It has been close to seven years since I've posted here.  When I first
came here for support and suggestions, I had been diagnosed and came
back with a Gleason score of 7.  Today, I had a checkup and things
look good.  My PSA has been holding at 0.2 for the past four years, up
from 0.0-0.1, five-six years ago.  My doctor has said that it looks
like I may have beaten this.  How you chose to deal with the problem
is clearly open to options.  What worked for me might not for you, but
I want to share what my choices were and still remain:

My uro is a surgeon.  During the consultation when the diagnosis was
announced to me and family members, I had a note pad and took notes.
I knew in advance that he had bad news because family members were
urged to attend.  What struck me was his quick admission that he would
not spare nerves.  

After about a month of daily internet searching and Q&A's, I chose to
go with radiation therapy (3d conformal radiation).  The “Wouldn't
spare nerves”, thing did bias me.  Prior though, my uro remained
heavily involved in the clinical testing of a new drug, so I opted in
to their test program.  It was a new drug by a company, as I recall,
called Praxis Pharmaceuticals, and near as I remember the drug was
called Amarlilux.  I think it's function was to bring down the
testosterone levels to castrate levels and shrink the prostate.  It
must have as I sure went through 'Change of Life' symptoms with hot
flashes and zero libido.  When those weekly treatments stopped after
about three months, the radiation began.  45 days of getting
radiation, three times a week, went by quickly and with only minor
problems.  I continued to work until the final month when I was
feeling pretty wore out so took six weeks off under long care sick
leave.  The bowels and urine containment were a bit difficult for the
next six months or so, but not too bad to manage.  Since then, it's
been smooth sailing.  Can't say the sexual functions have been even
close to what they were, but I'm 71, so don't really expect what was
there seven years ago.  

What I did outside of the official strategy was to eat tomatoes and
products containing them, in unusually large amounts, starting with
when I was diagnosed.  I started taking tomato enzymes (Lycopene)
daily (there are numerous outfits out there selling that so I won't
suggest one).  Additionally I added garlic and fish oil daily to my
diet.   Also made sure I got plenty of Vitamin C every day.  Maybe
this helped, maybe not.  As a minimum, it made me feel like I was
contributing towards kicking this beast and not leaving everything out
of my hands.

In retrospect, I wouldn't have done anything different.  I complained
about the hot flashes while in the testing phase of the Amarlilux (or
what ever it was/is called), but sure don't have any complaints about
that now.  

There's tons of hope fella's.  Don't give up.  It's like a mighty kick
in the crotch to take the news of your diagnosis but you need to see
through the fog, look around, and see who else has dealt with this and
how they coped.

If you wish to correspond, I can probably be found at ron

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