"So, how *are* you??"

I get that question all the time, and understandably so.

Cancer is a frightening disease, and this perception isn't helped by the fact that most standard cancer treatments make the patient look even *worse*.

Chemo and radiation are so pervasive in this society that we have started thinking that cancer patients = cancer patients with chemo, and we expect anyone who has cancer to lose their hair, look fatigued, appear wasted and skinny, etc. There's a Proposition here in Texas for more cancer research, and the billboards show a bald woman -- as if *all* cancer patients must forevermore look like that!

I keep reminding people that there are alternative treatments for almost any cancer, and that they really do have a choice beyond just chemo and radiation. I'm definitely not an expert on any cancer at all -- and even with regards to prostate cancer I'm just a very-highly motivated researcher. But even with those caveats I've found lots of options.  If you know of anyone that has received a diagnosis of cancer, just have them google "the Moss Reports". Ralph Moss is a researcher that has collected a lot of information on cancer treatments (both conventional and alternative) and has put them into individualized reports for each type of cancer. His reports saved me literally hundreds (if not thousands) of hours of research.

OK, so I'm ranting -- but how am I? The treatments I'm receiving at the PraxisKlinik in Germany are based on strengthening my immune system rather than poisoning the cancer. The upshot is that I look and feel almost normal. I have all my hair, I have no sunken eyes or drawn features, and in fact I've (thankfully) lost 15 pounds over the past few months because of a much-improved diet.

I'll be evaluating the treatments every six months to see how they are doing against the cancer -- the cancer will indeed cause horrible symptoms if it grows unchecked. But that's not happening now.

So, short answer: I'm doing great -- how are you?