Radgirl,
Thanks for the info. They must have some machine they can now use in the US cuz our local urology practice is advertising they use HIFU but only mention one doc in the group who does it.
Considering how noninvasive it is, it likely couldn't hurt to use that as an opening treatment and see how it goes ? You can always ramp up from there if it doesn't ?
It's the biopsy process that would keep me up at night. Here they use some sort of mild oral medication to fuzz you out a bit vs a colonoscopy-level "knock-out".
A friend had three rounds of biopsy as they kept getting only questionable cells. Three biopsies...86 snips !! That's like pullin' yer brain outta yer nose !
Hit pay dirt on round 3 so he had a long series of conventional radiation and, for now, is fine.
Makes a 70 y/o guy start looking over his shoulder to be sure the Fickle Finger of Fate isn't catching up with him (punt intended).