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Q: Anyone know an NGO or Pharmaceutical Co. that can provide free cancer treatment or medication in Kenya?
My dad has been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and needs medication that are too expensive for us to afford, he was given a prescription for Casodex but at $303 a dose, and no medical insurance, its simply not affordable. Anyone know any charities that can help please please let me know.

A: pole sana
my grandfather had prostate cancer and he was supposed to get an operation in Nairobi but the waiting list was too long so he chose to go get the operation done in India. They also have better doctors in India. I know a couple of organizations that can help you and your father pay for the medicine or for the operation if needed. Send me an email and I will try to get you a list of organizations and contacts

jordanroxs911@yahoo.com

Q: Is there an increase in prostate cancer and men using erectile dysfunction medications (50-60 years old) ?
I met a spouse while at the doctor’s with my husband. Both men had started using ED meds 5 years ago. I remember how many of female friends developed breast cancer when Dr. jumped on the HRT meds. Have there been any long-term studies of the use of ED meds?

A: No. Sex at least 4 times a week prevents the Cancer.

Q: Has anyone had any positive outcomes from taking the medication Zeolite? It is supposed to kill cancer cells.?
A family member has been diagnosed with Prostate cancer and I was reading about the Zeolite liquid and tablets. Just wondering if anyone knows about it.

A: as far as I can tell its snake oil salesman trying to make a quick buck
if the US government wont even use it on soldiers it has to be toxic!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite
see the medical section
prostate cancer is as serious as any out there dont be snowballed by the snake oil sellers
please read this article!!!
http://www.cqs.com/zeolite.htm
good luck and good health to your family

Q: Can prostate cancer be treated ?
Apparently about half the males who die at over 50 have already developed prostate cancer to some degree, and it can affect younger men too (see Tom Hanks in The Green Mile), and can spread to the legs. Is there no treatment, medication, or surgery available ?

A: Hi Pete

What you are referring to with older men is when they do an autopsy they often find there are signs of prostate cancer in older men but the man didn’t know he had it. It usually grows slowly in older men.

There is a more stronger type that younger men from their 40s can develop.

Yes there are many different types of treatment for prostate cancer. One is to give female hormones that make the cancer shrink. There is what’s known as radical prostectomy where the whole of the prostate is removed surgically. Another treatment is to implant little pellets into the prostate that kills off the cancer. So yes there are lots of ways to treat it.

I hope your prostate is healthy. Please note that it gets bigger in every man from about 50 onwards but that is normal growth and not cancer. It is treated with removing part of the prostate or by taking a medication called finasteride to shrink it.

Are you having any problems with your prostate?
Email me if you want to know more.

Regards
Andy

Q: My grandfather who is 84 just found out he has prostate cancer…?
They put him in medication. Can anyone tell me about this cancer? Is it very life threatening with his age and stuff?

A: Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men. There are various forms with the most common occurring in older men. There are over 2 million men living with P. cancer and found early is very treatable and manageable.

Start with this web site for basic information.

Q: Prostate Cancer Question?
How is a person diagnosed with prostate cancer and are there any medications used to help treat it? thank you

A: If there is suspicioun of prostate cancer (usually because of a high PSA blood level or an abnormal finding on a digital-rectal exam) the doctor will perform a prostate biopsy. If there is cancer it will show up on this biopsy. There are many options for treatment of prostate cancer. They include surgically removing the prostate, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and cryosurgery.

Q: How to deal with prostate cancer in the family? How to find last resorts?
My 76-year-old father has had to battle prostate cancer for 4 years now. He’s had 2 surgeries the past couple of years, and another 2 two years before the recent one. We thought he was saved after the fourth surgery (which really was a corrective surgery because the stupid surgeon ‘accidentally’ cut my dad’s lymph node and he had to undergo 2 surgeries in 2 days).

Lately my dad’s prostate has swollen up again… he went to the doctor (I wasn’t there as I go to school/university and work almost 24/7)… the problem is my parents don’t speak fluent english. They know basic English. And especially when the doctor talks to them in medical jargon, they probably have no complete idea of what the doctor’s really saying… but according to my mom, the doctor told my mother that my dad’s liver, kidney and lungs have cysts growing in them. I asked my mom what alternative medication/surgery/therapy can my dad have but my mom said he has little time left and that he can’t undergo another surgery because he’s old…

The problem is this is my mom panicking and most likely just speaking from hopelessness… But I asked my mom if the doctor mentioned anything about chemotherapy treatment. My mom said, “no.” And I asked what the doctor suggested, and my mom just stayed quiet. I can’t talk to my mom about finding treatment for my dad because she’s too emotional and she keeps everything a secret.

I need an advice. A psychological, technical or medical advice. Anything. Because I’m not in the medical field. And I’m stressed out enough as it is with my job and full time university. And now, this.

A: I’m really sorry that your family is going through this, and the lack of communication and understanding must make an awful situation even worse. If I were in your position, I would get your father’s permission to talk to the doctor about his condition. If by cysts he means that the cancer has spread to these organs, there is often little to do except provide comfort to someone who is very weak from battling the disease for many years.

I wish you and your family all the best.

Q: What gives the symptoms of prostate without being prostate ?
I have many of the symptoms of an enlarged prostate.
Such that I am always making sure I know where the nearest bathroom
is. It is really inconvenient and makes me feel somewhat down.
I am a 47 year old male (younger than one would expect for such urinary problems).

My Dr has ruled out prostate (only slightly enlarged) and prostate cancer.

I have tried some prostate medication anyway and it had no affect.

I have tried a herbal tea that supposedly helps but it hasn’t yet (only two days so far).

Does anyone know of any other causes of OAB symptoms like this ?

A: Simple urinary tract infection can simulate prostatitis. See a urologist, have an evaluation, and have this treated. Most men do have urinary symptoms at some time in their lives, though certainly not as commonly as women do.
Many time, a general practitioner does not detect root cause of urinary tract issues. (My own prejudice and observation here.)

Q: Could medication and drugs be causing increase in health problems?
There seems to be a rise of ovarian & prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction in addition to sexually transmitted diseases; is it possible that drug abuse and the increase use of so many medications has contributed to a society with an increase in these health problems? Is it possible that taking medications and drugs is altering our bodies (causing a pseudo evolution to weaken immune systems, change how our bodies respond to external stimuli, etc)?

A: If you are a drug company wanting to sell a drug you advertise what you can maybe cure everywhere people look. The old saying, ‘Tell them and they will come’ applies in this case. Of course after you take them for awhile you develop a resistance, addiction or other reaction to the medicine so you have to take another medicine to counteract the untoward effects of the first medicine. Drug companies make billions in the US.

Q: What is the medication that starts with the letter T?
It starts with the letter T and they use it to treat prostate cancer.
Best answer gets 10!!!!!!

A: Tamsulosin or the brand name Flomax.

Q: Why do urologists use psa tests of blood to determine whether there is a likelihood of prostate cancer?
The blood has all sorts of debris and material that could affect the psa reading for example ,medications, vitamin pills, over the counter medications, as well as bacteria, and waste products headed for the kidneys. Shouldn’t there be a better way to determine cancer of the prostate, such as a marker in ejaculatory semen, which is straight from the prostate, and not a bi-product of cancer’s presence such as prostate specific antigen that floats around in the blood, is the product of a reaction or process going on in the prostate and is subject to many substances in the blood that could mimic or otherwise affect a prostate specific antigen test?

A: Blood is involved in immunity where semen is not, so the blood tends to pick up these bad cells out of the tumor. Also, it is much easier to collect blood than semen, especially in older men.

Q: prostate cancer how reduce progression?
what diet/supplements,medication

A: there is now a shot you can take that will shrink the mass, there is cryogenic surgery, a method used to remove portions of the prostate gland during a transurethral resection of the prostate. radiation therapy, and hormonalchemotherapy. good luck and GOD BLESS.

Q: low platelet count for cancer patient – what options exist?
No matter what shots, medications, etc – my brother (who has gastric cancer and non-smal cell cancer of the lungs ) can not seem to get the blood platelet count high enough to continue chemo. All treatments are currently no-go until the count is high enough, but he had prostate cancer in 8 years ago and they weren’t very high then, and the high count the doctors want is not something that is within reach. What now? I am seeking answers or comfort or hope.

A: I used to donate platelets many years ago.

Has he looked into a platelet transfusion?

Q: My Grandfather have been suffering from gout but only developes pain between the 4th-7th of every month?
I want to know what may be causing this. He is a diabetic and has had several surgery’s. for hip replacement, prostate cancer (and still receiving medication), renal cancer, and has a heart arrhythmia (which lead to water filling the interstitial space in lower body; which is also receiving medication to help void the excess fluid). Any idea of what could of caused this besides a drug interaction. Especially why pain only occurs during the 4th and 7th of every month on the dot. (i.e. pollen, lunar cycle)

A: If your grandfather has these health complications then im sure he is on a strict medicine regiment. If it is at these times of the month it could be a side effect from some medication that he is taking that reaching its peak during this period. If it is happening at the same time every month this seems to be a logical explanation.

Another scenario would be that this is the period when the medications are not working properly and excess fluid is collecting in the regions of pain (heart arrhythmia).

You might ask his physician to change his regiment of medications to see if this time period changes. This would be a very gradual process.

Q: What effect does zoladex have on thyroid function and thyroid medication?
I.e prostate cancer etc

A: I have checked this in all the major references i.e stockleys drug interactions, BNF, and martindale and i can find no mention of ANY interaction at all between the two. It seems they do not interact.

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