Summary and opinion concerning frustratingly contradictory reports about the efficacy of vitamin supplements in preventing/treating prostate cancer.
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Supplements or No Supplements?
Posted in Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Nutrition, Uncategorized, tagged Supplements, Vitamins on December 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So I Finished the Treatment – Now What?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have always found it strange and slightly disturbing that ’survival after five years’ is regarded as the usual statistical standard of success for prostate cancer treatment. I’m 65, in good health and fully intend to be around for another 20 years at least.
Longer term scientific follow up studies comparing success rates of the various [...]
Post Proton Beam Therapy Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged proton beam therapy on December 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Wow, has it really been that long since my last post? I have to admit that the eight weeks of getting up at 5.30am left me with no energy at the end of the day to sit at my computer and blog. Most of my tiredness was due to rising early and a very busy [...]
Worrying proposal to deny Medicare coverage for Proton Beam Therapy
Posted in proton beam therapy, tagged Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Association for Proton Therapy, Proton Beam Threapy on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I chose Proton Beam Therapy as my treatment of choice I did so after very careful evaluation of all the alternatives open to me. In the end it was the personal testimonials – some going back as many as 10 years – from many thousands of men reporting excellent results with minimal side [...]
Radical Acceptance: another supportive dance partner.
Posted in Recommended Books, Uncategorized, tagged Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach PhD is a superb book. Its recent appearance in my life is one of the delightfully synchronistic events that have begun to accumulate since the beginning of this dance. It jumped off the shelf at my local Barnes and Noble just after I learned of my rising PSA level. [...]
Reaching Out
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, friends on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After getting the diagnosis the first person I call is my daughter. We talk on the phone for about 15 minutes. (As it is possible that many of her friends might choose to read this blog I have decided not to include any details of my conversations with her in any of the posts. [...]
Invitation to the Ball – some background.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged prostate, prostate biopsy, prostate cancer, PSA, PSA count, urology on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Between September 06 and September ‘07 my PSA count rose from below 1 to 2.8.
My primary care physician. William Lester MD gave me a very full, informative and helpful talk about the prostate and prostate cancer. He recommended that i return for another PSA test in six months.
In April ‘08 the count was well above [...]
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