Jim’s son happy 1 year metastatic liver cancer anniversary

Update by Jim on his son’s battle with metastatic liver cancer – primary colon cancer – (read the whole cancer story at Jim’s son’s victory over metastatic liver cancer).

 

Tomorrow will the first anniversary of my son’s diagnosis of colorectal cancer with liver mets, and today he has just had his 15th round of colon cancer chemotherapy. His is still on Oxalyplatin and Xeloda; therefore he is still with us, and in good spirits even though he has his ‘down’ days about one week after the intravenous colon cancer treatment.

 

We found out the other day that he is still in stage IV but the cancer is not advancing and the oncologist said on Monday that he is surprised at his condition considering the severity of the illness. His blood pictures are good and he is retaining weight and his cancer counts are quite low; my wife forgot to ask what they were, but low, and not as low as the lowest they have been.

 

What cancer treatments are keeping my son alive?

 

Jim’s son is doing everything right, as only an holistic cancer treatment has the best chance of curing cancer.

 

I would love to tell you what is keeping him alive and I think it is all the alternative cancer remedies supplied by his aunt which compliments the chemotherapy. She changes them on a regular basis so I can’t keep up. But the main one is Grifola (read more in our post about Alternative Treatments for Cancer) and also liver support and immune system support drops (nothing on the bottle so I don’t know).

 

I think you have to find an alternative practitioner who prescribes for you what you need and I don’t think there is a one for all solution. We are just very lucky his aunt is so well qualified in cancer nursing and alternative cancer therapy and understands what is required.

 

One thing I think that helps is that we eat quality food (not organic) and a huge variation from steak to salad to roasts and lots of Asian style and heaps of veggies; his main love is hot curry with spicy papadoms (maybe good for cancer sufferers, who knows!).

 

I don’t know what else to tell you; but lots of love and care help. My son doesn’t have to do anything but try to get better.

 

Best wishes to you all. I hope success is with you too.

 

Jim.

 

Thanks Jim for your update and many, many, many more happy returns! About curry: turmeric, or curcuma – giving the yellow color to curry – holds a high place in Ayurvedic medicine as a "cleanser of the body" and today science is finding curcumin to be an anticancer agent. As we always say: you have to do everything right in order to cure cancer, so keep up eating curry 🙂

7 thoughts on “Jim’s son happy 1 year metastatic liver cancer anniversary”

  1. Hi Sancy,

    I don’t know what all the alternative treatments were as they were administered by his aunt. They just came in bottles with instructions on but the main one was Griffola Mushroom compound.
    The most important thing is to get the immune system ready for the chemo, and all treatment is on an individual basis. You need to talk to an alternative practitioner who is knowledgeable in cancer treatments and there aren’t too many. We are just fortunate that my sister in law has and Masters Degree in cancer nursing and is also a skilled alternative practitioner who treats many cancer patients each week here in Australia.
    Good luck in your search but ensure they have the above qualifications.

    Best wishes,

    Jim

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  2. Hi Jim,

    I am sure, 2 years must be markable for you. Afterall +ve attitude and will power works.
    My father is also suffering from liver cancer. And allopathy dr said no treatment is possible for this. Chemo will pain him instead of curing, so we have started with the ayurvedic treatment, It seems it is working for him. Just had 2nd scan last week.
    Can you please share the natural remedies that were helpful for him?

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  3. Sorry I forgot.

    The Erbitux was administered as a last resort because he was so sick and there was nothing else could be done. It is usually given for colorectal and head and neck cancers. Normally these cancers are seen in older people and they don’t get given it because of the expense over life expectancy is too high, but my son is only 28 and the oncologist obtained special permission to get it administered.

    Best wishes,

    Jim

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  4. Jim’s son Erbitux.

    As I understand it Eerbitux is an antibody. You have to be a candidate for Erbitux; meaning that your body has to accept the antibody and not reject it-some do some don’t.

    Erbitux is attracted to the tumour/tumours and then it makes them self suicide and kill themselves and not the healthy tissue. That’s it in a nutshell. My son has had 36 of these at $5,000/time, that’s $300,000 worth, and it hasn’t cost us a cent due to the Aussie health system and drug company. I thank them both.

    Best wishes,

    Jim.

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  5. Happy 2nd anniversay Jim 🙂

    Could you explain how you understand what Erbitux does, why it is different than the chemo given before, and why doctors decided to administer that drug?

    Thanks for your update and lots of hugs to you and your family,

    Kim

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  6. Update on Jim’s son.

    On August 17th my son passed the 2 year mark and is still with us. He is quite good considering the illness. He is still on Erbitux, he must have had 36 infusions by now and it is going well.

    He manages on the odd occasion to get out to the shops with his sister for a bit of light relief. He is still unable to work as he is on pain killing meds and other and other drugs and doesn’t have a great deal of energy and tires easily.

    The visits to the hospital are a little wearing as some of the can last five hours or so, and he has to go every week, one day for blood tests and the next for chemo; but it is a small price to pay.

    That’s all I say for now; but 2 years is good considering the six weeks we were given at the outset.

    Best wishes to you all,

    Jim

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  7. 3/6/10

    Update on Jim’s son.

    It is now 22 months since my son was diagnosed with collorectal cancer and liver mets.

    Last week he had a CT scan and blood tests; the oncologist has said he is stable and he is doing well. He is eating very well (about as good as a normal health person) and even going out for the occasional shopping trip with his mother.

    He is still on the Erbitux-round 16 and two other chemo drugs; all of which is keeping him going. (Thank you Australian health service). We are hoping that at some stage he can have the stoma reversed, but we don’t know when and if.

    He keeps occupied during the day watching movies, internet and making models etc.

    That’s all I can tell you at the moment ..He is good.. and that is all we can hope for. We take everything day by day.

    (The first thing to do when you are diagnosed is to talk to a a natural practitioner to help you to boost your immune system which will be down. That is what I think helped my son).

    Best wishes and prayers to you all.

    Jim

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