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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 02:14:51 -0000
From: techman@...
Subject: [cancercured] Deb, Nancy, Trudy response


Special thanks to Nancy and Trudy and (of course) Deb, my sis


I have been a long time in posting to this group, although I have
lurked, read, and appreciated all of your postings. The participants
of this newsgroup have been a resource for links to alternative
therapies. I thank you for this information and in advance for
future information that will come forth.


Cancer, just the word, has to be one of the most evil and devastating
sounds uttered by mankind. It evokes fear and fright…it exposes weakness
and vulnerability. Yet if we choose, the result of this intrusion upon
life, good things may come as a product.


Although I am ill qualified to make suggestions as to how one with cancer
should proceed, I offer my experience that it may benefit someone.


One year ago, last April 2000, my wife age 42, was suffering with hip and
groin pain, pains that brought her to tears during the night.


After going to the doctor and receiving muscle relaxing drugs and mild pain
killers, there was no change. It was thought that she was suffering from
arthritis or early osteoporosis. She is a teacher of twenty years and
before returning for the 2000-2001 school year, I insisted she have a
complete physical. This was late August of
2000.

After a mammogram they discovered a lump in her left breast less than one
inch in diameter. A subsequent needle biopsy confirmed our worse fears,
malignant breast cancer. No lymph nodes were swollen but it was
recommended that a mastectomy followed by chemo and radiation be performed.

September 13th, I will never forget that date, as I spent the entire night
on the Internet researching cancer. I found sites concerning raw and
living foods, laetrile, gerson therapy, Hulda Clark, Johanna Budwig, Flax
seed, household toxins, Rife technology, Zappers, Syncronometers, CoQ-10,
MSN, MGN, and last but not least "life style
changes".

September 15th we engaged. Cleaned house, tossed all meats, dairy,
banished processed foods, went raw, and no white poisons. I put my credit
card to use on the internet and purchased numerous cancer modalities.

We still did not feel safe.


We sought second opinions, first a private oncologist that came very highly
recommended, and secondly the University of Nebraska at Omaha. We were
given the same recommendations. At this point we felt she had a very good
chance for curbing the spread of the cancer, but she was still suffering
immensely from pain in her hips, lower
back, and groin.

As a prerequisite of surgery, she was required to have a MRI and bone scan.
We did that locally and to our total dismay, it was revealed to us that
she had cancer in her bones. Not just a single bone, but throughout her
skeleton. Her knees, hips, ileum, sternum, ribs, spine, essentially
everything except her skull. A bone marrow sample was performed and
confirmed the worst possible scenario, metastasized breast cancer to the
bone, stage four.
Date October 5th.



I had, as a precaution, already made an appointment at Mayo Clinic,
Rochester Minnesota, for what I though was going to be another of our
second/second opinions concerning the lump and hence, called and confirmed.
We packed for a three to four week stay, as instructed by Mayo, thinking
there would be clinical studies or a modality that would give us hope.

We arrived on a Monday, first appointment Tuesday at 6:45 AM and continued
through the day with numerous exams including stereoscopic x-rays etc.

At 5:30 P.M., the same day, we met with three specialists who had reviewed
our tests.

The verdict: get your affairs in order.



Upon pressuring the lead specialist for a professional prognosis he stated,
"You will be on morphine by January". Upon further prodding for the time
involved, i.e. "How much time do we have" he said, "Two months to possibly
a year".


I asked the specialist, "How in the world can you call this breast cancer
when she has been hurting in her hips since last April and the minute lump
was found in September?".


He must of realized how stern I was for answers as his reply was:

"Let me tell you how we developed nomenclature for cancers. The first
cancer that is found is biopsied under a light microscope and a picture of
the cell structure is sketched. Any subsequent cancers that appear are
biopsied and if the cell structure is similar they are classified as a
metastasized form of the primary cancer". I
thought, what bunk, as I wanted proof as in nuclear magnetic resonance
spectrometry, cell studies, DNA analysis, or anything other than a
non-artists rendition of cell shape.


We headed back to Nebraska the next day in total shock. I was numb and
hardly remember the trip. I did however remember one statement concerning
the stereoscopic x-rays. The X-ray specialist said there appears to be
healing sites in the ribs and sternum. I asked how he differentiated these
from active cancer sites and he replied, "They
appear as if osteoporosis has set in which is different than active cancer
sites". This was the ray of hope that I believe got us back home.


After arriving home I could not get the words "healing sites" out of my
mind. We had made a drastic dietary\environmental change just 20 days
prior to the Mayo visit and I knew something was happening. Let me
explain, this was nothing intuitive or spiritual but just plain apparent,
as I had lost 18 lbs with the diet change. Not only the
weight loss confirmed my hypothesis, but the total digestive health I was
now experiencing was nothing less than phenomenal. I was a 6-8 pill-a-day
xyantac user prior to the diet change, and now was acid reflux free!



I could go on with details concerning our nutritional\life style changes
but feel I have said enough tonight. This is a long posting and I
apologize for my rambling. As this is my first posting to any newsgroup, I
would appreciate responses. Thank you Deb (dear Sis) for breaking me out.

Rex


PS My wife is more alive than ever, teaching, loving, mothering, and
celebrating life!