"Looking back over the 5 ½ years since I was diagnosed with Gleason 6 prostate cancer, I realize the easy approach would've been to undergo a prostatectomy.
That's what my first urologist recommended. He urged me to take a road followed by so many men diagnosed with early prostate cancer. Just remove the prostate and get it over with. I might have encountered postsurgical issues, including urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction, but I would've been done.
I wouldn't have had to learn to "live" with cancer, with the back-of-the-mind thought, "I have cancer." Men with early prostate cancer typically dispense with it. Out, out darned spot -- or more. And then move on -- unless things get complicated."
These are the
opening lines of an article I'd like to recommend from the MedPage Today site which might give you new levels of respect for those on AS.
Click on the link below to read the rest of the article:
www.medpagetoday.com/Urology/ProstateCancer/58232?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-06-01&eun=g1039963d0r