--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" <l.shad...@...> wrote: > > 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. >
I skimmed through these threads about your friend. I take it you are in Texas. If he hasn't been there already, I recommend MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for evaluation. http://www.mdanderson.org/ Better than roaming from one expert to another. Given the limited facts your presented (age, Gleason score, PSA, but not tumor grading or PSA doubling rate) I likely would not do watchful waiting and I would not rely on Curcumin and the like! Prostate cancer treatment has so many options and each individual is different, so don't take anything for advice here. (Other than what I said about visiting a major cancer center, like MD Anderson). Best wishes to you and your friend.
