Chris's Story

Ethnicity
White British
Age
70-79
Work
Retired
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Geography
South East
Relationship status
Married/In a Civil Partnership

How this treatment impacted my life the most

HIFU was recommended but did not work as my cancer returned after two years and I then subsequently had to have an open Radical Prostatectomy.

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

No

Why did I give this answer?

The HIFU did not work..

How this treatment impacted my life the most

Incontinence, although only slight at the moment affects going out and the need to reduce the amount of social drinking I can do.

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

Yes

Why did I give this answer?

Because previous HIFU procedure failed to treat the cancer affectively and three years later it had returned, to resolve the problem I had to undergo very difficult radical surgery (Prostatectomy), difficult due to the small amount of prostate tissue that remained.

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