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.
You will be added to my regular prayers. 🙏
Our Father in Heaven, i’m sorry to hear of nulli’s diagnosis; cancer is evil. but i pray the Creator God of this universe intercede, guide and vouchsafe nulli’s (and all others on this board who cry out to Him for healing) treatment and care givers. may the Lord, give you comfort, strength and relief as you go though this valley of shadow, to complete recovery, as you reach high hills of complete healing and rest. i ask in the Great Physician’s Name; the One who delivers; the Only one who saves, in Jesus’ Name, amen.
I am in the same age bracket, need to make sure Kaiser or VA does a PSA check nest blood draw.
Best of luck to you.
I’m still kicking after twelve years.
I went through this 15 years ago. You seem to be confusing the focused beam (Cyberknife) treatment with the very old school radiation that takes a month of treatments, is not extremely effective, and can have some side effects. Cyberknife only takes 4 or 5 days of treatment. I had minimal side effects and I’m sure they’ve improved things since then. I was part of a clinical trial so it was very new. No chemical castration for me.
Will be thinking about you Nully!!
I have a close friend who was an oncology nurse for almost 40 years - she said cancer prognosis and cancer survival rates have increased dramatically over the past 20 years.
Yer gonna do great!!
I was diagnosed with early stages of aggressive prostate cancer in 2017 and treatments similar to what you are starting were done over the first half of 2018. No cancer since then and my PSA has been a tiny 0.1 for over seven years. It pays to catch it early.
Best wishes and prayers. We are cheering you on!🙏👍
Stay strong my friend!
Best of luck to you on your upcoming “journey”! Get well!
Hoping for the best for you!!!
Thanks for posting nully.
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Best of luck, nully, keep up the good, positive attitude and keep us informed of your progress!
An excellent choice.
As to prostate cancer, we buried my father-in-law who had the treatment more than thirty years ago, and we let him go to eternity and the young age of weeks shy of 97.
Live long. Live well.
Consider Aquablation surgery. Much less intrusive and preserves the nerves in the region just in case a removal is needed later. It’s in trials now, common treatment for BHP, for cancer. Preserves functions too.
The success stories of Fenben and IVM are quite impressive, as I'm sure you are aware.
Believe it or not, men 70 or older have a higher death rate after prostate surgery and radiation than men who decide to have no treatment at all.
Also - one more option you might consider.
The Langone School of Medicine at NYU is treating prostate cancer in elderly men with cryosurgery - they literally freeze the cancerous area.
A couple months ago, they had treated more than 200 cases, and the results were outstanding.
It was still an experimental treatment when I read about it, but it might be something you want to research before you commit to surgery and radiation.
Surprised your urologist approved you using ivermectin & fenben. There’s a number of anticancer nutraceuticals that might be of benefit too such as soursop and pterostilbene.
Inhibition of miR-20a by pterostilbene facilitates prostate cancer cells killed by NK cells via up-regulation of NKG2D ligands and TGF-β1down-regulation
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10102449/
Pterostilbene Induces Apoptosis in Awakening
Quiescent Prostate Cancer Cells by Upregulating
C/EBP-β-Mediated SOD2 Transcription
https://www.ijbs.com/v21p3379.pdf
Systematic Review Of Annona Muricata Linn. Extract On Prostate Cancer
https://ajrmhs.org/index.php/home/article/view/4
SOURSOP AND ITS ROLE IN CANCER THERAPY: A
DETAILED REVIEW
https://foundryjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/7.FJ23C416.pdf
This is just a small sampling of the studies as to the potential of these substances to treat prostate cancer. Many more can be found at PubMed.
Sounds very hopeful, but if I were diagnosed, I would add ivermectine and fenbendazole, if I had to use horse paste to get it!
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