BoeingBoy, the problem with complete removal is the complication rate is relatively high. Which is one reason I'm comfortable with my Urologist recommendation to do hormone and radiation which have a low risk of complication (another is that both my Urologist and my Radiation Oncologist come very highly recommended by other doctor types).
Right now, everything that has happened has been pretty much what I was told would happen. I go in later today to get my prostate 'mapped' for the focused beam treatment that should start later this month (I got gold 'markers' inserted in my prostate about a month ago - which along with the mapping will be used to target the beams).
For now I'm remaining optimistic of a good outcome - and the doctors keep using the 'cure' word which helps greatly.