Maybe good living, maybe not!

I feel great at this moment. Just got my 2 1/2 year PSA result and it was another undetectable!!! (<.01) I have made some changes to my lifestyle since surgery. Increased Lipitor to 40MG to get LDL below 70, take pomegranate, vitamin D3, fish oil supplements and a baby aspirin.
Minimized red meat (beef and Pork) and diary products. Exercise has become a big part of my life. Maybe this has all helped keep those little buggers from growing, but maybe it hasn't. I will never know. PC seems so random. I do know it has kept me feeling good and able to do a lot of things most 72 year olds can't do.

I read about all of your journeys with PC on this site all the time. Those the continue to struggle, know the I am cheering for you and praying for you. And thanks for sharing.

Ricky

Andrew,

We will be wishing good thoughts for you.
BOOGEE

Ricky – Congrats on the ZERO – Celebrate – that’s awesome!!!
I have my one year post surgery PSA coming up in June.
I have also changed my lifestyle due to PCa (and also high cholesterol). I’m eating better (almost never have red meat or eggs or milk or ice cream and I’ve cut back on cheese) and I’m exercising more than ever. Take care -- Jon

Ricky,

I'm really glad to hear about your excellent results, which may be partially due to your commitment to lifestyle changes which are known to lower risk of cancer progression...but you are correct that you will never know how much contribution each factor has made. But besides fighting cancer, you are doing things that make you look and feel great, too. Good for you!

Great to hear of all the other guys who are also taking steps to "stack the odds in their favor!"

best regards...

Maybe this has all helped keep those little buggers from growing, but maybe it hasn't.

if you like what you are getting keep doing what you are doing!  almost forty years i ago i contracted hepatitis B and was hospitalized.  i had several relapses over the years as i continued my drinking and drug use.  twenty two years ago i got clean and i changed my lifestyle completely -- i quit a 23-year cigarette habit, i exercise, watch what i eat and yep i even floss three times a day .

when i was diagnosed with PC a little over two years ago i was also told i have hepatitis C.  after cancer treatment i saw a liver specialist, who prepared me for interferon treatment...which makes lupron look like a trip to disneyland.  then a blood test showed i no longer had hep B, just the antibodies.  my viral load for hep C came back undetectable.  so i had a 3-core liver biopsy performed and it confirmed that i no longer have hep C or B and my liver is perfectly healthy.

where did the hepatitis go?  maybe it fled my body on one of those 100-degree, 100-mile bike rides back in the day when i cycled 5-6k miles a year?  i dunno but today i also watch what i eat, exercise regularly and take my supplements.  i like what i'm getting so i'm going to keep doing what i'm doing.

keep up the good work !

ed

 

Well done and here is to the next 72 years!