Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Terry Herbert wrote: .... > So, what to do? Men who consistently advocate the ‘scientific’ > approach and ‘evidence based’ medicine might find it difficult > to find a scientific based answer, supported by good evidence, > to that question. > > Anyone with any ideas? Terry, I'm sorry to hear about his problem. I think Chuck's suggestions are excellent ones. There was a man on another newsgroup who did well for a long time on ADT and then developed a rising PSA. His doctor added Casodex and his PSA went down again to undetectable. It turned out that his testosterone reading (using the American style measurement) was 87. As Chuck says, it should have been below 50 and better still below 20. But the extra drug did the trick for him. That was several years ago and he still has a PSA below 0.1. You might also start investigating clinical trials. My feeling about a lot of drugs, including new investigational drugs, is that they can be of most benefit before the cancer burden in the body becomes too extreme. Also, if you're not already doing so, you might consider taking big doses of pomegranate extract (Dr. Myers prescribed 5 pills a day to one of my friends) and also consider diet and exercise as possibly offering some help - if you're not already keeping a good diet and exercising. My personal, inexpert opinion about supplements, diet and exercise is that none of them have the power of prescription drugs, but they might provide some help to men who don't yet have galloping cancer. Good luck with this and please do keep us informed. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Alan Meyer wrote: > Terry, > > I'm sorry to hear about his problem. ... I meant to say " this " problem, not " his " problem. And I can't even blame it on chemobrain. It's just the old, unreliable, Alan brain. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Just a note to thank all of you for taking the trouble to respond to my post, both on the List and Off List. I'm absorbing all suggestions and will no doubt make a decision as to the best 'next step' for me when I see my GP next week All the best Terry From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Alan Meyer Sent: Friday, 18 February 2011 11:57 AM To: ProstateCancerSupport Subject: Re: Isn't it strange? Terry Herbert wrote: .... > So, what to do? Men who consistently advocate the ‘scientific’ > approach and ‘evidence based’ medicine might find it difficult > to find a scientific based answer, supported by good evidence, > to that question. > > Anyone with any ideas? Terry, I'm sorry to hear about his problem. I think Chuck's suggestions are excellent ones. There was a man on another newsgroup who did well for a long time on ADT and then developed a rising PSA. His doctor added Casodex and his PSA went down again to undetectable. It turned out that his testosterone reading (using the American style measurement) was 87. As Chuck says, it should have been below 50 and better still below 20. But the extra drug did the trick for him. That was several years ago and he still has a PSA below 0.1. You might also start investigating clinical trials. My feeling about a lot of drugs, including new investigational drugs, is that they can be of most benefit before the cancer burden in the body becomes too extreme. Also, if you're not already doing so, you might consider taking big doses of pomegranate extract (Dr. Myers prescribed 5 pills a day to one of my friends) and also consider diet and exercise as possibly offering some help - if you're not already keeping a good diet and exercising. My personal, inexpert opinion about supplements, diet and exercise is that none of them have the power of prescription drugs, but they might provide some help to men who don't yet have galloping cancer. Good luck with this and please do keep us informed. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Just one uneducated opinion. The cancer could be growing anywhere. Any activity might be stimulating the production of the PSA. Or maybe a certain food gets it going. As you say the pattern is the important part I think. Considering the long fight you've had with it, the battle is still going well. I keep hoping a cure is right around the corner myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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