What can we expect?

Question

My father in law has prostate cancer, they wont operate and they say it will kill him. What can we expect as it progreses! We know nothing so tell us everything you know please! We dont mind long answers. thanking you.

Answer 1

A few answers above that are well worth ignoring. Here's the scoop:

1) If the cancer hasn't metastasized, they may put him on hormone therapy. Until the final stages, prostate cancer requires testosterone to grow. Hormone therapy will suppress the production of testosterone...the equivalent of castration. If they go this route, he will begin to lose secondary sexual characteristics...ie, softer skin, less body hair, zero libido, etc. He may experience hot flashes. The good news is that if successful, hormone therapy can buy him years of relatively healthy life.

2) If the cancer has metastasized, there's little that can be done. They may try chemo, which will cause him to grow weak and sickly. But in this final stages, nothing can stop it or slow it for long. The cancer will find new places to grow. PCa favors bone, especially the bones of the lower spine. He will grow weaker, and his bones may break spontaneously. The cancer may migrate into other areas, including lungs and brain. I'm sorry to say, it won't be a pleasant death.

My suggestion is to go to the bookstore and buy a copy of Pat Walsh's book on prostate cancer. Another good one is the Mayo Clinic book. Avoid anyone trying to sell you natural cures: herbal remedies are dicey at best, but in an advanced case, they will do harm.

Answer 2

<>Although you should most certainly discuss this question with the doctor, here is a brief rundown of what yoou might expect. As the CA spreads and affects other organs he will experience symptoms akin to each (eg: pain, weakness, bleeding). As it reaches the brain he will become confused and unable to recognize family members. If he is given chemo- or radiation-therapy he will experience weight and hair loss, rashes, nausea, vomiting, and an unwillingness to eat. You should address these things with the doctor and also discuss care regimens and the viability of a hospice. If the doctor won't talk to you, get another doctor. And by all means, if you haven't already, consult an oncologist (cancer specialist).

Answer 3

Here's a little different take on cancer treatment--

In 1990, I had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I've survived. My doctors were great people, but they really couldn't tell me squat about cancer. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine.

Since then, this is what I've figured out--our IMMUNE SYSTEMS become weakened by poor nutrition, lack of exercise and reduced oxygen. Once that happens, our body becomes vulnerable to common stressors. Stressors can be environmental, like viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging is also a contributing factor.

So this means: WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM + STRESSORS = DISEASE

Our bodies have 60 trillion--yes, trillion--cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.
It takes a LONG time, usually, or a high level of stressors, to weaken the immune system to the point where it won't do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that are currently being used in Europe and around the world! Here are some great books on the subject. Some are getting hard to find--

"The Cure for All Cancers", ISBN 0963632825
"A Cancer Therapy", ISBN 0882681052
"Oxygen Therapies", ISBN 0962052701
"Hydrogen Peroxide--Medical Miracle", ISBN 1885236077
"The Natural Cure for Cancer--Germanium", ISBN 0533071410
"Killing Cancer", ISBN 0705000966
"Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About", ISBN 0975599518

I know of people whose cancer has 'spontaneously remitted' (WENT AWAY for no known reason) AFTER they went on programs of herbs and nutrition to restart their immune systems.

You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy. This is not a joke, and I'm not selling anything--just trying to help. Best of luck

Answer 4

When my dad was dying, a friend gave me a book that went step by step through the process of dying. I can't remember the name of it, but someone at the library should be able to help.
As far as how the cancer will affect him, his doctor would be best at explaining that to the family.
May God comfort you all over the next several months.

Answer 5

cancer is a disease of cells occurs when cells lose its abilties to reproduce in a orderly manner. What you need to do is to strongly and dramatically interrupt and reverse the cancer-causing conditions in your body so that it becomes healthier, and stops breeding cancer. Here r a few things that will be helpful to u or whoever u know has cancer.....1) Low Levels Of Cellular Oxygen Breed Cancer...
Increasing Oxygen Levels Kills Cancerous Cells
2) Acidic pH Levels Lead To Cancer...
Normalizing pH Levels Can Stop Cancer In Its Tracks
3) Low Levels Of Enzymes R Always Found In Cancer...
Increasing Enzyme Levels Can Wipe Out Cancer
4) Cancer Cells Have Low Subtle Energy Vibrations...
Raising The Vibratory Level In The Body Disrupts Cancer Growth
5) Reduce Levels Of Toxicity
.....there r a few more but these r prolly da best common ones....actually by using one or combo of two of these or more in addtion to therapies will greatly increases the odd of beating cancer......
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look up how u can ozonated n energized water which is very important since ur body is made up with 70% water......Y???

A Bolvis scale measures the life energy of all living thiings.... From 0 to 6,500 Bovis, the charge is in the NEGATIVE range, or life-detracting; while above the 6,500 Bovis point, the energy gradually becomes more POSITIVE, or life-enhancing. human is measure as 6,500 bovis which is netural..Humans desired minimal energy level is between 8,000-10,000 bovis which is slightly positive...the earth itself in 7,000 to 18,000 bovis
even bottle water r only up to 5,000 bovis which is negative...cancer cells r anywhere from 2,000 - 3,800 bovis negative.....also in relation...all atoms or molecules have a electrical spins.....everything that is below 6,500 bovis has a right spiin(clockwise) n anything that is above 6500 has a left spin (counterclockwise)......cancer cells spins right....healthy good cells spins left........earths rotates left...moon rotates around earth in a left orbit...earths rotates around sun in a left orbit.....get the picture....its positive n good.......ENERGIZED N OZONATED THE WATER N C WHAT POSITIVED THINGS IT CAN DO TO UR BODY.....the more oxygen n positive energy ur body can absored the harder the cancer cells to grow and/or reproduce..
pretty much this kind of explain some of the things i mention above earlier....this is pretty much regarding number one and four and a little number five


n by the way stop or cut down eating lots of sugar and refined carbs cause cancer cell loves sugar...they have about 8 times more receptor cells for capturing sugar than healthy cells. sugar doesnt cause cancer but in a way it does help cancer cells to slightly reproduce faster....

Answer 6

if its not surgically possible, better have him undergo chemotherapy, just to arrest the growth and spreading of cancer (if its malignant), but it has its own side effects like lowered immune system, anemia, etc. BUT if you dont do anything to stop the growth of cancer, your FIL might experience more problems with regards to his kidneys (infections, build up of toxins, etc) since he isnt passing his urine out as one would normally be because of the problem with his prostate. he might also experience hypertension due to fluid overload. and he might also experience fluid and electrolyte imbalance (since the kidneys regulate Na excretion)