Hello again. First let me thank everyone who has posted great info in
reply to my initial questions about deciding on surgery. Though not all
new, it helped me validate the decision we finally made, which was a
regular radical prostatectomy. I was pretty much an ideal candidate:
58, good health, Gleason 6, stage T1C. My wife and I talked to 2
surgeons and 1 radiologist. Everyone agreed that surgery was the best
alternative.

I had surgery on Wednesday, Feb 22 and have been home recuperationg
nicely since Saturday morning. The surgery went well, BUT there is a
real bummer of a complication. My lymph nodes were removed but when
they looked at my prostate and urethra they found that the urethra was
positioned at the top of my prostate. In order to remove the prostate
they decided they would cause too much damage and I would most
certainly be incontinent for the rest of my life. They stopped and
talked to my wife about it and (thankfully) my wife agreed with their
opinion of not proceding.

So, now it looks like I will be going through hormone therapy and
brachytherapy. It is a real bummer that having gone through the
surgery, I am still pretty much back at square one. At least my surgery
recovery will be a lot easier since nothing in the urinary tract was
damaged. Another good thing as that the (full) biopsies of my lymph
nodes came back negative.

Anyway, thanks for all the good support. I also want to emphasize that
you should make totally clear to your SO and uro what your wishes are
for the final outcome. I'm glad mine wasn't taken as "remove the cancer
at all cost".

-jj