{"id":79,"date":"2024-07-24T18:58:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T18:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2025-01-23T01:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T01:20:16","slug":"month-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Month 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, I couldn\u2019t 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 of 20% or more in a row makes this a rare event indeed I was told by my urologist and PCP.  Will this be the same story I hear when I talk to my doctors this time?  The intense fear of losing my prostate and all the debilitating side effects of that experience has lessened dramatically.  After all, the Oxford Longitudinal prostate cancer study of 30 years reported after 15 years that there was no difference in mortality between the AS group, the Surgery Group, and the Radiation group.  All had about 3% deaths after 15 years. (Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer<\/strong><\/a>)  <\/strong>How controversial is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m now thinking of lessening some of the intensity of my supplement regimen, and concentrating on what I think is most important.  I remember early on how hopeful I was of flaxseed and pomegranate juice as PSA doubling time extenders as well as the combination of PSO, ellagic acid, and luteolin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ursolic acid was not in the mix early on, but the more I read about it, the higher it has risen in my mind about focusing on it.  I reorder the PSO helpers I am running out on.  I remember to order early, with at least a week supply on hand in case of backorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have been sticking with the PSO, luteolin, ellagic acid combo from very early on. Is it a combination that has had the most effect? After I get to PSA 2.0 maybe I will consider finding out by dropping some things and keeping others and seeing what happens next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 I found this on the shelf at Shop Rite for $5.99 on sale, so I got 3 of them. Cranberry is loaded with ursolic acid. I like natural forms because they often contain many other antioxidants as well as they absorb into the blood more naturally. And I found something that makes Pomegranate Juice taste good! Drink the cranberry first, then chase it with pomegranate. And look, it\u2019s in a glass bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I Google Scholar searched on Cranberry Juice and Prostate Cancer<\/a> and read a few papers from 2020 forward. There were almost 2,000 to choose from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is one I zeroed in on<\/a>.  It reaffirms that Cranberry Juice is loaded with ursolic acid, and that ursolic acid does indeed inhibit prostate cancer growth as well as promote prostate cancer cell death through \u2018apoptosis\u2019, the natural way a rogue cell (cancer is one type of rogue cell)<\/a> discovers it\u2019s gone rogue and kills itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • My PSA drops again to 3.3.  I allow myself to feel cautiously happy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cranberry Juice may be helping my stream, and it\u2019s loaded with ursolic acid<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Organization and once-a-week pill counting streamlines this effort<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Everything I\u2019ve been doing so far is working\n
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    • In 7 months, my PSA decreased from 6.4 to 3.3 !<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Stay the course: I can avoid surgery and radiation if the current trend continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u00a9 2024, Patrick Murray, Manchester NJ.  All Rights Reserved.  All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Well, I couldn\u2019t 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-psa-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iloweredmypsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}