Support group for patient who choose

Was diagnosed 20 months ago at Mayo clinic.
9 of 10 biopsies showed prostate cancer with 6-7 Gleason scores.
Mayo strongly recommended removal. After 3 weeks of intensive
research I decided to alter my lifestyle completely. Working hard to
keep my stress level in a lower range, listen to God a lot more than ever,
completely changed what I eat and drink (mostly plant based food, very little
red meat, no chicken or pork, very little dairy, very, very little sugar....),
stopped taking all medicines. Have lost 18 lbs., feel great, PSA went down
10%, and my urgency to urinate (my only symptom) is gone.
Really need a support group with people that are doing what I'm doing.
Any help would be appreciated.

Edheem, welcome to HW and I am glad you found us. There are several men on this forum who are practicing Active Surveillance with their prostate cancers and hopefully one or more of them will weigh in on this thread.

May I also respectfully suggest that the "active" part of AS is very important. That is, besides lifestyle changes, you will want to do active follow up besides PSA tests to make sure our cancer is not progressing. The best way to do thatos to find a physician who is experienced with working with AS patients then work closely with him/her to monitor your situation. Besides that, I wold also suggest that you have our original biopsy slides read by an expert pathologist such as Epstein or Bostwick so that you are really sure of the original diagnosis.

Good luck to you.

Jim

With 9 out of ten cores positive for cancer and a Gleason 7 , I would be very careful using AS. It would be helpful to know your PSA.