Hi SEANTDRUMS, and welcome to the forum, though sorry you have to be here and you have prostate cancer, which we all understand is an awful thing to be told and the early days going through tests, waiting for results and treatment to start is awful. Sean your stats point to small, contained slow growing tumour that has been caught early giving you plenty of time to weigh up your options, I appreciate your wanting to get rid of it quickly it's a natural response.

Active surveillance may be all you need for the rest of your life, I know a few guys who have been on it over 15 years with very little change to their condition and free from the side effects associated with all treatment.

My prostate cancer is more advanced and like many I went down the hormone therapy HT, radiotherapy RT route, there are a few variations with RT, the more recent methods giving you a higher dose but over only 6 sessions are showing much less impact from side effects, no personal experience with a prostatectomy though side effects are fewer mainly incontinence and erectile dysfunction and not everyone gets them they can be severe and permanent

There is great advice to be found on the Macmillan, Prostate cancer UK, NHS and this website so please don't use google, best wishes, Eddie

Hi SEANTDRUMS, and welcome to the forum, though sorry you have to be here and you have prostate cancer, which we all understand is an awful thing to be told and the early days going through tests, waiting for results and treatment to start is awful. Sean your stats point to small, contained slow growing tumour that has been caught early giving you plenty of time to weigh up your options, I appreciate your wanting to get rid of it quickly it's a natural response.

Active surveillance may be all you need for the rest of your life, I know a few guys who have been on it over 15 years with very little change to their condition and free from the side effects associated with all treatment.

My prostate cancer is more advanced and like many I went down the hormone therapy HT, radiotherapy RT route, there are a few variations with RT, the more recent methods giving you a higher dose but over only 6 sessions are showing much less impact from side effects, no personal experience with a prostatectomy though side effects are fewer mainly incontinence and erectile dysfunction and not everyone gets them they can be severe and permanent

There is great advice to be found on the Macmillan, Prostate cancer UK, NHS and this website so please don't use google, best wishes, Eddie

Hi Eddie Thanks for message. I do hope all your treatments go well. I dont use google just macmillan and cancer research uk. Im going to a group here in stockport held once a month to chat with other guys with prostate cancer. Personally i do not think ill carry on with active suveillance its not for me. At the moment ive read lots on RT therapy plus lots on radical prostatectomy. Im still at the stage of getting my head round everything not gonna rush into anything yet need to think. I do hope all goes well for you much appreciate you having time to message me it means a lot.

Many thanks and all the best to you and your family

Sean