My PSA screening last week WENT DOWN from the previous. It is still "undetectable" meaning I'm on the path toward being declared "cured".

When my father died I received a call from his eldest brother (my uncle) whom I hadn't seen or talked to since 1981. This was in 2011. Thirty years later. He wanted to talk to me about prostate cancer in the family. He told me about their father, and the fact he too had it (in his 60's). He had chosen to not seek treatment, but instead handled it this way:

Sold his successful contracting business in Florida, and moved to a small farmstead in the midwest. Ate little meat, and tons of organic fruits and vegetables. Gets lots of exercise working outside.

He told me if I wanted to survive I needed to do the same thing. We went to visit his tiny country home. While there he talked about my dad's other siblings: the other brother died at 50 from cancer and the youngest sister at 44 from it.

We left and didn't talk about the visit.

Ironically, we ended up doing the same thing he has done (except I chose to be medically treated).