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I will be frank about this: the ONLY reason to have surgery (which I had for...

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Discussion: Surgery or Radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 24, 2025

When I found that my PSA was significantly elevated and the PSA increase-velocity was high, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776994/

Discussion: Prostate cancer surgery: What can I expect & prepare for?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 24, 2022

I too was a Gleason 3+4=7, with 9 of 12 cores positive. I have written this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1513820/

Discussion: I want to learn more about side effects of robotic prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 24 5:17pm

Popcovas, read, research, ask questions of anyone who has experience. Then, consider the particulars of your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/940652/

Discussion: Choose between robotic surgery and proton therapy.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 2, 2023

@jpatt2020, @dandl48, Good evening. Hi neighbors. I am just visiting this prostate group tonight. My life...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/233440/

Discussion: Prostatectomy soon: Any suggestions for being prepared?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 23, 2020

Hi Steve. Welcome to the forum and the club no one wants to join. I’m a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1120849/

Discussion: Brachytherapy? Anyone have thoughts?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2024

Hi Crustand, This has been a great thread and Jeff touched on the topic of PSA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1479066/

Discussion: The right time to start radiation post RP with an increasing PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 10 3:20pm

Hi there @bobpros. I just opened my computer and found your post. So....let me take a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/325350/

Discussion: High PSA three years post op

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 16, 2020

I saw a News special on HIFU last fall and told my wife if I do...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1108688/

Discussion: Tulsa Pro Experience, Mayo Clinic MN – July 2024

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2024

@brianjarvis Your experience mirrors mine except for the timeline. I was 62 when diagnosed - no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1414451/

Discussion: Where are all the people on Active Surveillance (AS)?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2025

Good evening @snbbeninato, I have a memory book of this time in my life partner's battle...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/800002/

Discussion: Active Surveillance vs Treatment Now

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 21, 2023

I have not heard of a "simple" prostatectomy. Sounds like something you'd see before or after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1444668/

Discussion: Any experience with Robotic assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP)?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 22, 2025

Take your time and ask alot of questions before you decide on the best treatment for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/915260/

Discussion: Radical prostatectomy vs external Beam and Seeds for Inter. risk PC

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 18, 2023

My name is Jay and in 2008 I had a radical prostectormy 6 weeks after the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/812127/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 15, 2023

Like others in this thread, I wish you well with the journey and second the view...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1349959/

Discussion: Decision to be made on treatment

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 16, 2025

Based on what happened to me, I think it is very important to get a second...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/999598/

Discussion: High PSA and worried

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 18, 2024

I agree with many of the comments above. The treatment you ultimately go with must align...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1024737/

Discussion: Beware the siren song of the greedy urologist.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 29, 2024

4rs, I just posted a 10 paragraph response to your question and somehow it got lost...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1384426/

Discussion: 44yr PSA180 Gleason9 non-metastatic. Surgery or Treatment?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 1, 2025

bobby131 - Getting the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer is definitely a shock and something most...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1455904/

Discussion: Prostatectomy or Radiation? Lot of stress over which to choose

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 8, 2025

Short/quick answer that others that may echo: When discussing my options after biopsy revealed my cancer,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1347444/

Discussion: prostatectomy vs radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 13, 2025

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