Author: Patrick Murray
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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…
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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…
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Strategies Overview
To understand HOW and WHY I order and take certain things together, and what actually made me decide to undertake this entire processes see these two links: This is HOW I am doing it . This is WHY I am doing it . What follows now is an explanation of how certain supplements work according…
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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. And then after continued analysis, I discovered that the rest of the pomegranate should be included in the strategy…
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Ursolic Acid Strategy
August 17, 2025 Update For a while now, I have been using a Ground Rosemary in my Morning Routine. It absorbs more completely and contains other good things, such as rosmarinic acid, carsonic acid, and carnosol. I complement the ground rosemary with an Xanthohumol supplement, Ground Pepper, a UA supplement, and cranberry juice. The Ursolic…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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My Morning Routines after 1 year and 2 years
Because I have been asked repeatedly , “How do you do this,physically?”, I have created now three videos. I have added the Counter Routine after 2 years, since it has been updated substantially. I also have a new pill routine, but I need to get to that also. See WHY I decided to undertake this…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Month 3
Month 3 is the third and final month before my next PSA test. How will all this university research-based knowledge work out? I learned about the Pritikin Studies and their Institute. While I only skimmed their overall diet which seems a little on the severe side, I learned about four different types of research: 1)…
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Month 2
In Month 2, I reorder my Pomegranate Juice and get some Ursolic Acid because some research shows it slows down PSA doubling. Experiments on PSA doubling slowing show Cranberry Juice works. I found an alternative in glass; originally it was in plastic. Here is the one I use as of month 8. To further crush…