I know two men that was diagnosed with PC about the same time. One went with removal the other with treatment. The one with treatment died first, but after a long drawn out life filled with discomfort and pain. My husband said he would have his removed it he got it, but when he was diagnosed the doc asked him if he had memory problems. My husband had AZ at the time and the doc said we can't remove it or you will be in depends the rest of your life. Evidently with a bad memory you can't retrain your urinary system.

My hubby got diagnosed with Prostate cancer this spring. We went to a specialist and he advised against getting radiation, because of his age (60). With radiation, there's a 30% chance of the cancer coming back, and that's too high for our comfort. What surprised us, is once you have radiation, removal isn't possible.

So we got that puppy yanked out. It was done via robotic surgery. The robot is a DaVinci, and is affectionately known as Leo :-)

He was sent home the next morning and had a catheter for about 7 days. Without the robotic surgery (6 little pinholes) the hospital stay would have been longer, as well as the catheter.

In France & Germany and other countries they are taking a wait and see approach because most PC are slow growing. The idea is that you might die from other causes before the cancer kills you and your life stile will be better. North America takes another approach is to yank it out as soon as possible and so far the other countries are doing better.

Thank you all for sharing YOUR story!