Hi Dmarek (Dan), I understand your fears, frustration and concern about prostate cancer. My hubby was diagnosed with several biopsies in Nov. 2012. His PSA was still low in the low teens, if I remember. He went thru several Oncologists, some he just didn't like, some he thought just didn't have the experience, whatever his thoughts were... He ended up using a Dr referral services from work, called "Best Doctors". They reviewed his tests and gave back opinions. It turned out they actually recommended "wait and see". According to what they said, most men have the beginnings of prostate cancer in their late 50's early 60's, and most don't know about it. Hubby's was found on a routine physical (he hadn't gone for a physical in about 5 years). Later we found out all his male cousins had high PSA. One went the radiation pellets route. He is fine. Two years ago he lost a cousin to it. Hubby was so upset that the prostate cancer inheritance was kept so hush-hush, he made sure all his male cousins and bro, were aware of it and that it's in the "family". Like breast cancer was kept hush-hush years ago. Get tested. Hubby would rather have known than to find out at his cousins funeral that it was genetically predisposed in the family.
So began the research, the books to read, the tests to run, and his manic, "What do I do", "Who is a good Dr. to see", "Surgeons are taught that what they do best is surgery" "Do I try the radiation pellets", "Do I do nothing and wait and see" ????. It turned out that the anesthesiologist on his Best Doc team, was also a surgical urologist as well, and thought if Hubby did want the surgery, he would refer to another surgeon.
Hubby decided on the surgery. The anesthesiologist referred him to the surgeon, and it turns out this Dr. was the Chief of Urological Oncology at Massachusetts General, Boston. Hubby got the best! And the anesthesiologist on his team was the same Dr. that that did his surgical anesthesiology. His surgery was done laparoscopically, he was in MGH for 2 nites, and home the 3rd. day. Yes, he still was concerned that everything functions... and it does. But took awhile to come back! No worries now.
WE went thru this together. WE knew there were side-effects that each person, as an individual, would experience regardless of method of cure. Curing the cancer is your first step. BTW, Hubby's PSA is 0 as it should be!, and no cancerous cells leaked out during surgery. He had 4 more tests done post-surgery over the following 2 years, and they are all 0.
We didn't know Cannabis had cancer curing in its repertoire of health benefits at the time. I'm happy you found this, and are moving forward aggressively in treatment. But I still recommend that you to get the PSA done, so you have a baseline to work from. Periodic tests, to see progress (or leveling out, etc) are the best tools you could use. Then you can decide further what paths to take.
I wish you well. If I can provide you with resources for your own research, please let me know. We live in Mass, so going to Mass General Hospital was easy for us.
I know you can beat this. It's overwhelming at best! Do keep a journal (I have to start mine! Lazy bum that I am... hahaha!) I'm not big into writing, either... as you can see! LOL!
SweetSue will give you the best she's got, she's taken me under her leaf umbrella as well! I'm new too, with an auto-immune disease, PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) which is a painful manifestation of what is now thought a virus. PMR has affected my arms and shoulder girdle. I can barely lift anything, raise my arms to put something away, etc. I live on Prednisone for inflammation, 5 months later after diagnosis, I went and found a pain management Doc, which also is involved with healing using Cannabis. So here I am, trying to learn as much as I can, and being just as overwhelmed as you. I just got my MMJ card from the MA's Dept of Public Health... I do get relief from the CBD's... I'm vaping for now until I can get a tent, lights, buckets, seeds, yada... and grow my own. Too expensive at $25-$28 per 1.75 oz of flower from the dispensary. I have to grow it. That's a learning curve, too. At least in MA it's legal to grow up to 5 plants per adult in the house, so I can have 10 going in various stages of growth.
Be well!
"I can do this... I crossed the ocean twice, to find Nemo and my parents! We can do it together"
Dory