Richard
Cross lives in California, USA. He was 60 when he was diagnosed on February 1,
1998. His initial PSA was 4.4 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 3+3=6 and he was staged
T1c. His choice of treatment was Active Surveillance. Here is his story.
Cancer
And Active Surveillance (AS) the journey that consists of research, decisions
and life.
Richard Cross
DOB 4/6/1938
Height 68"
Weight 1967=200lbs.
1990=175lbs.2000=160lbs.2008=145lbs.
Exercise, as of 2000: 8 hours per week:
Tennis three days per week and gym workout three days per week.
Supplements
as of 2001: Multi-vitamin and vitamin C, red wine, marijuana, D3, E, modified
citric acid.
Occupation: 25 years, Air Traffic Controller; retired 1992.
1989 Throat cancer was discovered in the late stages and thought incurable.
As an Air Traffic Controller working in a small control
room with 5 controllers
that smoked while working resulted in throat cancer
for this nonsmoker. Surgery,
radiation and chemotherapy saved my life.
1992 Retired from the Federal
Aviation Administration.
Date PSA
1994 3.2
1996 4.0
1998
5.1
2000 4.4
Biopsy consisted or 6 cores; one core had cancer in 5%.
Gleason Score 3+3=6; Stanford University confirmed.
Date PSA
2001 4.7
Local water supply was tested and found to have arsenic in an amount that
exceeds federal legal limits.
Date PSA
2002 5.2
2003 6.6
2004
5.0
2005 5.9
2006 5.5
Started vegetarian diet.
Date PSA
2007 5.1
2008 5.0
2009 3.8
Beginning in October. Medical marijuana
consumed at the rate of one quarter ounce per month; I eat it by sprinkling a
small amount on each meal. No smoking for me.
The end of 2009 shows the
effect of all the effort placed to date on controlling my PSA and maybe my cancer.
Date PSA
2010, January 3.6
PSA information: Same blood sample
can vary 25% (example=4.0 could be 3.0 or 5.0)
Three PSA test required to establish
a trend.[Even three might not be enough -
see PSA 101 and PSA
28 Day Experiment]
Supplements for 2010:
Diovan
at 80mg/day for blood pressure control.
Marijuana at one quarter ounce/month
Liquorish at one quarter tsp/day
Red wine at eighteen ounces/day.
Citrus
pectin modified at one quarter tsp/day (Nutritiongeeks.com 454 grms= $55)
Melatonin
3 mg/day
Vitamin B12 at 1,000 mcg/day
Omega 3 at 1,000 mg/day
Vitamin
C at 1,000 mg twice/day
Zinc at 50 mg/day 25 in am & 25 in pm (helps/C)
Selenium
at 200 micrograms (mcg)/day
Vitamin E at 400 iu/day
Resveratrol
at 125 mg/day
Aspirin at 150 mg/day
Curcumin 1,000 mg/day
One tablespoon
raw honey/day
Vibrator applied to prostate area 5 minutes/day
Ejaculate
= 1/month
January 15th blood work indicates that all numbers are within
guide lines.
Date PSA
2010 3,6
Richard's e-mail address
is: xxxcross@comcast.net
