If you have been diagnosed with localized prostate cancer you should consider yourself lucky.
It has not yet spread and you have a lot of options as to how to best deal with this situation.
If you choose wisely, you should be able to survive this disease and have a normal life expectancy.
You need to understand that now is the time to act.
Do not bury your head in the sand and hope the condition will go away by itself.
The medical community is not in total agreement, but many health professionals think a combination of surgery and radiation treatment is good for localized prostate cancer.
The surgery can remove the prostate and hence the cancer.
The radiation can stop the spread.
Talk to a specialist as soon as possible before it spreads.
Some cancers move much quicker than others and a lot of it depends on how quickly your PSA levels are rising.
A simple blood test can help you with this and it is always good to get a second opinion as to what to do.
Some people think prostate massage can be useful for keeping the prostate cancer under control.
Diet and exercise are also important for maintaining overall health and slowing the cancer growth.
It is a little bit of a mystery why this works but some people think that the orgasmic endorphins released may play a role in keeping the prostate cancer localized or even reversing the disease.
Make sure you stay positive and keep on enjoying your life.
Remind yourself that you are one of the lucky ones and you can beat this disease.
It is 2010 now.
Make sure you explore all your options.
There are more advanced techniques coming out all the time.
It has not yet spread and you have a lot of options as to how to best deal with this situation.
If you choose wisely, you should be able to survive this disease and have a normal life expectancy.
You need to understand that now is the time to act.
Do not bury your head in the sand and hope the condition will go away by itself.
The medical community is not in total agreement, but many health professionals think a combination of surgery and radiation treatment is good for localized prostate cancer.
The surgery can remove the prostate and hence the cancer.
The radiation can stop the spread.
Talk to a specialist as soon as possible before it spreads.
Some cancers move much quicker than others and a lot of it depends on how quickly your PSA levels are rising.
A simple blood test can help you with this and it is always good to get a second opinion as to what to do.
Some people think prostate massage can be useful for keeping the prostate cancer under control.
Diet and exercise are also important for maintaining overall health and slowing the cancer growth.
It is a little bit of a mystery why this works but some people think that the orgasmic endorphins released may play a role in keeping the prostate cancer localized or even reversing the disease.
Make sure you stay positive and keep on enjoying your life.
Remind yourself that you are one of the lucky ones and you can beat this disease.
It is 2010 now.
Make sure you explore all your options.
There are more advanced techniques coming out all the time.