Posted on 10/05/2025 1:58:15 PM PDT by null and void
I’ve recently been diagnosed with cancer. Now that I’ve got your attention, the prognosis is very good, with treatment I have a 95% chance of surviving it for 15 years. That doesn’t say I won’t croak of something else, but that it won’t be the cancer!
It’s prostate cancer, very early detection (insert Public Service Message here, PSA test detected it when it was really small. Guys? Get one!). Lump confirmed by MRI, cancer and lack of metastasizing confirmed by PET scan.
There are several treatment options, surgery, radiation, chemical castration, etc. I’ve ruled out the last one! I’ve already had two surgical procedures, UroLift and TURP, I’m going for something different this time.
Since testosterone is like Miracle-Gro to prostate cancer I’ll be getting shots to block it starting Tuesday. I ‘get to’ experience menopause, oh joy. Don’t be surprised if I start posting in soprano about my hot flashes... I should recover normal testosterone levels within six months after the treatment.
The technology for radiation therapy has vastly improved. Rather than emission from a radioisotope they now use a precisely focused beam from a linear accelerator to do pinpoint irradiation, from multiple angles, minimizing the exposure to surrounding tissues. Even then they further minimize the exposure of the rectum (which touches and practically nestles the prostate) by a one-time injection of a ‘hydrogel’ to provide physical separation. The hydrogel is slowly absorbed by the body but preserves adequate spacing for the course of treatment.
The course of treatment is very small doses done every weekday for 45 days. Total exposure is about 5 minutes each day.
Six months of treatment, two months of testosterone blocker, a bit less than two months of radiation and testosterone blocker, and a final two months of testosterone blocker.
Follow up of periodic PSA test to verify no recurrence.
Easy-peasy.
So of course I have to make it more complicated. Fenbendazole and Ivermectin have shown promise in a few studies as have select vitamins and other supplements, so after talking to my urologist, I’ve started Fenben and IVM and such already.
Sounds like you're in good hands - and blessed with the new updated technology. That said Null, you're still in my prayer.
Prayers, Null.
🙏🙏🙏
CC
My prostate cancer was also found by a series conflicting PSA test, it turns out that there is more than one way to run a PSA test depending on the lab. Confirmed by biopsy.
I chose to remove my prostate with an High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation (HIFU). An out patient procedure with no cutting, radiation or chemo. It was painless. I was able to mow the yard the next day. That was in 2016 and I was declared prostate cancer free in 2021.
Get those yearly PSA tests.
Hang in there, and praying for you.
Thanks for sharing your story and journey. I wish you the very best and Godspeed as you heal.
Stay strong
we need you.
I see, narsty chemicals.
PS - I wasn’t around nasty chemicals but I was heavily poisoned with Diazanon by a crazed ahole neighbor about 30 years ago. I was pregnant, the baby was poisoned and died before birth. After that poisoning, I got asthma, chemical sensitivity esp to petroleum products, and rheumatoid arthritis (which I kicked with herbs, took a few years).
Who knows, maybe my cancers are from that? Pesticides can stored by the body in fat tissue to sort of isolate them.
Thank you for sharing all this. It sounds like everyone with a prostate will develop this if we live long enough.
Well damn, sorry to hear that. At least your prognosis looks good. Have you looked into alternative treatments?
Thank you for the update, Nully. Prayers.
Nully, You will be constantly remembered in my Prayers asking God for Your healing. <—- This is a promise.
I would like to wish you all the best for a speedy and complete recovery. From one cancer survivor to another 🙂👍🏻
So help you God Almighty. Amen🙏🏻✝️
Prayers up - I was diagnosed at age 64 and opted for radical removal of prostate as it held the highest chance of longevity - looks like the cancer is gone for good after 10 years but I would go another route if I had it to do over again...
May you never be "null and void".
“PSA test detected it when it was really small”
There are certain female physicians who are almost livid about PSA tests being allowed. They claim the test is ineffective, results in unnecessary tests and procedures, and cause we sensitive men anxiety and worry, and they want them banned. Personally, I think what they really want is unproductive, retired, and useless men to die. F them. I get my PSA test every year and if it ever spikes I will be all over it.
That’s horrible! I hope the ahole got his due.
That it does.
Hoping all goes well !
My last PSA was so low, it came addressed to Mrs. Appypappy
Neighbors on all sides were calling 911, we all thought there had been a chemical spill or something.
The ahole, after spraying, went to stay in a motel for a few days. Sprayed the whole yard because he didn’t like spiders.
Karma bites eventually.
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