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Xtandi or Supplements or Both

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2013 diagnosed Proton Therapy and Seeds

21015

Cryotherapy at MD Anderson and Lupron

2016

2017 Provenge

2017 PSA rising

2018 Xtandi

Now doing supplements and Apricot seeds

Modified Citrus Pectin, AHCC, I P6, Curcumin, and a few other supplements.

Scans in August 5, 2019 scans all negative and PSA 0.00

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Sounds like the Xtandi is working so it makes sense to continue that. I'd stay away from apricot seeds as they are poisonous and have not proven to be useful for cancer treatment:

blog.dana-farber.org/insigh...

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Shanti1

If I understand right, you are still on Xtandi and are considering discontinuing it and continuing with just supplements and Lupron? or are you thinking to discontinue lupron as well and take an "ADT holiday"?

How long have you been on Xtandi for? What is your reasoning for stopping Xtandi, is a quality of life issue?

Also, please be careful with the apricot kernels, I know someone who almost died from cyanide poisoning taking them. The gut bacteria can release the cyanide leading to poisening and, depending on your gut bacteria and the strength of the kernel, you could be more or less susceptible. This person was taking 15 per day over several days and then began to have acute symptoms of cyanide poisoning, for which there is no antidote.

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TomNew62 in reply to Shanti1

Wondering about stopping xtandi but won’t for now. Yes quality of life. Back off the Apricot seeds to three a day.

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TomNew62 in reply to Shanti1

Xtandi May 2018 about the same time as I started apricot seeds.

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Magnus1964

Sounds like you have a good handle on this. Don't stop any thing.

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TomNew62

Also following some of the things in Jan’s book: How To Starve Cancer.

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Shanti1 in reply to TomNew62

Hi Tom, we are also implementing some off label med use and supplements and used this paper to help determine what pathways to target since prostate cancer metabolism is quite different from many other cancers: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/286.... At some point, if we believe it is helping I'll post more.

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TomNew62 in reply to Shanti1

Thanks!

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Tall_Allen

Apricot seeds = cyanide

None of those supplements have good evidence, Xtandi does.

Also, be careful about taking substances that may interfere with the PSA test:

pcnrv.blogspot.com/2019/04/...

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larry_dammit

Stage 4 3 years ago, on Xtandi since finishing chemo. Have to think it’s the reason I’m still here. PSA 0.05

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Survivor1965

Gleason 9 in 2012

Spine and rib mets

Lymph involvement

21 chemos

2 sessions of cryoablasion

Failed Zytiga

Xtandi and Lupron for 30 months now

No active mets

Zero PSA

Progression free survival

Stay with xtandi

Life on hormone therapy is brutal but there are ways to mitigate the issues and I’m here for my family.

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TomNew62 in reply to Survivor1965

Thanks

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