#18 A Big Step Forward

The 7Th of September marked a big step forward for Becky. With something akin to the exuberance of a child at Christmas she happily returned to work. She had prepped for the day with a minor shopping expedition to acquire some new pants to compensate for the 70+ pounds she has lost. She also got a new bag to tote all her essentials in..... her work "life support system" if you will.

Physically the weight loss has done her some good. Still a minor amount of pain in her hip now and then but overall both her hips and knees are giving her a lot fewer problems. She looks more healthy and also hasn't needed her "walking stick" for over a month now. All good news indeed!

While that is all wonderful there is still a huge reality check out there that has to be cashed. Point blank she still has breast cancer and will for some time yet. On the other hand we've had some wonderful success at shrinking the size of the tumor. It's not happening at break neck speed.... but then again it didn't just suddenly appear in her breast the size of a softball either. Took time to develop and it will take time to eliminate too.

While I never thought the pill the oncologist prescribed was going to be a "magic bullet" it was common sense that it couldn't hurt anything either. Since her cancer is estrogen receptive then it's only logical that if you reduce her estrogen level you hamper the growth of the cancer. To that estrogen inhibitor we're augmenting with DCA (see a previous post for the particulars on that product) and also with Oleander extract. Both have been shown to be effective against cancer but each works differently. Thus we are attacking the cancer on three fronts and with three weapons which each exploit a specific weakness of the tumor and it's growth mechanism. As long as those three seem to be working then we'll keep pressing forward.

We've still got a good supply of the MMS product too. That's the one which proved to be somewhat too effective at killing abnormal cells. Since it is so strong and so effective we're holding it in reserve in case we hit some sort of impasse in our progress and need a stronger weapon.

In case there is worry out there about the weight Becky has lost..... it's not from lack of appetite as is often the case with cancer patients. To the contrary she has a very healthy appetite indeed! At many meals she sitting there with a clean plate sipping her water and waiting on me to finish. I think it is a by product of changes to her basic diet in general and in eating things which are more healthy for her. Those changes are also a part of the overall cancer fighting plan so we're not concerned that some weight has come off.

We're not sure what is ahead of us but it does appear that we have turned a corner of sorts. The tumor mass seems to be on the wane..... Becky is healthy and happy otherwise.... and thrilled to be back at work with all her wonderful friends. Our course is ,however, dictated by what the cancer does.

At this point she's a candidate for surgery IF she thinks removal of the breast is her best option. Since the tumor IS shrinking then we see no harm in simply continuing what we're doing and monitoring the progress of this therapy. If, at some future date, we need to consider surgery then the mass will be that much smaller and the surgery far less radical. We see no downside at this point in time. Our outlook remains positive and hopeful.

#17 Late August Update

Apologies to everyone for not updating this sooner. Much (most actually) of this had been published from my laptop. Sadly ..... right after having the hard drive replaced and *finally* getting all my programs reloaded ..... the motherboard goes belly up. Since Becky was, at the time, having difficulty getting around we needed to get it fixed. The reality of that was that it would cost just over $400 .... and a new laptop can be had for under $300. She got a new laptop courtesy of her wonderful co-workers at Bowne. (Enough thanks cannot be extended!)

So now we have Sweetie resting in my easy chair for most of the day with her new laptop keeping that part of her lap NOT covered by kitties.... warm. I made the incorrect assumption that she was utilizing the new computer and some of her time to keep everyone updated on her progress. Wrong. Thus I shall attempt to rectify that oversight now.

Today is the 26th of August and we did have a visit with her oncologist today. Prior to this visit it was her judgment that various portions of the tumor mass seem to have receded. We got confirmation from the doctor that she was indeed correct about that! Needless to say we're both quite pleased to have heard that from him.

We're still using his prescription drug, Arimadex, and we are augmenting that with several alternative therapies. #1 on that list is DCA. That chemical works on cancer by awakening the mitochondria. (Cancer switches it off) Once awakened the cell can now resume a normal life cycle and die off. We are also adding #2 Laetrile and #3 Oleander extract.... .both of which directly kill cancer cells. Overall the combination seems to be working.... even if slowly. On the other hand the mass didn't get as large as it is over a period of weeks or months.... so it's not going to go away quickly either.

Her oncologist still tweaks her about taking regular chemo but since we're seeing progress, however slowly, with this methodology we'll stick with it for the time being. He says we could see faster shrinkage with chemo..... which is probably true. My thought is that regular chemo might be a good "ace up the sleeve" if we need to step up to something more potent should there be a reversal of progress.

Additionally we'll be getting a battery of tests and scans done on the 22nd of September. We've not done any of those for about a year so it's time to see what sort of progress we're making overall. Were such scans not prohibitively expensive it probably would have been helpful to have had some scans done right before we started on the Arimadex. Either way we'll know next month what things look like inside and we'll know if the results we're seeing in her breast are extending to the other sites which were initially involved as well. Obviously we are hoping that we've made progress there too.

While not much .... it's all the information I have to share at this point in time. OH! I nearly forgot..... Becky had been having some mobility problems. She had difficulty moving her left arm and severe pain in her left hip also. The hip problem made walking slow and painful. She'd taken to having to use a cane to help her get about. Happy to say the cane has been parked for the past three weeks and she's getting around well enough that she is planning to return to work soon!

I think I'll just end this on that high note. Y'all take care of each other out there!

#16 Head VS Brick Wall

It's the 28th of July as this is written and we're roughly a month into the "chemo" with the Arimadex pills. So far...... we're not seeing anything positive. Could the pills be working? Sure... anything is possible. Are they going to make a significant difference as a stand alone therapy? Highly doubtful. Might they make a difference if they were augmenting some of the alternatives we've used? More than likely.... yes!

That brings me to the nut of the problem in this installation. When the cancer was first positively identified Becky wanted absolutely nothing to do with traditional therapy. I agreed to support her decision to use alternatives instead. Due to the general lack of information and any attempt by traditional medicine to properly test and evaluate alternatives...... finding the *right* alternative for your situation is simply a matter of trial and error. (sad as that is)

We made some judgment errors due mainly to that lack of information. (Thank you FDA, AMA, and all the rest of the FOR PROFIT cancer machine!) Our early selections were far too weak for the advanced stage of Becky's particular cancer and that cost us valuable time and money. After much trial and error, however, we did find a therapy that proved so effective that we had to scale back the doses to keep Becky from going toxic again.

At about that point in time we also figured that if the main tumor was removed we'd have a much better chance of defeating the rest of the cancer.... some of which is in her spine and other bones. NOT having to try to kill off a mass the size of a softball would free the alternative therapy to work more effectively on what remained no matter where it was. Thus we tiptoed back into the murky waters at the edge of the big pond that is main stream medicine and cancer treatment. We choose to stay with DO's rather than MD's as they tend to be more open to alternative ideas. One DO. agreed to remove the tumor *IF* we could manage to shrink it down somewhat and sent us to another DO. who is an oncologist.

So now we're back to where Becky never wanted to go.... and that's some form of main stream "Chemo" and a bit of traditional therapy. This started out somewhat adversarial but the pills are not like a bag of poison in the arm and are rather small to boot. When we got home that first night Becky typed a letter to all the Dr.'s letting them know of her intention to continue with the last alternative therapy we'd found along with the new pill. We either mailed or delivered all those letters. After that she followed her new plan for about two days...... then quit doing anything except taking the new pill.

A week or so later I got her to at least take some supplements that she had been taking.... anything to help keep her immune system healthy. She does not, however, seem to have any inclination to continue with the chlorine dioxide therapy at any dose rate. Since that decision she is in more pain..... mostly in her left hip. That may or may not have anything to do with the cancer..... we simply do not know at this point. It does seem reasonable, however, since we already know it has spread to some other bones. That being said... it could still be arthritis or bursitis just as easily.

Last night she complained that she hurt all over. Her *skin* hurt her from head to toe. I have not had time to research what that could possibly be yet.... but I will make time to do that later on today. My headache comes from trying to get Becky to do anything beyond the little pill to preserve her life and get rid of the cancer. Frustrating is far too mild a term for the emotion. It's almost like, "I'm going to prove this little pill won't work if it's the last thing I do!" Problem is that with cancer.... it damn sure could be..... and that truly scares me. (If you know me then you know that the list of things that truly scare me can be enumerated on one hand with several fingers left over)

Becky is not only the love of my life...... she's my best and closest friend. I adore her and do my best to make sure she knows that each and every day too. And while I know that she loves me too there is beginning to be something of a contradiction. Is your desire to be with the person you love strong enough to cause you to fight for that life together? I ask myself that each day she fails to do everything in her power and control to beat the cancer. As it has been said by people wiser than I...... "Dying is easy........ it's living that takes courage." I fought the misery of agent orange for over 20 years. I'm the lone survivor of my team in Vietnam mostly because I'm too damn stubborn to quit. Living isn't always easy....... but it always beats the alternative.

#15 New month, new news.

One of these days I hope to be able to post some truly positive news about our struggle with cancer. Right now just doesn't seem to be that time. Becky has finally seen an oncologist and is taking Arimidex now. It's a 25mg pill once a day and is supposed to disrupt the estrogen cycle of this particular form of breast cancer. Since she only started a week ago today it's far too early to know if anything noteworthy is happening yet.

What I am finding troubling is that she seems to have given up on all things alternative even though we know the OCC system works quite well at killing cancer cells. Even more simple, yet effective too, is the addition of baking soda to a glass of water three or four times a day. Granted the OCC protocol gives her some horrible breath due to the gas exchange in the lungs. The chlorine in her blood stream eventually escapes via the lungs and it's a very odd smell. I can deal with that, however. The baking soda has no negative factors at all.... but she doesn't like it because of the "salty taste" it gives the water.

I drink a lot of baking soda and water for my stomach and I can tell you.... "It ain't that bad." To my primitive way of thinking it boils down to letting cancer win..... or putting up with the slightly salty taste of 4 glasses of water a day. Damn..... that's a really tough choice! Or it's letting the cancer win or having bad breath for a while. Again..... tough choice.

An example I used in a conversation with a friend was that it's like my leg is on fire and I have a bucket of water. Now I *could* pour that on my leg and put out the fire...... but if I did that then I'd get my pants wet.... and I don't like wet pants..... so I guess I'll just let my leg burn. What the hell kind of sense does that make?

Physically her breast hurts quite a lot and there are several open sores on it. In addition to that (as if that were not enough) her left shoulder and left hip joint give her considerable trouble too. Some days she can barely walk..... actually most days lately. We're seeing a D.O. for the joint pain and he's given her two shots so far. One to the shoulder seemed to do a lot of good. Another a couple of weeks later has seemed to have not had any effect at all. Since we have no scans of those areas I can't be sure what the root cause of the pain is. Could be age and wear... could be something more. The only consistent thing is that all of her problems are on her left side. I'm not sure what to make of that.... coincidence? Who knows?

What I do know is that doing nothing.... or doing less than all you could be doing.... is not a viable answer. Becky is not only the love of my life.... she's my best friend too. In *my* vision of things we whip this thing and have a couple more decades to become even better friends. There are too many things we haven't had time to do and too many things I haven't been able to show her yet. (The Grand Canyon and Yellowstone quickly come to mind.)

Is fighting cancer easy? Hell no. If it was there would be a lot fewer deaths from it. What I do know is that if you're NOT fighting it with everything you have every day..... you're agreeing to let it kill you. That's not an option in my world. As they told us in training many moons ago on Coronado Island, California..... "2nd place is 1st looser." That may not be a big deal in a rope climb or rubber raft race..... but with cancer it means that you're dead. Death should come softly in old age after you've had time to make friends with it. I'm hoping her fighting spirit will awaken again soon.

#14 Mid-June update

Things have been a tad rocky these past few weeks. Becky became toxic as a result of one of the therapies working a bit too well. She achieved a large kill-off of pathogens... and their death resulted in the release of a large amount of toxins into her system.... overloading her liver and kidneys. Going off the therapy for three days had her feeling much better though.

Otherwise she has had problems with her left shoulder and left hip for the past few weeks too. Her left arm is almost useless and it causes her great pain to move it at all. Range of motion is perhaps 3 to 5 percent at best. She had a shot last Monday (the 14th) and felt much better the following day. Smiled for the first time in weeks.... which was refreshing to see.

While she felt better we consulted with a surgeon about removing her left breast. The Doctor is a very kind gentleman of 65 who nearly cried when he saw her breast. Seeing a Doctor who demonstrated some actual *concern* about her condition was SO refreshing that it had another benefit. Becky has agreed to see an oncologist he recommended and undergo a course of a new chemotherapy drug to try to shrink the tumor. (Which she estimates to now be somewhere between 5 and 7 pounds) This new drug is in pill form so no IV's to deal with. We are still waiting for a consult appointment with him and expect to hear something tomorrow. (Friday)

On another front Becky used the last of her PTO days last week and has had to apply for short term disability until she feels better. So far we're keeping up with the monthly bills but things are going to start squeaking when the medical co-pays start to roll in. I'm searching for organizations (Cancer related) who may have grants available to help with the payments. IF anyone knows of such an organization please leave a message with the contact information.

Otherwise she remains in good spirits and we both remain resolved to win this battle. We think that once the bulk of the cancer is removed with the surgery we'll have a much better chance at defeating what remains. The MMS therapy IS effective and DOES target and kill abnormal cells so she will likely return to that.

The main thing we have learned is that cancer does not play nice and anyone trying alternative therapy should not even waste their time with a majority of the therapies. Rather than working your way through various light weight measures..... escalate immediately to thermonuclear warfare and hit the cancer with the strongest therapy you can find. We made the mistake of starting out at the low end of the scale and working up. This is fine IF your tumor is the size of a pea..... but if you can feel it..... hit it with the strongest therapy you can stand to take and DO NOT let up for even a day.... unless you become toxic.

Laetrile is effective and can be used with most other therapies. Either get the B-17 pills or go to "Our Fathers Farm" and order apricot pits. Treat the pits as though they were whole apricots and eat no more than you could the whole fruit. (normally in the 6 to 8 range) We found the MMS therapy to be quite effective but discovered it too far into our search. IF the MMS is not to your taste (and it tastes like drinking water with bleach in it) then simply use baking soda. Health food stores sell "Bob's Red Mill" baking soda which does not contain any aluminum. Mix a teaspoon of soda with water and drink it throughout the day up to a maximum of 7 teaspoons a day.

In conjunction with that change your diet to raw foods which are alkalizing. If you get your blood alkaline enough when it enters the cancer cells they will die. Be aware that in a lot of cases there will be additional swelling and perhaps an increase in pain for the first 2 to 4 days when the baking soda starts working. This is normal and you should start to see some mass shrinkage in the 4 to 6 day range. if you are fortunate enough to know someone who can do an IV then you can also use a 5% baking soda solution to pack a more powerful punch. The same 5% solution can also be injected directly into the tumor if you are so inclined and have the required skills.

Lastly.... a concoction of 3 parts natural grade B maple syrup and 1 part baking soda can be used. Heat this mix to 120 degrees and stir for 10 minutes. It will foam a lot and, after sitting a while, separate out some. Simply stir it up and take 2 teaspoons full three times a day. The cancer cells love the sugar and will take it in. The baking soda sort of goes in too like a Trojan Horse so the syrup is something of a last meal for the condemned. DO NOT underestimate the baking soda as a viable therapy! There is a mountain of evidence out there of its effectiveness.

I will try to keep everyone informed with regard to the new pill type chemo and the surgery. As I said we are both confident that once the bulk of the cancer is removed we can deal with the rest knowing what we know now. We both thank you are for your prayers and your continued support.

Peace

#13 Early June Update

I think I mentioned last time that we were embarking upon a new therapy method. It's a protocol named the "OCC" or "Overnight Cancer Cure." Obviously nothing can cure cancer overnight but this is still a rather strong therapy method. SO! How's it going?

Actually it worked well.... TOO well in fact! So how can a cancer cure work too well? I'll explain.

The protocol is based on the theory that the root cause of all cancers is a little microorganism that invades normal cells. The organism retards normal cell activity to the point at which the mitochondria eventually shut down. (those are the little power plants in all cells that burn the glucose and make energy for the cells)

Once the mitochondria shut down two things happen. Cell energy production transitions from glucose burning (oxidation) to glucose fermentation. (An anaerobic (without oxygen) activity) Since this is a very inefficient method of energy production cancer consumes much more fuel than normal cells. Also... when the mitochondria shut down so does their control over the normal life/death cycle of the cell. Thus cancer cells are almost immortal.

Okay... those are the basics. Now then... this new protocol works by clearing the system of microorganisms. This begins in the gut and bloodstream first..... since the medicine is taken orally and has to circulate through the blood to get to the cancer. Thus the first few days are basically spent cleaning up those two systems of all microorganisms.

This must be done in order to get to the cancer.... but there is a potential for harm too. When the microorganisms die they release toxins into the bloodstream. IF the kill off of the microorganisms happens slowly enough then the liver and lymphatic system can handle the build-up of toxins in the system. Kill them off too quickly and those systems cannot handle the overload.... and the person gets rather sick. REALLY over do it and death can result.

This (not the death part) is exactly what happened to Becky this past Memorial Day weekend. She tolerates the protocol rather well and it had never made her even a little bit queasy. But she suddenly began to feel very sick and lacked energy. Didn't want to do anything or even eat anything. I suspected she had gone toxic and had her stop the protocol and return to a more normal diet... plus drink a lot of filtered water. Two days of that and she's back to normal again.

We're are starting the protocol again later today but we're going to go at it much slower than we did at first. Now that she knows what the toxicity feels like she can monitor for that and cut back as necessary to prevent getting as sick as she just did. While the toxicity was not fun for her it did prove, without a doubt, that the protocol does work as intended.

This episode also points out the critical need to have at least two people involved in the therapy process. Both people need to read and become totally familiar with the procedures involved as wells as the risks and possible side effects of the therapy. Double check the person doing the therapy to ensure the dose rates are correct. Monitor them for reactions they themselves may overlook. If either of you have a problem with the results or side effects then STOP the protocol and do more research before starting again. Safety.... first... last... always.

On other fronts we still have more irons in the fire too. Another option, which was researched in British Columbia, is something called DCA or sodium dichloroacetate. It seems to accomplish two distinct things in the cancer. First it seems to have the ability to switch on the mitochondria once again.... thus re-booting the normal life cycle of the cells. This is called apoptosis and is defined as "programmed cell death."

At the cell level what happens is that once the mitochondria "wakes up" again it checks it's surroundings and discovers that the cell it's living in is *much* older than it ought to be. Since the cell was programmed to have a life of X number of days or weeks and is now way beyond that.... it's time to die and make way for new cells.

The second thing that sodium dichloroacetate does is mitigate the effects of lactic acid in the cancer... and elsewhere in the body. The lactic acid build-up is what causes the pain in the cancer and the "burn" in overworked muscles. I won't go into great detail here but the dose is *very* small and only required once a day rather than once an hour like the OCC protocol.

Also I'm investigating Rife machines. These are really tough to sort out because the creator was hounded and destroyed by an evil little troll named Morris Fishbein who, at that time, was the head of the AMA. Basically Fishbein wanted a piece of the action and when Rife would not make him a partner..... Fishbein had him destroyed. Not stopping there he had is laboratory burned to the ground too. ALL Rife machines known to exist were confiscated and destroyed. This one mans greed has resulted in the unnecessary and painful deaths of millions upon millions of people world wide. The Rife machine cure rate on terminal cancer was..... 100% in clinical studies. Harmful side effects? None. Cost of treatment? Insignificant. And that is the problem. Cheap treatments do not make anyone rich.

Here is a link you can follow to learn more about this amazing American:

http://www.rense.com/general31/rife.htm

As we work on making progress in this struggle it is very frustrating to keep learning of protocols and systems which worked well in the past..... but are lost to us today due mostly to greed. Hopefully the evil people responsible for keeping these cures out of the hands of those who need them..... will pay a very painful and eternal price for their lack of humanity.

To all who pass this way and share this journey with us...... Peace.

#11 May update

I would like to be able to tell you we've been doing handsprings over the wild success we've been having with Becky's therapy. I'd like to.... but can't. Her last Navarro test came back no different than her first one.... a solid 53. I suppose the good news was that it had not increased.

While the Budwig Protocol is a sound one it simply may not be sufficient to cope with stage IV cancer. With a mass the size of an orange there are literally billions of defective cells to deal with. IF we were killing them off.... or causing them to revert back to normal at a rate of a million a day.... I doubt we'd be keeping pace with the new growth. Such is the problems with dealing with late stage cancers.

Still we persist and search out other, more potent, alternatives. We researched several possibilities and whittled those down to two. My investigations led me to a therapy which used a substance known as Zeolite combined with a few other ingredients. Her research point her towards a therapy which utilizes several chemicals in a rigorously controlled dosing combined with a very limited and strict diet.

After some discussion I finally asked her which therapy *she* thought would do the most good. She felt the chemical therapy she found would be the most effective. Since mental state is just as important as the therapy itself..... I ordered all the necessary items late last week.

You can check out the therapy by doing a search for "Overnight Cancer Cure" with your favorite search engine. Obviously nothing cures cancer overnight however this is a *very* potent and powerful combination of chemicals.

#1 is DMSO or Dimethyl Sulfoxide. This is a powerful solvent derived from trees. It is clear and has no real odor. It's claim to fame is that it can easily penetrate skin and other cellular material. It is mainly used to aid in the transdermal transport of other topical medications. It can, however, be taken internally in small amounts when diluted with water.

#2 is MSM which is short for Methylsulfonylmethane. (Yeah.... I'm glad for the abbreviation too!) MSM is a close cousin to DMSO and is a clear solid. It's not as reactive as DMSO and it's main purpose seems to be its sulfur component. If you look at the joint supplements you have probably seen Glucosamine and Condroition pills with MSM. It is a common additive in supplements and used because it seems to be an anti-inflammatory.

#3 is Colloidal Silver which has famous antibiotic properties dating back thousands of years. At least those properties have been linked to silver for that long. Colloidal silver is available now because science is now able to create sub-micron size particles of pure silver which can be transported inside almost any pathogen.

Prior to the colloidal form being made consumption of other silver supplements could result in a persons skin turning an odd shade of blue. This was common with English Royalty.... who ate with silver utensils off real silverware food which had been cooked in silver pots and pans. Thus.... the "blues" or the "blue bloods" and the phrase... "Born with a silver spoon in his (her) mouth."

#4 is Chlorine Dioxide which is marketed under the name of MMS..... or Miracle Mineral Solution. (Since neither chlorine nor oxygen are minerals I'm not sure why the name) This is the real "killer" in the cocktail. It is sodium chlorite.... not to be confused with sodium chloride..... which is common table salt.

The sodium chlorite is "activated" when mixed with a mild acid (vinegar or lemon juice for example) which effectively removes the sodium ion leaving chlorine dioxide in ionic form behind. (One atom of chlorine and two of oxygen) Since it is an ionic form it has a positive charge.... which just means it's missing a bunch of electrons. Cancer has a negative charge.... or an excess of electrons.

Since opposites attract the chlorine dioxide is drawn to the cancer where is steals all the electrons it can.... rendering the chlorine dioxide neutral in charge. The oxygen dissolves in the blood stream and the chlorine binds with free sodium ions to become salt. The cancer, having given up electrons is now unstable... and breaks up.... or tries to revert back to a normal cell.... which then dies off normally and is removed by the body.

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None of these compounds is particularly kind to the human stomach..... thus the dose rate is *very* small. A teaspoon of any one of them is a huge dose and generally we're talking measurements of drops which are then diluted in water. the Chlorine dioxide is only bio-active in the human body for about one hour at most. Thus when the protocol is fully implemented she will be taking a dose about once an hour to keep up a steady flow to the cancer cells.

It should be noted that chlorine dioxide is the most powerful killer of pathogens known to mankind and has been approved by the FDA for use on beef, pork and poultry for many decades. It is safe when taken in small controlled doses.

Other forms of chlorine dioxide have been used to treat water for drinking and sometimes sold under the name of "Stabilized Oxygen." Even this lessor form of the substance is very powerful!! Just 30 drops..... given in two doses 4 hours apart will cure almost anyone of malaria in less than 48 hours. When "activated" with a mild acid.... left to stand for three minutes then mixed with water and consumed it is nearly twice as powerful.

As always we remain hopeful and pray for success. We humbly thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers too.

May God Bless......