Chemo and Immune System Question

Carrie -

It's a great question, and you will get many answers!

I never did chemo or radiation, I did Traditional Chinese Medicine,
and used imported medicinal strength herbs for my fight. You can
read my blog for info.

No modality is guaranteed to work when it comes to cancer,
but I believe as you do, and as several billions other do, that
weakening the immune system is counterproductive to curing
anything.

The oncologists will take a person off chemical therapy if there
is a sign of immune system weakening. They tell you up-front,
that a weakened immune system will allow cancer to grow.

So Carrie, your feelings are not without warrant; or silly or dumb,
and are the same question asked by people in the industry.

Unfortunately, the fear of having cancer overwhelms the basic
instincts for survival of most of those afflicted. Since the propaganda
of the industry's quest for business survival manages to take
precedence to common sense, cancer patients believe whatever
they are told to believe; the fear is that great.

There are other ways to fight cancer without fighting your own
body. Taking large doses of carcinogenic chemicals (chemo) in an
effort to kill cancer cells, really isn't the most sensible thing to do
under normal circumstances.

If you have a tumor that is about to kill you, or about to invade
an area that will surely kill you, then using whatever will stop
the tumor as fast as it can, is necessary. Surgery, chemical therapy
and radiation can do that faster than most "alternatives".

But there are other methods that can also be as fast as surgery.
RF ablation, freezing and/or heating the tumor directly.... there
are many other new developments that can knock down a tumor
directly, without damaging the immune system the way chemo
and radiation does.

The killing ability of radiation and chemicals isn't questioned,
it's the inability of the modalities to target cancer cells in any
precise manner. Both modalities can target a tumor, but small
clusters of cancer cells (and single cells) can not be distinguished
from good cells with present technology.

The best targeting of single cells is our own immune system. And
it's the one thing that we were all given; that we were all provided
with at birth (if not before). We were all given the basic instincts
for survival; the intuition of how to remain alive. All animals have it,
all living creatures have it, even plant life has it, only they listen to it,
instead of the hyperbole of an industry watching it's bottom line.

Take care of stopping a dangerous tumor whatever way is safest
and without the most serious side effects (your colorectal surgeon
can usually tell you what's what better, than an oncologist can).

If there isn't a tumor or fast advances to an area that will certainly
kill you, then I would suggest an "alternative" to radical chemical
or radiation treatments.

I chose TCM because of it's nearly four thousand year-old history
of success in all other health concerns (cancer included). The TCM
practice remains being used in some of the finest Asian hospitals;
it is not something to make light of, although you'll find mockery of
it on many forums.

Do not allow fear to guide you; use your gift of self-survival instincts.

Remember mom and dad's advice? "If it doesn't seem right, don't do it"?

"Trust thyself"

My best wishes for you,

John