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Just found out I have prostate cancer...

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 6, 2023 | Replies (53)

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@donaldguy

Everyone is different. I’m 74 and chose to have RLP. When it was determined I had cancer in me, I wanted it out. Period. Three months post surgery at Mayo Jax. Incontinence decreasing daily. 1st PSA post surgery 10/19. Expecting good results. Talked to a friend yesterday who chose radiology who had lower PSA and Gleason than I and his 1st three-month PSA was 2.0. Ugh! We each have to balance, then decide what we are willing to endure to live longer. I know that at some point, I will have to make a call. My thinking right now is that I don’t want to live live poorly just to live longer. I believe that I will live forever, and that the life to come is better than this one.

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Please clarify first PSA post surgery of 10/19. I have never seen that method of reporting one's PSA. Normal reading would be < .008 or < .010

I have seen studies that show almost no difference in life expectancy of 15 years for prostate cancer if you do nothing, have an RP, or radiation. If you are 74 and get 15 years that puts you at 89. Almost sounds like you are looking forward to living in a nursing home. I went with the radiation because I am your age but looking at the obits we are still older than many in the news that are dead way younger than us. I say all the time that no one gets off this rock alive. Good luck and as Spock said "Live long and prosper".