L. Jones lives in Australia.
He was 51 when he was diagnosed in August, 2010. His initial PSA was 0.73 ng/ml,
his Gleason Score was 6 and he was staged T1c. Although he says he is undecided
as to his choice of treatment, it seems he means that he is undecided as to whether
he needs treatment and therefore is undertaking Active Surveillance. Here is his
story.
After a pretty fierce Urinary Tract Infection that got worse due
to misprescription of antibiotics and saw me catheterised for 6 weeks - not the
important part of the story - I opted to have a biopsy. The Urologist was happy
to wait but being practical I thought: No, it is best to find out now.
Two
weeks after the biopsy, with my wonderful older brother by my side, I found out
I had a 'small amount of low grade cancer in my prostate.' 3+3=6 I do not need
to tell you guys what all that does to you! The sky is falling.
Thank
you to YANA, which I found in a research frenzy.
The doctor kept me on
Flomaxtra to ensure good flow and I started to change my lifestyle, as the result
of the research I had undertaken. I stopped all red meat, chicken, and eggs. Heavy
on the fish and the soy and the vegetables. I will fess up to getting a bit angry
at the world. They have shown that our Western diet is detrimental to our health;
why is this not being shouted from the rooftops? But I have since calmed down.
I
have also taking red wine - one or two glasses a night. A good glass of Pomegranate
Juice in the morning, Vitamin D, Green Tea extract, Vitamin C, Fish Oil and Turmeric.
I
have also started on Modified Citrus Pectin and Cayenne Pepper.
The changes
to exercise and stress are not so easy but I am working on them.
NOVEMBER
2010
I went back to the Urologist to get my PSA results. 0.73 - very
happy. I had not gotten my initial PSA results. I suspect they were sky high given
the traumatised state of my prostate during the infection back in July!
He
is happy to watch and wait for now. And maybe a biopsy in six months time.
I
know that some time in the future I may need an RP (Radical Prostatectomy), but
for now, things feel good. [It is not
clear why L feels that he may need an RP at some time in the future. The AS (Active
Surveillance) studies already published show that the majority of men in the studies
will probably never require invasive treatment.]
L's
e-mail address is: mr_ldjones@hotmail.com
