TY for responding...I recently had a talk with a doctor at a local hospital who is affiliated with Mass General. He went over the three choices open to me...AS, photon radiation treatments or having my prostate removed...which did not sound to inviting.
At this time I have a follow up appointment with my doctor about what my decision will be ...
I'm going to start what is called a prostate protocol offered by Blue Heron Health Science. I read their 164 page in depth information on the prostate, the reasons why in gets enlarged and the 12 week protocol an array of specific foods, vitamins and supplements to help shrink the prostate, reduce the frequency of bathroom visits and increase the prostate overall health.
I agree, AS may be a good option for now...

I went from a 2.3 to a 2.9 over 5 years. Lesion was 7mm and I did the 5 treatment proton at Mayo Phoenix. I had two cores that were 4-3 and three that were 3-4 out of 30 cores and the 5 were all from the area where the MRI showed the lesion. I still wonder if I should have waited but the oncologist was worried about the 4-3. Only problem is that a study showed that after a prostatectomy that 51% of the 4-3 stayed a 4-3 and 49% were actually 3-4. You can get that accuracy flipping a coin. Do the people that examining these samples even know what they are looking at? Remember these hospitals don't make money unless they do something to you. The week after I finished radiation the study from England came out that every group had the same overall survival weather, they did nothing, had a prostatectomy, or underwent radiation. Does not make one feel all warm and fuzzy about making a decision.