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.
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.
For more information, you
can get instant access to the Cancer Treatment Books below. And
while they are not free, the authors have done extensive research and
some have had experience with thousands of cancer patients!
During
the past 100 years, medical practice has been conformed to the restraints
brought about by legal intervention to exclude many former practices and to
limit therapies to those that conform to the standards of the FDA and other
agencies. Prior to this time, many alternative protocols were openly
available. Some of these treatments are highly effective but are illegal to
prescribe because they don't conform to the current legal requirements.
It is therefore necessary for this site to limit its offering to information
only. We are not allowed to prescribe, so all decisions and outcomes are the
responsibility of the patient. If you have any doubts as to the validity of
this information, it is your responsibility to make your own choice and to
be responsible for the outcome of following your choices.
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