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I'm doing a Natural approach instead of Radiation and Chemo... is anyone else doing this too?

CindyHeadley
CindyHeadley CSN Member Posts: 16 Member

I said NO to radiation and NO to Chemo and am doing a Natural approach... has anyone or is anyone doing this too?

I had a lumpectomy this past April and had three lymph nodes taken out. The lymph nodes were fine. The cancerous lump was around 1" in size and was a triple positive. After a bunch of research and a divine encounter I said NO to radiation and NO to chemo. The doctors wanted me to do chemo for 12 rounds. I started seeing a Naturopath and a Nutrionist. The Naturopath told me that every woman she was treating was deficient in Vitamin D and for me to get that level checked. Turns out I too was Vit D deficient. A lack of Vit D has been linked to cancer including increasing the risk of aggressive cancers. Being deficient in Iodine and Vit E is also linked to breast cancers. In addition to checking my vitamins and minerals I started to eat a more vegetable diet and stayed away from foods that would contribute to the positive proteins.

Is anyone else out there doing a natural/alternative approach instead of radiation and chemo???? I would love to have someone else to talk with. I feel great and have set my body up to NOT be a good environment for cancer. 

Comments

  • Hondo
    Hondo CSN Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    Hi Cindy

     

    Wow that is good news, I was not so lucky or I was just ignorant of natural cancer treatments when I had NPC back in 2002. It came back in 2004 and I had treated it again with no luck because it came back again in 2006 and I was told by my doctor I would only live 6 to 12 months. He wanted me to do more Chemo but I said no, no more treatment and did a natural herbal treatment in 2006 and I am here today 10 years later. Read my story on my all about me page.

     

     Glad to have you with us   

     

    Tim Hondo

     

  • xcancer
    xcancer CSN Member Posts: 11
    Vitamin D And going Natural

    Everyone must make there own decision. But What ever that decision is, research and make sure it makes sense. I would't just do it because it feels right. That surely is the easiest thing to do but might not be the best. For instance, Vitamin D has a very weak effect on cancer. For general health Vitamin D would be very important. It might even help with recurrance but it is to early to tell with data so far. But for active cancer or as a treatment, it just isnt strong enough. So figure out what is going to keep your cancer in check. If your naturopath tells you it's this, that, and the other thing. Find research that supports it. Otherwise your putting your life blindly in someone else's hand. I have personally seen something similar go bad and just wanted to give you another side of the picture. 

     

    And just to give you more info on Vitamin D so you can make your own judgment. Here You go.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9598513

    http://www.cancermind.com/vitamin-d-cancer-connection/

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26408324

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26408720

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26404953

    Hope that helps 

     

  • Hondo
    Hondo CSN Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    Vitamin D

     

    Living in a tropical garden for 3 months a year should store up a lot of Vitamin D or I sure hope it does. I try my best to make sure I can get all the Vitamin C I can with fresh fruit and then sit back in the sun shine and soke up some on Vitamin D. The way I see it, it can’t hurt anything.

    Tim

     

  • Hondo
    Hondo CSN Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    edited July 2016 #5
    Awod

     

    You are very correct, is been 10 years now and I still see my ENT every 3 to 6 months. It is not some much a recurring cancer she is worried about as it is radiation damage that seems to keep getting worse.

     

    Welcome to CSN hope you stay

     

    Tim

     

  • Aanchal Kanodia
    Aanchal Kanodia CSN Member Posts: 20
    Hondo said:

    Awod

     

    You are very correct, is been 10 years now and I still see my ENT every 3 to 6 months. It is not some much a recurring cancer she is worried about as it is radiation damage that seems to keep getting worse.

     

    Welcome to CSN hope you stay

     

    Tim

     

    Hi Hondo,

    Hi Hondo,

    If you are still actve here can you please tell me what course of medical treatment are you undergoing?

  • hershykel
    hershykel CSN Member Posts: 3 Member
    edited October 2020 #7
    Trying natural and chemo

    How did it go Cindy?  

  • BSchil
    BSchil CSN Member Posts: 1 *

    Hi Cindy! Wondering where you are in your journey. My partner was recently diagnosed with early stage breast cancer and scheduled for bilateral mastectomy in two weeks! I am very much a fan of a more natural approach to healing through nutrition, etc. etc... so wondering how you are doing all these years after your initial post.

  • John15_16
    John15_16 CSN Member Posts: 6 *

    I was diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer in the left breast in 2002. I also rejected chemo, radiation, HRT treatment; but I did do the lumpectomy in 2002. I was told I had a 15% survival rate. I didn't do much of a lifestyle change physically, but I did spiritually from the very first time, I was told I had cancer. I knew that my Father never forsaken me, and it is His grace that I'm still here 23 years later since my first diagnose in 2002. I know physically, I should change to a healthier lifestyle, I'll get there, you keep doing what you're doing, keep your faith in God, and His guidance. I had a bi-lateral mastectomy in 2017, still with no chemo, radiation, and HRT. October 2025 I was told I have metastatic lung cancer stage 4, with possible six months survival rate with no treatment, and with treatment maybe 5 years. I'm fine, I chose not to do treatment. No worries, God's guidance and provision always made me more than a conqueror, through Christ Jesus'. God uses doctors, medicine, standard or natural treatment, prayers and our faith. Your choice is natural treatment, mines is God's Salvation for the world, His Son, Christ Jesus. John 3:16, 15:16, Mark 11:24 and Proverbs 3:5-6. God bless your journey.