PSA 4.5 - may be able to have surgery but scared about the side effects. Any advice welcome

I have PSA of 4.5 and there is the possibility of surgery which l find scary due to the side effects.  I don't even know how to pick my treatment although l do not have the option of radiotherapy due to an earlier fistula procedure that l had a few years ago.   

I am concerned about being incontinent and having erection dysfunction.  Any advice would be welcomed

  • Hello Mylife01 and welcome to the Cancer Chat community.

    I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis and the difficulty you're having on deciding on what treatment to have.

    If you haven't had the chance to do so yet, try and sit down with your medical team to talk through all your treatment options and your concerns so you can get all the information you need to make the decision that's right for you.

    We do have some information about the different types of treatment and potential side effects on our website, but if you'd like to talk this through with one of our cancer nurses, they're available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

    Hopefully some of our members who have been on this journey will share their thoughts and advice with you soon, but for further information and support it may be worth having a look at Prostate Cancer UK, as they have an online forum just like ours where you can talk to others about your diagnosis.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator