| Author | Message | ||
     Jumpinjewels |
Being in the field that I am, I have seen many people coming into our office with all types of cancer. One of the doc's I work with has breast cancer stage 3, a receptionist is being treated with brain cancer, a friend recently had surgery for colorectal cancer, 3 of the nurses I know either have been or are being treated with breast cancer also. Being in the medical field, most of the providers all recommend the routine cancer treatments, chemotherapy, radiation, etc. I have been doing some research and recently came across a book called "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell,PhD. It is an eye opener. Also, the receptionist with brain cancer saw a PBS show on the RAVE diet to help treat many forms of cancer. Dr. John McDougall also has a web site regarding cancer and many other illness that are affecting our people. Please, I'm asking as a nurse, for those out there with cancer, (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, etc) look into other forms of treatment. Over the years of cancer treatment the medical society isn't doing a very good job. The foods we are eating are killing us. Sorry for the rant, but my heart goes out to all with cancer and chronic debilitating illnesses. Look at what you are eating. God Bless you all. | ||
| Blackm2 |
Jewels, you couldn't be more right. Four years ago my wife had stage 2 breast cancer. Left breast removed with skin sparing procedure(for an implant), 16 positive lymph nodes out of 18 removed from her axilla(armpit) We did a lot of research before we made any moves. The PET scan was a real eye opener in that the most common injection that is given is a radioactive form of glucose. CANCER metabolizes sugar at a faster rate. As soon as we read that, any form of simple sugars was eliminated from the house. We really had to be careful in what we bought as almost everything has some form of sugar in the form of corn starches, corn syrups, etc. The other thing about CANCER, it does not like an aerobic environment. So during her chemo, we exercised as much as she possibly could handle. The week before her final chemo treatment, we climbed Mt Whitney. She opted to not to do radiation against their recommendation She just had her yearly and she is doing great. In two weeks, she will be doing the John Muir Trail, 220 miles in 3 weeks. She always wanted to learn to ride a motorcycle and she did that after Whitney, and now of course she is a year and half into being a proud Bueller. I couldn't be more proud of her. FYI, a good book to read is Beating Cancer With Nutrition by Patrick Quillin, Phd. Lot's of great, footnoted info and facts. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Both my parents survived cancer, and especially in my Dad's case, the cure was almost as bad as the disease. His "cure" definitely contributed to his death a few years later. I remain convinced that some time in the near future we're going to look back at radiation and chemotherapy like leeches and bloodletting- the freaking dark ages. | ||
| Slaughter |
I view this all in the same light as I do ALL my machinery - my body included. IF YOU DO NOT take the time to understand the machine, you CAN (and often WILL) be taken advantage of those who pretend to be in the know. Ignorance can bite you fatally on BOTH sides of this argument. Fill a can with dry bone fragments, shake it while chanting and if cancer appears to be in remission... then ALL BAD can be chased away by shaking a can of bones? There ARE people and tribes who believe it. EDUCATE yourself, leave nothing to chance. I do virtually ALL work on my own machinery but when I need specialized tools, I find a way to get the work done. I do NOT believe in faith healing, in "testimonial evidence" as a substitute for ACTUAL evidence... just do your homework. | ||
| Swordsman |
One of the doc's I work with has breast cancer stage 3, a receptionist is being treated with brain cancer, a friend recently had surgery for colorectal cancer, 3 of the nurses I know either have been or are being treated with breast cancer also. Maybe the medical field itself needs a "May cause cancer" warning...?  ~SM | ||
| Bigblock |
Tai Chi and Qi Gong practiced regularly has been shown to increase remission and reduce recurrence in many cancer cases. Tai Chi is especially beneficial for the bones, having been shown in multiple to studies to increase bone density and slow osteoporosis. It is supposedly very effective in helping treat leukemia. I would say probably along with diet, lifestyle, and other, including conventional treatments, if necessary. Some people claim chemo actually shortens your lifespan compared to no treatment, but I haven't seen the studies myself, and am no expert in the field. Best of luck to all cancer patients... | ||
| Hughlysses |
I think the place the medical profession falls down is they don't seem to consider treatment may not always be the best option. I think they're totally focused on eradicating the cancer without considering the cost/benefit trade-off. My guess would be they get next to no education or coaching on this, and that should change. They found cancer in my Dad's neck when he was in his late 70's about 10-12 years ago. He had major surgery to remove the actual tumors as well as a bunch of tissue that the cancer would have a tendency to spread in. As soon as that healed, he started a regimen of targeted radiation treatments for 30 days straight. By the time he was through, he could hardly swallow, he had chronic dry mouth, food didn't taste right, his right shoulder didn't work correctly, and his right collar bone broke and wouldn't heal, all side-effects of the surgery and radiation. He was pretty miserable much of the time for the last years of his life. I think he would have liked to have had the facts laid out in front of him before they started. He might have chosen to forgo at least some of the treatment. The chance of the cancer coming back would have been higher, but maybe the side effects wouldn't have been as bad. God bless all cancer patients. |
