I said NO to radiation and NO to Chemo and am doing a Natural approach... has anyone else done this?

CindyHeadley said:

Thanks everyone. Yep, I'm

Thanks everyone. Yep, I'm trying to find people that have done alternative methods that's why I posted this. I know a few that are doing a more natural approach and they are doing well years later. I just thought I'd see if there where any here in this group doing an alternative method right now.

Oh my... triple positive? The first two of those are estrogen and progesterone. No one has mentioned the need for estrogen blockers? I'm new to this cancer thing...and don't know all that much. But that warrants more questions from you to the docs. IMHO.

CindyHeadley said:

FYI: I responded to several

FYI: I responded to several of the above comments... just look for the "new" comments.

Love and Light,

Cindy 

Oh, honey, reading your posts is very distressing to me, and I don't even know you.  A one-inch tumor? That's gigantic. And HER+ is also scary. 

From the ACS site: 

"HER2/neu testing

"About 1 of 5 breast cancers have too much of a growth-promoting protein called HER2/neu (often just shortened to HER2). The HER2/neu gene instructs the cells to make this protein. Tumors with increased levels of HER2/neu are referred to as HER2-positive.

"Cancers that are HER2-positive have too many copies of the HER2/neu gene, resulting in greater than normal amounts of the HER2/neu protein. These cancers tend to grow and spread more aggressively than other breast cancers."

Why not do everything possible to minimize your chances of a recurrence, including alternative AND traditional treatment? BTW, Vitamin D deficiency is rampant in the general population...it's one of the most common Vitamin deficiencies. (My doc also put me on Vit D pills.) There have been articles about it. Some think it's related to our modern, aggressive use of sunscreen. Vitamin D pills are not going to protect you from a recurrence. But do take them. Chemo might not either, but there's a lot of supporting evidence for it, research-based as well as anecdotal. 

After my husband, a previous boyfriend, and another good friend died within two years of each other (the latter two men from cancer), I coined the expression, "Sometimes you do everything right and they still die." But why not throw everything in the book at this? 

Have you heard this story? http://storiesforpreaching.com/i-sent-you-a-rowboat/

Just my 2 cents. 

Everyone has to make their own decision. I've heard many, many survival stories that involved chemo and radiation. I've heard of just one that went the natural path, and it was colon cancer not breast. I truly wish you the best of luck, but if what you're doing isn't working, please reconsider before it's too late.

GlowMore said:

CindyHeadley

Would you please do us all a favor and keep posting so we can hear how you are doing as you go forward on your journey with the Vitamins and diet treatment for Breast Cancer? And if possible ...should you become ill would you please have a friend of yours let us know what has happened should you not be able to post later on?   And would you please go and fill in the Home Page for the rest of us to try to understand your decision and your diagnosis?  Thanks....I wish you the best and send you prayers for strength and courage.  Glo

I believe you can make your body as healthy as possible & it may help prevent cancer. But, once cancer does grow it's mutant cells, they need to be killed & vitamins & eating healthy etc cannot kill cancer cells. With you being triple positive, even a couple of microscopic cancer cells will be feeding off your hormones & growing. Especially the HER. I see that you are doing this based on your religious beliefs. Keep an open mind.

Hi Cindy,

I have a similar situation to you and am dealing with it the same as you!  Lumpectomy late January - estrogen positive, clear lymph nodes.  I was told radiation followed by a hormone inhibitor (Letrozole) would be the follow-up treatment.  I felt my body did not want or need radiation.  I have a good immune system and did not want to mess with it!  So I started to read and research. The result - I now see a Naturopath, have changed my diet, will do a detox twice a year and will continue to build a strong immune system. I also had a Vitamin D test and now take vitamin d.  I have cut out sugar and processed food from my diet, eat lots of cancer-fighting foods such as cruciferous vegetables, turmeric, green tea....  I feel great and have lost weight - a bonus!. I meditate and exercise regularly (at least try to!)  I just know this is the best route for me.  I've learned a great deal, but two things really surprised me:

1) I saw two oncologists - neither asked any questions about my lifestyle - nutrition, exercise, stress, emotional wellbeing, etc.  I understand they are taught very little on these subjects in their training and yet, to me, they are really important components of health and wellbeing. 

2) Most research studies are done on pharmaceuticals and very little on nautral or alternative treatments...... and yet there are lots of success stories there.

As has been said in many posts - you need to do what feels right for you, but I also feel doing some of your own research can be beneficial.  I know where you're coming from Cindy - I wish you all the best.

p.s. forgot to mention - I'm a 70-year old and live in Canada.

I was diagnosed with BC in 2012. Since then, with a whole-foods, plant-based diet, I actually became healthier than ever before. However, after sliding off the diet a bit last fall (eating some meats & fats), I endured 3 months of recurring pain in back and ribs. Just diagnosed last night that the cancer has spread to my bones (spine). Not sure what I will be doing from here...Still looking for answers. 

button2 said:

Most of them are NOT doing well

I disapprove of alternative medicine unless it's for simple things like quitting smoking or losing weight. I believe in science. I think the Internet is SO full of bogus stories with people trying to make money from sick people that you just can't believe anything anymore. I did every single thing (surgery, chemo, rads) the doctor ordered and am still here three years later. Unfortunately, many people who denied themselves treatment are not. I eat well and exercise, but I believe what saved me was the oncologists. If you rely on alternative methods, what you are doing is not getting treatment at all. I'm sure you disagree with me, but this is how I feel. I wish you good luck going forward however....

 

I TOTALLY agree. I had a very good friend who went to a reiki specialist and then her chiropractor son. HE told her he could cure her. I was LIVID. guess what? She's dead. She decided too late to finally see a REAL dr but it was too late.