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The
Seven Stages of Cancer Treatments |
Synopsis: This article describes seven stages of alternative cancer treatment and building
health. Each is a valid choice depending upon the rationale of the patient.
Do Nothing.
This is a valid choice with elderly and fragile
patients who have several health considerations along with a slow growing cancer. The patient will likely succumb to
another disease and the treatment may be worse that the value of the cure. My wife has a cousin who made this decision. After
many years, he did succumb to prostate cancer. Who can say that he made the wrong choice? He was an old man when he died.
Manage symptoms.
Again, in weak and elderly people, this may
be the most humane option. One family member with cancer was a lady in her nineties whose "chemo" was morphine.
The weight loss associated with cancer, cachexia, can be addressed by supplements such as Sea Cure, which
is a pre-digested deep sea white fish nutritional product. You may find additional information at: http://www.iherb.com/seacure.html
There are various other supplements which are beneficial in the management of diseases. These are mentioned in other places
in this series. The following site; http://cancer.wehealny.org/symptoms/1_1_7.html offers information on treating this condition.
Conventional treatment.
This is the most usual option used
for treating cancer and is the only one that is known by many people. It is also the only option practiced by conventional
medicine. In fact, the FDA will not study or license any treatment that is based upon nutrition.
Alternative augmented conventional treatment.
Many, if not most cancer patients also
use alternative supplements with or without the knowledge of their doctor. A study reported by the American Cancer Society
in 1998 showed that the more educated patients were the more likely they were to include alternative treatments in their cancer
treatment plan. This site is no longer available on the internet.
I received
a letter from the widow of a man who succumbed to cancer. He had received conventional cancer treatment. She said her doctor
estimated that her husband lived six months longer because of the (alternative) care that he was given. This extra time was
very important to her and the family.
Even when conventional treatment results in
remission, there are many beneficial alternative things that can be done to increase stamina, reduce trauma, and shorten the
recovery time. They include diet, supplements, cleanses, stress reduction, and many more of the considerations offered in
this series.
Full alternative treatment.
It is estimated
that ten percent of cancer patients opt for a completely alternative cancer treatment. There are many alternative cancer treatments.
Some are more effective than others. The prevalence of cancer is so great that this low percentage results in a very large
number of people who have beaten cancer by using alternative means. One correspondent told me recently that in his internet
search, he had found over 600 people who had conquered cancer by dietary changes alone. Diet has been used to successfully
treat cancer long before there was the internet.
Lifestyle change to eliminate
cancer.
This is considered to be the most effective cancer treatment plan. It addresses the root cause
of cancer and makes permanent lifestyle changes that provide a climate where cancer cannot grow. This is simple and natural
to apply, but it is the most difficult for most people because they don't want to leave the comfort of a familiar life style.
Changing your life style may separate you from many family activities, especially those that center around food. it is very
difficult to induce your family and friends to understand and accept the extreme value of these changes.
Our notion of what constitutes "the good life" will likely drastically change. It is difficult
to be social in this atmosphere unless you have others with you who support the same values.
Maximum effort to eliminate cancer.
There are many treatments that can be successfully combined. They tend to be synergistic, (They multiply the effects of
other treatments as well as being effective on their own). If a person is not responding well to the alternatives that they
have chosen to follow, applying a "maximum effort" may produce good results. I have seen the "incurables Rescue
Program'" as outlined on the following site to be very effective: http://www.healthfree.com/health/rescue/
This program requires a strict vegan diet plus several herbal cleanses and
other procedures. Other treatments may be added to this program such as Essiac, MGN-3, Cesium Chloride, Coral Calcium,
Laetrile (It is a very good treatment for some people despite some of the negative attitudes expressed towards it) and many
more. Everyone is different. Find the combination that works for you.
Lifestyle
changes to build optimal health.
When a person discovers that health is not just the absence of disease
but the optimizing of their living potential, they may enthusiastically embrace the many options that forsake the toxic life
style they formerly lived.
How and why does a person decide what course of action
to take? I believe that we have learned to do those things that make us the most comfortable. Some may
opt for short term comfort and do the most pleasant thing at the time. Others may be more comfortable in sacrificing short
term comfort to reach long term goals.
I believe also, that our affluent
society has bred generations of those who believe that they are entitled to comfort here and now. Unfortunately, nature doesn't
recognize this principle. We live in a world of cause and effect. Our tomorrows are based upon what we do today.
We are also "sold a bill of goods" on what constitutes normalcy and proper diet. Poor diet
is actively promoted by the big moneyed interests. We are constantly barraged with high pressure advertising selling poor
food choices.
When it comes to health issues, we compare ourselves with our peer
group. Everybody gets arthritis, right? Actually, arthritis is a deficiency disease as is cancer. Once we know that, we can
take the steps to correct it, regardless of what others may think or do.
Most people
who successfully use alternative cancer treatments quit their program when the are symptom free of cancer. They don't appreciate
that not having a disease is not the same thing as being healthy. I have seen many people make wonderful recoveries from cancer
to discover that it comes back when they let down their guard. Fortunately, getting back and staying on a good program will
usually deliver them again.
There are some who have gotten the message and are enjoying
healthier and more energetic lives that they could have imagined. There are many sites, devoted to the subject. Below are
some of them.
http://www.veganoutreach.org/health/
http://www.veganrecipes.com/health-and-fitness.shtml
http://www.all-creatures.org/health.html
These sites advocate a strict vegetarian
(vegan) diet. It takes a lot of courage and understanding to successfully embark on such a drastic change in our lifestyle.
We are so accustomed to the convenience of restaurants and packaged foods, that it is a paradigm shift for us to get, prepare
and eat fresh foods. Still, there is no other way to achieve a long and healthy life.
For
more information on this subject, please read the information in this series on enzymes and on juice fasting.
Again, the choices are entirely up to you. There is no "wrong" choice. We are absolutely free
to chose the path that we will take. However, we are not free to determine the consequences of our choices. Most people take
the easy, short term path.

Guest Writer
Source
Inflamation,the culprit in all diseases including cancer
In the February 2004 Times magazine article
titled “Health: The Fires Within”, Kristina Dell and her colleagues show the surprising link
between inflammation and cancer, heart attacks, auto immune diseases, liver diseases and practically all illnesses that afflicts
humanity. Chronic inflammation also fascinates scientists because it indicates that our bodies
may have, from an evolutionary perspective, become victims of their own success. “We evolved as a species because of
our ability to fight off microbial invaders, says Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women's
Hospital in Boston. "The strategies our bodies used for survival were important in a time when we didn't have processing
plants to purify our water, when we didn't have sewers to protect us”.
Kristina Dell and her colleagues point out that
“Most of the time, inflammation is a lifesaver that enables our bodies to fend off various disease-causing bacteria,
viruses and parasites. (Yes, even in the industrialized world, we are constantly bombarded by pathogens.) The instant any
of these potentially deadly microbes slips into the body, inflammation marshals a defensive attack that lays waste to both
invader and any tissue it may have infected. Then just as quickly, the process subsides and healing begins. Every once in
a while, however, the whole feverish production doesn't shut down on cue. Sometimes the problem is a genetic predisposition;
other times something like smoking or high blood pressure keeps the process going. In any event, inflammation becomes chronic
rather than transitory. When that occurs, the body turns on itself — like an ornery child who can't resist picking a
scab — with aftereffects that seem to underlie a wide variety of diseases”. Degenerative diseases become rampant
today because orthodox medicine chooses to suppress rather than understand the dynamics of inflammation. First they start
us with steroids and later they change our medication to non steroidal ant inflammatory drugs. Sadly, this is like telling
a diabetic patient to replace coca cola with diet coke