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Posted 2/19/2016 2:28 PM (GMT 0)
I am new to the HealingWell Forums, yet am finding this forum to be extremely responsive, as well as highly informative and educational, so Thank You to ALL of you who respond.

Over a year ago I watched the Program on PBS by Peter Starr entitled "Surviving Prostate Cancer without Surgery, Drugs or Radiation." I actually bought two copies of the Program, one to give to a friend that had just been diagnosed with PC, and a copy for my own DVD library - because my Dad had PC when he was slightly older than I am now, and I thought AT SOME POINT it might come in handy as a future resource for my own use. Well, that time appears to have come. THE QUESTION IS: Has anyone followed this Program that Peter Starr and his Team of Resources has advocated, and what have been your results, experiences and feelings about it?

ALSO: In the information contained in the Peter Starr Program, I have come across and have started the program advocated by Larry Clapp entitled "Prostate Health in 90 Days." SAME QUESTIONS:Has anyone followed this Program that Larry Clapp has advocated, and what have been your results, experiences and feelings about it?
Posted 2/19/2016 4:53 PM (GMT 0)
Seems odd to me that you have to buy the dvd for $50 to find out anything about it.
What did it say?
http://www.survivingprostatecancer.org/index.html

But there is an interesting mix of "experts"
http://www.survivingprostatecancer.org/experts.html

Post Edited (tommyc) : 2/19/2016 9:57:02 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/19/2016 5:42 PM (GMT 0)
TommyC - It had a variety of perspectives on how to approach a diagnosis of PC. Looks at the issue of treating PC from both a current allopathic medicine approach as well as a Wholistic approach. The underlying premise is not how to cure yourself of PC. Rather, it takes the perspective of offering you a way to explore all known ways, including alternative approaches, to manage and potentially reverse the effects of the illness/disease - including encouragement to question all treatments, protocols and modalities from whether to get a PSA (which I have done regularly for many years) right up to taking responsibility for the disease and its management and reversal.

Mainly, I am looking for a complete approach to what I believe is a confirmation of PC in my upcoming PC Biopsy on March 22nd, so I want to be well-armed with an expansive exploration of effective options for any required treatment.

I am a consumer of the allopathic approach to healthcare, yet a bit of a skeptic when it comes to the divinity of the Medical-Industrial and the Pharmaceutical-Industrial Complexes.
Posted 2/19/2016 7:37 PM (GMT 0)
I don't have much experience with Peter Starr except for, just now, having watched a couple of interviews with him. His advice seems sensible but I am not sure you need to go that far out into the wilds of alternative medicine to find similar sensible advice. Here's a link to the tips offered by the James Buchanan Brady Institute at John's Hopkins as part of their prostate cancer "active surveillance" program.

The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute: Healthy Living Tips

There seems to be quite a bit of overlap.

My only advice would be to make sure to maintain that "bit of a skeptic" attitude while you explore your alternatives. And, actually, I rather dislike the word "alternative" since the valuable bits of alternative medicine are usually more useful as adjuncts to conventional care than as alternatives.
Posted 2/19/2016 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
PeterDisAbelard: Thanks for the input. Good advice. I appreciate the link to the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute.
Posted 2/19/2016 10:08 PM (GMT 0)
I tend to be skeptical in general about 'alternative' medicine because much of it seems to be high on stories and low on real data. Without real comparative data that isn't put out by someone who stands to gain by the 'correct' interpretation, it's hard to know what is real and what isn't.

I guess in the end I'm not convinced that cancer can be cured or reversed or prevented by lifestyle or dietary changes when we're 60 years old. Cancer takes a long time to develop, and the influences that create the cancer environment in our bodies begin at the moment of our birth...or before. By the time we get HERE, we've got many, many years of negative influences, and switching them off just isn't a happening deal.
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