Naturopaths

daylady

Naturopathic Believer!

I have posted several times about using a naturopath.  I was diagnosed Stage IV UPSC and had surgery, chemo, and brachytherapy.  But the cancer came back before my hair!  The second round of "conventional" therapy (DOXIL) damn near killed me.  After that I went to a Board Certified Naturopathic oncologist and have been working with both her and my conventional oncologist ever since.  Some days I feel like I am getting up and saving my own life one day at a time, but I have never looked back.  My ND has me on supplements, mistletoe injections, and low dose naltrexone as well.  I have been doing the mistletoe injections and the supplements for the whole year I have been on Avastin and we could almost track the improvement of my CT scans to the increase in misetletoe dosage over the course of the year.  Now the Avastin is causing HBP and so if my scan on Aug. 2nd comes back good, my oncologist wants me to quit Avastin and take a break from conventional treatment.  I am with Kaiser and while they don't cover naturopathy, they have kept an open mind and I have had no problems working with both.