Author: Patrick Murray

  • Month 14

    February 11, 2025 Biopsy #2 completed. It went uneventfully, with the exception that I now have to deal with the first week of short term after-effects as well as 3 months of long term after-effects. My urologist did the biopsy this time, instead of one of his associates, so during the bedside pre-biopsy chat, I…

  • Month 13

    January 25, 2025 update Well, for one, it’s my twin daughters birthday. They helped me get this site going and encouraged me along the way. My second biopsy is February 7. It’s not necessary like the first one since my tumor is low suspect for PC, but since I am already on AS, I will…

  • The Existential Life of an AS Guy

    “What do we mean by that?” , “Yeah, what do we mean by that?” Exact quotes or not, Soupy Sales and Fang come to mind. Is it OK for an Active Surveillance (AS) Guy comment in non-AS forums? A fair number of folks have questioned whether an AS guy should be posting in advanced prostate…

  • Month 12

    Final Update made on December 29, 2024 Happy New Year Everyone. This final week has been filled with excitement along with continued guarded optimism. After spending 3 days on holiday with my daughters who came from afar to visit and after me cheating a little on my diet, but having my supplements packed for the…

  • Strategies Overview

    After one year of month-to-month activities and sporadic educational posts, it’s time for an overview. Making my two videos of “What I Do” has triggered this desire to review everything that is going on and create some sort of overall summary. Pursuant to that, I want to 1) break what I am doing into manageable…

  • Pomegranate Seed Oil Strategy

    As I repeatedly researched Pomegranates and Pomegranate Juice (PJ), it would become inevitable that I would run across Pomegranate Seed Oil (PSO). I quickly recognized that perhaps Pomegranate’s remarkable PC fighting power was due to PSO. Unsurprisingly, PSO goes well with Elegiac Acid and Luteolin. Previous purchases of PSO have been expensive. But the PSO…

  • Ursolic Acid Strategy

    The Ursolic Acid (UA) Strategy is essential for me because the research is so strong with respect to how it fights PC. UA comes in many forms, and is supported by at least two things that I know about at this point, piperine, and rapeseed oil. It’s essential to include supporting elements since UA has…

  • Pomegranate Juice (PJ) Strategy

    An early thing I adopted, PJ goes well with Elegiac Acid and Luteolin. My preferred PJ is 100% PJ, not from concentrate. And my Elegiac Acid and Luteolin supplements have remained relatively unchanged unless the Luteolin goes out of stock. The Juice is $9 a bottle for 33.4 oz and I’ve been drinking 6oz a…

  • Resveratrol Strategy

    Getting a lot of publicity in the past due to its presence in red wine, Resveratrol is another PC cancer fighter which, according to the research, works well with Quercetin. So I have them both in my supplement strategy when I count out a week’s worth into 14 cups at my sink. One of both…

  • Flaxseed Strategy

    This research study showed that three ounces of milled flaxseed a day slowed the rate of PSA increase. “Our observation of lower proliferation rates with flaxseed supplementation is consistent with our previous in vitro work in LNCaP, DU-145, and PC-3 prostate cancer cell lines, which also found inhibited cell growth with exposure to flaxseed-derived lignans (8)”. There are many…

  • Capsiasin Strategy

    Capsaisin, found in chili paper, or cayenne pepper, has a rich history of fighting PC as can be seen from this search in Google Scholar. I bought a five pound pouch a couple of years back for another purpose, but now eat as much as I can in many foods I eat. Here is an…

  • Clean Water / Air / Food Strategy

    Food, Water and Air. This was the first strategy that I adopted. It was neither University Level, nor Google Scholar level research-based driven, as so much of my lifestyle choices have been during my first year. While not a heavy drinker, I stopped drinking alcohol completely, and I stopped eating meat, eggs, and dairy. I…

  • My Morning Routines after 1 year

    Because I have been asked repeatedly , “How do you do this?”, I have created two videos. The first video shows what I do every morning at my breakfast counter. The pomegranate juice, cranberry juice, and flaxseed are stored in the refrigerator. Everything else is stored in my kitchen cabinets. Disclaimer: I am not a…

  • Month 11

    Further Research on Rosemary Month 11 has some time off for me from teaching, and I have become more curious about Rosemary. In particular, I have wondered about getting a ground version for more thorough ingestion of the ursolic acid it has been meant to replace.  But the closer I have looked at Rosemary, the…

  • Months 9 and 10

    Work keeps me busy, so I am combining months. Month 9 starts with a return to teaching. It will be Calculus, PreCalculus and co-teaching an Integrated Math class, September through Mid December. So I finally have a free moment and am reporting out at the end of October for both months. Month 10 ends with…

  • Month 8

    Following-Up with My Care Team Part One Month 8 starts with my Urologist Video-conference. We have upgraded to face-to-face grainy video.  He had to admit that a drop from 6.4 to 4.7 to 3.3 was highly unusual, especially since I experienced no other drops in 8 years. Again he speculates, “Could it be that drastic…

  • Month 7

    Well, I couldn’t wait any longer.  Even though my urologist meeting was 3 or 4 weeks out, I went ahead and readied myself for the next PSA test and had it done.  The highlight of month 7 was getting the 3.3 Score !  I can’t wait to discuss it with my doctors.  Two significant drops…

  • Month 6

    Month 6 also starts with just steady-as-she-goes reordering, pill counting, and oil concoction creation/ordering and drinking/eating. I read Rapeseed Oil improves the bioavailability of ursolic acid, that great prostate cancer killer. (Effect and mechanism of edible oil co-digestion on the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of ursolic acid) And this Rapeseed Oil comes in a glass bottle…

  • Month 5

    Month 5 has me tiring of making my own tomato sauce. I turned to Rao’s Homemade.   The ingredients list is simple. It comes in a glass bottle, and BJs has it at a decent price. So I start buying them and eat my broccoli florets raw and dip them in Rao’s. The broccoli is best…

  • Month 4

    Month 4 begins with the teleconference with my urologist, and he says congratulations on the PSA number drop. He is less worried for me. I am officially on Active Surveillance (AS).  He also suggests it can be somewhat common to see one drop, but in my case, I have never had my PSA drop since…