Decision Regret in Patients with Localised PCa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Surgery, no regrets. Even though i ultimately had to do SRT + ADT 3 years later.
No incontinence. No ED for 2 years after surgery, then i started having some issues just before i started ADT, which i beleive are related to Coronary Artery Disease, and maybe, just age. But had nothing to do with surgery.

More to the point of this thread, i believe that, as has been mentioned, a lot of treatment regret has to do with not doing ones homework (as well as bad outcomes). I was primed for surgery, but many here urged me to do investigate alternatives anda few that i spoke with by phone specifically mentioned that whatever decision i ultimately made, i'd have less chance of regretting it if i looked at all treatment modalities first.

Worked out fine. And btw, once i made my decision, everyone here, even the anti surgery proradiation guys, was very supportive

I believe regret is a basic emotion we all have. We all make decisions in life we wish we hadn't ( My first wife comes to mind!) I don't think anyone hasn't had a " coulda, woulda, shoulda" thought in their life. A big part of life is making bad decisions and learning from them. By as I get older I sound more like my father, " If I could do it all over again... " and the timeless classic, "If I knew then what I know now." So we make lousy decisions, try to learn from them and even try to share those experiences and keep our kids from making the same mistakes. And they promptly ignore us!