Doctor's Visit

Hi Ken,

Sorry to hear about your doctor's visit today. I hope it all works out ok for you.

When you get your PSA measured be sure to ask that they also measure your FREE PSA at the same time. This number is an important indicator of possible prostate cancer and should be greater than 18%.

Also a prostate ultrasound might be useful to determine your prostate size right now. It may be growing which could account for your rising PSA though infections is also a likely cause.

If your doctor is worried about cancer do not let him do a blind needle biopsy on you. Instead insist on a multi-parametric MRI with dynamic contrast. This will show any lesions on the prostate that could be targets later on for a possible biopsy.

Hope all turns out ok for you. Any word from Jimjames?

Take care

Howard

Hey Kenneth, Thanks for sharing that appointment with urologist. But It sounds like you're in control of some of the issues with diet, hydration, and the pelvic exercises. Anywhere everyday present you helping me in the past when is going through those prostate issues. There's no one like you on this site. Thanks again

Hi Ken! I wish everyone knew about overcoming diabetes completely and getting rid of all of your diabetic shots and medications and starting to recover the health that you could have. The medical profession is not motivated at all to disseminate that information because they can't make money on healthy people. They try to tell you that you are stuck with simply "managing" your diabetes, which means you will always have it and will have to buy medications for it all of your life. You will also have amputations, blindness, failing kidneys, impotence, and many other problems, all of which earn physicians lots of money. My wife's brother, Jon McMahan has finished a documentary about his own recovery from diabetes and how you can do it too. His video series is called "I Thrive." Google it! My wife is a lifestyle nurse who bugged him until he finally decided to do it. Diabetes affects every organ, including the prostate, and taking care of your diabetes is the best thing you can do for yourself. Yes, it takes effort and you might not like the diet at first but you will learn to love it! It takes only two or three months and a bit of self-control until you are a new person with new tastes. Also, you can look on the website nutritionfacts.org to get ideas about reversing diabetes. It is a searchable website. Good luck and may God bless! Bill.

Hi Ken!

Have you have bought into the idea that diabetes is hereditary? You need to look at the new science of epigenetics. This demonstrates that you can turn your genes on or off, depending on your lifestyle. My wife comes from a very strong family history of diabetes (witness her brother's diabetes). He had no feeling in his feet and burned them crispy at a camp fire because he couldn't feel them. He is still working on his neuropathy from long-standing diabetes. But he has lost over 100 lbs and now is climbing mountains and doing everything. My wife is 64 and still is free of diabetes. My history is very strong for prostate cancer. My father, a physician, got it at about 58. He had the best surgeons and best advice, had a radical prostatectomy, but died with metastasized prostate cancer later in life. Similar story for my uncle. Their father too. In fact every male that I can trace in my background has died with prostate cancer. I have tried to modify my diet and lifestyle but I have discovered that I didn't really have much of a clue. I have taken the advice of my new wife's lifestyle nursing experience and recently changed my diet and exercise program. I was diagnosed with a low grade Gleason 6 prostate cancer about 4 months ago and I am now eating lots of garlic, broccoli sprouts, Brussels sprouts, and other anti-cancer things and stopped all animal products. I expect that my cancer will not show up in a year. Yes, it has taken a while to get used to a completely new diet. But I am now 71 and just cut and split nearly four cords of wood by myself. I feel great. No pain anywhere. Diabetes can usually be cured within a month and you can be off of all diabetic medications. Try it! By the way, Jon McMahan did not write a book, he produced a video. Watch it! Wishing you the best. Bill

Hi Ken!

For starters, chicken is probably at least as bad as red beef, though neither are good. Again, look it up on nutritionfacts.org. Also, you don't have to worry so much about sugar as about oil and grease, both from animal fat and refined oil from vegetable sources. Yes, sugar elevates your blood sugar but the reason is that oil and grease clogs up your insulin receptors and drives insulin resistance so that your blood sugar is out of control. And don't worry about fresh fruit. It takes someone to help you in your change. When a large study of diabetics was made, most of them were off all of their diabetes drugs in less than a week, but you have to know what you are doing. Again, Jon's video will be an invaluable help. Don't put it off! You can be much better in as little as three or four days, and you will feel it. Bill

Hi Ken,

For what it's worth, Cipro can play havoc with your blood sugar - long after you stop taking it. The FDA made an announcement about this a few months ago, I can't give the link but you can find it easily.

Cipro can also have delayed side effects and I'm concerned (more than your doctor was!) that you say you do have a history of tendonitis. Take care not to strain anything and watch out for aches and pains without any cause for a good few months - maybe a year. Also, don't take a NSAID (e.g. Advil/Ibuprofen etc) if you do get any pains as these can kick off latent side effects.

Cipro and the other fluroquinolones all behave in the same way so don't think you are avoiding Cipro by taking Ofloxacin, Avelox (Moxifloxacin) or one of the others (Levaquin is also one). Their effects are cumulative which means they will eventually get to you, you just have to take enough. People are very different when it comes to enough and some can take very many courses while others are affected after just one tablet!

Hope you fell better soon. Take care.