Hi all! New to the site - glioblastoma

Some non-toxic things you can do which show promise

Jean,

In the interim, until you go  back for more treatment you might consider how you can supplement your care by diet and other means.   I've provided some video links below to a presentation by a Stanford trained oncologist and two researcher who have developed overlapping non toxic therapies that appear promissing. 

There has been limited clinical testing and some small trials which indicate that low carbohydrate diets, restricted ketogetic diets in some cases, and short term fasting can lower side effects of chemo and radiation and may have a growth stunting effect on the cancer.       

Oncologist - Dr. Lemanne provides a good overveiw and some of the findings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_diITmOeCM

Professor Seyfried has been studying the metabolism of cancer for years.  His refined technique, Press-Pulse, is explained starting at about 13 minutes:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TZnjC7SR_w 

Professor Longo is doing important work applying limited fasting regimes to cancer treatments.   Here, he explains some of the background research:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ame4E1rtE

In summary - 

Carbohydrate restriction (no simple carbs and sugary foods) is the base.  Also, moderate to low protein 

More agressive diets use much lower carbohydrates and supplement calories with quality fats.

Limited fasting for 2 or 3 days leading into treatment may lower side effects, allow for lower doses of chemo and radiation, and make chemo and radiation more effective.  Fasting can be done with small amounts of food totaling around 700 calories per day (of which 50% is fat). This appears to work very well with radiation treatments.  

Avoid high protein.  Avoid excess calories.

Adding hyperbaric oxygen treatment along with glutamine inhibitor to treatment may further kill off cancer.  

The big advantage to all of these options is that they are non-toxic. They can be done with some hope that they will slow cancer growth and make you feel better.  Or they can be done with reduced chemoand radiation dosage

NOTE TO ALL:  I just realized that Jean made this post in 2004 and her last post in 2008.    But I will leave my post in case it's of help to anyone.   Hope she is OK.