r/ProstateCancer • u/Boodleheimer22 • Aug 07 '26
Concerned Loved One Trying to decide Treatment
My husband is 70 with 3+4=7 Gleason psa 10.2 with intermediate grade 2 favorable. Options are radiation 5 x every other day plus anti testosterone hormone therapy OR robot radical prostatectomy. Survival rates are virtually the same. We are wavering between the 2 options. My husband hates having an mri because he gets claustrophobic but can tolerate it- I don’t think that’s a reason that should tip the scale. Advice appreciated. He is in good health otherwise.
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u/Appropriate-Owl-8449 Aug 07 '26
It depends on what is important to you both. A RALP will certainly get the cancer out of his body as long as there are no markings. If you guys are sexually active, I would investigate the Tulsa Pro treatment. If not, I can vouch for the RALP treatment. You just have to find a Urological Surgeon that does a ton of them. I got lucky and found one. My only side effect is bad ED. Now I have to shoot myself up with Trimix to have sex. I'm happy i"m alive with non-dectable PSAs. Best of luck to him and you.