable. Now he’s miserable, going through random pain in his abdomen & urethra. He has to wear “diapers” often. & his quality of life has been disrupted. That surgeon said, right before the surgery, “I’ve been doing this for years & I’ve Never had Any problems.” I guess my husband was his First problem. He severely damaged him. So, seek second & third opinions before going through surgery, if you’re going that route.

@saradruss
Thank you for your input
And im sorry for your husbands misfortune
And at this point...i stopped all ideas of removal until cancer is proving, I will watch for my PSA doubling timing.
Which it hasnt...
It did raise to 16.9 and then back down to 11's
But on finasteride it was 5.27 of course you double that number and im back at 11's
I think the issue i had with urnation was that i stopped finasteride in Feb..by July 18th i couldnt urnate...which im thinking because my prostate got large again..and cut off flow
Went back on after my first ER visit..in July
And im back to normal again
What is weird my libdo is back..which had been gone for months
Maybe my body has adjusted to finasteride???
Who knows

@saradruss
Thank you for your input
And im sorry for your husbands misfortune
And at this point...i stopped all ideas of removal until cancer is proving, I will watch for my PSA doubling timing.
Which it hasnt...
It did raise to 16.9 and then back down to 11's
But on finasteride it was 5.27 of course you double that number and im back at 11's
I think the issue i had with urnation was that i stopped finasteride in Feb..by July 18th i couldnt urnate...which im thinking because my prostate got large again..and cut off flow
Went back on after my first ER visit..in July
And im back to normal again
What is weird my libdo is back..which had been gone for months
Maybe my body has adjusted to finasteride???
Who knows

@copyman

My reply was to suggest that a CT scan might be just as useful as a MRI scan.

My husband had prostate cancer last year. He opted to have a prostectomy. A year later, he’s not doing good. The surgeon severed his colon. Now he has recurring incontinence. He says he’d rather live with this than the constant pain that he was going through.