Interesting article although a bit dramatic in places. He must have had the op in March.
His psa was 'off the scale' but doesn't say what it is and his biopsy was 'mortifying'. Can't help thinking these are unusual.
He advocates telling everyone about his condition on the basis that there should be no more terrible secrets and the more familiar it is the less frightening it is.
His treatment rationale for having a prostatectomy is based on the below which I wasn't too sure about;
'I was offered a choice: radical surgery or brachytherapy. This means implanting radioactive seeds in the parts of the prostate affected by cancer. Brachytherapy has fewer side effects, and recovery is much faster. But there’s a catch. If it fails to eliminate the cancer, there’s nothing more that can be done. This treatment sticks the prostate gland to the bowel and bladder, making surgery extremely difficult. Once you’ve had one dose of radiation, they won’t give you another. I was told that the chances of brachytherapy working in my case were between 70 and 80%. The odds were worse, in other words, than playing Russian roulette (which, with one bullet in a six-chambered revolver, gives you 83%). Though I have a tendency to embrace risk, this was not an attractive option.'
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