Hi
My husband was diagnosed with T2c NO prostate cancer 3 weeks ago following MRI and biopsies taken early May. His PSA was 4.2 and his Gleason is 7 (4+3). He has lesions on both sides but at the time of his MRI these were contained. His bone scan has also come back clear. He is listed for robotic radical prostatectomy but on looking into this we got concerned that the surgeon may not be very experienced and only does on average 2 per week, since Jauary. His prediction for nerve sparing to achieve erections post operatively is only 10%. This is really upsetting especially given that my husband is only 56. We began to wonder if this is based on this particular surgeons capabilities and if a different surgeon may give a better outcome.
To add to the distress, our local nhs hospital has still not offered a surgery date and we are now at 56 days from GP referral. We have looked into going outside our local nhs hospital and he can get referred to UCLH but they have said this will be a brand new referral and the clock will start back on day 1. Do we have time to wait for this? We are looking into going private but don't have insurance so the funds would have to come from a relatively small pension pot.
We know every person is individual and we can't predict how a cancer will develop but does anyone have any thoughts on whether we are doing the right thing to divert and wait?