Re: Enlarged Lymph nodes after surgery...chemo only option?

I had laboratory evaluated and defined prostate cancer more than 20 years ago.  I bought the book with the title something like "50 Things to Do when the Doctor Says It's Cancer" written by a two time lung cancer survivor.  He recommended getting the opinion from an oncologist who doesn't do surgery and that's what I did at that time - after my prostate doctor had me scheduled for surgery for complete prostate removal.  My non-surgery oncologist recommended that I not have my prostate removed.  On my next visit to my prostate doctor I cancelled my surgery and he literally screamed into my ear that I was making a mistake.  I didn't listen to him and today more than twenty years later I still have my functional prostate without a sign of it ever growing and in fact I believe the I have healed it through meditation.  My last PSA test was .7.

"Knowing the importance of the lymphatic system I can't see how taking some out would generate a truly healthy outcome though."

I haven't suffered a bit by having at least four lymph nodes removed.  Surgery is much more focused than chemo.  They do now have a directed radiation and that was one of my options too but it had a greater chance of cancer recurrence than surgery.