Alan's Story

Ethnicity

White British

Work

Retired

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Geography

Yorkshire

Relationship status

Married/In a Civil Partnership

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Radical Prostatectomy (Surgery)

How this treatment impacted my life the most

Suddenly going from a very active sociable 59 year old to an emotional wreck thinking i was going to die

If I had to do it all over again, would I choose the same treatment?

Why did I give this answer?

I have a friend whos Prostate Cancer was similar but a bit worse than mine & he had the radiotherapy with next to none of the side effects that i had

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