| When you first find out you have prostate | | | | What exactly ARE some of these treatments |
| cancer, that voice inside your head screams. | | | | and which one is the best? |
| Loudly. And the fear begins. | | | | As you've probably already guessed, the "best" is |
| But fear gradually gives way to furious thinking; | | | | different for everyone. Watchful waiting is "best" |
| thinking about what happens next and where to | | | | for you if you're cancer is slower and less |
| go. Usually this is in the form of treatment | | | | aggressive and you are old. That's right, I called |
| options, a myriad of them, and the many, many | | | | you "old." Seriously, though, if your doctor thinks |
| characteristics of each that must be weighed | | | | you are no spring chicken, he may recommend |
| carefully. Watchful waiting? Surgery? Radiation? | | | | that any treatment would be harder on you than |
| Hormones? Cryosurgery? Perhaps even proton | | | | the cancer itself, and that you both should take a |
| beam? And so on. Along with the careful advice | | | | wait and see approach. If not, he may decide that |
| of your doctor, you may begin to narrow it | | | | you are ready for surgery. |
| down, or you may begin to feel overwhelmed. | | | | |