 Went in last year for my annual physical and they did the blood work and you know the number of different tests that they do in the blood work But one of them is the PSA But I really thought he was overreacting because I have no symptoms. I never felt bad. I never had any Problems with the plumbing, you know six of the 13 biopsies that he had taken came back positive Bill was diagnosed with intermediate risk prostate cancer, which is the number one cancer in men Options for prostate cancer vary depending on the clinical stage the diagnosis patients risk factors common treatment options would be active surveillance Radiation therapy or surgery which could be done via open or robotically the amount of information you get is is At times a little bit overwhelming But it's really appreciated, you know, you really have to digest what you want to it is very important that we come to a decision together and Having a long conversation with the patient His family if the patient wants the family there So then my wife and I came home. We said okay, these are the pluses and minuses of each of these courses of treatments and We decided to go with surgical options robotic surgery unlike open surgery Benefits the patient in less blood loss earlier convalescence time Bill after the procedure did very well his surgical margins were negative meaning that there was no cancer Seen at the margins of where we cut the prostate. He has a terrific prognosis there's no reason to believe that life just doesn't go on now, you know and You know, we're very thankful for that. That's extremely important. You know, we just retired a couple years ago We got a lot of travel plans ahead of us and You know we can do it