YANA - YOU ARE NOT ALONE NOW

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT SITE

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Ian Yearwood lives in Wakefield, UK. He was 56 when he was diagnosed in March 2007. His initial PSA was 19.0 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 6 and although he does not state his staging it seems he would have been staged T1c. His choice of treatment was Watchful Waiting. Here is his story.

In about the latter half of 2004 I noticed some blood in my semen. Went to see my GP who carried out a rectal examination of the prostate and had a urine analysis. Both these tests were inconclusive as to the cause. A PSA test was the next test which resulted in a PSA of 4.0. I was then referred to a Urology Consultant who suggested a biopsy to actually see if the prostate was cancerous.

The biopsy was very painful. The results were negative. However it was also suggested that I six monthly blood tests and a yearly biopsy. The biopsies turned out to be more frequent than this as I discovered and related to the Consultant, that my father had prostate cancer, so did his brothers. I reluctantly agreed.

In the mean time I had joined the local Prostate Cancer Support Group and discovered much more about this condition and its available treatment. I refused to have any more biopsies in 2006, though carried on with the blood tests.

In Jan 2007 the PSA was 19.0 (a time of great relationship stress) and was advised to have a mass biopsy this time, thankfully under general anaesthetic. In March I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.

The PSA readings are as follows;-

2004 4.0
2005 Jan 4.1, Jul 3.5, Sep 3.4
2006 Jul 3.7
2007 Jan 19, Feb 7.7, Aug 4.1, Nov 5.1
2008 Feb 5.3, Nov 5.3
2009 Apr 7.7

I opted for Watchful Waiting though my Consultant heavily stressed a radical prostatectomy.

I started with Chinese herbs in March 2007, then started to change diet, though I have not eaten meat for about 20 years now. Fish, yes. I finished the Chinese Herbs at the end of 2007 and turned to Ayurvedic tablets in 2008 and in March started to learn more about an Alkaline diet and Lifestyle through reading Sick & Tired by Dr. Robert Young. I attended his Nutritional Microscopy Courses to be able to be able to monitor my progress on the choices I have made.

I was able to see the developing acidic condition and the marker for a Reproductive Challenge. The latest PSA reading, Apr 2009, is now indicative to me of a certain size and level of acidity of the internal environment. I am working on the bottom line that one's internal environment has to be at a certain Alkaline level to be in a healthy state.

Key for me, is my emotional and mental states, which I have found has a bigger impact on my acidity level, than diet. There is also a yearly ebb and flow cycle. I do not consider myself to have cancer, it is my body that has this condition. A very big difference to me.

The experimenting goes on.

 

UPDATED

December 2009

 

 

Ian reports that his PSA is now 5.5 ng/ml.

 

UPDATED

June 2010

 

 

PSA reading in May 2010 is 6.5, up from 5.5 six months ago.

Ian's e-mail address is ian.ywood@pirantas.co.uk