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Is there an alternative prostate cancer treatment for alcoholics?

Posted by admin on Oct 27, 2009 under Prostate Cancer PSA Level

My father in law had his prostate removed 7 years ago. About a year and a half his PSA started rising again so they did three rounds of radiation treatment. His PSA continues to rise, so they chemically castrated him. It seems the cancer has become immune to the lack of testosterone and his PSA level doubled last month. At this point it appears the cancer is systemic but unfortunately it has not manifest itself yet so they don’t know where it is.

The problem: he is an alcoholic and chemotherapy isn’t an option due to existing liver damage. Even if he quit drinking today, his liver couldn’t handle the chemo so my question is:
Is there an alternative prostate cancer treatment for people with liver damage?

I’m sorry, but there isn’t an alterative. Chemo is the last effort I’m afraid. It is not uncommon for the PSA to begin to rise several months to sometimes years before the disease progression becomes evident. I hope this is the case with your father in law.

Is there an alternative prostate cancer treatment for alcoholics?

Posted by admin on Oct 27, 2009 under Prostate Cancer PSA Level

My father in law had his prostate removed 7 years ago. About a year and a half his PSA started rising again so they did three rounds of radiation treatment. His PSA continues to rise, so they chemically castrated him. It seems the cancer has become immune to the lack of testosterone and his PSA level doubled last month. At this point it appears the cancer is systemic but unfortunately it has not manifest itself yet so they don’t know where it is.

The problem: he is an alcoholic and chemotherapy isn’t an option due to existing liver damage. Even if he quit drinking today, his liver couldn’t handle the chemo so my question is:
Is there an alternative prostate cancer treatment for people with liver damage?

I’m sorry, but there isn’t an alterative. Chemo is the last effort I’m afraid. It is not uncommon for the PSA to begin to rise several months to sometimes years before the disease progression becomes evident. I hope this is the case with your father in law.

What’s causing my frequent urination?

Posted by admin on Oct 27, 2009 under Prostate Cancer Frequent Urination

I have been checked for diabetes and I have no infections of any kind according to blood and urine samples yet I am going very frequently. I don’t have kidney stones either. My doctor says he is not worried about it, but something is causing me to go more than normal. I’m only 32 so prostate should be out of the question. Any suggestions?

Urinating too much liquid ("polyurea") needs to be distinguished from the slightly different symptoms of excessively frequent urination, urinary dribbling, or unusual urgency to urinate. Urinating too much fluid or urinating too often can indicate several serious medical conditions. Some possibilities include urinary tract infections, bladder conditions (e.g. interstitial cystitis), or prostate conditions (e.g. BPH). Also possible are metabolic conditions such as Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, or diabetes insipidus. Seek prompt professional medical advice about urination symptoms

These are just a few diseases or infectios that could cause your problems. You did not say if you was drinking water excessively. If so maybe Diabetes Insipidus. Not related to diabetes….

A
Acute bacterial prostatitis … urinary frequency
Adrenal adenoma, familial … frequent urination
Adrenal Cancer … frequent urination
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms … frequent urination
Adrenal gland hyperfunction … frequent urination
Adrenal incidentaloma … frequent urination
Adrenocortical carcinoma … frequent urination
Arnold-Chiari Malformation (Type 1) … urinary frequency
Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease … frequent urination
TopB
Bartter’s syndrome, antenatal type 1 … frequent urination
Bartters syndrome, antenatal , type 2 … frequent urination
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia … frequent urination of small amounts, frequent urination
Bladder Cancer … Frequent urination
TopC
Chronic Kidney Disease … more frequent urination
Combat stress reaction … frequent urination
Cystitis … frequent urination
Cystocele … urinary frequency
TopD
Diabetes Insipidus … frequent urination
Diabetic Nephropathy … frequent urination
TopE
Enlarged prostate … frequent urination of small amounts, frequent urination
TopF
Familial hypopituitarism … frequent urination
TopG
Generalized anxiety disorder … frequent urination
TopH
Hyperadrenalism … frequent urination
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome … frequent urination
TopI
Incontinence … Urinary frequency
Interstitial cystitis … urinary frequency
TopL
Leukemia, T-Cell … frequent urination
TopM
Machado-Joseph Disease … frequent urination
Myoma (fibroid) … urinary frequency
TopN
Non-Specific Urethritis … urinary frequency
TopO
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy type 3 … frequent urination
Ovarian Cancer … urinary frequency
Ovarian cysts … frequent urination
Overactive bladder … urinary frequency
TopP
Posterior valve, urethra … urinary frequency
Premenstrual syndrome … frequent urination
Primary Hyperaldosteronism … frequent urination
Prostate Cancer … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, familial … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 1 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 10 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 11 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 12 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 13 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 14 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 15 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 2 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 3 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 4 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 5 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 6 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 7 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 8 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 9 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, X-linked 2 … frequent urination
Prostate conditions … frequent urination
Prostatitis … urinary frequency
Pyelonephritis … urinary frequency
TopR
Renal pelvis and ureter, transitional cell cancer … frequent urination
TopS
Serratia urinary tract infection … frequent urination
Spastic pelvic floor syndrome … urinary frequency
Streptococcal Group B invasive disease … frequent urination
TopU
Urethral cancer … frequent urination
Urethral stricture … urinary frequency
Urethral syndrome … urinary frequency
Urethritis … frequent urination
Urinary stones … frequent urination
Urinary tract infections … urinary frequency, frequent urination
Uterine fibroids … frequent urination
Uterine prolapse … urinary frequency
TopV
Vagina cancer … frequent urination
Virilising ovarian tumour … Urinary frequency
TopW
Wandering spleen … frequent urination
TopY
Yolk sack tumour … Urinary frequency
And now you know>

And why should your doctor worry about it. He’s not the one that is running to take a pee every 30 minutes. Change doctors….

What’s causing my frequent urination?

Posted by admin on Oct 27, 2009 under Prostate Cancer Frequent Urination

I have been checked for diabetes and I have no infections of any kind according to blood and urine samples yet I am going very frequently. I don’t have kidney stones either. My doctor says he is not worried about it, but something is causing me to go more than normal. I’m only 32 so prostate should be out of the question. Any suggestions?

Urinating too much liquid ("polyurea") needs to be distinguished from the slightly different symptoms of excessively frequent urination, urinary dribbling, or unusual urgency to urinate. Urinating too much fluid or urinating too often can indicate several serious medical conditions. Some possibilities include urinary tract infections, bladder conditions (e.g. interstitial cystitis), or prostate conditions (e.g. BPH). Also possible are metabolic conditions such as Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, or diabetes insipidus. Seek prompt professional medical advice about urination symptoms

These are just a few diseases or infectios that could cause your problems. You did not say if you was drinking water excessively. If so maybe Diabetes Insipidus. Not related to diabetes….

A
Acute bacterial prostatitis … urinary frequency
Adrenal adenoma, familial … frequent urination
Adrenal Cancer … frequent urination
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms … frequent urination
Adrenal gland hyperfunction … frequent urination
Adrenal incidentaloma … frequent urination
Adrenocortical carcinoma … frequent urination
Arnold-Chiari Malformation (Type 1) … urinary frequency
Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease … frequent urination
TopB
Bartter’s syndrome, antenatal type 1 … frequent urination
Bartters syndrome, antenatal , type 2 … frequent urination
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia … frequent urination of small amounts, frequent urination
Bladder Cancer … Frequent urination
TopC
Chronic Kidney Disease … more frequent urination
Combat stress reaction … frequent urination
Cystitis … frequent urination
Cystocele … urinary frequency
TopD
Diabetes Insipidus … frequent urination
Diabetic Nephropathy … frequent urination
TopE
Enlarged prostate … frequent urination of small amounts, frequent urination
TopF
Familial hypopituitarism … frequent urination
TopG
Generalized anxiety disorder … frequent urination
TopH
Hyperadrenalism … frequent urination
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome … frequent urination
TopI
Incontinence … Urinary frequency
Interstitial cystitis … urinary frequency
TopL
Leukemia, T-Cell … frequent urination
TopM
Machado-Joseph Disease … frequent urination
Myoma (fibroid) … urinary frequency
TopN
Non-Specific Urethritis … urinary frequency
TopO
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy type 3 … frequent urination
Ovarian Cancer … urinary frequency
Ovarian cysts … frequent urination
Overactive bladder … urinary frequency
TopP
Posterior valve, urethra … urinary frequency
Premenstrual syndrome … frequent urination
Primary Hyperaldosteronism … frequent urination
Prostate Cancer … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, familial … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 1 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 10 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 11 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 12 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 13 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 14 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 15 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 2 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 3 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 4 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 5 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 6 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 7 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 8 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, 9 … frequent urination
Prostate cancer, hereditary, X-linked 2 … frequent urination
Prostate conditions … frequent urination
Prostatitis … urinary frequency
Pyelonephritis … urinary frequency
TopR
Renal pelvis and ureter, transitional cell cancer … frequent urination
TopS
Serratia urinary tract infection … frequent urination
Spastic pelvic floor syndrome … urinary frequency
Streptococcal Group B invasive disease … frequent urination
TopU
Urethral cancer … frequent urination
Urethral stricture … urinary frequency
Urethral syndrome … urinary frequency
Urethritis … frequent urination
Urinary stones … frequent urination
Urinary tract infections … urinary frequency, frequent urination
Uterine fibroids … frequent urination
Uterine prolapse … urinary frequency
TopV
Vagina cancer … frequent urination
Virilising ovarian tumour … Urinary frequency
TopW
Wandering spleen … frequent urination
TopY
Yolk sack tumour … Urinary frequency
And now you know>

And why should your doctor worry about it. He’s not the one that is running to take a pee every 30 minutes. Change doctors….

ONLY for people that have been directly effected by prostate cancer?

Posted by admin on Oct 27, 2009 under Radiation Treatment Prostate Cancer

My father is 72 and CAN NOT have SURGERY, the dr. said it is not an option. He wants to know about people who have been through radiation treatments, what was their experience like. Of course if you’ve had family members effected by this that would be helpful as well

Radiation has a cumulative effect; at first you don’t feel anything, then a coupole of weeks into the treatments you start to get diarrhea and you can only eat peanut butter and lots of Imodium until the treatments end and then for a month or tow after that you still have to be careful and avoid fruit, etc. Please get this book for your father, it will help him a great deal and make him much more comfortable:

Amazon.com
When Michael Milken was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 1993, he wasted no time switching from his daily egg-and-bacon-sandwich breakfasts to a low-fat, vegetarian diet. He also founded CaP CURE, the Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate. Through research supported by CaP CURE, Milken learned that cutting down on fat was not enough–that soy protein could be an important missing ingredient in his diet. He duly incorporated all of the cancer-fighting ingredients into his diet, but he missed the joy of eating.
Enter Beth Ginsberg, Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate and natural foods chef. When Milken hired her in 1995, she turned his medicinal soy drinks into tasty, healthy fruit smoothies, his tofu-spread sandwiches into Vegetable Reubens–with tempeh bacon! It became clear that a healthy, cancer-fighting diet need not mean an end to culinary pleasure. In the beautifully photographed The Taste for Living Cookbook, Ginsberg collects more than 75 of Milken’s favorite dishes, from Tofu Dog Casserole with a Pretzel Crust to Greek Spinach Pie in a Phyllo Nest to Devil’s "Fool" Cake with Cocoa Frosting. Colorful icons next to each recipe let you know how long a dish will take to prepare–many are under an hour from kitchen to table. Nutritional details are given at the end of each recipe, and Ginsberg notes when a substitution can be made (say, low-fat turkey in place of tempeh in a sandwich). Proceeds from the sales of The Taste for Living Cookbook will go to further CaP CURE’s research–resulting, one hopes, in even more delicious, healthful meals from chef Ginsberg. –Rebecca A. Staffel

ONLY for people that have been directly effected by prostate cancer?

Posted by admin on Oct 27, 2009 under Radiation Treatment Prostate Cancer

My father is 72 and CAN NOT have SURGERY, the dr. said it is not an option. He wants to know about people who have been through radiation treatments, what was their experience like. Of course if you’ve had family members effected by this that would be helpful as well

Radiation has a cumulative effect; at first you don’t feel anything, then a coupole of weeks into the treatments you start to get diarrhea and you can only eat peanut butter and lots of Imodium until the treatments end and then for a month or tow after that you still have to be careful and avoid fruit, etc. Please get this book for your father, it will help him a great deal and make him much more comfortable:

Amazon.com
When Michael Milken was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 1993, he wasted no time switching from his daily egg-and-bacon-sandwich breakfasts to a low-fat, vegetarian diet. He also founded CaP CURE, the Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate. Through research supported by CaP CURE, Milken learned that cutting down on fat was not enough–that soy protein could be an important missing ingredient in his diet. He duly incorporated all of the cancer-fighting ingredients into his diet, but he missed the joy of eating.
Enter Beth Ginsberg, Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate and natural foods chef. When Milken hired her in 1995, she turned his medicinal soy drinks into tasty, healthy fruit smoothies, his tofu-spread sandwiches into Vegetable Reubens–with tempeh bacon! It became clear that a healthy, cancer-fighting diet need not mean an end to culinary pleasure. In the beautifully photographed The Taste for Living Cookbook, Ginsberg collects more than 75 of Milken’s favorite dishes, from Tofu Dog Casserole with a Pretzel Crust to Greek Spinach Pie in a Phyllo Nest to Devil’s "Fool" Cake with Cocoa Frosting. Colorful icons next to each recipe let you know how long a dish will take to prepare–many are under an hour from kitchen to table. Nutritional details are given at the end of each recipe, and Ginsberg notes when a substitution can be made (say, low-fat turkey in place of tempeh in a sandwich). Proceeds from the sales of The Taste for Living Cookbook will go to further CaP CURE’s research–resulting, one hopes, in even more delicious, healthful meals from chef Ginsberg. –Rebecca A. Staffel

Prostate Cancer Help?

Posted by admin on Oct 24, 2009 under Prostate Cancer PSA Level

Hi all, thank you for reading my question. My dad was just diagonsed with prostate cancer last monday. The funny thing about this is that his PSA levels started at 7.6, when they told him he might have cancer, he changed his entire diet around, every two weeks he had to go for blood work. Everytime his PSA levels kept going down. The last PSA level he had was 4.2 and the doctor said, everything seem to be ok, but if he wanted to be 100% sure to get the biopsy done.

Well he did get the biopsy, last monday the doctor told us they found very little cancer. My dad decided to get his prostate removed, we are going to talk to the doctor again on monday to give him the decision.

My question here is, if anybody knows why his PSA levels would go down instead of up? and does this mean his cancer maybe hasn’t spread? He has done a psa level for the past 2 or 3 years know, and this is teh first time cancer was diagnosed. He is 56 but very heatly otherwise. Anybody out there with experienc

PSA is produced by both normal prostate tissue and by cancerous tissue. The most common reason for a temporary rise of this magnetude is infection. It’s also possible that he has BPH…benign enlargement…which is contributing to his PSA reading. With a reading of 7.6, I’m surprised they didn’t have the biopsy done earlier.

If his choice is radical therapy, he should take some time and research options and practitioners. It takes more than 10 years for PCa to kill, so he has some time to think this through. The consequences of prostate treatment can be quite serious, and he should come to terms with the potential consequences before finalizing his decision.

If his choice is surgery, then he should consider robotic prostatectomy, which is rapidly becoming the preferred method, thanks to lower trauma and rapid recovery. It’s important that his surgeon have a great deal of experience. A surgeon who has done 1000 prostatectomies would be a much better choice than one who has done 50. Although every urologist can perform this surgery, there are a small number of "artists", who are considered both by peers and patients to be more capable than average. He needs to find one of these surgeons. The probability of permanent impotence following surgery is anywhere from 20-70%, with the choice of surgeon being the key variable. And he will probably be incontinent for a period of time, with a small chance that this will be a lifetime condition.

How to fix frequent night time urination problem without using modern drugs? Any foods to avoid?

Posted by admin on Oct 24, 2009 under Prostate Cancer Frequent Urination

Some nights, not all the nights, I have to get up to urinate. I have difficulty urinating. I would like to avoid modern medicines, would prefer any natural cure. My doctor mentioned that I have small bladder and enlarged prostate. My PSA test last time was 3.1.

this is an easy question and i have fould that if i don’t drink after 7 pm or at least a few hours before bedtime the urge isn’t there…Alan

Prostate cancer survival with advanced stages.?

Posted by admin on Oct 24, 2009 under Radiation Treatment Prostate Cancer

I have just been diognosed with prostate cancer. My urologists recommended treatment is: radiation, implant radioactive seeds and hormone therapy. Reason for this as the only treatment is: aggressive high grade cancer, Gleason’s combined score 9 (4+5). perineul invasive adenocarcinoma is present.

My PSA has been 4.2+ for several years. I am now 66 years old & I do not understand why a biopsy was not done before now. I trusted the doctors to make informed decisions for me.

The main reason I’m asking is I’m a caregiver for my wife who has M.S.

What are the survival rates for this cancer in this stage????

Sorry for your situation. I’m going to be blunt–if you rely on your oncologist to save you, you are between a rock and a hard place. He can’t do anything for you, except make you weaker–but there’s a lot you can do for yourself.

Five hundred years ago, people said the world was flat. Today, people say that if the FDA and AMA haven’t blessed something, it can’t be real good. Well, here’s something I know to be real AND good. It’s a little different take on cancer treatment–

In 1990, I had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I’ve survived. My doctors were great people, but they were limited to surgery, chemo and radiation by profitable AMA treatment policy. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine. I’m a retired engineer, and this is what I’ve pieced together–our IMMUNE SYSTEMS become weakened by poor nutrition, lack of exercise and reduced oxygen. Once that happens, our body becomes vulnerable to common STRESSORS. Stressors can be environmental, like viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging is also a contributing factor. So this means:

WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM + STRESSORS = DISEASE (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.)

Our bodies have 60 trillion–yes, trillion–cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.

It takes a LONG time, usually, or a high level of stressors, to weaken the immune system to the point where it won’t do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that are currently being used in Europe and around the world, and there are some great books on the subject. I know because I’ve read about 50 of them from cover to cover. Here’s a list of the best ones. Some are out of print and getting hard to find–

"The Cure for All Cancers", ISBN 0963632825
"The Cure for All Advanced Cancers", ISBN 1890035165
"A Cancer Therapy", ISBN 0882681052
"Oxygen Therapies", ISBN 0962052701
"Hydrogen Peroxide–Medical Miracle", ISBN 1885236077
"The Natural Cure for Cancer–Germanium", ISBN 0533071410
"Killing Cancer", ISBN 0705000966
"Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About", ISBN 0975599518

I know of people whose cancer has ’spontaneously remitted’ (WENT AWAY for no known reason) AFTER they went on programs of herbs and nutrition to restart their immune systems.

You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy. This is not a joke, and I’m not selling anything–just trying to help.
I am using the things I learned in those books right now to fight off a second infestation of cancer. I’ve been at it for over a year now, and think I’m going to make it. Use what works for you, and pass on your success. Best of luck.
Watch the film at this website–
http://www.altcancer.com/vidgal.htm#hoxsey

Cholesterol Support 60 Tabs from Dr.Venessa’s Formulas

Posted by admin on Oct 18, 2009 under Prostate Cancer Impotence

Cholesterol Support 60 Tabs from Dr.Venessa's Formulas

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