I had that biopsy. My Urologist inserted a small device up the back passage - sounded llke a staple gun - took 10-12 darts through the intestine wall into the prostate.
No local. No Tylenol. It was not painful - for my level tolerance - but a friend warned me: "Be ready for a surprise the next time you JO." Juice like lumpy catsup
I opted for
extreme bracciatherapy, at Sunnybrook. The controlled "hi radiation inside the prostate" procedure Required epidural) + 15 conventional radiation sessions after work.
Cancer burned right out. No regrets but there is a price for everything.
Nerve damage - punching tiny holes through the cable of nerves in my groin (Perineal insertion).
In hindsight - i should have done some
endurance training BEFORE the treatment. I lost endurance - weight down 175 -.> 128 in 10 yrs.
But got what is important ... big O is intense, when I can get there - though it's 'dry' heeves (makes "cleanup
easy," the girls kid me.
Not incontinent ... not irregular, great appetite ... hornier now than at 60
and .... I have discovered ... the
respect, as an old man, that I generally receive from Asian women. Well ... you can't put a $$$ on it and I don't try to.

wa
Hope y'all have steady stomach reading this.
