Best and cheapest Prostatectomy

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Posted 27 Mar 2021 at 15:16

Yes I agree Lyn, I was thinking of adding that he had already been playing that game for a couple of years but just didn't know it, so yes already spun the magazine 700 times another 90 is no big deal, especially if he can get HT and improve the odds about ten fold. My post was getting a little long though.

Barry, I have only seen bits of the film, but it was very much at the top of my mind as I wrote the post. I must watch it all the way through now.

Dave

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Posted 27 Mar 2021 at 16:22

My urologist told me that the body constantly produces potentially metastatic cells, these are usually hoovered up by the bodies own immune system. The problem starts with the one it can't detect.

So it's all about "risk management" now you have detected the cancer especially a G5 the sooner it's treated the less risk you will be exposed to.

Have you considered the HT RT path?

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Posted 27 Mar 2021 at 16:27

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

"If someone put £20k on the table and a revolver with 1 in 10,000 chamber loaded would I play? More importantly would you play?"

Ever seen that powerful film, 'The Deer Hunter' ?

Best film ever even though I watched most of it from behind a cushion

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 28 Mar 2021 at 11:00

If it was me I'd be tossing up between waiting and the £9k version. Is it worth paying an extra £10k to have robotic surgery? I was swept up with the belief that robotic was the way to go a few years ago but the choice of more uncertainty, waiting longer and travelling 20 miles further made me stay with the non-robotic offer on the table.

When you say 6-8 weeks NHS, how long will the private treatment take. I can completely understand your feelings being someone who wanted to be treated immediately.

Also the £9k might not be the end of it. Check about who does after treatment and 5 years of blood tests.

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Posted 28 Mar 2021 at 11:21

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

My urologist told me that the body constantly produces potentially metastatic cells, these are usually hoovered up by the bodies own immune system. The problem starts with the one it can't detect.

So it's all about "risk management" now you have detected the cancer especially a G5 the sooner it's treated the less risk you will be exposed to.

Have you considered the HT RT path?

that’s pretty much the state of play. My ex is an immunologist and works in cancer drug trials and told me almost the same. When mets break off they establish themselves in a new location effectively as a stem cell inducing angiogenesis etc We get mutations all our lives and these increase with age. Usually the immune system recognises these and mops them up but our immune system also tends to degrade with age.....

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Posted 28 Mar 2021 at 16:03

Thank you very much for the information much appreciated and I will take it all on board. I guess the reaction is get the cancer out if the body ASAP and if I had to mortgage the house or take a loan so be it....the information you and others on this site has been tremendous and informative. I was not told a lot of this information by the consultant - I guess they can only say so much or I havent asked the right questions....obviously a lot to learn. Thank you. I have spoken to the prostate cancer uk nurses also who are great and very supportive. Maybe I will wait for the NHS to come through now.....thanks again

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Posted 28 Mar 2021 at 16:09

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