Congratulations Ian on the great news. My husband is recovering from
surgery to remove a squamous cell carcinoma from his cheek and a skin
graft to fill in the hole. I don't remember if I mentioned this on
this board but he was cancer free for 18 years and I am convinced
that it was because he took a supplement called MGN3 sold by Lane
Labs, the FDA took it off the market and his tumor returned in
exactly the same place within a few months. Now they have a
replacement product called noxylane4 and I have him on that. He took
a couple of bottles of the double strength and now is on a
maintenance dose. This is an immune booster that quadruples the
killer T cell activity that suppresses the cancer cells. He is also
anemic due to something wrong with his bone marrow and as he is 81
the doctor says there is nothing he can do but within two weeks of
starting the noxylane4 his platelets went from 59 to 124, (150 is
normal)that was an unexpected bonus. This stuff is expensive but after
what he has gone through with this skin cancer it is well worth it.
The surgery 18 years ago involved removing the big muscle and all the
lymph nodes in his neck and a scar that goes from above his ear down
his neck and out to the shoulder (it had metastisized from the cheek
to a lymph node). I thought I was going to lose him then and this
time due to the anemia he bled so much that he was in the hospital
five days and was given transfusions repeatedly. Melanoma is a lot
worse than squamous so I would think that anything you can do to
prevent a recurrance would be worth trying. The doctors don't give it
much credence but Lane Labs has a lot of very happy customers.

I wish you all the best for continued good health

Irene

-- In fighttogether@yahoogroups.com, "Ian Dixon" <ian.dixon25lr@n...>
wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
> Just to let you know that my latest scan result is again excellent.
>
>
>
> The oncologist was very informative and in this scan there are signs
that
> the one remaining lesion may be slightly less distinct and THERE ARE
NO NEW
> GROWTHS - yet again my progress is in remarkable contrast to
expectations
> for the usual progression of melanomaIV. The oncologist reviewed
results of
> the previous scan which had shown the lesion to have characteristics
that
> are maybe more consistent with a post-cancerous cyst than a living
cancerous
> growth. As there is a good possibility that whatever remains may no
longer
> be cancerous at all, they have scheduled a further scan and tests
next
> month.
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>
>
> However, every cloud has a silver lining and, because of after
effects from
> treatments, etc. on their advice I will just have to suffer another
two
> months sick leave!
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>
>
> So, good news - the girls are stuck with this Dad for some time to
come.
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>
>
> Ian
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>
>
> P.S. I would just like to add my thankyou for all your tremendous
> encouragement, support and prayers. This last year, more than ever
before, I
> have appreciated just how lucky I have been to have such good
friends.
> Throughout all the treatments, you have made life fun and the battle
> worthwhile even in the darkest of moments - and there have been
many. Skin
> cancer research is scarcely funded and I have nothing but praise for
the
> staff at both St. George's Hospital and the Marsden, who are saving
lives
> and doing such valuable medical research, as well as the staff at
the
> Bristol Cancer Help Centre who extol a holistic approach that brings
both
> hope and not only seems based upon good sense, but so often appears
to make
> a critical difference.
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