This update is late due to so much happening on many fronts. Generally I am feeling well and optimistic, and continuing with the same regimen of strict diet (low carbs, no sugar), anti-cancer supplements and oxygen therapy, plus hormone therapy…
7/19/13
Great news this month, being the time of my annual imaging fest. This is now the fourth cycle for using various imaging techniques to try to understand what is going on. Through the rest of the year I am just…
5/23/13
In the latest blood test May 6 my PSA was back up, to 4.18 from 4 months below 2. My doctor attributes this to my reducing the dosage of casodex (testosterone-blocking hormone therapy), experimenting with different levels to see if…
3/9/13
I realize that this journal is becoming rather long for reading, so I have created a more graphic one-page overview of the whole process. This chart is available for anyone’s use without restrictions. This has the purpose of making the…
1/20/13
Excellent news in this report. My PSA score a week ago is 1.88. To put this is perspective, the first score was 266, then it went to <.1 on hormone therapy for 9 months ending July 2011, then it climbed…
11/19/12
This report is on a one-month interval instead of two, because I am starting with a new consultant and therefore a new supplements list, and because I was expecting to be resuming hormone therapy this month. However my latest test…
10/17/12
Continuing the pattern of testing every two months, yesterday’s PSA test came back at 17.8. This means that the trend is the same but that the straight-line pattern (of doubling every two months for the last 14 months) has softened.…
8/28/12
Another two months, another rise in PSA, this time to 11.6. Basically the PSA number has been doubling every two months since ending hormone therapy in July 2012. In a meeting yesterday, we decided to resume hormone therapy in October…
6/28/12
Medical tests this month give grounds for optimism while also showing clearly that I am not yet finished with the cancer adventure. My testing cycle has settled in to a two+ months rhythm, so I will now be looking to…
4/6/12
This past week I had a round of medical tests, a little earlier than originally planned due to wanting to have more information. I had a chest x-ray, abdominal ultrasound and blood test for PSA level. The highlight was the…