Hello everyone,
We usually go to see "a" doctor urology, oncology, GP, about every 3 months. We get the weight, BP, blood tests and chat with the doctors to see if they have discovered anything new and/or to discuss with them the many new questions we might have from our own research. Sometimes we have questions that they can't answer and know about drugs and new methods that they haven't heard of.
This last Friday, we went to an oncology appt. (we had just been about 3 weeks ago and didn't know why they wanted us back so soon) and I thought I would report. We are going to a large UCLA hospital outside of Los Angeles and there were about 100+ people, all with different cancers, scheduled at the same time, a cattle-call. It is honestly a horrible way to manage patients and, I believe, just a small peek at what Obamacare (or any socialized medicine) provides.
We met with a new Doctor, not the one we had met before and were hoping to create a relationship with, who was filling in. BP and weight (too much) were the same, PSA is about 167 and a blood-draw. If you've read my reports before, we pretty much see the doctors to share information and for the diagnostics. This doctor, like most of the others, was pretty surprised to see my DH alive and still in control having been diagnosed 10 years ago with a Gleason of 7 or 9 (can't remember).
My DH likes to periodically take a routine of Ketaconazole. He wants to take it now to lower his PSA. It is a very old anti-fungal with a long, safe history though you need to watch your liver enzymes.
There is a school-of-thought that fungus can mimic cancer. There are clinical trials that shows cancer seems to diminish after a series of anti-fungals. So, was it really a cancer or a fungus. But, we believe if you take the anti-fungal and there are still cancer cells, it must be cancer and to treat it as such.
Ketaconazole also lowers testosterone, usually lowering PSA and has been recommended when the cancer is resistant to hormone therapy.
We rotate a lot of different vitamin supplements. My DH takes 1 mg. of Beta-sitasterol (a plant estrogen that reducesevery night and this has made a major reduction in how many times he was getting up to go to the bathroom. Before, it could have been 4+ times, now about once around 4 a.m. Be aware, you must also take vite E and lycopene with it.
Cimarron, I am glad to read your post. I have good feelings that our chances are just as good, if not better, than going along with the doctors. I hope to read more about your concerns and what solutions you find and plans you will make.
Re: the article at LEF, dated 2008: The context is TRT for men NOT YET diagnosed with PC. And, I totally agree with this theory recommending TRT for all men by the time they're 50. I do not believe, and there is no studies that show, TRT 'causes' cancer.........unless, like Suzanne Summers, you take HRT at levels for a teenager. Then you are asking for trouble.
But, if you already have cancer, the hormonal game changes, you're not working with normal cells, and I'm just afraid enough to not try it. Not until we feel safe.
mspt98, that is why I am hoping to hear from you again since you are taking TRT. Do you notice a difference? How are you doing with it? We believe it's responsible for feeling better, stronger. Would you recommend it?
Thank you all and good wishes.
El