Prostate cancer
Looking to find opinion on herbal medicines as well as radiation therapy for prostate cancer. I had surgery to remove the prostate but had to stop midway through due to scarring tissue around my colon. The doctors felt that they could rupture it and put being a colonoscopy bag for life so they stopped midway through to removal of the prostate. They decided to try radiation therapy. I have an appointment Friday with a radiologist for that topic. I'm curious about herbal medicine such as soursop which I have been taking the last week and Essiac tea which I'm going to start taking in the next few days. I heard and read stories of these products actually stopping and reducing cancer to patients that only had a few months to live and are still here years later.
- Thanks for reaching out. Just as a heads up here, we are not medical professionals so we can't give direct medical advice. That sounds a tough experience with your surgery underway only to be stopped. Ugh. How are you feeling about starting radiation? I haven't come across many here discussing soursop, otherwise I'd refer you to those discussions. I myself haven't seen much along those lines, but of course, would encourage you to chat with your doctor about those options. We do have some resources here that talk about complementary and alternative medicines. I can link that here for you to take a look over: https://prostatecancer.net/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies
We've also got some content on the topic of radiation therapy if that might be helpful to look at prior to your appointment: https://prostatecancer.net/treatment/radiation-therapy
Please keep us updated on how things progress for you and how things go on Friday for you.
- Jake (Team Member)
