Jim’s son successful colon cancer treatment includes colon cancer chemotherapy – Oxaliplatin & Xeloda – and alternative cancer treatments given by a family member practitioner: an oncology nurse with an Msc. in cancer nursing.
Stage iv colon cancer
Jim’s son has stage iv colon cancer spread to liver and lungs, a loving family, an effective caring Australian Health Insurance and an oncology nurse who survived breast cancer.
His successful cancer treatment is based on colon cancer chemo boosted with alternative cancer treatments.
2 weeks ago, the metastatic liver cancer was reduced by a further 65% using the aggressive Oxaliplatin drug. the oncologist plans to continue the chemotherapy with the less invasive Xeloda.
Xeloda was the colon cancer chemotherapy our GP suggested when our father was diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer with unknown primary. Based on good results he saw in one of his other patients, our GP saw some potential in Xeloda.
Father’s young oncologist however insisted that Xeloda is also a chemotherapy. Since the primary cancer was unknown, father was already weak and in disbelieve of a cancer cure, the oncologist suggested considering not to try any chemotherapy.
Father passed away few months later, Jim’s son however is still alive!
Colon cancer therapy plus cancer treatment alternatives
Jim’s son’s oncologist summarizes where modern medicine falls behind:
Jim’s son’s improvement is exceptional considering the time on chemotherapy.
That just shows the added value of alternative cancer treatments like Jim’s son is using. Basically, these alternative cancer therapies:
- boost your immune system
- boost your state of mind
- boost your strength
all in order to make the chemotherapy
much more effective than
what had been seen in laboratory research.
We are people: we are more than scientific cause-consequence data. Therefore a total or so called holistic approach to treating cancer is your best alternative if you want to survive cancer.
We thank Jim’s son and all other contributing secondary liver cancer survivors for sharing this knowledge!
Health insurance plans
On a side note: I am still baffled when US president candidate McCain accused Obama to be a socialist trying to adopt an European health care example.
Our father was treated in Belgium: the huge costs where covered by the governmental health care system. Extra hospitalisation costs were covered by a private health care plan provided by one of the banks father was a client.
Read below how Jim’s son’s CT Scans in Australia are free of charge!
It’s mind-blowing to live in the US:
- said to have with the best facilities to treat cancer but
- sad that before the economical crisis 1 out of 4 US citizens didn’t have personal health insurance plans.
In other words: treating cancer in the US means you have to sell your house in order to pay your medical bills… as if having the cancer in the first place isn’t bad enough.
Let’s hope the new administration see things differently: if voter’s lives aren’t important, at least remember that an economy based on over-consumption cannot sustain itself when the consumers die.
Holistic cancer treatment
Read this and more comments from Jim at Jim’s son secondary liver cancer treatment
Update on 23/01/2009.
My son had the results of his latest scan on Thursday.
The liver metatasis has reduced by a further 65% approximately and the lung and colon tumours are stable.
The oncologist was ecstatic with the results which he said were exceptional considering the time on chemo. He was due to have the final intravenous Oxaliplatin this Tuesday coming but they have decided to give his body a rest and are going to continue with the less invasive Xeloda.
He is still very tired and has pain occasionally but apart from that he is good ‘considering the condition’.
When he is strong enough they are going to consider removing the colon tumour so he can be rid of the colostomy bag which is the biggest thing that worries him.
I advise anyone in this situation to seek alternative cancer therapies along with the traditional chemo. I know we are lucky having a family member who is a practitioner but just try a few if you can’t afford all alternative cancer treatments: it wont hurt.
Australian cheap health insurance
In answer to the question regarding the alternative cancer therapies, they are paid for by his aunt at no cost to us.
He now also qualifies for a generous welfare pension as he can’t work for 12-24 months and therefore the cost of the prescription medicine, i.e. Xeloda only now costs us $5.00 yes $5.00. I believe the cost per 100 tablets to the government is close on $1000.00.
We are so lucky with our health care system if you are seriously ill.
CT Scans and consultations are at no cost either as well as hospital admissions of which he has had two due to infections for the stoma each resulting the three to four day admissions.
I am so angry that the US health systems ’sucks’ the way it does and denies equality in treatment to those who need it most and can’t always afford it.
Let’s hope the new administration may see things differently.
PS: I’m not political but see health care as being open and equal for everyone regardless of their financial situation. Health care should not be for profit of shareholders.
Hope and prayers to all others who are suffering this awful condition.
Thanks Jim for your update:
we wish you and your family well!
We wish your son’s cancer story inspires other readers to add alternative cancer therapies to their chemotherapy colon cancer treatment.