Six weeks to surgery seems uber fast to me. From initial diagnosis to surgery took almost 8 years for me, once I studied the subject and was able to establish a well followed watchful waiting...
You mention that your father is in South Florida. I would highly recommend his consultation with Dr. Mark Soloway, who is very well recognized as tops in the field. He is well published and has an...
No regrets here over treatment choice. I was diagnosed in 2007 with Gleason 6 (3+3), T2C & PSA 6, despite all my holistic efforts, and having studied all the options for years, I gave it up and...
Right at 6 months since RP, and 8 years since diagnosis. First PSA post op was <0.1. Since then I read a lot of posts with more sensitive testing. Got my draw yesterday, and results today 0.015....
Soon following diagnosis I adopted a strict macrobiotic diet and undertook a vigorous practice of Yoga, shedding 50 lbs to a BMI of 19 over 6 months. PSA dropped considerably. I lasted that way on a...
Hi Gary. Welcome to the club. My PSA was also relatively low at the time of diagnosis. But, there's not much arguing with a biopsy having three cores positive and the nodule you mention on DRE. At...
Mel - Your feelings sound about right to me. My day of diagnosis was a grim one for sure, and then I ran through the emotional gammut. They all made their appearances; fear, dispair, anger,...
All best!...
Hello Bedelia - I hand out very little advice about how to deal with Prostate Cancer other than to caution the newly diagnosed not to rush to judgement with regard to medical treatment, or as I have...
Some favorites of mine, all of which helped me decide to pursue a course of Active Surveilance combined with major diet and lifestyle change: The China Story by T. Colin Campbell, PhD Zen...
Selmer - Good to hear of another on the road less traveled. I do take a long list of supplements. The original guy whose writings got me to consider diet, lifestyle and supplements is Roger Mason....
I practice Yoga on a regular basis. I would recommend this book to you as one that I have found quite illuminating, and which discusses all of the various schools of Yoga and their focus. It well...
Appreciate your insight. That's just the sort of first hand infomation I seek....
I am particularly interested in MRI/MRSI scans for PC. A year into my diagnosis, and with good ancedotal evidence that my PC is not progressing (declining PSA, continued clear DRE's, absence of...