===> aloha mike -  please don't feel like you had any regrets showing
ignorance.  we all were in that boat at one time.  and please join in.  

but you ask for some input.  while i'm not going to tell you to do this
or that, i will try to give some insight on some factors to help with
your decision.

- each surgery has advantages and disadvantages.   what you need to do
is research each option and decide which one would be the best for you -
given what you said about the resources available to you.

- the bottom line is simply this.  this decision is one that you are
going to have to look in the mirror and see that person reflecting back
you and tell him that you made the best decision possible.   what this
means is that the easiest way for a treatment may not be the best
...... in your case........... and you've got to have a clear conscious
about it.  so, with that said, if you decide on the standard RP and you
spend more time recovering - so what?  it's a one time deal and if you
feel that's the way to go - then do it.   if you feel that the robot is
the way to go - i would say the same thing.   you've already made the
most important decision and that was on the type of treatment. now, you
are just refining it down from there.

- next, i would say that when you decide on type of surgery, then, ask
more questions - how many operations has he done?   what his success
rate is?   what his rate is on his patients getting their continence
back?   and get names of at least five people that he's operated on.

once you've made your final decision and checked everything out - never
look back and wish you could have done it differently.  

i want to wish you the best and aloha....

~ curtis