Apr 21 2008
Introduction to alternative cancer treatments
This post is an introduction to alternative cancer treatments, mainly a repeat from Kistan2’s question which we will print out below as it is part of her liver cancer story. Many hugs to you Kistan2 and thanks for sharing.
Our next post is about an alternative that sounds good in the sense of giving a person suffering from liver cancer a better quality of life. Yes, I am very prudent using the term : "alternative cancer treatments" as I will keep on saying that:
the only way to eradicate cancer is to prevent it!
This is a political choice and as you have noticed, it isn’t in any of the 3 remaining candidates program for the US presidential elections 
Why a political choice? Because they can implement policies in order to :
- make sure we can breath in healthy air
- make sure we can drink healthy water
- make sure we can eat healthy food
Not healthy according to "their standards", but healthy to eradicate cancer big time.
All we can do at this point is try to eat as much healthy organic food as possible, reduce on red meat and increase on doing exercises.
Liver Cancer Story from Kistan2
My 43 yr. old husband was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma early February of this year.
[ hepatocellular carcinoma is a type of liver cell cancer: a malignant growth made up of liver epithelial cells (cells forming the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs) that tend to infiltrate the surrounding tissues and give rise to metastases ]
The oncologist that we consulted with all concluded that his mass was to large to operate on and it was too dangerous for the other recommended treatments.
Our only option was the liver cancer drug - Nexavar which he began on Feb. 12th.
Since then his oncologist has also combined the treatment with an infusion of Avastin (which is not approved by Blue Cross Blue Shield).
Since the infusion I have watched my husband go downhill with extreme high blood pressure which leaves him weak and fatigued most of the time. He barely leaves his bedroom and when he does it’s only to eat.
To me, he is getting more jaundiced which is not a good sign.
We have two young children (3 & 12) - I feel saddest when I think of the kids without their father around.
This disease has turned our whole world upside down - I am praying for a miracle but from what I’ve read about this disease, it just doesn’t look good.
Everyday I feel like he is drifting further and further away from us and I live in a constant state of sadness and loss (even though he is still with us).
I’m always on the Internet looking for alternative treatments for his cancer. Has anyone ever tried alternative medicine and have gotten good results from it?
Metastatic liver cancer addings…
- Kistan2 says : To me, he is getting more jaundiced which is not a good sign. I also thought father was getting more jaundiced, so I asked my doctor and he said : not at all. So in all cases cancer: always ask for a (second) doctor’s opinion.
- The drug our GP doctor suggested was Xeloda, which is a pill taken orally and should only work on the tumor without messing up the entire body. Yet our oncologist said: it is still a chemo-therapy causing the common well-known side-effects. He suggested to not give any treatment, therefore we didn’t have the "chemo-therapy" side effects. But you do need to be prepared for the side effects of:
- a growing liver that pushes against all organs in the belly, causing enormous pain
- a failing liver that can’t clean all the blood which sooner or later starts affecting the brain (like people poisoning their blood do to not enough food… hallucinations are to be expected)
- As long as your husband is there, he is there: do cherish these moments as good as possible!
Please do leave a comment:
- did you try alternative medicine and
- what were the good results from it?
We also listed a small introduction to alternative cancer treatments at our liver cancer survival rate page.
