Good News & Bad News on Family Cancers

I like to start with good news first (of course). Since removing of the scar tissue in my brothers colon, he again has returned to better health. He’s gained weight back and is beginning to look like himself. He’s become much more active (even playing volleyball).

There’s still a long process of healing for him to again go through another surgery to re-connect everything again, but in the meantime he is managing everything quite well and his spirit is good.

Now the bad news:

Two weeks ago, I was informed by my siblings that my dad (93 years old), was rushed to the hospital due to unbearable pain in his chest. Of course, your first thoughts are “a heart attack”.

After extensive testing and x-rays, it was found that he has two spots on his right lung. They think it might be cancer and that is what’s causing his pain.

The doctors feel because of his age surgery would not be an option anyways. So there’s no real way to determine if the spots are cancer or not without a biopsy, but they were suggesting radiation.

My dad, being the age he is, has refused any type of surgery or mainstream medical treatment. He said he has lead a long and healthy life up to this point and can see no reason to go through all those arduous procedures at this time.

He has stated to the family, a number of times, that he is tired and is ready to go.

The good news:

My older sister has made him some of the Essiac tea and he takes a shot glass full three times a day. We will see, as time goes on, whether this helps him or not…I believe it will but time will tell.

They also have him on some form of steroids to deal with the pain, although it was found that he also had some kind of infection, and once the medication for that kicked in and cleared up the infection, he was doing much better as far as pain management.

It is his belief that once the pain is manageable, he will wean himself off the steroids gradually to see if the pain comes back…if not, he’ll stop the steroids (which I’m all for).

It should be understood that this wonderful man still lives by himself and at this point, doesn’t always eat the way he should. If there is someone there to make him meals….he’ll eat! But most of the time, since it’s just himself, he won’t take the time or effort, to prepare himself a meal.

My sister who lives by him, does make sure when she cooks, she also makes a plate for him and usually drops it off to him (almost daily). But that’s one meal a day…and he should be eating more than that. So, needless to say, the majority of the time he’s just eating one meal a day!

I love him dearly and at this point, respect whatever way he chooses to address his health.

The good news:

My younger sister with the breast cancer is doing well after having gone through all the chemo and radiation (at this point). Her hair is growing back and she has a good outlook on life. Hopefully, it will not return Only time will tell. She has not adjusted her diet, so she still is eating all the unhealthy stuff.

My older sister who has had two breast cancers and thyroid cancer, at this point, is still going strong. Although she makes sure to get more veggies and fruits in her diet, she still has far too many unhealthy food choices. I believe, had she made conscientious food choices after the first cancer surgery, there would have been a good chance she would not have gone through a second and third surgery. Remember…these surgeries (second and third), were within five years of each other.

Well, that’s my update for now, and I continue to gently inform them of their “bad” choices and what they should be doing to increase their chances of not having the cancer return. That’s all I can do…the rest is up to them. I love them all!

Gardisil/HPV – Cervical Cancer – Red Algae

I’ve given myself time to calm down on this one (I think)! It is the most disturbing thing to me since it has to do with what pulls at our heartstrings the most…our children. How often, as you’re watching TV do you see the commercials for Gardisil telling you to protect your children from cervical cancer, have them vaccinated with Gardisil? They can be “one less” in contracting the human papillomavirus (HPV) by getting vaccinated.

This is a flagrant scare tactic targeted at our most prized assets! Have you also seen the statistics for what could go wrong with this vaccination? Did you know that over 40 percent of the population that gets vaccinated could also get cervical cancer because of it? Did you know that according to the AMA (American Medical Association), most HPV is eradicated on its own by your own body and time? Did you know that the FDA knew all of this before approving the vaccine?

Want to read and see the proof for yourself? Read this report, The Great HPV Hoax.
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, has done a stupendous job of presenting the facts, and the cover-up that has been done on this vaccine. You can even watch a video he did on YouTube at:
Gardisil HPV Vaccine Exposed

One of the original researchers for this vaccine has said it is a grave injustice that this is being promoted for girls as young as 9 years old! It was and should only be considered for women 18 years and older. Why would you vaccinate your 9 year old if you know that she is not sexually active?

Prior to becoming sexually active, it would be advised that you have a frank discussion with your daughter in regards to HPV. One scientific study has shown that a lubricant with a seaweed extract called “carrageenan” can prevent human papillomavirus (HPV).

This seaweed extract strongly inhibits the virus from attaching to human cells.

Carrageenan is a potent inhibitor of papillomavirus infection.

Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

This lubricant can be bought at most drug stores for pennies on the dollar compared to the costs of the series of vaccinations and would be much safer to use since we don’t know exactly what the long-term affects of the vaccines will be. Why has this not been on your local television station?

Please take the time to study both sides of the issue before subjecting your child to a vaccine that could jeopardize their future!

Vital Steps For Fighting Breast Cancer

Whether you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer or just want to prevent it, there are steps you should be taking to improve the terrain of your breasts. Self-examination is always advisable, and in most instances will find any “lumps” just as soon as a harmful mammogram will.

Add to that, a HEALTHY diet–which means at least six servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Eliminate sugar from your diet. Stevia is an all natural sweetener and, in most cases, can be found at your local grocery store. Eliminate white flour from your diet (which includes any white bread…a whole grain bread with no preservatives is much healthier and can be found in the frozen foods section).

Drink green tea instead of coffee…eliminate carbonated drinks from your diet. Green tea has EGCG, which has an anti-tumor effect on breast cancer cells (sweeten with Stevia or organic honey). Incorporate broccoli into your diet…the more the better. If you can not stand broccoli, opt for a supplement of a “super greens” food from your local health food store. One or two tablespoons added to fruit juice will give you the same benefit with additional healthy vitamins. Be sure your “super greens” incorporate chlorella and spirulina in them. Get all the information you need on these two super greens by reading Super Foods For Optimum Health.

I would also take a selenium supplement. Selenium is a mineral that is normally found in our soil and is passed onto us through the foods that are grown in that soil. Unfortunately, much of our soil is depleted of selenium and therefore, our foods are also. Selenium has been found in numerous clinical trials to reduce breast tumor sizes by as much as 44 percent. It also has reduced the size of prostate tumors.

Up your lignan intake, either by supplement or through food. Studies have shown that those countries that have a higher daily lignan intake, also have lower breast cancer rates. A great source of lignans is flaxseed. Do you think Johanna Budwig and her Budwig diet which incorporated low fat cottage cheese and flaxseed oil might have had some merit? Dr. Budwig was nominated for six nobel prizes, yet when she cured many cancers through her non-mainstream medicine methods, she was ridiculed.

Incorporating the above suggestions into your diet (with plenty of water to expel toxins, etc.), should put you well on your way to stopping and/or eliminating breast cancer as a threat to your health.

There are additional steps you should be taking depending on the stage of cancer that has been diagnosed. Detailed steps with exact amounts of supplementation as well as the Budwig recipe can be found in Cancer – Step Outside The Box.

Sister’s And Brother’s Cancer Update

At least I have a “little” good news in regards to my sister having both breasts removed. When she talked to her doctor about the procedure, he explained to her that at this time she was in no imminent danger and he felt that she should take the time to research this more before making a decision. (Hooray for one doctor!) So, for now, that’s exactly what she is going to do (big sigh of relief here). Her radiation treatments have started and it looks like she’s doing okay, all things considered.

My brother, after his recent surgery, also appears to functioning okay with the colostomy back in place. Again, he’s been told that it will be at least six months before they can even reconsider a new surgery for reconnecting everything…and even then it’s all going to depend on how well he healed whether that will even be an option. He is also, at this point, going to seek other opinions (better late then never I guess), and look into alternatives. He feels that perhaps with a different set of doctors looking at his health problems from different angles, perhaps a better outcome could be achieved.

Please note that in both cases above, none of the doctors have talked about lifestyle changes! Both sisters who had breast cancer, as well as my brother, were overweight. My brother is no longer because he’s lost 100 lbs. since his procedures began! No he looks very thin, emaciated, and dehydrated! All of them have had very poor eating habits. It has been scientifically proven that being overweight has a direct impact on cancer developing. Not to mention the quality of the foods they have ingested over the years. My brother rarely ate fruits and vegetables and drank a lot of soda. The sister currently going through radiation has relied on a diet mainly of sugar and starches with very little fruits and vegetables.

The sister with two breast cancers and thyroid cancer, has implemented a variety of fruits and vegetables, purified water (both in the kitchen and the shower), and other healthier choices, but has yet to give up on the starches, sugars, and caffeine.

When fighting this disease, you can’t approach it with just “one toe” in the process. You have to commit to changing your lifestyle. Eliminating those agents that are known to cause cancer and implementing healthier choices (the right foods, exercise, less stress, proper sleep so your body can heal itself, and good hydration) is the only way you are going to stop the mechanisms that trigger cancer to begin with.

H2O and Cancer

This actually should have been one of my first posts, due to it’s importance. Our bodies are comprised of 75 percent water. Our brains consist of 85 percent water. There are more illnesses caused by dehydration than any other deficiency. One of the first things they do when you are admitted to a hospital is administer an IV. What’s in that IV? Water and salt which is called “saline solution”.

Your water intake while you are fighting cancer (or preventing it) is vitally important. Not just any water though…city water with chlorine and fluoride is not a good choice. If you are detoxing or taking supplements to fight this disease, you need to assist your body and the minerals and vitamins you are taking to “flush” the bad cells out by keeping your body hydrated.

Half of your body weight in ounces of water is a good recommendation. If you’re not currently a water drinker…proceed with a plan of gradually increasing your water intake to the recommended level. All sodas, coffee, and any drink with caffeine should be eliminated. Caffeine dehydrates.

If you find that you are releasing water as fast as you are taking it in, then your cells don’t have the time to absorb the water. Adding some natural sea salt (about 1/8-1/4 tsp. per 16 oz. of water), should help you retain it longer. You should be retaining it for 90-120 minutes for good absorption into the cells.

Once you are no longer dehydrated, you will find a significant difference in how you feel and look, your body doesn’t have to work as hard to expel toxins and bad cells, you think clearer, breathe easier and a whole host of other benefits will be your reward.

Fighting cancer is not an easy process when you’re use to today’s lifestyle, but it is do-able. Being hydrated should be one of your first steps.

Read more about the other illnesses dehydration causes at WaterCure2, a very informative site with many references and testimonies from people who turned around their illness with hydration alone.

Breast Cancer – New Non-Invasive Therapy

There is a new therapy being administered by a clinic in Arkansas that is having very promising results. They are using laser, which is not a new method…it’s the protocol or method by which they use it that is different.

Using an enhancer agent that is injected into the tumor site in the breast, the agent spreads throughout the cancer growth to “enhance” just those cells. The laser is then used and applied to those cells. The laser actually raises the temperature of the cancer cells and kills them with the high temperature. Depending on the size of the tumor, it may take several sessions, done on a daily basis, to kill all of the cancerous cells.

Once the therapy is complete, you body goes to work, through your immune system to remove these dead cells from your body. You will still need to go for follow-up tests every three months with your own physician to ensure and prove that this is taking place. No chemotherapy, no radiation, no blood loss, no excessive healing time from a major surgery, no drugs.

Unlike your typical slash and burn procedures, should your cancer reoccur, the procedure can be done again with very little harm to your body since your immune system has never been compromised from previous chemo and radiation.

I have sent this information to my sisters that have been affected by breast cancer.
You can view the information and send for a brochure from Lase Med Inc.

Here is a testimony (besides the ones on their web site) from a lady who traveled from Canada to have this therapy.

They have also used it on skin cancers with good success. As time goes on, we will see what other types of cancers they will find that it can successfully be used.

I don’t know why news like this hasn’t been communicated through all the newspapers and TV stations throughout the world! Wait a minute…yes, I do know…and you should by now too!

MMS And Detoxing

I have no idea how many people have heard of this simple method for getting rid of “nasties” that are floating around in your body and causing all kinds of havoc to your health. I just recently came across this inexpensive product that I believe each and every adult should keep a supply of for general health purposes as well as to combat many illnesses that may occur in your lifetime.

The product is called MMS and is proving to be very effective towards all kinds of ailments. It was originally used in Africa to cure malaria by Jim Humble. The malaria patients were usually cured within 24 hours of being administered one dose. Severe cases sometimes took two doses.

They have also had some pretty good results in administering it to AIDS patients in Africa. These have been patients that conventional medicine has given up on…in these cases, they figured, “What the heck…I’ve nothing to lose.” Sixty percent of the AIDS patients were able to return to normal life after being given high doses of the MMS. That’s not too bad for people who were given up on entirely by conventional medicine.

The results for cancer victims have not yet been seen. They have had reports of some success with prostate cancer but feel most people are not reporting there successes because once they get well, they are too busy living happy lives to take the time to report back on their results. There is a video on YouTube that has a gentleman who successfully stopped his prostate cancer three years ago. He has now been diagnosed with lung cancer and has started taking the recommended higher dosage to combat that and feels confident he will succeed.

What is MMS? It’s sodium chlorite that when activated by using a citric acid (such as lemon or lime juice), produces a chemical called chlorine dioxide. Chlorine dioxide is a totally different chemical than just “chlorine”, so don’t start thinking you’re going to be ingesting a poisonous chemical.

Chlorine dioxide has been found to be more effective against viruses, bacteria, and protozoa than chlorine. “Chlorine dioxide can be used to kill “disease-bearing bacteria, yeasts, molds, fungi and algae”, including MRSA and other deadly pathogens.”

It is completely safe to ingest and is very beneficial in removing toxins, bacteria, viruses, and fungi from your entire body. The really great part is when it comes in contact with these substances, it instantaneously “bursts”, kills the bad guys and your body flushes it all out! If there are no bad guys, no problem, it does absolutely no harm to any “good guys” in your system. It will then just boost your immune system by changing to another product that your body needs.

Now the side affects….none! Well, if you are currently sick with anything, you’re probably going to get sicker due to the MMS doing it’s job. This includes diarrhea, nausea, possible vomiting, etc. That’s all good…because it is proof that it’s doing it’s job!

If you don’t really have an illness but want to rid these things out of your body, just do smaller doses so that it doesn’t make you nauseous. The protocol and step by step instructions as well as other links to testimonies can be found at:

Miracle Mineral

There’s also a link for you to download the first part of Mr. Humble’s book all about this product. If you want the second part that gives more detail of other illnesses (other than malaria) that it has been used for…there is a small charge of $9.95 for the ebook. You can get it in print for $19.95 plus s/h. He makes no money from the actual product.

The "Easy" Road To Cancer Treatment

I’ve yet to understand, after reading numerous medical reports on the “cure rates” of conventional medical treatments for cancer, how anyone could decide to take that route. I believe that the only explanation can be that it is the easiest way to deal with a cancer diagnosis.

Stop and think about it…after diagnosis, going by the options from the mainstream medical industry…you subject yourself to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments. There’s loss of hair and appetite, being tired during the whole process, destruction of your immune system, and a host of other side affects. All told, going by this precarious method of treatment, hopefully at the end of one or two years, the cancer is no longer found in your system.

On the other hand, if you had to adjust your eating habits, exercise, and make changes to your environment and normal everyday products…perhaps for the rest of your lifetime…the 1-2 years of conventional therapy and treatments, is a cake walk, right?

What most people fail to understand is that even though they take the easiest way, and even if two years down the road after the treatments, tests show that you no longer have cancer…that doesn’t mean if you don’t adjust your living and eating habits that cancer is not going to re-appear in some other part of your body! I can attest to this happening in most instances just from my family alone!

Remember that there are some types of cancer that have only a 15 percent 5 year survival rate (oral cancer being one of them). And a 5 years survival rate where you have half of that time feeling tired, sick, and hairless…is not quality of life.

If my survival rate is going to be less than 2-3 years, I’m going to take my chances with dietary adjustments before I let them slash and burn me so that I’m so ill, I can’t enjoy what time I purportedly have left. Many people who have chosen to take this route rather than go with what their doctors suggested, are alive today to tell about it. It’s not hard to find many documented cases on the internet that supports this theory, and many are willing to discuss it with you, either via email or phone contact.

But the plain truth is…poor dietary choices are what caused the problem and good dietary choices for the rest of your life is what’s needed to ensure you continue to live! Most people just don’t want to give up the junk food, junk beverages, sugar, white flour, preservatives, TV dinners, etc. You have to remember, at one time, we didn’t have all these convenience foods available. It’s only been since they have become available, that the cancer rate has risen.

Perhaps it’s past time for people to start to get back to basics. Growing up in a large family, we ate what was on our plate…period. Vegetables and all! Microwaved TV dinners with a few carrots or peas, is not a healthy choice. There’s a reason why fresh, raw vegetables are to be eaten. Our bodies require them in order to do all the processes it does for ridding our body of all hosts of toxins and bad bacteria. Without those vegetables, not only are you becoming nutritionally deficient in vitamins, but you are also not getting the numerous enzymes you need for absorption of those vital vitamins.

We use to have “good” milk that had no additional hormones in them. Since they are now injecting most cows with hormones in order to get higher production rates out of them, those hormones are now passed on to us through the milk we or our children drink. Is it any wonder young girls are starting ministration as young as nine years old? And some researchers are also beginning to think that the hormones in milk contributes to the number of breast cancers found each year from the increased estrogen women receive by drinking it.

Get dairy, most red meats, sugar and white flour out of your diet. Eat lots of raw fruits and vegetables. Take pollutants out of your environment, exercise, and drink lots of “good” water–for LIFE! The hard way of living without cancer? Perhaps. But I believe if more people applied themselves to one to two months of adjusting their eating habits to a more healthy one, they would probably stick with it just because they felt 100 percent better!

Researchers Finding Fruits & Veggies To Show Promise Towards Treating Cancer

More studies are proving the efficacy of a blackberry extract to be a powerful cancer fighting agent. It has now been found that black raspberries may protect against esophageal cancer. Findings are showing positive results for the reduction of oxidative stress in patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE), which is a pre-cancerous condition that is usually due to gastroesopageal reflux disease.

Research has found that BE patients have a 30-40 fold increased risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). This is one of the fastest growing cancer incidences in the United States today. There is currently only a 15 percent survival rate of five years for this type of cancer.

Researchers at Ohio State University, using animals that were chemically induced with oral, esophageal, and colon cancers, showed the berry extract reduced oxidative stress, slowed proliferation rates, decreased DNA damage, and reduced the amount of pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus and colon.

The greatest finding was that it doesn’t seem to matter at what stage the disease is at, benefits are the same. Not only that, there are no side affects since it’s just a food item that is being applied.

There were also findings of a blackberry gel used in a trial by Ohio State University for treating pre-cancerous oral lesions. Research has found that more than a third of pre-cancerous lesions will develop into oral squamous cell cancer. There are a reported 35,000 cases of this disease reported each year with approximately 7,500 deaths resulting per year from this type of cancer. Even if treated successfully, oftentimes the surgery required leaves a patient permanently disfigured.

After six weeks of testing on 30 participants, 35 percent of the lesions showed an improvement, and another 45 percent showed their lesions had stabilized. The gel was applied 4 times a day…once after each meal and at bedtime.

It was determined that more trials need to be implemented to determine that it was indeed the blackberry and not the gel itself or its application method that was the determining factor in the improvement of the lesions. This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute.

Either way, it certainly would not hurt anyone who has oral lesions to start implementing this berry into their diet. If they are out of season, there are resources on the internet where you can buy these berries freeze-dried to get you through the months when you can’t get them fresh.

Researchers from Rutgers University are also showing encouraging findings on the polypenols in green tea for preventing the growth of colorectal tumors. Their study was done on rats injected with human colorectal cancer cells. After 34 weeks, rats given the green tea extract developed 55 percent few tumors then the group that did not receive the green tea. The amount given to the rats on a daily basis would be an equivalent of 4-6 cups of green tea consumption. given a and other “natural” products that everyone who has cancer or knows a loved one who has cancer should be adding to their knowledge base.

Then you have the Roswell Park Cancer Institute findings that broccoli sprouts help to prevent bladder cancer. Again, using a rat model with chemically induced bladder cancer, a freeze dried extract of broccoli sprouts proved to significantly inhibit cancer cell growth. The extract from the broccoli sprouts appeared to have increased the enzymes in the bladder that are known to protect against oxidants and carcinogens.

.Anyone who reads this information should be very encouraged that the mainstream medical industry is finally taking steps to research protocols that could be added ammunition to the “cancer fight” and has the added benefit of being less harmful than many of the drugs and toxins that they use as treatments for today’s cancer patient.
All of these news releases can be read at the American Association for Cancer Research.

Sister’s Breast Cancer – Update

I have really had to take time to calm down and assess my own feelings about the steps that are being considered by my younger sister. I don’t know where she is getting her information from…wait a minute…I do know. Apparently, the mainstream medical industry thinks it is justifiable to have both breasts removed! Even though, at this point, only one breast has been found to have a tumor, which was removed, treated with chemotherapy and at this time we’re waiting to see if any more cancer appears in test results before performing a mastectomy.

They have told her that since she carries a gene that predisposes her to breast cancer, her risks of developing cancer in the other breast (some time in the future) are high. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to consider having the other breast removed at the same time the first is removed (if that proves to be needed)!

Nothing is mentioned about proper nutrition and adding exercise to her regime to prevent a future problem. Nothing is mentioned about eliminating bad foods, toxins from her environment, stress…etc. Which leads me to believe that she is just another “number” to add to their lists of guinea pigs for the drugs and procedures that they endorse but have no real numbers to show as cures. A five year survival rate is not a cure!

Their own numbers show that if she doesn’t die from cancer (which means they cured her),. she’s apt to die from another problem that was caused by their procedures of treating her. Chemotherapy alone destroys the immune system. So if she were to die from a virus because her immune system was destroyed, I guess they can then say…cancer wasn’t the cause of her death!

What’s wrong with this picture?

Not only that, what if she were to never develop cancer in the other breast? Than she’s had a disfiguring operation for what purpose? OR they remove both breasts and she then develops cancer in some other part of her body? Was the cancer procedures for the breast then considered a cure?

Because of “their” recommendations, my sister is researching their suggestion. I just wish she would spend more time researching what they are not telling her. Yes, she is overweight…yes, her nutrition leaves a lot to be desired…yes, she has a sedentary lifestyle. Ultimately, I have to accept her decision and love her in spite of it. But I sure wish (and pray) that something will reach her to make her understand the role she has played into this disease and that it’s under her control to reverse it without harmful chemicals and toxins.

A lifestyle change…you bet…but one I feel that would hold a whole new outcome and longer future for her.