Radiation and the Art of Living
Last year I thought I had dodged a bullet. Post-cancer surgery lab tests in June 2023 revealed that a cancer remnant remained even though the pathology was clean. Lab tests and scans could not pinpoint whether it was localized in my surgery area or already spread. After 6 months of watching the tests stayed the same, not growing, but not going away either. Consulting multiple oncologists, all agreed it would eventually grow bigger if nothing was done, but when and how much no one could say...But if it spread outside the pelvic region of the surgery it was incurable. The most prominent oncologist advised to hit it with everything, i.e., castrate (aka hormone therapy) and radiate to have the best chance of it not returning. The adverse side of this would be to lose muscle, energy, and essentially manhood with a small chance of very adverse permanent side effects. Others suggested a more nuanced approach of just radiation to start. Looking at all the options I consulted the naturopa