I have a very close friend who has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. 3 nodes of the biopsy have a Gleason Index of 7. Otherwise my friend is in excellent health and recently had an Ayurvedic consult at the Raj and was pretty much given a clean bill of health. My friend and I are debating what to do. My friend also lives in Austin, TX and has the best of medical insurance. He's got a consult scheduled with a world famous Urologist who has performed 1,200 Di Vinci robotic prostrate cancer surgeries. The odds are that my friend will retain full functioning except for that which the prostate provides because the robotic surgery is so targeted if he opts for surgery.
I am urging my friend to not pursue alternate therapies including Ayurveda to handle the slowing growing cancer (PSA went from 4 to 12 in 7 years). IMO Ayurveda is a nice preventative but that's about it. It would be much better if this diagnosis were made in 2090, assuming humankind still exists then, but the options aren't so bad in 2009. Would anyone care to comment about what course of action my friend should take? Yeah, he's a long time citizen sidha and all that.
