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My Cancer Story  Part Two of Three  By Cliff Beckwith

HomePage,, Flax Links,, Testimonial - Part1,, Testimonial - Part2,, Flax Oil &
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A Tape Transcription by Clifford Beckwith
The following is presented for educational and informational purposes only
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A few years ago the National Cancer Institute set up a project to test four
materials on tumors in rats. They were citrus, licorice, garlic and flax. The
project was abandoned because of " lack of funding" even though the doctor in
charge knew that Flax was a very effective cancer fighter. Incidentally, Al
Carter says that when mice are used in experiments with cancer, a special
breed of mouse with a weak immune system is used, because mice with a normal
immune system cannot be given cancer.

My sister's sister in law passed away from cancer recently. She had tried a
nutritional approach and asked her oncologist whether he felt there was any
value in nutritional approaches. "There probably is," he replied, "but I will
never admit it and I'll never use it."

My family doctor told me in 1994 that he was impressed with how well I was
doing but was cynical unless he saw the results of objective tests. There
will never be objective tests, because in our society the purpose of
objective tests is profit. If flax oil were officially found to be effective,
it would destroy the financial structure of the drug and oncology industry.
That will never be allowed to happen.

Now I may be naive, and I may yet die of cancer, but as of July 9, 2001, I
have already lived about 10 years longer than my doctor really expected. He
told me a couple of years after I was diagnosed that most men who had the
condition I had did not make it 6 months.

In October 1994 a woman called us from Sandusky Ohio. She had ovarian cancer
and a blood count of 1000. She began using the oil somewhat but also said, "I
told them I wanted the strongest chemo they had. I want to feel those cancer
cells die." Later we heard there was quite an improvement. In May 1995 I
heard she'd gone back to work. Later we learned there had been a real set
back and she'd given up the Flax oil as she didn't feel it was helping. She
passed away that summer.

Over the last five or so we have realized that where Flax oil and chemo are
both used, length and quality of life seem to be increased but death from
cancer may still occur. I wonder if the chemo doesn't largely destroy what
the flax oil builds. The chapter on cancer treatment past and present in Al
Carter's book "The Cancer Answer " really helps to understand the situation.
Where chemo and/or radiation has been abandoned or not used, results have
been far more favorable, virtually 95% where the oil is used properly.

A few years ago, through our church, we learned of a man who needed prayer.
He'd been a missionary and pastor. Shortly thereafter I met his sister and
wound up sending her brother a tape. He began to use Flax oil. His sister
told me a short while later that he was doing great and the doctors were
amazed. Then the word came that he was regressing and we learned that he'd
switched to Flax flakes. I contacted him and learned that when he was first
diagnosed, he wasn't expected to make it very long. He switched back to Flax
oil. He has since passed away.

In April 1995 we heard from a man who's father had been in UT Hospital twice
in 10 days and was not expected to live through the night because of advanced
pancreatic cancer. However he rallied, got home, found out about Flax oil and
began to use it. We have not talked with him directly but heard that in
August 1995 he had a check up and the oncologist said, "we must have made a
mistake in diagnosis - you couldn't have had cancer". Through a mutual friend
we learned that in February 1996 a check up showed that everything was clear.


In September 1996 we learned he was back in the hospital and the doctors were
giving him a new drug they felt would add a year to his life. Someone who
knows him felt there was a strong possibility that he had quit taking the
flax oil. He passed away soon after that. It seems that if Flax oil can build
an immune system that will eliminate cancer cells, it must be continued.

Early in the summer of 1995 we heard from one of our good friends in
Morristown that her cousin's husband, an ex-service man, had an advanced case
of lung cancer and there wasn't much that could be done about it. They wanted
us to send a tape, so we did. Later, we talked to them at length on the
phone. Her husband began using Flax oil 4 Tbs. Day.

That November we saw a segment on TV from the Thompson Cancer Survival Center
which said that advanced lung cancer is incurable but there is a new drug now
that won't make one's hair fall out but will extend life, have fewer side
effects, and give a better quality of life.

The next night we had a call from our cousin's friend. He said that he had
just had a physical. The doctor read the X-rays and found the cancer gone.
"I'm living proof that advanced lung cancer can be cured." This is the first
of an annual phone call.

I'm aware of the fact that when a diagnoses of cancer is given, panic sets in
and one really doesn't know what to do. I'm of the opinion that Flax oil
should be used as a preventative for cancer by keeping up the body's supply
of Omega 3.

Recently the mother of one of my friends was talking with a lady at church
about cancer. The other lady said, "I had cancer, but I don't have it
anymore. I went to Mexico and a German doctor put me on Flaxseed oil".

In March 1995, Nancy, the school secretary, went to the hospital with gall
bladder problems. Before she left the hospital she had been operated on to
remove a malignant tumor from her liver. She immediately began using Flaxseed
oil and cottage cheese. In October she had another check up. A few days later
she got the verdict, " everything is fine. See me next year." As of October
1996, everything is normal.

By this time, July 10, 1998, I know of at least 62 people who have had cancer
and now are apparently recovered. That is a very strong percentage of
success. I'm sure that if these successes had come about as a result of
procedures developed by cancer researchers and cost a million dollars in
drugs and services by specialists they would be shouted from the rooftops.

Near Christmas, 1995, we received a Christmas card from the widow of one of
my former shipmates. A note was enclosed that stated she'd had cancer and was
operated on, but they hadn't been able to get it all. She told the surgeon
she didn't want chemo or radiation and he referred her to a doctor who put
her on flax oil. She said she's doing well and felling fine. That is the
first I've heard of an American doctor suggesting or recommending the use of
Flax oil. In her Christmas letter of 1997 was a note which said, "I'm doing
fine. Thank God for doctors willing to suggest alternative methods!"

In May 1995, a young woman called us from Anderson County, TN., and said,
"I'm terminal, I'm 35 and have 3 young children. My husband has deserted me.
I've tried using cottage cheese but I'm allergic to dairy products and can't
use it. Is there anything else that will work?" We'd learned two weeks before
that soft tofu will work fairly well and we passed that on.

We heard no more until March 1996. We heard from a friend that the young lady
had nine tumors in her chest and they had shrunk to pinpoint size. She was
almost well. However the oncologists persuaded her that she couldn't get well
using Flax oil and that she should go to the Vanderbuilt Medical Center and
undergo further chemotherapy. She was given a shot of experimental chemo and
died, leaving 3 young children orphans.

A short time ago we received a call from an RN in charge of a nursing home.
She said "Dad's in his early 60's. He was told nine months ago that he
couldn't live three months without chemo but he refused it. Now he's in a lot
of pain and takes his anger out on Mom. She gives it back and I'm in the
middle". After talking with us, she ordered the oil immediately.

A few weeks later she called and said, "I've got to tell you this. Dad's used
the oil for 10 days, 3 Tbsp. A day. Already the pain is gone and today he
told me this is the first day in a long time he hasn't felt sick. Today he
has hope, and that's more than anyone else has been able to accomplish."

Of course, we have no real idea of what is happening elsewhere. Earlier
versions of these tapes have gone all over the country. It isn't illegal to
give information as long as we avoid giving specific advice.

One lady in Blaine TN, got a tape for her mother. She was not expected to
live long as her cancer was quite advanced. Today the doctor told her,
"Everything looks great. See me next year."

Several weeks ago a man called us from South Bend, Indiana. He said, "You'll
enjoy this. I have a 13 year old dog. He has cancer. He's eyes were dull and
he was so weak he couldn't lift his leg. I should have put him to sleep but I
didn't want to. I put a Tbsp. of Flax oil and a half cup of cottage cheese in
his bowl and he wolfed it down. I did that three times a day for ten weeks.
Today he's running all over the place, his eyes are bright, his coat is shiny
and he's gaining weight." That was the 2nd dog I'd heard of in 3 days that
showed improvement from using Flax oil. The other is owned by my cousin's
daughter.

Two years after I was diagnosed with cancer another teacher at Washburn was
found to have very serious cancer. The doctor gave her 3 to 5 months. She
wouldn't consider doing what I was doing because the doctors didn't tell her
to. For 2 years she went through rounds of chemo, with the drug being changed
as the previous one wore out. (Chemo kills good cells as well as cancer
cells, but the hope is the good cells regenerate faster.) Finally the doctors
said that they had done all they could do. The immune system was gone and the
only thing left was to notify the doctors as the pain got worse and they
would prescribe a stronger pain killer.

At last she began to use Flax oil but with the companion nutrients instead of
cottage cheese. She went back the next month for blood tests and the white
count was going up and the antigen count had dropped from 1000 to 700. The
doctors were mystified but 3 days later they called and told her they were
encouraged by the improvement and wanted her to go back on chemo the next
week. She did and died a short time later.

To me, this is an example of the real conflict. When things which can get
people well oppose those things which provide the most income it is hard for
me to believe that people's well being has first priority. As long as things
which provide the most income are also things which get people well, there is
no problem.

Recently a lady came to the greenhouse in Augusta run by my niece and nephew.
She told my niece that her brother, 43, had been diagnosed with cancer of the
pancreas and liver and given but a short time to live. My niece gave her a
tape, and she and her mother went to her brothers that night.

He immediately began using 4 Tbsp. of oil a day and in three and half weeks
his count went from 560 t0 280. Three and a half weeks later it was 165. 100
is normal. He had a standing appointment with his family doctor but was a
week and a half late. The doctor assumed he had died. The upshot of it was
that the doctor wanted a tape to give to a lady in his church who had
terminal breast cancer.

However, we have heard in recent days that the brother also began using tea
from a Japanese mushroom and things have taken a turn for the worse. Somehow
it has poisoned his system. The family doctor had told him previously that it
was the first time he'd seen a count come down when pancreatic cancer was
involved. We learned a short time later that he had died from the effects of
the mushroom poison. When properly prepared it may have value but I read in
the Prevention magazine that if it is not prepared properly it can be
dangerous.

Recently I learned of a lady with an ovarian cyst that was malignant. A date
was set in three and a half weeks for further examination and determination
of the best course of treatment. Meanwhile she began using Flax oil heavily.
When the day came the doctor seemed to be taking a long time with the
examination. She thought, "How awful can this bee?" Finally the doctor said,
"I can't find anything wrong.."

One thing we've learned lately is that some diabetes is caused by a lack of
Omega 3 in the system. When Flax oil is used in cases like that the need for
insulin may change and a doctor needs to monitor that.

We were asked by a friend to send a tape to his son who's wife was badly off
with cancer. We have just learned that the daughter-in-law had cancer through
her lymphatic system and her brain. She used 4 Tbsp. Of oil a day and today
the tests for cancer are normal. The doctors can't figure out what's happened
and she is not saying anything. However, her husband, mother, father and
sisters are all using Flax oil for prevention.

In late February a doctor got on the Internet and said that people were using
Flax oil for cancer and they were dying and the oil was a farce.

Another doctor got on ABC 20/20 and said we ought to eliminate the quackery
in cancer treatment and stay with standard methods.

As far as the use of Flax oil is concerned, people are not dying when it is
used properly, and many of those using the oil have been given up by those
using standard treatments. One of my friends received a Christmas card last
year with a note that a cousin, 77, had found he had a PSA of 83 in
September. He used nothing but Flax oil, cottage cheese and fruit and it had
dropped to 13 by December. They were thrilled.

We have a friend in Bristol, TN., who operates a wig shop and much of her
business is the result of cancer patient's using chemo. She has shared tapes
with anyone interested. One day she called us, all excited, and said that she
just heard form a friend of hers in Florida who has stomach cancer. She'd
just had the first checkup since she began to use Flax oil and the tumor had
shrunk 2 inches in diameter.

This August [1996] one of my friends wanted a tape for a lady in his church.
She is 62 and was seriously ill with breast cancer and other involvement. One
morning I called her and she said she'd seen the oncologist the day before
and he told her she couldn't live more than 4 to 6 months. She said as far as
she was concerned personally it didn't matter. She was ready to meet the Lord
but was concerned for the ones left.

The oncologist wanted to use chemo to shrink the mass and operate to prevent
and eruption but said it would not extend her life nor improve the quality of
life. After much prayer she decided against the chemo. The oncologist called
two days in a row very upset at the refusal and she agreed to have a checkup
in mid-September. The doctor did some bloodwork and then told her he had a dru
g that strengthens the bones and could give her another 2 years. Then,
looking at the floor he said that as he expected the count was going up. It
had been 83, now it was 105. He still wanted to use the Chemo.

After more conversation he told her that he could do some other things as she
recovered. The nurse told her that she had more problems than she realized.
She now has used the Flax oil 9 weeks at 4 Tbsps day. She's been feeling good
and her color was improving at 7 weeks.

Sunday October 13, she told my friend at church that she felt good, still had
some problems but was improving. Then she said that according to the doctor's
expectations, by this time she'd be in bed with people waiting on her and
close to the end. As it is, she is enjoying life and Praising the Lord!

At this point, July l998, I want to update this account. It may have some
real significance.

After making rapid improvement, she apparently got tired of cottage cheese,
which is understandable. She shifted to yogurt. This seems to work, but
yogurt has only one third the amount of protein and I don't know how much she
used. Around Christmas 1996 she was taken to the hospital for radiation on a
place in her backbone. It didn't help. A massage of some type was done on her
back that almost killed her. She got pneumonia and almost died. She was sent
home and placed on hospice care. Her daughter told me later the doctor had
told the hospice nurse that her mother couldn't last thirty days.

At this point she couldn't sit up in bed for more that a few minutes. Now she
began to use the protein again the way it should be used. On the following
Easter Sunday she drove to the Sunrise Service. I heard later that she was
driving around Knoxville and felt elated that the tide had turned.

Then she again slacked off on the protein and went down hill. Now she tried
the companion nutrients and again showed some recovery However, she did not
fully recover and passed away in the spring of 1998.

At the time she was put on hospice she was also put on narcotic patches for
pain. She lived 26 months with the narcotic patches. One doctor told me that
if a healthy person were on narcotic patches for an extended period of time
there would be damage to several vital organs. "Of course," he said, "If a
person is going to die very soon it doesn't matter."

In December of 1996 we learned of a man in Knoxville who was incapacitated
with lung cancer. His sister was aware of the effects of flax oil and got him
to use it at four Tbsps. a day but with Companion Nutrients instead of
cottage cheese. He'd rather die than use cottage cheese. After Christmas 1997
he had a checkup and was found to be all clear. All that was left was a
little scar tissue.

It does seem to me that if researchers were more interested in getting people
well than in making payments on the Mercedes and maintaining a life style,
that there is enough evidence on this tape alone to warrant serious
investigation.

Some time ago a young lady in our Lions club asked me to send a tape to her
father in Kentucky who had Prostate Cancer and I'd forgotten about it. I
asked her how her father was getting along. She said, "Oh! Dad's had a
complete recovery and he's thrilled."

At this point, March 25, 1997, I want to add a few updates. Recently a lady
called us and said that her son, then 24 , had a seizure at work. He had an
MRI and then was taken to a major Cancer center in the Southeast.

There he was diagnosed with an untreatable Brain Cancer. He was told he could
probably make it about three months. Make the most of each day.

A friend gave him a tape and he began using Flax Oil about four tablespoons a
day. After three months he returned for a check up and there appeared to be
no change. A number of months more passed. Yesterday we received a call from
the young man's mother. They had just returned from the cancer center. They
were told there was no further cause for alarm. The doctor had no
explanation. The young man didn't tell them that he had been using Flax Oil.
Most people don't. No one wants to be ridiculed. Today, Aug. 17, 1998 I heard
that the young man is doing really well.

We've just heard that this young man had a checkup recently and finally asked
the oncologist if he knew of flaxseed oil and what he thought of it. He told
the young man that if he was using flaxseed oil to keep it up and that he
used it himself.

We have just learned on January 14, 1999 that Mitch has just had another
check-up and the cancer has now disappeared completely. Praise The Lordd!!

His mother told me that six months ago a dear friend of hers had been told
that she had about four months to live. She has been using Flax oil regularly
since that time and today she appears to be well.

Recently we heard of a man in Knoxville who had Pancreatic Cancer. He had
heard a tape and began using six tablespoons of Flax Oil a day and was clear
in four months.

Two days later I received a call from his sister in law. Her husband, the
man's brother, had a similar condition. He was losing weight, was getting
weak and was the color of a pumpkin. He followed a similar regimen with the
oil, and according to his wife, is today the picture of health.

Recently a man called us from Rockford, Tennessee. His wife had Ovarian
Cancer with a count of 238. 35 or below is normal. He said that the doctor
had given them no hope at all. He said there was a chemo which would add some
months to her life. She began using flax oil at three or four tbsps a day. A
few months later her husband called and said they had just come from the
doctors. The count was now down to 8. The doctor wanted her to take more
chemo. She said she would if the count went up.

Recently while undergoing a physical we were talking to a lady who told us
that a friend of hers was trying an alternate method of cancer treatment and
was doing great. It turned out to be the lady whose situation we were just
describing.

Recently we heard from a friend of ours about a young man they knew who had
developed cancer. He was told that he couldn't make it four months. He had
read in a book about using Flax Oil and began using it. Six months later he
seems to be all clear.

My cousin knows a lady in Ohio who has Leukemia who has been using Flax Oil
and seemed to be well. She quit using it and in time there was a recurrence.
She told the doctor that she didn't want Chemo. She was given some chemical
under another name, became upset, threw it out and went back to Flax Oil and
today is again free of symptoms. I know there are different types of
Leukemia. Some seem to be helped and some are not faring as well.

Incidentally, we now know of four people who have apparently recovered and
then stopped using the oil. After some months there was a recurrence. All we
can guess is that they felt this was a medicine like an antibiotic and once
the symptoms were gone forget it. They didn't go back to it and died. It
would appear that this material enables the body to fight Cancer and must be
kept up.

In mid April 1997 a man in Opalika, Alabama had Prostate Cancer so advanced
he couldn't walk. The doctor had called the family together and told them he
couldn't make it through the night. He had started using Flax Oil and by July
seventh was out riding around.

Very recently a woman we've come to know found she had Breast Cancer. She had
undergone three rounds of Chemo and after each one, as I now understand is
normal, the white count is taken to see how far it has gone down. Then she
found out about the Flax Oil and began to use it. She took two more Chemo
treatments but now instead of going down the white count continued to go up.
The tumors are shrinking and she is excited. She discontinued the Chemo and
we just heard on Jan 11, 1998, that the tumor is continuing to shrink and
they expect it to be gone by the February Check up

In November 1997 a man called from a neighboring town. His fiancee had just
been diagnosed with a rare type of Bone Cancer for which nothing could be
done around here. The following Sunday night she was anointed and prayed for
at her church. He said that he believed she would be healed but didn't know
how God would do it. He said that Monday morning someone handed him a tape.

I now know of seven doctors who are using this material themselves and some
on members of their families. We now know of over seventy five people who
have seemingly recovered using Flaxseed Oil and are hearing of new successes
each week.

For all this we give God the Praise and Glory!

We did not intend to do anything like this. It started with my hating to
write a long letter to a friend and deciding instead to talk the message into
a tape. Then someone else wanted to hear it. As we shared it we learned more
and began updating.

While I have concentrated on Cancer there is abundant evidence that the Omega
three is very effective in the case of lowering Cholesterol and aiding
recovery from Heart attacks.

There is no monetary gain on our part from these tapes. Our only motive is a
hatred of seeing people die when it doesn't seem to be necessary.

We are helping distribute information and observations. As is the right of
each of us, what anyone does with this is his of her own business. It is now
ten and a half years since I was diagnosed and with standard treatment I
would have, according to my doctor's expectations, been on the wrong side of
the grass for at least seven years with my wife financially destitute.

On March fifth 1998 we learned of a man in a neighboring community who had
cancer behind his lungs and around the heart and aorta. He was on chemo and
was given little time. He began using flax oil at four tbsps a day. After a
month he told me that his doctor had told him that he seemed to be doing
well. About a month later his son came to get more oil. He said that his
father was weak and that the only thing he was able to eat was the flax oil
and cottage cheese but he was staying with that. His last chemo would be in
two days. A week later he called and said that his father had died Friday.

They had decided against any further chemo but while they were talking to the
doctor the nurse came and got the father and administered the chemo according
to her schedule.

One doctor felt he needed blood but the oncologist said he had pneumonia and
put him on antibiotics. He died a day and a half later.

Then the son asked the doctor if he could see the X-rays as he wanted to know
the extent of the pneumonia. The doctor looked at the films with him and
said, "He didn't have pneumonia!" Then the son said, "Where is the cancer?"
The doctor looked again and said, "It isn't there!" The son told me that he
felt the flax oil had done the job but that the chemo had killed him.

Last winter a lady in our area contacted us. She had listened to a tape and
was interested as her husband had a very advanced situation with lung cancer.
She was an RN. She told me that she had had her husband buried but now there
was some hope. In a short time she told me that she could see improvement.

One day we received an account of some supportive research that had been done
at the University of Toronto and I called her as I knew she be interested in
any scientific backing for this approach.

She told me that her husband was really going down. She said he had been
doing really well but had decided that he wanted to add standard treatment
and had gone for radiation. He had also started smoking again.

She said that the doctor had told her that to be smoking at the same time as
taking radiation was very dangerous. Her husband died within a week.

We've realized one thing very much. That is the importance of using enough
oil and staying with it continuously.

With each passing week we hear of new successes. They probably would add
little new to this account but continue to emphasize the value of what seems
to be happening

Very recently we have learned something which could be important. A lady we
have known for a long time had been found to have colon cancer. She was not
able to do much other that to sit and hurt. She began using flax oil and
before long seemed to have recovered and was carrying on with normal
activities. We had understood at the time that after the first three months
the amount of oil that Dr. Budwig recommended was one tablespoon per day. We
have recently learned that she actually recommended a tablespoon per day per
hundred pounds body weight and there is a question whether the amount of oil
she was using was actually enough.

I know that she had been put on Tamoxifen but I don't know when. Some time
later breast cancer developed and a mastectomy was performed. She continued
with one tablespoon of flax oil per day and later a mass was found in the
lower abdomen. There was an operation to remove the mass. It was large and
growing rapidly. The lady in question was naturally devastated by this
development. She had a lot of faith in her doctor and concluded that the
flaxseed oil was not good therapy for her.

Recently in a newsletter of an organization called people against cancer,
volume 4, number 2, July 1998 there appeared an article entitled "Should
women with breast cancer play Tamoxifen roulette?"

It was stated that one of the side effects of the use of Tamoxifen according
to a Swedish study with 1400 patients was a 575% increase in the incidence of
uterine cancer and that these cancers were frequently "high grade," according
to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in March of 1994.

The address of this organization is: People against cancer, 604 East Street,
PO Box 10, Otho, Iowa 50569. Phone 515-972-4444, Fax: 515-972-4415.

AS of January 3, 1999 there are some interesting and significant updates.

A Week ago we received a call from Maxine. She had just had another check-up.
It was fine. Then her doctor told her he had just found out he has cancer.
She had not told him about her use of flaxseed oil but now she told him the
full story of her use of it since June of 1992 and her belief that it was
responsible for her remaining cancer free. Of course, since May of 1992 she
had done nothing else in the way of treatment. She had given up and decided
to let nature take its course. Of course, the doctor knew her history. Now
she told the doctor that she was no doctor, but he had nothing to lose and he
had better get with it. He told her that he would.

We know of a number of folks to whom doctors are giving experimental drugs.
At the same time these folks are using flaxseed oil and saying nothing. Some
are doing quite well. Of course, the doctors will attribute any success to
the use of the drugs while it may be due to the flax oil. Doctors ignore
results that we are seeing on the excuse that they are anecdotal and not the
results of scientific double blind studies. People who have cancer know that
the results are real and are not about to ignore them. Those of us with
cancer cannot wait for the results of scientific studies which will never be
done. We "grasp at straws" and where alternatives are known that give hope
and a promise of success and can do no harm there seems to be no reason they
should not be used.

Legislation had been introduced in congress to authorize these approaches and
came within a few votes of passage but the medical and drug lobbies were too
strong. It might help to write our lawmakers and urge passage of such
legislation in the current session. It does not seem logical that the medical
profession, in opposing this type of legislation, is mainly concerned with
"protecting" the best interests of the public.

I have heard of one situation where a man's girl friend was involved in a
double blind study and was one of those being given a placebo. He found out
about flaxseed oil and he has her using it and telling no one. She is
interested in getting well. She may get well and those on the experimental
chemo may not.

One man was found to have colon cancer and it was decided to put a tube in
the colon to prevent the colon from closing instead of a resection while a
new drug was tried to see whether it would help shrink the tumors. He began
using flaxseed oil at four table- spoons a day and the tumors are shrinking
rapidly and he is feeling great. He found the tube uncomfort- able and
believes it was expelled in a bowel movement. He is still taking the pills.

Lately we are reading about foods that are helpful in prevention of cancer.
Flaxseed is one of those foods. I have read that the FDA has approved the use
of flaxseed as a cancer preventative. In all such ref- erences to work with
flaxseed oil I have not seen one instance where it is used with the sulfur
based proteins which Dr. Budwig found essential for consistently successful
results.

I will add a word of warning. I don't know much about diabetes, but I have
learned that one type of diabetes is caused by a lack of Omega 3 fatty acid.
Where that is the case, the use of flaxseed oil for cancer has also taken
care of the diabetes. We have seen that a number of times.

However, with another type of diabetes the use of flaxseed oil can be very
detrimental. If one has diabetes and uses flaxseed oil it is very important
to have your doctor monitor the sugar levels closely, and if there is any
change, follow his or her advice.


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Death From Ritalin
The Truth Behind ADHD

This story was published at http://www.RitalinDeath.com


Hello, my name is Lawrence Smith; I am here to let you know about the death
of our fourteen-Year-old Son Matthew. He died on March 21, 2000. The cause
was determined to be from the long- term (age 7-14) use of Methylphenidate
a medication commonly known as Ritalin.

The Certificate of Death under due to, (or because of) reads. Death caused
from Long Term Use of Methylphenidate, (Ritalin). According to Dr. Ljuba
Dragovic, The chief pathologist in Oakland County Michigan, upon autopsy,
Matthew's heart showed clear signs of small vessel damage, the type caused
by stimulant drugs like amphetamines.

The medical examiners told me that a full-grown man's heart weighs about
350 grams and that Matthew's heart weight was about 402 grams.

Matthew did not have a preexisting heart disease or defect that we knew of.
We, his parents never ignored his medical needs. The medical examiner said
this type of heart damage is not easy to detect with the standard test
necessary for prescription refills.


While visiting the doctor with the schools diagnosis and the recommendation
for Ritalin, he seemed very frustrated and asked us to let the school know,
I am not a pharmacy. This leads me to believe that we were not the first
parents sent to this doctor, with the schools diagnosis and recommendation
for Ritalin.

No one ever informed us of other crucial tests (echocardiogram) that we
could have had done that would have discovered the enlargement of the heart
muscle, caused from scare tissue which these types of drugs cause. The
standard test performed consists of blood work, listening to the heart,
questions about school behaviors, sleeping and eating habits.

It all started for Matthew in the first grade the school social worker in
Berkley, Michigan kept calling us in for meetings. One particular morning
before an IEP meeting, the school social worker Monica Fuchs and my wife
and I were waiting on the others to arrive.

Monica made us feel very threatened when she said that if we wouldn't
consider getting Matt on Ritalin for their diagnosis of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder, that social services (child protective services)
could charge us for neglecting his educational and emotional needs. My wife
and I were scared of the possibility of losing our children, if we did not
comply.


I believe that some school employees like having children medicated
because, it makes frustrated students that are having a difficult time
learning and understanding, easier to manage, regardless of the physical
and psychological risks this practice poses to children.

Not all families can afford hundreds of dollars for a drug free, private
evaluation, so they will not be cornered into medicating their child.

I am hoping that Republicans and Democrats will work together and fight
this horrific war against the future of America, our children.

Medical diagnosis should remain outside the realm of education and stay
there. Pressure to seek specific medical treatment is not the job of the
school system.

We did not want Matthew on any medications, even though the school social
worker or the doctor never informed us about the dangers of Ritalin and
other stimulant medications used for ADD and ADHD. We just didn't feel good
about putting our son on drugs and we made it very clear to school officials.

Informed Consent", which states in part A person's agreement to allow
something to happen (such as surgery) that is based on a full disclosure of
the facts needed to make the decision intelligently; i.e. knowledge of
risks involved, alternatives etc" and "the probable risks against the
probable benefits"

The violation of parent's rights is when they are not told of the
unscientific nature of so-called disorders such as ADHD or the risks of the
treatments involving (drugs) and they certainly are not told of
alternatives to their child's behavior such as undiagnosed allergies or
food sensitivities, which could manifest with the symptoms of what
psychiatry calls ADHD.

If we weren't pressure by the school system, Matt would still be alive
today. I cannot go back and change things for us at this point. However, I
hope to God my story and information will reach the hearts and minds, of
many families, so they can make an educated decision with more than a
little selective information, if any, paid for by psychology and drug
companies.

I have created this website in hopes that parents will learn the health
risks involved in using psychotropic medications on growing children.
I hope you will be spared all the suffering and heartbreak this whole ADHD
issue has caused our family and many others.

Please do not be intimidated by family, school staff, doctors, or anyone
into medicating your child for ADHD or ADD. These mental illnesses are
scientifically unfounded with no scientific validity what so ever. The
dopamine theory is nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of
psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry.

I truly believe this must have been my son's purpose, to save the health
and lives of many others.

How old will people live after taking these types of drugs as a child?
Every time I hear about a child or young adult that has died from heart
failure, I always wonder if they were ever on a psychotropic medication
used for ADHD or depression.

If I would of known about all the children that have died from these
psychiatric medications, I would have never given Matt the first pill.

Did you know that children that are diagnosed as having ADHD or ADD and
take medication, the school labels them as learning disabled, and the
schools receives additional state and federal funding per-child, per-semester.

I wonder if that is one of the reasons why school administrators are so
adamant about medication, and the other would be to control their behavior,
in their drug free school zone.

One of the hardest things for me to deal with is the fact that, Matthew
never wanted his medication.

How many more 11-year-old Stephanie Hall's and 14-year-old Matthew Smith's
will have to die before someone puts a stop to the biggest health care
fraud ever? How many times will school psychology and drug companies get
away with this?

In 1998 at the National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference on ADHD
The NIH issued the following statement regarding ADHD:

"We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there is no data
to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction"

Children, do not need to be made into little robots with medication. I feel
that good parenting, structure, diets, and teaching methods can make all
the difference in the world. Different children develop in different ways;
you cannot put children all into one box.

Did you know that the ADHD diagnosis checklist of behaviors is almost the
same as the list of behaviors for gifted children. www.nfgcc.org

Did you know that doctor's use to give amphetamines out for diet
medication? They stopped because of the dangerous and sometimes fatal heart
related side effects.

Now drug companies have a new market, with new names for the drugs and have
went from adult weight medication to children's ADHD.

The DEA has classified Ritalin as a schedule two drug, comparable to
Cocaine. Ritalin is also one of the top ten abused prescription drugs on
the streets today.

  From the research that I have done on amphetamines, when they are used,
all the veins and arteries constrict and get very small which makes it hard
for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. The extra force it takes
to circulate blood causes damage to the heart.

There are many other drugs that are given to children for ADHD with
different names; Adderall, Concreta, Metadate, Ritalin, the list goes on
and on, most if not all are stimulant drugs with Amphetamine-Speed.

We are coming to a point in our history were children have been taking
these drugs for some time. Now the information is starting to come out.
This is a very sad why for us to find out the long-term side effects, by
using our children as guinea pigs.

Are you sick of the harassment and threats from school administrators to
have our children medicated with stimulant drugs for their evaluations of
ADHD? If so it's time we as parents pull together and put a stop to this
inhuman practice. School administrators need to stay out of our personal
business with their psychology and do the job we pay them to do!

If you are concerned about the following things taking place is our
schools? Handing out pro-drug information paid for by Psychology and the
Pharmaceutical industry, which is a violation of our informed consent,
profiling, labeling, coercion, manipulation, even the threat of educational
neglect by child protective services because parent's chooses not to
medicate their child with dangerous drugs?

Please feel free to post your story on the discussion board so state and
federal lawmakers can see first hand what is going on in our public and
privet schools.

If you are being harassed by school administrators to medicate your child?
for ADD or ADHD Tell Them Where To Go!
http://www.RitalinDeath.com

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My flush results by Bear

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Subject: My flush results
From: Bear
Date: 13:21 Oct 12 2002 C Recommended Message!

Started the parasite cleanse and then onto the liver flush after learning
that I had the beginnings of v. I figured the first step was to cleanse and
see if the body could heal itself.

Happy to report to all who may be unsure of what you've read in these
forums that they are for real. I've done 5 flushes, passed 100's of stones
from small to large grape size and have been greatly relieved from my
Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, and I'm convinced that the flushing,
combined with a very low fat diet has helped me shed 70+ pounds in the last
4 months. At 55 I'm almost as healthy and energetic as I was in my 20's.

My wife is so impressed that she'll be starting the same regiment soon.

Thanks to all those whose earlier posts gave me the courage to start.
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The Need To Know - A Husband's Perspective by Greg

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Subject: The Need To Know - A Husband's Perspective
From: Greg < gdpawel@... >
Date: 21:54 Oct 13 2002

During three years of research, I've written to over 3,000 medical
professionals and institutions all over the United States and across the
globe. What you'll read from my article, a lot is from them. Some have been
from over 500 medical web sites that I've studied (like MedLine, Pub Med,
Oncololink, Johns-Hopkins, NCI, NIH, etc.). I have all of my wife's medical
records to relay first hand experience.

There are three main points that I've found out in my three years of cancer
research. One, is an understanding of the doctors involved with my wife's
medical care at our local home town hospital. Two, is an understanding of
the lack of uniformed cancer care being practiced here in the United States
(even among a few of the leading cancer centers). Three, cancer patients do
frequently die from their cancer treatments (it is not really "rare") and
not from the cancer itself.

I receive hundreds of emails from other cancer treatment victims and their
loved ones because of my postings on numerous web sites on the internet.
They, as well as myself, thought we were alone. I found out there are too
many of us out their needing more information, that should have been given
"before" cancer treatment.

My wife's medical history:

In 1972, my wife had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, when she presented
with a left DVT (deep vein thrombosis) and pulmonary embolism at a hospital
in San Diego, CA (blood clots "can" signal cancer). Workup which was
triggered by this presentation revealed that she did have an ovarian
carcinoma for which she underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and received
Chlorambucil (Leukeren) treatment. This postoperative chemotherapy drug was
among the slowest acting and least toxic of the alkylating agents (well
tolerated oral drugs). By giving chemotherapy more often, at lower doses,
it can prevent the regrowth of blood vessels that feed tumors. Depression
of the immune system is slow and reversible, allowing it to regenerate and
contribute to healing. A malfunctioning immune system can fail to stop the
growth of cancer cells. She went twenty-four years before experiencing any
recurrent ovarian cancer.

During the early 90's in Reading, Pa., she underwent a laparotomy (a
surgical procedure which involves opening the abdominal cavity for
examination) as a follow-up and this did not reveal any evidence of
recurrent carcinoma. This is supposed to be the most certain way of
diagnosing ovarian cancer and assessing the extent of cancer spread
(metastasis). However, negative second-look patients have a 50% chance of
disease recurrence anyway. For the most part, her group of oncologists
relied almost entirely on the CA 125 tumor marker (a blood test done to
assess the amount of an antibody that recognizes an antigen in ovarian
tumor cells). The rate of "false positives" makes it inadequate for use "by
itself" for screening of high-risk patients. It should be supplemented with
transvaginal sonography and a rectovaginal pelvic exam all done at the same
time.

It was our family doctor that found her first metastatic recurrence to her
diaphragm in 1996 (not the medical oncologists at our local home town
hospital). She was having dry coughing spells at first but then she began
having a mucus discharge, which eventually was bloody. A chest xray and Cat
Scan had shown a lesion inside her diaphragm. That recurrent ovarian cancer
was surgically excised at Fox Chase Cancer Center. It was a metastatic
transdiaphragmatic tumor from the original ovarian cancer (1972), with
attachment to the lung and other midline structures of the chest. Parts of
those structures were surgically resected (the diaphragm is a common site
for ovarian metastatic recurrence).

The thoracic surgical oncologist left us with the knowledge that a second
place an ovarian metastasis possibly could occur maybe the Central Nervous
System (CNS) like the brain and/or the spine. It is very rare for ovarian
cancer cells to metastasize to the CNS. In fact, up until 1994 there have
been only 67 well documented cases in medical literature. A
multi-institutional study of 4027 ovarian cancer patients over 30 years
identified only 32 cases while an autopsy study of ovarian cancer reported
an incidence of 0.9%. The surgeon at Fox Chase did not feel that further
treatment with chemotherapy was indicated.

However, the ideas of our local home town Medical Oncologists were
different from the Thoracic Surgical Oncologist who excised the tumor from
her diaphragm. My wife received postoperative chemotherapy by these medical
oncologists, seven months after having that metastatic tumor surgically
excised. She did not have any cancer tumor markers indicate any cancer
within her system. Some tumors send out microscopic outposts while most do
not. However, medical oncologists cannot tell which ones do, so they want
to give chemotherapy in nearly every case. The type of chemotherapy she
received was the hit fast, hit hard type combination chemotherapy of Taxol
with Carboplatin (second-line chemotherapy). It is usually given in big
doses, with breaks of several weeks between doses to let the body try to
recover (or else it can kill a patient).

Patients who develop recurrent ovarian cancer more than 6 months after
first-line chemotherapy (in my wife's case, 24 years), can experience
another remission following treatment with the identical first-line
chemotherapy that was previously used (in her case, Chlorambucil). It has
not been shown that platinum-based combination therapy is superior to
single agent alkylator therapy. No substantial benefit has been found in
giving ovarian cancer patients second-line chemotherapy. Clinicians have
found that the toxic effects of this treatment can cause a lower quality of
life for these patients. Plus, the late stage of "recurrent ovarian cancer"
makes the combination chemotherapy of Taxol & Carboplatin drug resistant to
cancer cells and suppresses the immune system, making it possible new
tumors to grow because the patient has been rendered unable to resist them.

In recent years the incidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis
has increased. Unfortunately, some chemotherapeutic agents can weaken the
blood-brain barrier (BBB) transiently and allow CNS seeding. Taxol &
Carboplatin are two of the drugs that violate the blood-brain barrier (dose
dependent). In essence, it breaks down, damages the blood-brain barrier
(BBB) to invite microscopic cancer cells into the CNS. A NCI observational
study in 1995 reported experience in their clinic where recurrent systemic
disease occurred in all patients for which they received dose intense
paclitaxel (Taxol) therapy. Brain metastasis was the only site of disease
recurrence, presenting with headache, dizziness, unsteady gait, nausea and
vomiting.

It was our family doctor that found her second metastatic recurrence to her
cerebellum in 1998 (not the medical oncologists at our local home town
hospital). She was presenting with headache, dizziness, unsteady gait,
nausea and vomiting. A large (3.5cm) solitary cerebellar brain tumor was
found via enhanced Cat Scan (later confirmed by an enhanced MRI). The tumor
was excised from her brain by a Neurosurgeon at Hershey Medical Center.
Histologic features were consistent with metastatic papillary
adenocarcinoma with extensive necrosis from the ovary.

The Neurosurgeon stated that he was 99% successful and felt that she should
go back to our local home town hospital and receive focal radiation to the
local tumor bed (which is 2cm beyond the periphery of the excised tumor
site). The treatment protocol recommended for brain metastases of large
solitary tumors exceeding 2cm in diameter is surgical resection followed by
5 fractions of local radiation to the tumor bed. At the same time, she
should receive an MRI of the spine because of suspicions of either another
tumor, on her spine or a herniated disc, causing her leg problems.

However, the ideas of our local home town Radiation Oncologist were
different from the Neurosurgeon who excised the tumor from her brain. The
Radiation Oncologist took it upon himself to give my wife 5 fractions of
focal radiation to the local tumor bed, plus 20 fractions of Whole Brain
Radiation over a 35 day period. The risk of neurotoxicity from Whole Brain
Radiation is not insignificant and this approach is not indicated in all
patients with a solitary brain metastases, particularly when platinum drugs
lower the tolerance of the CNS to radiation.

Literature of the early and mid-80's on morbidity of Whole Brain Radiation,
is flooded with papers reporting long-term side effects, such as dementia,
memory loss, radiation induced necrosis, leukoencephalopathy, in up to 50%
of two year survivors. Whole Brain Radiation Therapy has been recognized to
cause considerable permanent side effects in patients over 60 years of age.
The side effects from WBR Therapy affect up to 90% of patients in this age
group. My wife was 66 years of age while receiving Whole Brain Radiation
Therapy.

During radiation treatment, my wife received an Unenhanced MRI to the spine
that showed a 1cm lesion. Instead of performing an Enhanced MRI to the
spine to further evaluate, our local home town hospital performed a Bone
Scan that showed normal bone imaging. However, a Bone Scan cannot
distinguish what a lesion represents and cannot differentiate between a
tumor, an infection or a fracture. Enhanced (contrast) agents increase the
sensitivity, conspicuity and accuracy of an exam. The agent most commonly
used is Gadolinium. The proper medical protocol for all Brain and Spinal
MRI's for metastatic diseases is Enhanced with contrast (today, it is the
Pet Scan). An Enhanced MRI was not performed and the Radiation Oncologist
told us the lesion was nothing and not to worry about it. He also ignored
my complaints about her having seizures during radiation therapy.

Nine months later, my wife was admitted to our local home town hospital
during the Memorial Day Weekend of 1999, for a week of testing and
evaluation for unexplained falls and light-headiness. After two weeks of
failing to find out what was wrong with her, I took her by ambulance to
Hershey Medical Center for proper medical treatment. At Hershey Medical
Center, we found out by a medical oncologist and a neurologist that she had
Leptomeningeal Carcinomatous (remember the undiagnosed tumor of nine months
prior, not further evaluated?). An Enhanced MRI showed now three (3)
metastatic tumors on her spine. Spinal metastases can grow into adjacent
structures, such as into the meninges from the spine. The largest of these
tumors grew into the meninges on the spine into the spinal fluid, hence
Leptomeningeal Carcinomatous. This was confirmed by a spinal tap.

With the damage already done to her by our local home town hospital, the
doctors at Hershey Medical (in order to save her life or at least give her
some time) had to administer Intrathecal Methotrexate along with systemic
radiation to the spine (Admitted June 19,1999). When both therapies are
performed at the same time it doubles the therapeutic dosages of each
therapy (increasing the neuro-toxic effects on the brain). However, the
cancer cells were eradicated completely from her central nervous system by
this protocol. Ever since the second spinal tap at Hershey (when
methotrexate was already being administered), all of her spinal taps were
negative for 10 consecutive times up until January 14, 2000. A Whole Body
Bone Scan (November 3, 1999) indicated that the skeletal system
demonstrated normal uptake and an Enhanced Brain MRI (November 3, 1999)
showed no new areas of abnormal enhancement.

My first experience with the side effects of combination chemotherapy and
whole brain radiation was when she was at Hershey Medical Center in 1999.
The doctors showed me the Enhanced Brain MRI from her previous year's
cerebellum excision and the one done in 1999. The scans showed the
progressive deteriation of her white matter (white matter disease). Late
delayed effects, occurring several months to many years later, are
classified into diffuse white-matter injury, radiation-induced arteriopathy
& stroke, and late delayed Radiation Necrosis. These reactions are due to
changes in the white matter and death of brain tissue caused by
radiation-damaged blood vessels. This clinical syndrome generally occurs 6
months to 2 years after radiation therapy. Symptoms include decreased
intellect, memory impairment, confusion, personality changes and alteration
of the normal function of the area irradiated (all symptoms my wife had
over the past year).

Radiation Necrosis can be fatal! It causes pathological changes that impair
vascular integrity. Delayed radiation injuries result in increased tissue
pressure from edema, vascular injury leading to infarction (stroke), damage
to endothelial cells and fibrinoid necrosis of small arteries and
arterioles. My wife suffered a stroke to the left basal ganlia area of the
brain in January 2000, confirmed by an enhanced MRI.

My wife had developed necrotizing leukoencephalopathy (a form of diffuse
white matter injury that can follow combination chemotherapy), confirmed by
an enhanced MRI in July of 1998 at Hershey. The white matter is the
covering of the nerves within the brain. Its function is to speed up the
passage of impulses along the nerves. Necrosis is simply a cell dying, all
of its coordinated activities going wrong and things shut down. If a cell
gets too much heat or is poisoned by a toxic substance or exposed to
chemicals that damage its proteins and membraines or radiation that breaks
its DNA molecules, that cell can just stop functioning.

An EEG showed generalized diffuse slowing that was significant with global
encephalopathy. It is most commonly seen in toxic metabolic and
degenerative conditions. There appeared to be a real amount of focal right
sided slowing which would indicate cortical dysfunction on that side. Her
MRI's showed the ventricles overall were prominent and there was widening
of the sulci consistent with cerebral atrophy (wasting away of brain cells
and tissues). There was diffuse, abnormal signal intensity within the
periventricular white matter, consistent with post radiation changes. The
signal abnormality within the white matter appeared slightly increased
compared to her prior studies. A Pet Scan showed globally decreased
radiotracer uptake within the brain, bilaterally, consistent with
involutional change and prior radiation therapy.

Because of the previous chemo-radiation treatments, a recurrence of the
cerebral metastasis was very likely to happen in the future. Some long-term
effects can include development of secondary maligancies (the risk is 16
times greater). Resistance to standard chemotherapy regimens of Carboplatin
with Taxol ultimately develops in nearly all adenocarcinoma cancer patients
(mainly because of the late stages of the cancer). Recurrent ovarian cancer
being such a late stage cancer, can be resistant to the combination
chemotherapy of Taxol/Carboplatin. It can actually spread the cancerous
cells rather than the cancer itself spreading. Since both radiation and
chemotherapy suppress the immune system, it is possible that new tumors are
allowed to grow because the patient has been rendered unable to resist
them. A person who is cured of cancer by these drastic means may find
himself struggling with a new, drug-induced tumor a few years later. A
malfunctioning immune system can fail to stop the growth of cancer cells.

Recurrence of the cerebral metastasis was observed via an Enhanced MRI of
May 2000 at Hershey Medical Center and a Pet Scan of August 2000 at the
University of Pennsylvania. Four, mm-sized metastatic tumors were found in
and around the previously resected cerebeller tumor and because of my
wife's weakened condition, Gamma-Knife would be the only best medical
protocol. She received Gamma-Knife treatment at University of Maryland
Medical Center on September 12, 2000. During the whole time of her
admission at the hospital, the doctors kept referring to her continued
diffuse white-matter injury (brain necrosis), as if she may be too far
advanced in that injury to survive much longer. She died at home on
Thursday, September 21, 2000 at the age of 68 from Cardio-Pulmonary
Failure. Minutes before she expired, her temperature was normal, her blood
pressure was normal but her pulse was 150 (tachycardia). Her heart was
racing to keep up with the lack of brain function and finally quit.

The white matter disease that my wife experienced and caused her death was
primarily a result of Whole Brain Radiation and secondary a result of
Combination Chemotherapy of Taxol & Carboplatin (Methotrexate was icing on
the cake). The Combination Chemotherapy of Taxol & Carboplatin caused
microscopic ovarian cancer cells to seed inside the CNS to form a tumor on
the cerebellum and tumors on the spinal cord, with concomitant necrotizing
leukoencephalopathy. Carboplatin lowered the tolerance of her Central
Nervous System to any radiation treatment.The Whole Brain Radiation
resulted in the death of tumor cells and associated reaction in surrounding
normal brain. Such reactions tend to occur more frequently in larger
metastatic lesions. Late delayed Radiation Necrosis (also known as
Radiation Encephalopathy) is often irreversible and progressive, leading to
severe disability or death (all symptoms my wife experienced).

I feel that my wife's life was greatly shortened and neurologically
deteriorated by the chemo and radiation treatment received at our local
home town hospital. Patients who develop recurrent ovarian cancer more than
6 months after first-line chemotherapy can experience another remission
following treatment with the identical first-line chemotherapy that was
previously used. Aggressive treatment, like surgical excision of tumor and
focal radiation to the local tumor bed, in patients with limited or no
systemic disease can yield long-term survival. In such patients, delayed
deleterious side effects of whole brain radiation therapy are particularly
tragic and there is no survival benefit or prolonged independence. The
patient cannot experience the beneficial improvement in quality of life.

Most surgical oncology is curative (62%). Surgery generally doesn't have
any long-term effects directly related to the procedure itself. With
surgery, observation with Enhanced MRI's, Functional MRI's, Pet Scans and
the like have made observation more detectable and easier. If brain
metastasis would occur, there are a number of radiation treatments for
therapy (Stereotatic, Gamma-Knife and Brachyradiation to name a few). These
are "focal", not "diffuse". My wife and I had the medical adage that since
most of surgical oncology is curative, we wanted to fight her cancers with
surgery. Each and every one gave her more life to live. All of the surgeons
that were involved in her cancer fight over the years are our heroes.

If more people researched how and why their loved-one died after being
treated by orthodox cancer therapies then I believe there would be a
movement to have more effective and less toxic treatments available.
Ideally, we would conduct such research before the treatments were
administered but we usually don't have the luxury of time to learn what the
oncologists are not telling us when it matters most. It is scary when we
try to give oncologists the benefits of doing what needs to be done but we
have to learn to ask more questions and seek more answers.

It seems the medical profession doesn't want to hear about the side effects
of treatment for gynological cancer and keeps referring to the lives of
women loss this way as "rare". If it was their lives, they might not call
it "rare". Some people would have you believe that because "their" bodies
didn't give out after receiving chemotherapy or radiation that these
treatments are "o.k.". Sometimes it is good for the soul to hear what
others in similar circumstances have to say.

The quality of life must be considered as a major decision point in cancer
care. That element, so long missing in most clinics, hopefully will be
brought to the fore especially in the many cancer clinical trials. I hope
that quality of life soon becomes a major outcome issue for all involved in
the treatment of patients with cancer. I will continue to be an advocate
for my loved ones and help others in their own journeys with cancer.

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