alternative treatments

Might help
Carrol

At 90 I would advise nothing extreme, you dont want any unecessary reactions/issues.

Green Tea, as much as she can drink and Melatonin (20mg) were recommended by a Professor here in the UK.

My partner has been on Blueberries since Dx also.

Nothing else to suggest, my partner has mets and had a terrible experience with a Phase 1 trial, but is now improving and was told today 'bloods excellent', not bad considering everything and no treatment for 5 months.

I would also suggest chakra meditation, after just 2 sessions my partner is more positive, relaxed and postively glowing, 3 weeks ago I was fearing he was in a downward spiral and never to level out, now I am thinking he can still beat this.

Carrol -

First off.... If there's a tumor that can be identified, why isn't there
an option to have it surgically removed? With cancer, surgery is the
single best way to remove it, anything else is "chancy"; it may work,
it may not work, with surgery, you know it's gone.

That aside.. Alternatives can be used to slow the growth of cancer,
but all alternatives take time to work. If the tumor is in a critical
area, and growing fast, there may not be time enough to make
good use of an alternative.

I was classed at a stage 4 in 2006, and I did not make use
of chemo or radiation after the initial surgery. I used medicinal
strength imported herbs, instead. I won't make any claims regarding
the validity of herbal compounds or if they work against cancer
or not.... I took them, and they are listed on my "personal page"
in the "blog" section. I'm still alive in spite of a very poor prognosis
back in 2006. That prognosis was based on -if- I took chemo.
The prognosis if I did not do chemo was -0-. The physicians
say I am very very lucky. If I did chemo, they would say that
I am still around "thanks to chemo"; 'nuff said ?

The average life expectancy in the USA is 78 years.
"Life Expectancy 2010"

At 66, I feel like I'm already on "borrowed time", but that aside,
if I do see 90, I won't be any less fearful, depressed, and totally
stressed of the thought of dying, than I am today. Age isn't a
prerequisite for death, anymore than wild youthful risk-taking.
Cancer however, is considered a terminal disease.

There will be others along (I just PM'd a couple) to help you
decide on an alternative route, although it's not really "your"
choice to make (?). But I would seek other qualified opinions
from surgeons outside of the present surgeon's group, organization,
or area, and find out why surgery isn't taking place to remove that
tumor.

Once there is no "hurry", explore the alternatives! Most appear to
work as well or better, than any toxic, carcinogenic chemical
does, and without the horrible side effects!

And -never- be afraid to ask any question at all, here! We're all
interested in helping others through this mess.

Best wishes to you and yours,

John

So sorry
Carrol,

I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom. If you read my story you will see that I did complementary/alternatives in 2004 and have had success thus far. You may want to find a local Naturopathic Doctor to help with getting her blood levels up, which will help boost her immune system.

Also read Anticancer, written by a doctor who got brain cancer, to see what else you can do. I juiced about 16 oz of 1/4 carrots, celery, beets, and cabbage twice a day but I had liver mets and a lung met. Juicing can really help get instant nutrients into her ASAP while taking stress off the liver since there will be no digestion needed (the liver finishes up what the stomach doesn't).

Essaic tea is good as has already been mentioned. I decided to eat all organic and totally got off white sugar and white flour. Almost 7 years later I still don't eat that nor do I eat any processed or fast foods.

Beating Cancer With Nutrition by Patrick Quillan is another good book about things other than chemo/radiation that you can do.

My best to you and your Mom! She is lucky to have you going to bat for her.

Lisa P.