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.
Oops, guess I didn’t read long enough!
Prayers Up!
Prayers offered good sir!
For the duration 🙃
Tatt
I have a number of friends going through cancer treatments of one kind or another. I’ll add you to my prayer list. :-)
Had a custom shirt made, black with a yellow radiation propeller surrounded by the words "When you're hot you're hot" for my thyroid cancer.
Also a big hit with the radiomedicine crew...
Prayers up for you Nully! I, too, second the Ivermectin and fenbendazole. Please keep us posted. Glad they caught it early.
*shrug* He said it wouldn't do harm, took exception to the original very high vitamin C dose, which I throttled back. Also said he wasn't going to tell a patient not to do it, and they wouldn't listen if he did, to which I had to agree...
Prayers up for you N&V! Great attitude is a powerful therapy. God Bless you and yours.
That and the exercise ain't gonna happen.
No, only that it had not metastasized.
Yep. I've got my three score and ten. Everything is gravy from now on.
Not reading beyond the headline is a venerable tradition...
Good luck Bud. I have prostate issues as well.
So they caught it early enough?
Plenty early enough
Best wishes and prayers to you nully.
I will add that I asked my naturopathic doctor what he’d seen work against prostate cancer and he said to drink lots and lots of ESSIAC tea. He said by the 3rd day or so, you’d see pus begin to exit and from there it will improve. For what it it is worth, I’m passing it along to you or anyone who reads this.
Our prayers are with you, FRiend.
One of my brothers and a friend are both finishing their rounds of radiation and doing the hot flash thing.
So very glad that you are seeking treatment.
You remain in my prayers.
Yep, you'll be going through those wallpaper patterns and flower arrangements in no time! Best of luck to you!
--TSR, cancer survivor.
Prayers, Nully, for successful treatment and recovery!
Good to hear the treatment is pretty good.
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