Alternative Treatments?
I was diagnosed with Oropharyngeal cancer, primary BOT stage 4b HPV+ in August of 2016. I got 35 does of radiation and 8 doses of chemo from late Septermber 2016 to middle of November of that year. On August 2, 2018 based on my PET scan I was told that my cancer has recurred. My radiation onc., found a very good and sincere Surgical Onc. He is going to do a selective neck dissection plus necessary surgry on me on 9/25/18 to "take all the cancer out." It will be a 10 hours operation, and even after that my 2 year survival rate (Based on a paper that he gave me) will be 55%, which is better than half, but nothing to write to my familly about.
I was wondering if anyone knows about any alternative treatment. I am 69, and if I have a choice I don't want to be all cut up, just to live 2 more years.
Any help from someone who has had alternative treatment and it gave them a few years more will be greattly appreciated.
Mehrdad
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I have a family friend who
I have a family friend who just left for Old Mexico to get alternative treatment. I don't have information, but could ask him for what he found if you would like.
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It will be greatlymomall25ofu said:I have a family friend who
I have a family friend who just left for Old Mexico to get alternative treatment. I don't have information, but could ask him for what he found if you would like.
It will be greatly appreciated if you do so and let me know. How are you doing? Is your Abess Gone? Did you have a neck dissection?
Thanks
Take care?
Mehrdad
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Did you check with your friend?momall25ofu said:I have a family friend who
I have a family friend who just left for Old Mexico to get alternative treatment. I don't have information, but could ask him for what he found if you would like.
Hi,
My surgery is on 9/25/18. Did you have a chance to check with your friend?
Thanks a lot
Mehrad
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I’m trying to get her to
I’m trying to get her to reply. I’ll post as soon as she does.
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It’s her husband who has
It’s her husband who has cancer. They’ve gone to Mexico for the alternative treatment. I just texted her again. Hopefully she will answer soon.
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Mehrdad, she has not answered
Mehrdad, she has not answered. I’m sorry.
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Alternative Choices
I have been researching alternative cancer choices for about 15 years after my friend was diagnosed with cancer. He did many conventional treatments including radiation, chemo and surgery. He was told that there was a chance of his cancer coming back if they did not get it all. He then started several alternative therapies including diet change, cesium chloride? and budwig diet. Well, 15 years later he is still cancer free. Not sure if the alternative helped but they sure didn't hurt either. I have found a few websites over the years that have some great information on these alternatives. I hope some of these links are helpful
http://www.killcancercells.com/cesium_budwig/original_budwig/originalbudwig.html
http://alternativeprostatecancercure.com
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/why-alkaline-approach-can-successfully-treat-cancer
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Mehrdad, She finally got back
Mehrdad, She finally got back to me.
Dr. Patrick Vickers
Northern Baja Healing Center
Rosito, Mexico
I know it took awhile, i hope it can still help.
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Northern Baja Healing Center = Gerson Therapy CAREFUL
https://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/cancer.html
"Charlotte Gerson claims that treatment at the clinic has produced high cure rates for many cancers. In 1986, however, investigators learned that patients were not monitored after they left the facility [19]. Although clinic personnel later said they would follow their patients systematically, there is no published evidence that they have done so. Three naturpaths who visited the Gerson Clinic in 1983 were able to track 18 patients over a 5-year period (or until death) through annual letters or phone calls. At the 5-year mark, only one was still alive (but not cancer-free); the rest had succumbed to their cancer [20]."
https://edzardernst.com/2017/08/gerson-therapy-a-treatment-to-avoid-at-all-cost/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.3322/canjclin.40.4.252
https://www.healthworkscollective.com/gerson-nutritional-therapy-scams-and-pseudoscience/
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gerson_Therapy
"The Gerson Therapy or Gerson Method is a particularly dangerous form of cancer quackery invented by Dr. Max Gerson (1881-1959) which continues to be peddled by his daughter Charlotte. The Gersons claim that cancer is caused by "toxins" in food that create an imbalance of potassium and sodium in the body. The alleged method for "curing" this problem is an extremely low sodium-high potassium diet including lots of juiced raw and/or organic fruits and vegetables, massive amounts of vitamin supplements, and enemasof coffee, castor oil, hydrogen peroxide, or ozone.[1][2] This treatment is supposed to flush out the "toxins" and "repair" the liver. Most of the "research" supporting the therapy is in the form of case studies by Max Gerson. The National Cancer Institute reviewed some of his case studies and found the method to be ineffective.[3] Furthermore, the American Cancer Society has issued warnings that the method can be harmful and there have been reports of comas, seizures, and death resulting from extremely low sodium levels and imbalance of electrolytes in the patients undergoing the "therapy."[4]
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