RCC Nephrectomy Dec 1, 2006 Everett, WA 10.5cm, FNG 4 w. sarcomatoid features. Now 68 feel like 2

Jim C
Jim C Member Posts: 5
edited May 2011 in Kidney Cancer #1
Stage IV at dianosis. Lung matastasis present at diagnosis was removed 2 years out. Did some Sutent early on. DCA. Fresh squeezed vegetable juice. Suppliments. Strict vegan diet.

Doctors are amazed but smirk at diet, DCA, suppliments. Evidently they are great believers in luck and/or prayer. I will share additional diet and suppliment details if there is interest.

basically:
Budwig inspired (cottage cheese/flax oil)mixed w. diced fresh fruit for breakfast, coffee

16-20oz. fresh squeezed raw vegetable juice,

rice/beans

about 20 vitamins/food suppliments washed down w. grapefruit juice containing about 1/8 teaspoon dicloroacetate (DCA)

I am as active as when I was 20.

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  • VeryAnxious
    VeryAnxious Member Posts: 67
    #2
    good for yout

    good for yout
  • amurillo63
    amurillo63 Member Posts: 29
    #3
    Hi Jim,
    I am glad that you
    Hi Jim,
    I am glad that you are sharing you're diet health program. I think because most people dont understand the healing powers of diet they disregard it. Doctor's def. wont give it it's due credit bcuz it is not a money maker and they work with and for big Drug companies. Please keep it up I appreciate it..
  • jona187
    jona187 Member Posts: 71
    #4
    What supplements are you
    What supplements are you taking?
  • Jim C
    Jim C Member Posts: 5
    #5
    jona187 said:

    What supplements are you
    What supplements are you taking?

    suppliments
    I have absolutely no idea if any of these have any positive affect but I would not give them up now considering that I should have survived no more than 36 months according to statistacal data I have found online. I take one each a day regardless of recommended dose. These are in addition to DCA which I cannot purchase at the Vitamin Shoppe.

    Multivitamin
    Beta-Carotene
    B-1
    C-1000 (w. rose hips)
    Vitamin D3
    CoQ-10
    Melatonin
    Selenium
    Magnesium Citrate
    L-Lysine
    Ginseng Complex
    Dong Quai
    Garlic
    Grape Seed Extract
    Elderberry Extract
    Quercetin+C
    Green Tea Extract
    Ginkgo Biloba Extract
    Ginger Root
    Turmeric Extract
    Mushroom Complex
    Multi-Enzyme
  • Malroy85
    Malroy85 Member Posts: 5
    #6
    Same here
    Hey! I had stage 4 and am also from Everett. I'm just 26 but it's nice to know someone nearby has dealt with things similarly.
  • Idaholar
    Idaholar Member Posts: 2
    #7
    DCA ?
    Hi Jim,

    I'm now 64 and started this journey much the same as you. But now I'm stage 4 MRCC. Left kidney out in '06, 2 years later radiation for met to the spine, 2 years later adrenal out, now new met to other adrenal.

    Because we'd rather not lose the other adrenal I was started on Sutent, just off my first cycle, but I doubt that I'll be able to survive many cycles of that terrible stuff.

    I appreciate your post because it got me looking. A big help has been the info on the Canadian site http://www.medicorcancer.com

    My question is how long have you been using the DCA?

    I've pretty much switched over to a diet similar to yours. I will see the oncologist end of next week and intend to press for the pharmaceutical DCA as treatment for a mitochondrial malfunction, which, cancer apparently is. If I can't get it there then I'll use one of the online sites.
    Amazon even has it for crying out loud!

    I can't thank you enough for speaking up and demonstrating that we don't have to just sit back and let it happen. I, for one, am tired of the "Be strong and have faith in the doctors" approach. I want to do something dammit!

    After doing my homework it seems quite apparent that Big Pharma is subverting any attention and funding for DCA for obvious reasons. Sutent is $8800 per cycle. DCA is $100.

    I know there a lot of people out there grabbing at anything that offers even the shadow of a hope. But I think that in the case of DCA, if one isn't too far along already, we may have a substantial chance of at least some success. That's a hell of a lot more than I've had lately.

    Keep up the good fight.

    If there are those that are interested in how it goes for me let me know and I'll update as long as possible.

    Larry.
    Sandpoint, Idaho
  • Idaholar
    Idaholar Member Posts: 2
    #8
    Caution
    It turns out that Jim C is in the business of selling DCA.
    It's questionable as to whether or not he is actually a cancer suffer.
    Not to say that there isn't potential in DCA, BUT, one should proceed with caution.
  • jam66
    jam66 Member Posts: 55
    #9
    Idaholar said:

    Caution
    It turns out that Jim C is in the business of selling DCA.
    It's questionable as to whether or not he is actually a cancer suffer.
    Not to say that there isn't potential in DCA, BUT, one should proceed with caution.

    I was wondering when he
    I was wondering when he paired "strictly vegan" with cottage cheese.
  • Jim C
    Jim C Member Posts: 5
    #10
    Idaholar said:

    Caution
    It turns out that Jim C is in the business of selling DCA.
    It's questionable as to whether or not he is actually a cancer suffer.
    Not to say that there isn't potential in DCA, BUT, one should proceed with caution.

    DCA
    "It turns out" that Idaholar is lost and on the wrong discussion board. He actually has a brain tumor which has completely replaced his brain.

    It's questionable as to whether or not he is actually conscious.

    Not to say that there isn't potential for his soul, BUT, one should proceed with caution when admitting to taking DCA because a brainless zombie (who has no idea who you are) may claim if you are medicating yourself with a substance you must also be dealing in it.
  • Jim C
    Jim C Member Posts: 5
    #11
    jam66 said:

    I was wondering when he
    I was wondering when he paired "strictly vegan" with cottage cheese.

    No fat cottage cheese
    Yes, of course the cottage cheese is dairy and not vegan. It is inspired by the Budwig diet and is the only dairy I consume. I feel like such a phony, will you ever forgive me?

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