David's Story

Ethnicity

White British

Age

50-59

Work

Retired

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Geography

South East

Relationship status

Single/divorced

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Focal Therapy

How this treatment impacted my life the most

It had very little impact on my life. The main one was, that as a keen runner, I had to stop running for 6 weeks after the surgery (HIFU) and so it took me a couple of months after that before I was back up to my pre-surgery running fitness.

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

Yes

Why did I give this answer?

I was lucky that high-intensity focused ultrasound surgery (HIFU) was a possible choice for me because my cancer was discovered at an early stage. It seems to have caused very few side-effects and my life was basically back to normal after just a few months.

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