Excited Oncologist.......

2bhealed
2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hey all you Semi-colons!!

I want to share some news and thoughts with you all.....

First of all, my 4 year tests on Monday went well. I continue to have my affair with NED. Dang he's good! :-) He's sticking by me and that feels GREAT!! But I work really really hard at this relationship and I am happy that he and I are a team.

I have to tell you about my oncologist. First of all I love the guy. He has always been so kind to me even though I would not do what he wanted me to do......and that was the adjuvant chemo.

(for those who do not know me I was Stage 3 lymph pos and said NO WAY to chemo. It doesn't line up with my healing philosophy and how the body deals with disease so it would have been counterproductive for me to have done it. Plus not one person--no one-- in my family ever lived after having chemo).

Anyway, every time I saw my onc he would tell me, "Emily, do the chemo." And I would just look at him and smile and say, "No thank you."

He doesn't tell me to do the chemo anymore.

Two and half years ago HE was diagnosed with colon cancer! I gave him a book list of alternative healing cures of cancer and he read them!! And he started juicing!! And he told me that JUICING WORKS!!

So when I went to see him on Monday after my testing (at my clinic you get the results the same day) he was SOOOO excited and all he wanted to talk about was my juicing and how much I drink a day and what do I put in it etc etc etc......

We high fived and hugged and now I don't see him for a year. He's talking cured.

Then yesterday I was talking to a guy I know who owns a greenhouse. His MIL just found out she has colon cancer. So we got to talking and of course I was telling him about the route I took that has kept me healthy for 4 years without all the chemo rigamarole of mets and recurrences and peripheral neuropathy or the fear of secondary cancers or kidney and heart damage. He told me a wonderful analogy of healthy vs diseased.

He is currently growing those Christmas flowers (what the heck are they called?). They were using some new soil and the flowers were looking terrible. He kept dumping more fertilizer on them and they kept getting worse and worse. the more fertilizer he put on them the worse they got. Well everyone thinks fertilizer is supposed to do the trick. But it wasn't.

He finally tested the soil pH and found out the new soil was waaaay too acid and the fertilizer was making it even MORE acid. Life cannot be sustained in an acid state. Disease takes over in an acid state.

He adjusted the pH of the soil and the plants have never looked better!

Poinsettas! That's it.

Cancer grows in an acid state. It cannot grow in an alkaline body.

There are certain foods and drugs that are acid producing and certain foods that are alkalizing.

(A good example is the macrobiotic approach)

Just like the flowers, our bodies need a balanced pH to bloom and stay healthy.

If you're dumping garbage like sugar and pop and cakes and pudding and Ensure and alcohol and meat and white flours and white rices and antibiotics and psychotropics and coffee and ice cream and aspartame (NutriSweet) and processed cheese and diet sodas into your body then you are feeding your cancer. It's that simple.

If your doctor pooh-poohs dietary issues then please find a naturopathic doctor who can guide you into optimal health and cure that cancer.

Don't believe them when they say there isn't a cure for cancer. There is.

Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food. Hippocrates said that and he knew what he was talking about.

I just gotta share this with y'all. How many of us don't have time to lose to keep putting this off. Toss out the garbage and take control of your health.

Anyway, if my oncologist is excited about juicing and diet for HIS colon cancer and he practices at a world-renowned medical center, then isn't it worth seriously researching and doing??

I pray for everyone's health here. Every day. Before my feet hit the floor.

peace, emily who will not stop sharing the good news of health until she takes her last breath

Comments

  • tkd3g
    tkd3g Member Posts: 767
    #2
    Hey Em.

    Fantastic post. Keep on tell us,and maybe we can form a movement. You guys remember that song " Alices Restaurant? If one person, then two then three, pretty soon it's everyone.

    I'm on board. Not always as strict as I'd like, but everytime I read a post like this, I get back at it.

    I think you and your doc should do some studies and write a paper. Our Emily. Maybe you could win a Noble "Peace" Prize!!

    Keep at it Em.

    Love ya,

    Barb
  • kangatoo
    kangatoo Member Posts: 2,105 Member
    #3
    Dear Emily.....it has been a sad week. I am sure all of us here were saddened to hear that Linda's Scott passed away. I can tell you without reservation that there were genuine tears shed in this household. So many battles have raged since I came here 2 years ago seeking support. Some of those battles have been sadly lost.
    And yet dear Emily....there are so many that continue to beat this crap! You are one of those who have helped all here in every possible way. I have no doubt that Scott, Kris, Bob, Lisa(Fitlisa) and Judy fought very hard. Unfortunately it was time for them to leave us and we grieved together. You have proven with others here that there is always hope. We love you for your courage and determination to choose the way in which you continue to prove the experts and statistics wrong. Congratulations Emily. You are a part of our lives that inpires hope for all.
    luv and huggs, Ross and Jen
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #4
    tkd3g said:

    Hey Em.

    Fantastic post. Keep on tell us,and maybe we can form a movement. You guys remember that song " Alices Restaurant? If one person, then two then three, pretty soon it's everyone.

    I'm on board. Not always as strict as I'd like, but everytime I read a post like this, I get back at it.

    I think you and your doc should do some studies and write a paper. Our Emily. Maybe you could win a Noble "Peace" Prize!!

    Keep at it Em.

    Love ya,

    Barb

    hey barb!

    are you talking about Arlo Guthrie's song? Have you ever seen the movie? :-)

    This is a process one day at a time. Just keep keeping on!!

    It just pains me when I read about mets or recurrences and I get so gosh darn mad at the medical establishment b/c they hardly give a rat's hinder about HEALING the body. They manage medicine. They are darn good at that.

    Western medicine has much to learn. But many don't have time to waste.

    Their cancer may be active right now and they are told to just do more of the chemo......but are they told that their bodies may be malnourished or out of balance? Well, not at the cancer clinic in Maplewood, Minnesota.....they're just given donuts cuz they're told they need to keep their calories up. Unbelieveable. So if these doctors are feeding the cancer while dumping toxic chemicals into these already vulnerable diseased bodies....I am amazed that anyone survives chemo. I really am.

    Ok gotta get off the soapbox and get back to school here.

    peace, emily who hopes for a day when nutritional approaches are first and foremost used in healing practices rather than when all other venues are exhausted....and the body is struggling to survive.
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #5
    kangatoo said:

    Dear Emily.....it has been a sad week. I am sure all of us here were saddened to hear that Linda's Scott passed away. I can tell you without reservation that there were genuine tears shed in this household. So many battles have raged since I came here 2 years ago seeking support. Some of those battles have been sadly lost.
    And yet dear Emily....there are so many that continue to beat this crap! You are one of those who have helped all here in every possible way. I have no doubt that Scott, Kris, Bob, Lisa(Fitlisa) and Judy fought very hard. Unfortunately it was time for them to leave us and we grieved together. You have proven with others here that there is always hope. We love you for your courage and determination to choose the way in which you continue to prove the experts and statistics wrong. Congratulations Emily. You are a part of our lives that inpires hope for all.
    luv and huggs, Ross and Jen

    hey kanga and jen!

    thanks SOOOO much for the phone call. It made my day! :-)

    Thank you for tipping me off to Linda's post on Scott. I was out of town and have not had much time lately to be on here and have not been able to catch up on everyone's posts.

    Well as for proving the "experts" wrong....that depends on who you are calling an expert. I was told one time that anyone who is going though something is really the "expert". You are an expert on cancer because YOU have had it. But the "experts" I listen to are the ones who are healing and curing cancer without megaconglomerate pharmaceuticals and many have had to keep a low profile because they are deemed "quacks" or run out of town. But these professionals are having successes curing cancer with patients willing to take control of their bodies and health. Not all make it on both sides. Granted. Sometimes it's too little too late.

    But as far as I'm concerned....EVERYONE on this board is an expert!!! :-)

    And for proving the stats wrong.....I LOVE a challenge!! It's the competitor in me. :-)

    ok hon, thanks again. You and Jen are wonderful caring folks and I am happy that you both are part of this amazing community!!

    peace, emily who will never give up hope ever
  • tkd3g
    tkd3g Member Posts: 767
    #6
    2bhealed said:

    hey barb!

    are you talking about Arlo Guthrie's song? Have you ever seen the movie? :-)

    This is a process one day at a time. Just keep keeping on!!

    It just pains me when I read about mets or recurrences and I get so gosh darn mad at the medical establishment b/c they hardly give a rat's hinder about HEALING the body. They manage medicine. They are darn good at that.

    Western medicine has much to learn. But many don't have time to waste.

    Their cancer may be active right now and they are told to just do more of the chemo......but are they told that their bodies may be malnourished or out of balance? Well, not at the cancer clinic in Maplewood, Minnesota.....they're just given donuts cuz they're told they need to keep their calories up. Unbelieveable. So if these doctors are feeding the cancer while dumping toxic chemicals into these already vulnerable diseased bodies....I am amazed that anyone survives chemo. I really am.

    Ok gotta get off the soapbox and get back to school here.

    peace, emily who hopes for a day when nutritional approaches are first and foremost used in healing practices rather than when all other venues are exhausted....and the body is struggling to survive.

    Indeed I am. And no, I haven't seen the movie. Is it any good?

    I agree with you, Em. But, it's gonna take a lot for people to put down the drugs and start eating correctly. It sounds obsurd (sp?), but that is how most of society thinks. Oh, the doctor tells me this is the only thing to do, I'd better do it.

    Paging Doctor Emily...Doctor Emily we've got a burst blueberry vein in room 3 and a carrot/spinach iv started in room 4.

    Barb :)
  • tkd3g
    tkd3g Member Posts: 767
    #7
    tkd3g said:

    Indeed I am. And no, I haven't seen the movie. Is it any good?

    I agree with you, Em. But, it's gonna take a lot for people to put down the drugs and start eating correctly. It sounds obsurd (sp?), but that is how most of society thinks. Oh, the doctor tells me this is the only thing to do, I'd better do it.

    Paging Doctor Emily...Doctor Emily we've got a burst blueberry vein in room 3 and a carrot/spinach iv started in room 4.

    Barb :)

    here's the verse:

    Of course, we'd have to change it to Emily's Blueberry Patch. And it would be Emily's Blueberry Patch Anti-Chemo Movement....

    "And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a
    study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm
    singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
    situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
    situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into
    the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say "Shrink, You can get
    anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if
    one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
    they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
    they may think they're both **** and they won't take either of them.
    And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
    singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
    organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
    fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
    walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

    And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
    all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
    guitar."

    I love that song.

    Barb
  • kangatoo
    kangatoo Member Posts: 2,105 Member
    #8
    2bhealed said:

    hey kanga and jen!

    thanks SOOOO much for the phone call. It made my day! :-)

    Thank you for tipping me off to Linda's post on Scott. I was out of town and have not had much time lately to be on here and have not been able to catch up on everyone's posts.

    Well as for proving the "experts" wrong....that depends on who you are calling an expert. I was told one time that anyone who is going though something is really the "expert". You are an expert on cancer because YOU have had it. But the "experts" I listen to are the ones who are healing and curing cancer without megaconglomerate pharmaceuticals and many have had to keep a low profile because they are deemed "quacks" or run out of town. But these professionals are having successes curing cancer with patients willing to take control of their bodies and health. Not all make it on both sides. Granted. Sometimes it's too little too late.

    But as far as I'm concerned....EVERYONE on this board is an expert!!! :-)

    And for proving the stats wrong.....I LOVE a challenge!! It's the competitor in me. :-)

    ok hon, thanks again. You and Jen are wonderful caring folks and I am happy that you both are part of this amazing community!!

    peace, emily who will never give up hope ever

    Em...after I spoke to you I went off to bed to get some zzzz's. Jen woke up and we talked about you guys n gals. We talked about the bond we have. We talked about how incredible it is to be so far away from you all and yet we have this special...and it is that...very special "love" for each other. Maybe I am a non-macho sentimentalist but the tears really do flow here. There is this vast distance between us. When Jen sees me get a bit emotional she really understands how I feel about the bond we share here on CSN. She knows most of you because I tell her how you are all doing...the good..and the bad. She knows that for 2 years you all have shared a part of our lives.
    ......ok....so I get a bit soppy sometimes...but it confirms that we care.
    huggs, Ross and Jen
    Jen thinks you are all so wonderfull!
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #9
    tkd3g said:

    here's the verse:

    Of course, we'd have to change it to Emily's Blueberry Patch. And it would be Emily's Blueberry Patch Anti-Chemo Movement....

    "And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a
    study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm
    singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
    situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
    situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into
    the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say "Shrink, You can get
    anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if
    one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
    they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
    they may think they're both **** and they won't take either of them.
    And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
    singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
    organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
    fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
    walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

    And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
    all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
    guitar."

    I love that song.

    Barb

    yeah but you gotta say it like massacreeee!

    HAHAHAHHA

    I needed this! Thanks for making me lighten up my friend! :-)

    YOU GOTTA SEE THE MOVIE!!

    I loved the carrot juice IV! I am soooo there!

    Oh gosh I am sitting up here in my loft office/bedroom laughing my hinder off! (or maybe some of those 10 coconut pounds! haha)

    I wonder if Arlo would come up with some good lyrics for my Anti-chemo Massacreeee Movement.

    peace, emily whose hubby is a total Woody Guthrie man....and therefore we like Arlo too!
  • Kanort
    Kanort Member Posts: 1,272 Member
    #10
    Thanks, Emily. Your posts are always so informative. I can't wait to meet you person.

    Congratulations on your great test results. CURED sounds even better than NED!!!

    Kay
  • Rosesoph
    Rosesoph Member Posts: 5
    #11
    Hi 2bhealed:

    I'm new to this board. My 78 y/o father was
    recently diagnosed Stage 3 colon cancer with 3 out of 16 lymph nodes positive. However his abdominal CT scan done a week ago is clear of metastasis. I went with him to the oncologist the first time last Fri = 10/7. My father is
    a very active 78 and still works. He absolutely HATES the idea of IV Chemo esp. via the 46 hr portable pump. I mentioned the use of Xeloda to the oncologist and he blurted out, it's NOT approved for Stage 3. But, it is (was approved for Stage 3 back in June '05). We live in a city where there are ONLY 2 oncology specialty clinics.
    We may be going to a Medical Center about 50miles away to get a second opinion. I have to laugh when they say you should go to the oncology appt. with lots of questions. But they have their
    "sales pitch" down pat and that's just what it is in my opinion. Anyway, I am very curious about
    your alternative/complementary regimen you've been pursuing. I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE if you could email me your program because I'm a firm believer in them more so than chemotherapy.
    The oncologist just shut me off when I asked him about complementary treatment. I want to steer my father to the BEST treatment for him which I'm not sure it does or does not include chemotherapy. Thanks for your kind reply ahead of time !
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #12
    Rosesoph said:

    Hi 2bhealed:

    I'm new to this board. My 78 y/o father was
    recently diagnosed Stage 3 colon cancer with 3 out of 16 lymph nodes positive. However his abdominal CT scan done a week ago is clear of metastasis. I went with him to the oncologist the first time last Fri = 10/7. My father is
    a very active 78 and still works. He absolutely HATES the idea of IV Chemo esp. via the 46 hr portable pump. I mentioned the use of Xeloda to the oncologist and he blurted out, it's NOT approved for Stage 3. But, it is (was approved for Stage 3 back in June '05). We live in a city where there are ONLY 2 oncology specialty clinics.
    We may be going to a Medical Center about 50miles away to get a second opinion. I have to laugh when they say you should go to the oncology appt. with lots of questions. But they have their
    "sales pitch" down pat and that's just what it is in my opinion. Anyway, I am very curious about
    your alternative/complementary regimen you've been pursuing. I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE if you could email me your program because I'm a firm believer in them more so than chemotherapy.
    The oncologist just shut me off when I asked him about complementary treatment. I want to steer my father to the BEST treatment for him which I'm not sure it does or does not include chemotherapy. Thanks for your kind reply ahead of time !

    Hi there,

    I emailed you here. Hope you got it.

    Weclome. Sorry about your father. Sounds like a trooper though.

    I am assuming he had a successful resection?

    Definitely go for the second opinion. But I would also look for a Naturopathic Doctor in your area to help you in the Alternative Medicine arena.

    There are plenty of resources for researching....books, websites....but to have someone direct and guide you is indespensible.

    Being that colon cancer is 80% dietary related it makes sense to start there.

    But I would avoid most hospital dieticians. Again, looking to a Naturopath who is well versed in cancer healing nutrition is better.

    A great book to start with is Beating Cancer With Nutrition by Patrick Quillin.

    there are many....

    peace, emily

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