Thanks folks for the two replies and the one via PM.
So today was my assessment ready for a weeks time my second biopsy, & I cannot find out as yet wether its a full spread or area defined biopsy. At least I will be asleep and body relaxed unilke last time in 2013 all tense and being watched by what appeared to be students. Of the 12, 2 really spiked me, and was in pain for some weeks after with spasams internally.
The radiotherapy option doesnt sound fantastic, as the alternative to surgery & theres a number of versions on radiotherapy, & my consultant hasnt stated which, I guess more will come forth after the biopsy results.
The internal seed version sounds scary it can be picked by airport scanners!
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer/treating/radiation-therapy.html
I want real detail for a choice not be pushed into something I may regret and have to live with suffering of a kind I cannot go down a second path because of the first as some are discussed of in that way.
We get told that there will be many options at the start yet when it gets down to the wire just the two, so much for all these various trials and studies at various different Hospital Trusts, like one at Surrey. Looking at the CQC for Brighton it inspires little confidence however the consultant seems very sincere about my needs. https://www.cqc.org.uk/provider/RXH
I was under the impression maybe incorrectly that surgery was either all or affected parts.
Considering I was classed as 3+3 and at 5% from the last biopsy only four years ago, and its supposed to be a slow cancer, even with this comment "significantly different" after seeing the MIR whatever thats supposed to mean, I thought only the affected parts get removed, by surgery or zapped by some kind of less invasive treatment.
Someome spoke to me about he had seeds five years ago and has been fine since, although again isnt that some kind of radioactive material too?
Just seems a lot to read, hear and listen to all the advice but possibly after what they find this time round not really going to be much of a choice. Would HiFu that sounds much better, be worth spending on as a treatment?
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/treatment/other-treatments/high-intensity-focal-ultrasound-hifu It is also in the Private Patients list of the hospital https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/your-visit/private-patients/
The part surgery option was in here;
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
TURP involves removing part of the prostate gland, generally using a tube that passes through the urethra.
NHS Choices refers to all these;
Radical prostatectomy
Radiotherapy
Brachytherapy
Hormone therapy
Trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
Cryotherapy
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cancer-of-the-prostate/pages/treatment.aspx
Still all this is still overwhelming really.
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