Thanks again for the very helpful advice - I genuinely appreciate the good wishes, and needless to say fully reciprocate them. I see a second urologist Wednesday the 19th, then the procedure is scheduled for Thursday the 27th unless the second urologist concludes it needs to happen sooner. Wish it were tomorrow, trying to suppress fears of metastatic cancer developing owing the wait. Oh well, everything shall be revealed in good time.
By the way, separate topic but on the hernia repairs, I had inguinal on right side in 1989 and left side in 1991, both repaired with incisions and both hurt very badly; they recurred in 2010, so had to have them done again only this time mesh was inserted laparoscopically; what a difference, did not require narcotics, Advil was enough. If you ever need a further repair, I highly recommend that procedure. Looks like we may have been brothers in an earlier life - you would be my much younger brother of course.