I have been a bit of a lurker here but finally decided to join up as I found something I thought was worthwhile sharing. After I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, I took to the internet to check if my doctor was okay or if I should see somebody else. It was confusing to see what specialists in Australia were saying. I personally found many of the websites to be suspiciously laced with self promotion and marketing but I decided to give a couple of these surgeons the benefit of the doubt. I saw one in the south of Sydney who seemed like he could not get me on the operating table soon enough. I was given the sense that my existing surgeon was less well trained and less experienced (even though he has been a urologist for well over 10 or 15 years and also works at a major public hospital). I also saw another who also seemed to be actively goading me to change over to his care and have the operation done by the robot. Maybe I am a bit too much of a sceptic but I went back to the old fashioned approach of asking around widely for personal experiences and my original surgeon's name kept coming back as a highly professional, kind, compassionate man who treated everybody - both staff and patients - like they were family. I have since had my surgery by my original surgeon and had a perfect outcome. Within months I have negligible leakage of urine, my erections are starting to show signs of recovery and most importantly my PSA is nothing. This all said, I came across the blog by a Dr Woo and this basically discusses everything that I have been dying to say about the marketing of cancer in Australian websites. I suggest that all of you read it and use it to help you decide how you chose your surgeon. It is at www.surgicalopinion.blogspot.com This is something I felt worth sharing as my cancer story itself is not all that interesting given that all has gone well. I am just so glad that I did not fall for the hype which incidentally would have also left me substantially out of pocket with expenses. ... View more