G6 3 + 3 -No treatment approved by Insurance Carrier!

There is a welcome overall trend toward less-invasive standards of care for low-level disease. It isn't just about money. For example, a close relative just diagnosed with breast cancer will get a lumpectomy instead of the once-routine radical mastectomy. Much faster recovery, reduced complications and statistically insignificant risk of recurrence.

It represents progress in physicians' leaping for the kitchen sink for fear of malpractice, as well as the benefits of plentiful longitudinal studies linking conservative treatments with positive outcomes.

Every PCa active treatment has a largely-unacknowledged impact on quality of life. Men treated for PCa try to be stoic about it, but there is much to recommend about avoiding significant side effects of ADT, radiation and/or surgery. If your disease is asymptomatic to mildly bothersome, strive to enjoy a normal life and forget about it between appointments.

I'm an engineer. Like you, I want to know, and once knowing, I want it fixed. AS is treatment. Keep your appointments, and as suggested elsewhere, consider seeing a mental health professional for help with anxiety and possibly sleep. I have more severe disease, and I couldn't function without without my head meds. The big "C" is enough to give one bad dreams.

Yes, insurance companies are cheapskates, but unless your policy is substandard, it will start paying (insufficiently, of course, but what can you do) when and if your disease progresses. If you haven't yet, call the number of on the back of your insurance card and ask to speak to a care coordinator. She or he, who will likely be a nurse, can explain exactly what the thresholds are for coverage. If you're employed, speak to your Employee Assistance program. That will often get mental heath visits covered.

The diagnosis is a shock to everyone While it's a small comfort, if one must have cancer, yours is the one to have. Before big data, the safe course was to err in favor of overtreatment (headache? well, that will have to come out!). Now we know better. Live well and best of luck to you.