Metastatic Liver Cancer

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Metastatic liver cancer survivors

 

Yes you can beat metastatic liver cancer if you do everything right like Jim's son and our other 5 secondary liver cancer survivors:

 

  1. believe there is a cure : believe it like you believe the sun will rise tomorrow
     
  2. use conventional medicine like chemotherapy, surgery and/or radiation therapy
     
  3. use holistic alternative cancer treatments to boost your immune system
     
  4. cultivate a healthy body with a healthy spirit: less stress, more relaxation, a hobby you love, prayers and a healthy diet based on organic products
     
  5. make sure you have money or good health insurance to buy what you need from the above
     
  6. surround yourself with as many loving and helpful creatures you can find: according to pancreatic cancer patient Patrick Swayze: you even "gotta have a dog"

 

Palliative Care

 

A terminal patient is like a snowman melting away in the sun...

 

home health care

 

Ideal palliative care has 1 person taking care 24/7 of the palliative patient:

 

 

Palliative care means giving the patient as much "quality of life" as possible...

 

For father quality of life meant anything that made him smile:

 

 

Regular visitors continue here, new visitors please read father's last contributions to this site:

 

 

Prayers for cancer patients

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Nicole dropped by to share her prayers for cancer patients. Nicole’s father passed away with lung cancer but she keeps on dropping by for the support she gets from other cancer stories.

 

That’s why we ask you all: leave a comment and participate: it’s always easier to walk the path with other who have been there.

 

metastatic liver cancer cure

 

Do miracles happen when you pray?

 

When you believe that Jesus came back from the death, then it’s easy to believe that cancer patients can be cured. But I admit miracles don’t happen much.

 

Liver cancer patient Magalie Hall, author of My Victory over Cancer emphasizes forgiveness and the power of prayer, just like all our other metastatic liver cancer survivors believe:

 

 

All we know is that 2 years ago, I nor father’s doctors knew any secondary liver cancer survivors. As of today, we know a few and they all contribute here when they have the time, mood and energy.

 

We know that the number of survivors is way too small for comfort, but we also notice that all of them are alive because of their holistic cancer treatment approach. Meaning: they do everything right:

 

 

When Nicole drops by to give us her prayers, we can feel her love. Thanks Nicole!

 

Love and prayers alone won’t cure your cancer, but they are part of the total approach in order to cope as good as possible and for some even to cure their metastatic liver cancer.

 

The Secret

 

For those not believing in God, find inspiration in having a dialogue with "The Energy out There" reading The Secret. But what you will read in The Secret can be summarized as such:

 

things will happen
when you believe in them,
in the same manner that you believe
that the sun will rise tomorrow.

 

In other words: prayers can’t buy you good health, but when you believe: it’s only logical you will be praying.

 

Nicole’s prayers for cancer patients

 

Nicole left the comment below at can chemotherapy cure cancer?

 

Hello to everyone, it has only been 4 months since my father passed. Seems like forever.

 

I still come on the site to read other stories and just feel the support I get from others stories.

 

Don’t ever give up.

 

I know. It’s hard.

 

Stay positive.

 

Enjoy every second that you have with your loved one.

 

I pray for you all.

 

Thanks Nicole, all hugs back to you and drop by anytime.

 

For everyone reading this: please inspire others and share your prayers for cancer patients or share your story in a comment.

 

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Melanie Haiken helps you to help your parents at caring.com

Melanie Haiken Caring dot comAre your parents getting older and for the first time in need of help of any kind? Where do you start?

 

Is one of your loved ones diagnosed with secondary liver cancer? Where do you start?

 

For metastatic liver cancer you start with:

 

 

For helping your parents, you start at caring.com. This site supports everybody who wants to help their parents in any way.

 

Covering a much larger caring area than our site, logically you will find more than 1 editor, and Melanie Haiken is one of them: she is the Senior Editor of the Cancer channel at caring.com and like all of us, has had a loved one with cancer.

 

Melanie took care of her father while he was treating his esophageal cancer, which ended his life much too soon. She is a single mother of two daughters taking also care of her mother, who has multiple health problems including low vision.

 

We asked her to become a guest-writer on our site so she can explain you in person why you should visit here site as well.

 

Treatments for liver cancer

 

Melanie wrote a post titled New Hope for Liver Cancer. Summarized it’s about a new cancer treatment: new type of chemoembolization using tiny micro-beads soaked in the chemotherapy drug Adriamycin (doxorubicin).

 

These tiny beads get into very small blood vessels where they cut off the blood supply to the tumor and at the same time letting the drug kill the tumors at close range rather than traveling intravenous through the entire body.

 

For more details visit Melanie’s article. Meanwhile always remember what we write in our sidebar: our cancer survivors are where they are because they do everything right.

 

As promising as chemoembolization sounds, when you look for a cure for liver cancer : make sure you improve your health in any matter possible. Don’t put your eggs in one basket also applies when it comes to treating and surviving cancer.

 

By now you know we advocate an holistic cancer treatment: putting all the pieces of the puzzle together and looking at the pieces our metastatic liver cancer survivors are talking about (see our sidebar on the right).

 

We are looking forward for Melanie’s guest-posts so you can tap into her resources, website and support groups: the more you know and learn from people that go the same patch, the better you can care for your loved ones and yourself.

 

Please leave a comment and share your questions and stories as well!

 

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Patrick Swayze cancer spread to the liver

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56 year young Patrick Swayze’s cancer has spread to his liver. Some sources say he has quit fighting the cancer as he has given up with the various chemotherapies.

 

Other sources say Patrick Swayze just underwent CyberKnife radiosurgery: surgery performed by a robot which allows radiation energy to be directed at any part of the body from any direction.

 

Patrick Swayze was feeling a constant weakness earlier last year which was the reason for his check up which diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer. This particular strike of cancer is known to be deadly as it is one of the lethal forms of the disease in total as sources record.

 

Reports say that the 56-year old super star actor has told his wife Lisa, that he doesn’t feel he will live long and his latest movie “The Beast” maybe will get finished without him.

 

All our support and prayers for not only Patrick Swayze, but anybody having cancer.

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Jim’s son’s victory over metastatic liver cancer

Today is special because:

 

 

Jim has been updating us about his son’s spread cancers for months now. Things keep on looking better thanks to:

 

 

Although his cancer is under control, Jim’s son is still having a stoma. In other words: victory over cancer doesn’t mean that everything is 100% ok. But father would have loved a stoma and being able to drive a car again much more than being buried for 2 years now…

 

The best cancer treatment is your healthy body

 

In the sidebar we summarized what we learned from all our metastatic liver cancer survivors under the title "The best cancer treatment is your healthy body".

 

Jim gives an update about his son’s cancer treatment with positive results.

 

Update on Jim’s son

 

Yesterday we got the results of his PET scan and they showed that there was no further cancer growths in his liver, lung and bowel or anywhere else.

 

The bowel cancer is dead and the lung and liver are now very small: so lets say he is remission!

 

He has started another round of Xeloda and will probably have another two of Oxalyplatin after this. His cancers have reduced by probably 95%.

 

Bowel cancer treatment

 

We have decided not to operate on the bowel tumour for the moment as he needs to gain more strength and put on more weight. The surgeons agreed with this as they said the bowel cancer is not now a problem.

 

We want him to get stronger so he can have the operation and hopefully reverse the stoma.

 

He has gained one half stone in weight over the last three weeks and has today driven himself and his mother to his aunt for his relaxation therapy.

 

Given that last September he was given no hope and only six weeks to three months all is good at the moment.

 

He looks good too, back to his normal self with a good sense of humour.

 

He still takes the alternative therapy remedies and these seem to be helping in a great way.

 

His aunt is treating another patient with similar conditions to his and her cancers have reduced a phenomenal amount, so much so the oncologist asked if she was taking anything else with the chemo, and she just said health food!

 

He takes so many type of remedies that I can’t keep up with them all as they are taken at different times of the chemotherapy cycles.

 

I will say if you are looking for alternative treatment stay away form the ’shonks’ and look for someone who has an oncology background with medical certification as they are the only ones who understand the complete picture of both treatments.

 

Good luck to all of you; I will keep you posted on his progress.

 

Best wishes,

 

Jim

 

Which alternative treatments to use?

 

We would love that one day Jim could write down all the alternative treatments his son has taken.

 

We agree with Jim: stay away from the ’shonks’. It’s utterly disgusting how many emails we got trying to sell us colon cleansing to cure father from his metastatic liver cancer.

 

There is no miracle cure for cancer and whoever says he has, he should give you the guarantee of your money back.

 

Listening to all our metastatic liver cancer survivors, all they have in common is that they have a mixture of treatments and lifestyles in order to keep one step ahead of the cancer.

 

Like Jim says: eat health food. If you have no clue where to begin, go to a bigger supermarket and look for the organic vegetables section and organic meat section.

 

Yes you will pay more for health food. But if you have ever seen cancer up close, you know that the extra money for organic food pays back well it keeps the cancer away.

 

If you buy books about cancer treatments, then only buy cancer books with a money back guarantee. These are the only kind of books we offer on this homepage.

 

In one of these books ‘My Victory Over Cancer’ a primary liver cancer survivor shares her story: it’s not only about food but like we advocate it talks about an holistic approach towards health and cancer using prayer, stress elimination, detoxification, building the immune system, proper nutrition and easy cooking methods. It is written by a primary (not a secondary liver!) liver cancer survivor Magalie Hall. My Victory Over Cancer is Magalie Hall’s story of going from having 6 to 18 months to live, to total victory over liver cancer 10 years ago through nutritional and faith-based methods.

 

She believes in:

 

 

Her method is based on her own experience and can be used alongside conventional cancer treatments.

 

Like we always say at metastaticlivercancer.org "I don’t know exactly what works, but something is working" is far more better than a chemotherapy that doesn’t work for you.

 

Some parts of her book you could argue is not needed. Always listen to your gut feeling and if you have better alternative ideas than the ones listed by Magalie: by all means use them! We all carry a piece of the puzzle to treat cancer.

 

The bonus gifts are two email newsletters:

 

 

This book has very detailed detoxification and nutritional information, written by a woman who has survived liver cancer.

 

We wish you well

 

We ask Jim’s father and any of you who survived cancer, to write down everything you think helped you in your victory above cancer.

 

A big hug for all of you, we know that cancer is a killer but be inspired by Jim son’s story and our other metastatic liver cancer survivor stories.

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What pharmaceutical company Merck cannot teach you about metastatic liver cancer

merck metastatic liver cancer

Merck has no cure available to treat secondary liver cancer, so we recommend to get your support from our metastatic liver cancer survivors.

 

Why does Google rank Merck first?

 

Google for "metastatic liver cancer" and the top 2 results points to pharmaceutical company Merck:

 

  1. Tumors of the liver
     
  2. Liver Masses and Granulomas

 

Unfortunately, the information provided by Merck repeats what you will have heard from your doctor:

 

Metastatic liver cancer treatment

 

Treatment depends on how far the cancer has spread and what the primary cancer is. Options include the following:

 

  • Chemotherapy drugs: These drugs may be used to temporarily shrink the tumor and prolong life, but they do not cure the cancer. Chemotherapy drugs may be injected into the liver’s main artery (the hepatic artery), providing a high concentration of the drugs directly to the cancer cells in the liver.
     
  • Radiation therapy to the liver: Sometimes this treatment reduces severe pain, but it has little other benefit.
     
  • Surgery: If only a single tumor or a few tumors are found in the liver, they may be surgically removed, especially if they originated in the intestines. However, not all experts consider this surgery worthwhile.

 

If cancer has spread extensively, usually all a doctor can do is relieve the symptoms (see Death and Dying: Symptoms During a Fatal Illness).

 

So why does Google think you need to hear again from Merck what you already heard several times from your doctors?

 

How helpful is the info of Merck?

 

Unless you never heard of metastatic liver cancer, Merck just confirms what you will have heard from your doctor and from the doctor where you got your second opinion:

 

there is no cure for metastatic liver cancer we will inform you about.

 

The power of metastatic liver cancer survivors

 

 

When father was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer, we had no hopeful example: we just didn’t know about anybody who survived metastatic liver cancer.

 

Therefore father "throw in the towel" without a fight: he accepted his days were numbered and tried to make the best of it. Best is an overstatement: just imagine:

 

 

What if father had known about the few metastatic liver cancer survivors that share their stories on our site? We will never know.

 

We do hope you get inspired that there are survivors out there and that their stories could help you in dealing with the disease.

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At this rate I might damn well live forever

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Get inspired by Trish when you want to learn about the ups and downs during a metastatic liver cancer treatment.

 

95% of the time I am happy. 5% of the time I get down and I can’t sleep.

 

Trish lets you look inside her life and emotions from 2 years before she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer that had spread to her liver. (Start reading Trish’s cancer symptoms and diagnosis at Metastatic liver cancer survivor).

 

Today Trish summarizes what she did when she got the news, how she broke the news to her family and friends and how she started treating herself:

 

I’d beaten every other obstacle in my life, I just got sent a bigger one.

 

Trish is still on Irinotecan & 5fu chemotherapy and her last December scan showed a reduction overall of 11%. That’s when Trish expressed:

 

at this rate I might damn well live forever.

 

We mentioned that when you want to successfully treat cancer, you need to do everything right. "Everything" in Trish’s cancer treatment stresses on:

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We love to inspire your quest in secondary liver survival with the extremely powerful words survivor Trish wrote:

 

I think in all the time I have been on chemotherapy treatment (20 months now), I have always believed that a cure will eventually be found.

And if I can stay strong and healthy enough till it’s found, I like to believe that I will be one of the first survivors of secondary metastatic liver cancer.

 

Update from Trish: our first metastatic liver cancer survivor

 

Trish left the comment below at: How to survive metastatic liver cancer.

 

Trish here. I have been checking out the site from time to time, but haven’t yet had a chance to post a comment. I’ve gone back to work full time, except every second Wednesday of course.

 

I see there a more and more people coping with this disease. And some are having unreal results after a little chemo. Yay, there is so much hope.

 

I had a scan last December, again, all is well, had a reduction overall of 11%, at this rate I might damn well live forever.

 

I wish I could get well without
the chemo, it’s so tiresome, it’s been 25 months now. Knowing it keeps you alive is the only reason you tolerate that regular shot of poison. I’d much rather have a shot of poison called scotch. Ahh, thems the breaks.

 

I’m still on Irinotecan & 5fu, still got my hair though, it’s not even falling out now, my hairdresser said I have so much new growth, she said my hair is healthier than it was 2 years ago, except it’s really gray now. Thank God for hair colour.

 

I noticed that 5 questions were asked about discussing cancer with others.

 

This is how I dealt with it.

 

When I found out I had cancer, I looked at the Doctor like, yeh right, I think you made a mistake. I cried, I drove home bawling my eyes out, then delivered the news to my husband.

 

I told everybody, I also told everybody not to worry, that it was just another challenge, I’d beaten every other obstacle in my life, I just got sent a bigger one. I also let everybody know that I would have the exact diagnosis within a week.

 

I got the diagnosis, 6 months, get your stuff in order. No treatment was offered.

 

  • I had to go and see my Mum so that I could support her while I delivered the outcome.
     
  • I had to keep in contact with my interstate friend for 3 days until she stopped crying.
     
  • My husband tried to organize overseas trips and events for my daughter and myself so that she would have some great memories of our time together, she was 14 at the time. She didn’t want to know about it, and she did not believe that it was happening.
     
  • I was very frank when I told everybody, I told them that I was happy with my lot in life, and when they come to see me, I don’t want to see tears, I just want happy. There was no-one that I did not tell that knew me.

 

I keep on fighting now because:

 

I really believe that if I stick with it long enough,
something’s going to come my way.

 

95% of the time I am happy. 5% of the time I get down and I can’t sleep. I’ll be sitting in the dark thinking about Me, feeling sorry for myself and say to myself “I’ve got Cancer”. Thank God that 5% passes over quickly. You’ve got to have a few tears sometimes though.

 

Good on everybody else coping and surviving the Chemo & Cancer. One day, I’m certain, something wonderful will happen, just hang in there.

 

LOL Trish XOX 

 

We wish you and your family well Trish!

 

XOX

 

We look forward to your next update anytime :-)

 

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Metastatic liver cancer treatment

metastatic liver cancer treatment

Cancer count down from 2100 to 35. Jim happily updates the results of his son’s metastatic liver cancer treatment just before his next PET scan in March.

 

How to cure secondary liver cancer?

 

Jim’s son is one of the way too few secondary liver cancer survivors that are contributing to our site.

 

For those new on this site, we recommend:

 

 

Summarized holistic metastatic liver cancer treatment

 

 

Swimming pool companies and cancer research centers should note that swimming twice weekly is part of Jim’s son relaxation. He also has a hobby to keep him occupied during the long hours sitting at home.

 

Don’t forget the pain…

 

I never heard anybody talking about cancer treatments without talking about severe pain. Jim’s son is no different.

 

When his pain is bad, he takes opium-derived Endone:

 

Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from opium-derived thebaine.

 

It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids with several benefits over the older traditional opiates and opioids; morphine, diacetylmorphine (heroin) and codeine.

 

It was introduced to the pharmaceutical market as Eukodal or Eucodal and Dinarkon. Its chemical name is derived from codeine – the chemical structures are very similar…

 

(read more about this pain killer at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endone)

 

Picture of a stoma

 

picture of a stoma

 

Words can be deceptive… Above a picture of a stoma.

 

A stoma is a temporary opening in the abdominal wall that allows the end of the small or large intestine to be brought through the abdomen and fastened onto the surface of the skin. This enables waste materials from the intestines to pass through the stoma and empty into a bag called a colostomy bag.

(from http://www.colorectal-test.com/glossary)

 

stoma beltStoma’s can get infected, stoma belts can help you to get around easier having a stoma.

 

And Jim’s son is able to do some swimming having a stoma.

 

Next colon cancer treatment

 

So far Jim’s son bowel tumor is still inside his abdomen and will be (surgically? – please update us Jim -) removed in March.

 

This illustrates that:

 

 

Jim’s update about his son’s secondary liver cancer

 

Commented at Can chemotherapy cure metastatic liver cancer?

 

Update of my son.

 

He was hospitalized four days prior to Christmas for an infection and again two three weeks ago.

 

On the last hospitalization they found nothing, no infection or any thing else but he had a very watery discharge from the stoma as the bowel lining was not absorbing properly because of the chemo, that has now stabilized but:

 

Whilst in hospital they decided that his condition had improved and that the bowel cancer was breaking up and upon results of a CTI scan (already done) and a PET scan in March they think they maybe able to remove the bowel tumor and some of the liver mets as they are about 75% reduced on last scan could even be more by now.

 

The antibiotics made him tired but not enough to stop him swimming twice weekly in his aunts indoor swimming pool, which gave him great relaxation.

 

His condition is stable and his attitude positive; he is also continuing on with the alternative treatments especially the immune system booster and mushroom extracts.

 

He has some pain in the stomach but this only to be expected as the bowel is reforming after chemo (which he has stopped now for three weeks, as four weeks is essential for good PET scan results. When the pain is bad he takes Endone, but only when it is really bad and that is not that often.

 

He is staying positive and talking about when he will be able to get back to his IT job as being at home is a bit boring. He makes very complicated models imported from Japan for therapy and to keep himself occupied.

 

I will update after the PET scan to let you know what is happens.

 

Thanks Jim for your update:

 

we wish you and your family well!

 

We wish your son’s cancer story inspires other readers to add our holistic cancer therapies to their metastatic liver cancer treatment.

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Breast cancer treatment

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Jenny is undergoing breast cancer treatment since 1996. She has been treated through breast cancer drugs, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, mastectomy and breast reconstruction. Please go and pay Jenny and her hubby a visit to give them your support.

 

Her love of her life for 41 years is also her care-taker. Being a chef and baker he found out pretty fast that healthy food was part of the alternative cancer treatments I have been talking about as well.

 

Further on I have the impression they believe that God plays an important role in providing them the healthy tools to get through each and every day.

 

In case you are new on our site, we repeat the following 5 important cancer treatments:

 

 

From the cancer treatments above Jenny has or is still using:

 

 

Having said all this is great once you start battling your cancer. After 12 years of breast cancer treatments and having been sent home by the doctors to die, Jenny and her husband can use all your support. Thanks!

 

Read Jenny’s breast cancer treatment story below

 

Commented by her husband at : Can chemotherapy cure metastatic liver cancer?

 

My Heart goes out to all you folks as I know the struggle well.

 

Jenny is now in her 12th year of a cancer battle and was sent home to die now almost a tear ago. When they sent her home they said it would only be a few weeks. But Jenny sews from her chair every day.

 

Breast cancer was found in 1996. Chemo, radiation, mastectomy and reconstruction followed , none of which were neither fun OR successful.

 

Jenny, my wife of 41 years cant walk or stand as tumors have destroyed her back, hips, legs and neck. All of this while in an ongoing regimen of many different poisons purposed to “help her”.

 

At home , on hospice now, but refusing to give in or give up. She was to be “Gone”months ago.

 

I’ve said all that to give you hope. I started a blog to help and encourage all of you who struggle. There is so very much you can do to battle these cancers , and none of it comes from your Doctor.

 

You have the tools to change your prognosis.

 

I would invite you to scan the articles I’ve written as we have learned new and important facts on our Cancer journey. To many to post here. But if you begin today to care for the body God gave you, you’ll be amazed at the results.

 

Begin to drink fresh organic juice every day, at least twice, drink good clean water and avoid sugar as it shuts down your immune system.

 

Stop eating processed foods and eat as much raw veggies as you can. Jenny can be so very sick that just the smell of food does her in, but every time this happens i cut up a couple fresh tomatoes and cucumbers and she eats it all. Things designed by God seem to work…hmmmm?

 

Avoid putting shampoo’s mousses, hand creams etc on your skin, they contain alcohol, bleach and formaldehyde, all known poisons that soak in your pours and tax your immune system.

 

Hair sprays window cleaners , detergents also are toxic and hurt you, especially if your already battling cancer or some other disease.

 

These are just a few of the things that are hurting you right now, and every one can be replaced by something more tolerable.

 

Microwave’s leach plastic toxins on foods heated. Aluminum pans also leach chemicals… the list is long.

 

But don’t give up hope, there are many tools for you to use and you have an amazing body created by an Awesome Creator more than able to sustain your life.

 

Jenny’s battle is ongoing because we have addressed these issues. God’s very best to you all. If I can help , even in a small way, please visit, or E-mail http://www.cancer-isnt-scary.blogspot.com

 

Thanks Snuffy and all our hugs in your and Jenny’s ongoing breast cancer treatment journey.

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Metastatic liver cancer prognosis

metastatic liver cancer prognosis

Read why any conventional liver cancer prognosis by itself reduces your chances of survival by 80%. This is because a conventional prognosis is based on "normal medical efforts to treat secondary liver cancer".

 

Learn how our metastatic liver cancer survivors step outside the box.

 

Conventional cancer prognosis is only 1 part of the puzzle of your health

 

In stead of asking for a metastatic liver cancer prognosis, you need to ask:

 

‘Maybe there’s a chance’?

 

This will challenge your doctor.

 

Not that your doctor suddenly will perform a miracle. But it’s a much better way to start a dialogue with yourself and the caregivers around you.

 

Our father’s metastatic liver cancer prognosis

 

When we asked several doctors to give a prognosis, every time we got an answer to how little time father would have left on this planet.

 

Some doctors had a very short answer:

"your father is dying".

 

 

What’s the value of a second opinion?

 

Some doctors have different experiences with cancer patients and will give more or less elaborated answers. But all they have in common is: they are conventional doctors.

 

Meaning although you broaden your horizon by asking more doctors, you are still just looking inside the box of modern medicine. As we all know, this box is:

 

 

If you want more input to answer the question: ‘Maybe there’s a chance’?, you need to look for opinions outside the box.

 

Sceptical boxes with only acai berries and liver cleanse

 

As soon as father was diagnosed with cancer, I went online looking for cancer treatments in and outside the box.

 

I came across helpful people: terminal cancer patient care-givers gave me a tremendous amount of mental support.

 

I also came across people who claimed miracles using acai berries or other liver cleanse products…

 

These liver cleanse people were ‘as friendly as a salesperson‘ and I treated them as such. I felt they merely wanted to sell me ‘another box’. Maybe they were hoping I was so desperate I would buy and try anything… Therefore I discarded their input.

 

Back inside the box looking for new cancer treatments

 

So I ended up again looking for new conventional cancer treatments like Hepatocellular Chemoembolization or Laser treatment for liver cancer and virtual colonoscopy.

 

The latter because normal colonoscopy wasn’t able to examine father’s colon completely due to a twist in his colon which we had already seen 10 years ago on his previous colonoscopy.

 

Virtual colonoscopy could have been a way of finding out if father’s primary cancer was somewhere in colon after all. And we all know that the prognosis for a stage iv colon cancer is much better than a prognosis that involves an unknown primary cancer.

 

Why didn’t we do virtual colonoscopy? Money! Virtual colonoscopy for a terminal patient wasn’t covered by the health insurance.

 

Notice the vicious circle: father was diagnosed as terminal patient using "normal medical efforts". Conventional colonoscopy couldn’t examine father’s total colon in an attempt to find the primary cancer.

 

Virtual colonoscopy would be "an extra effort" but father’s health insurance only covers "normal medical efforts".

 

Looking inside the box became a death end to find a new cancer treatment because of a lack of money.

 

Metastatic liver cancer survival

 

What every conventional metastatic liver cancer prognosis had in common was : the chances of metastatic liver cancer survival are zero to none, because non of the doctors we spoke to ever had seen any metastatic liver cancer survivor.

 

2 years after father’s prognosis, we are now blessed to know secondary liver cancer survivors.

 

This means the answer to ‘Maybe there’s a chance’? is yes.

 

We don’t believe in miracles and do believe in facts. In all these metastatic liver cancer survivor stories we see one thing in common:

 

 

What are the extra’s you need to survive secondary liver cancer?

 

So far we see that all our cancer survivors follow an holistic cancer treatment approach. This means they think inside and outside the conventional medicine box in order to improve their overall health as good as they can.

 

So far we see the following ‘commons’ to survive secondary liver cancer,

 

 

It could well be that the deciding cancer cure ‘common’ is still not in the list, that’s why recently we added to the list:

 

 

Thinking outside the box: conventional medicine just cannot find the 1 miracle cure for cancer. Most likely the real reason is that 1 miracle cure simply doesn’t exist on this planet Earth.

 

But the only way for a conventional cancer treatment to be successful is when it is supported by "all other common things that makes you a more healthy person".

 

Note I put "believing in a cancer cure" on top of the list. If you believe that a cancer treatment can cure you, the question ‘which conventional or alternative cancer therapy to use’ will be answered.

 

If the latter sounds ’silly’ then look at it this way: how can any conventional chemotherapy cure the patient who doesn’t believe he can be cured?

 

Metastatic liver cancer prognosis summarized

 

The answer to ‘Maybe there’s a chance’? is yes !

 

After 2 years blogging we managed to gather a few metastatic liver cancer survivors on our site. E.g. read about Jim’s son’s still ongoing successful colon cancer treatment.

 

Father didn’t know about secondary liver cancer survivors. Once father accepted his prognosis predicting he couldn’t be cured, father’s battle was over. He simply didn’t have any glimpse of hope as none of the doctors were able to name even one metastatic liver cancer survivor.

 

If father had known one survivor, he wouldn’t have gone without a fight. Would he have won? We don’t know and we don’t believe in miracles.

 

The cure to liver cancer is not found in solely one box like:

 

 

The cure to cancer lies in putting all the boxes together: using every available treatment and resource in order to become a healthy person again.

 

At this moment, we do know that there are secondary liver cancer survivors. They follow an holistic cancer treatment approach to support conventional cancer treatments.

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Successful colon cancer treatment

colon cancer treatment 

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:

 

 

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:

 

 

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.

 

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Ovarian cancer survivor stories

ovarian cancer survivor stories

Read CJ’s stage iiiC ovarian cancer survivor story, spread to the liver, or share your ovarian cancer survivor stories.

 

CJ adds a new cancer treatment to our list of cancer treatments from our metastatic liver cancer survivors:

 

I’m trying some new techniques of healing my soul with my dog.

 

Seems Patrick Swayze who is being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer also expressed to Barbara Walters:

"gotta have my dog".

 

Which brings our holistic cancer treatment approach to:

 

 

Why do you need to add your cancer survival story?

 

When father was diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer, everybody was telling me that this was a terminal cancer. Not having anybody to tell me wrong, it took us 2 years to find out that there are ways of surviving secondary liver cancer.

 

All we have to do now is finding all the factors that can help in treating cancer in stead of trying to find the magic pill modern medicine just doesn’t succeed in.

 

And believe me, I would be happy if somebody would find a new cancer treatment that happens to be the magic pill. But after so many years of research, we better start using an holistic approach for curing cancer.

 

You are not alone!

 

The more we learn from each other:

 

 

Ovarian cancer, like any other cancer, could be closer to you than you think. My neighbor and some of my former colleagues underwent ovarian cancer surgery.

 

And the late mother of President Barack Obama: Stanley Ann Dunham passed away with ovarian cancer and uterine cancer:

 

ovarian cancer survivor stories

 

In the fall of 1994, Ann was having dinner at her friend Patten’s house in Jakarta when she felt a pain in her stomach.

 

A local doctor diagnosed indigestion.

 

When Ann returned to Hawaii several months later, she learned it was ovarian and uterine cancer. She died on Nov. 7, 1995, only at 52 years old.

 

Ovarian cancer stages

 

The following stages are used for ovarian cancer. CJ has stage iiiC ovarian cancer that has spread to the liver, which makes her our 6th metastatic liver cancer survivor.

 

Stage I Ovarian Cancer

 

In stage I, the cancer is found in one or both of the ovaries.

 

Stage I is divided into stage IA, stage IB, and stage IC.

 

 

Stage II Ovarian Cancer

 

In stage II, the cancer is found in one or both ovaries and has spread into other areas of the pelvis.

 

Stage II is divided into stage IIA, stage IIB, and stage IIC.

 

 

Stage III Ovarian Cancer

 

In stage III, the cancer is found in one or both ovaries and has spread to other parts of the abdomen. The spread of cancer cells to the surface of the liver is also considered stage III disease.

 

Stage III is divided into stage IIIA, stage IIIB, and stage IIIC.

 

 

Stage IV Ovarian Cancer

 

In stage IV, cancer cells are found in one or both ovaries and have metastasized (spread) beyond the abdomen to other parts of the body. Cancer cells are found in the tissues of the liver.

 

CJ’s ovarian cancer survivor story

 

CJ left this comment at What has the Holocaust in common with cancer and medical insurance companies?

 

I am actually a stage IIIc Ovarian Cancer where my cancer has spread to other organs such as the Liver.

 

Wow! It really seems that many insurance companies don’t seem ethical at all when it comes to actually saving lives from cancer.

 

Many feel that its your death sentence and wait for you to die from the disease. This is so unfortunate.

 

I have survived 6 years and plan to survive many more.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Thanks for providing many of us hope as we battle on!

 

Ovarian cancer survivor stories summarized

 

Please add your ovarian cancer survivor stories, especially when the cancer spread to the liver.

 

We would love to hear from CJ which cancer treatments she used. We do see chemotherapy, an upbeat spirit, cannabis as one of the many alternative cancer treatments (completely legal in The Netherlands) and… a dog!

 

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Colon cancer chemotherapy

colon cancer chemotherapy 

Or trail and error… Vicky shares her father’s colon cancer chemotherapy and the scary chemotherapy side effects. Vicky’s father was diagnosed with stage iv colon cancer that has spread into his lungs and liver.

 

Her father started his chemotherapy for colon cancer with Avastin cancer drug. This colon cancer chemotherapy worked well that it broke down the tumor but… it also put a hole in his colon.

 

The doctors managed to remove the cancer during surgery.

 

One year later her father had undergone 3 different colon cancer chemo drugs, but none seems to work.

 

So now they are trying again to give Avastin chemotherapy, be it in a lower dose and see what’s going to happen.

 

Enhance your health using alternative cancer treatments

 

Since Avastin worked before and is now given in a smaller dose, I would suggest Vicky’s father to find "something" that enhances the power of the chemotherapy. Google for alternative cancer treatments that have proven to enhance the results of chemotherapy.

 

Get some inspiration from our post where we describe how Jim’s son survives metastatic liver cancer using chemotherapy and alternative treatments for cancer.

 

What’s utterly important is your father’s overall strength. With a longer history of chemo colon cancer treatments, one can imagine your father’s immune system, his spirit and his body strength can all use a boost.

 

Colon cancer prevention

 

It is said that a persons diet is very important in preventing colon cancer. Since the advice below helps to maintain a general healthy lifestyle, it’s good that you make it part of your lifestyle:

 

 

In an holistic cancer treatment, all of these should be practiced in stead of thinking: well, at least I practice one from the list…

 

New colon cancer treatments

 

Hepatic Arterial Infusion or HAI is a new cancer treatment for people with metastatic colon cancer. This cancer treatment administers the chemotherapy drugs to the liver through a catheter into the main artery supplying the liver.

 

Even more high tech is the use of an Hepatic Artery Infusion pump.

 

colon cancer chemotherapy

 

The placement of such an hepatic artery infusion pump into the blood supply of the liver allows chemotherapy medication to be delivered directly into the liver. The pump will be connected to the hepatic artery after liver resection and will give up to 6 months of additional chemotherapy.

 

Although it looks promising in clinical trials, most likely your hospital won’t have the pump available. And although it looks "clean", it’s still chemotherapy, be it straight delivered into the liver.

 

Vicky’s father colon cancer chemotherapy story

 

Vicky commented her father’s secondary liver cancer first at What do you say to man who is going to die and left her update describing the colon cancer chemotherapy treatments at Avastin cancer drug.

 

My dad was on Avastin chemotherapy when he was first diagnosed with colon cancer back in February of last year.

 

He only got two doses in before he had to have emergency surgery, because it had worked so well that the tumor had broken down, and put a hole in his colon.

 

They ended up getting the tumor out, but they had to stop using the Avastin because this chemo was too strong and they were afraid it might rupture another hole in his colon.

 

So here we are a year later and he has been through three other types of chemo, none of which have worked.

 

They are now going to try to put him back on the Avastin starting today, a lighter dosage, and see if that works, this is his last chance, so we are keeping our fingers crossed, that it will work as well as it did the first time, on his liver and lungs, and at least extend his life a couple of more years.

 

I will keep you updated on his progress.

 

Try to make your loved ones life as meaningful as you can for their last days.

 

My father has stage 4 colon cancer that has moved into his lungs and liver, diagnosed in February 2008.

 

I struggle everyday with that thought, how do you say good bye , but also keep on living.

 

I know that God has a special place for my father, and that he will be OK . It is just getting there that is hard.

 

A big hug for Vicky and her family!

 

Thanks for keeping us updated and try what Patrick Swayze said to Barbara Walters recently:

"gotta have a dog!".

I would say love is important and I see you are giving all you have.

 

Yet every extra love can make a difference! Vicky’s father is our next metastatic liver cancer survivor!

 

Colon cancer chemotherapy summarized

 

Vicky’s father underwent more than 1 different colon cancer chemotherapy with positive results using Avastin, be it with the scary chemotherapy side effect that shrinking the cancer made a hole in his colon.

 

We wished we knew then what we know now: when you add the following alternative cancer treatments to chemotherapy, you end up with an holistic cancer treatment that has a better outcome than only using chemotherapy.

 

We repeat again what we learned from our metastatic liver cancer survivors so far how they treat cancer:

 

  1. chemotherapy treatment
  2. alternative cancer treatments or natural cancer cures that boost your immune system
  3. a positive mind-set
  4. eliminate stress
     
  5. lead a healthy lifestyle (that especially means exercise for those who don’t move too much)
     
  6. Get a dog! (Read our next post on January 26th to find out why)

 

All our hugs and fingers crossed that Vicky’s new Avastin colon cancer chemotherapy will work!

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Alternative treatments for cancer

alternative treatments for cancer

Jim’s son’s test results are getting better and better. Learn which alternative treatments for cancer and chemotherapy he is using to cure his secondary liver cancer.

 

Compare his cancer treatments with the findings of Mayo Clinic : which 11 alternative treatments for cancer are worth trying? Mayo Clinic is an internationally renowned non-profit medical practice where doctors are given the incentive to spend more time with individual patients.

 

Personally I would say every treatment that helps you achieve a healthier life, are worth trying. Especially if they enhance the following 5 treatments we saw our metastatic liver cancer survivors using:

 

  1. chemotherapy treatment

  2. alternative cancer treatments or natural cancer cures that boost your immune system

  3. a positive mind-set

  4. eliminate stress
     
  5. lead a healthy lifestyle (that especially means exercise for those who don’t move too much)

 

As you can see: all the above aren’t new cancer treatment, except for the chemotherapy treatments. The above approach taking the person’s entire health and state of mind into consideration is called an holistic cancer treatment. That’s when we say:

 

you are an entire person,
you are not a cancer.

 

You can only cure a person, which means:

 

 

Jim’s son chemotherapy and alternative treatments for cancer

 

Jim left the following update at Jim’s son successful secondary liver cancer treatment. Apart from chemotherapy sessions, Jim’s son uses a myriad of alternative treatments for cancer of which Jim stresses Coriolus/Grifola mushroom extract.

 

We will explain Coriolus/Grifola mushroom extract in more detail below and trust Jim’s gut feeling in highlighting this extract. But do remember what Jim said before:

 

we don’t know exactly what’s working, but …
something is working!

 

Which makes me conclude: try every treatment that makes you feel good.

 

Update on my son.

 

He is currently into his third round of chemotherapy.

 

This will be the last of six.
He is due to have a CT scan in a couple of weeks time. He is ok; but no where “out of the woods” yet.

 

His aunt prescribes him with a multitude of alternative medicines(too many to mention here) but one of the most successful we think is the Coriolus/Grifola mushroom extract compound (I believe it’s pretty expensive). It has been used by the Chinese for 2000 years and I believe that it helps make the chemo about 30 per cent more effective (only time will tell) but his results are positive.

 

He is still gaining weight, albeit only a kilo or so here and there, but that’s sure as hell better than loosing it. He also takes liver strengthening drops (I don’t know what they actually are but his aunt assures use they will assist).

 

This is shown in the fact that his ‘bloods’ are always near normal.

 

We are all staying positive, but the main thing is making sure that he eats well and healthily.

 

So far he has had no sign of sickness, nor hard chemotherapy side effects: just normal mild nausea. I am sure the alternative therapies are helping us with this battle.

 

The fortunate thing we have here in Australia is that all the treatment for this is at no charge and all of the consultations are at no charge also. We only have to pay a minor amount for the Xeloda and the other drugs; but $55 per month is not much for what you get.

 

I will keep you informed. But to all of you stay positive for your relatives sakes. If you want to cry yes do it, but do it alone and not in front of them.

 

Best wishes,

 

Jim

 

A big hug for Jim and his family!

Wishing you all well!

 

Questions for Jim

 

 

How is Coriolus/Grifola mushroom extract and alternative treatment for cancer?

 

We summarized what we found about Coriolus and Grifola in our alternative cancer treatments ebook. We all know that:

 

 

Coriolus Versicolor /PSK

 

coriolus versicolor

 

Father always said:

 

if you have a disease,
you can always
find its cure in your garden…

 

I do remember the above mushrooms growing on the reminders of the roots of the huge trees father had removed many years ago…

 

Add to that : most people now even don’t have a garden, meaning: most people lost the universal law of finding a cure next to where they are living…

 

"PSK [Coriolus Versicolor] acts as an immuno-modulator and is used primarily in conjunction with chemotherapy, radiation, and surgical treatments for cancer. Clinical studies have demonstrated significant results – results that would make headlines if obtained through conventional cancer treatments:

 

 

Maitake – Grifola frondosa/D Fraction

Maitake (Grifola frondosa) is the Japanese name for an edible fungi with a large fruiting body characterized by overlapping waves. In the United States, they also are known as hen-of-the-woods. Maitake is a premier culinary as well as medicinal mushroom.

 

Laboratory studies have shown that maitake extract can inhibit the growth of tumors and stimulate the immune system of cancerous mice.

 

Human clinical studies show that taking maitake extract has an anticancer effect. Maitake has also been found to help ameliorate side effects of chemotherapy like nausea, hair loss and pain.

 

Find out more about these 2 mushroom treatments and 348 other alternative cancer treatments.

 

Which alternative cancer treatments are worth trying?

 

Mayo Clinic suggests using alternative cancer treatments as a supplement to treatments you receive from your doctor.

 

However, do not substitute these alternative treatments for medical care. Alternative cancer treatments like acupuncture do reduce nausea or pain, but generally aren’t powerful enough to replace medications from your doctor.

 

Work closely with your doctor to determine the right balance between traditional medicines and alternative cancer treatments.

 

If you’re experiencing Then consider trying
Anxiety Hypnosis, massage, meditation, relaxation techniques
Fatigue Exercise, massage, relaxation techniques, yoga
Nausea and vomiting Acupuncture, aromatherapy, hypnosis, music therapy
Pain Acupuncture, aromatherapy, biofeedback, hypnosis, meditation, massage, music therapy
Sleep problems Exercise, relaxation techniques, tai chi, yoga
Stress Aromatherapy, exercise, hypnosis, massage, meditation, tai chi, yoga

 

Below 11 alternative cancer treatments recommended by Mayo Clinic which you can find explained more in detail also our alternative cancer treatments ebook.

 

These 11 alternative cancer treatments have shown some promise in helping people with cancer. Talk to your doctor if you’re interested in trying:

 

  • Acupuncture.

    During acupuncture treatment, a practitioner inserts tiny needles into your skin at precise points. Studies show acupuncture may be helpful in relieving nausea caused by chemotherapy. Acupuncture may also help relieve pain in people with cancer.
     

    Acupuncture is safe if it’s performed by a licensed practitioner using sterile needles. Ask your doctor for names of trusted practitioners. Acupuncture isn’t safe if you’re taking blood thinners or if you have low blood counts, so check with your doctor first.
     

  • Aromatherapy.

    Aromatherapy uses fragrant oils to provide a calming sensation. Oils, infused with scents such as lavender, can be applied to your skin during a massage or the oils can be added to bath water. Fragrant oils also can be heated to release their scents into the air. Aromatherapy may be helpful in relieving nausea, pain and stress.

     

    Aromatherapy can be performed by a practitioner, or you can use aromatherapy on your own. Aromatherapy is safe, though oils applied to your skin can cause allergic reactions.
     

  • Biofeedback.

    You use your mind to control various body functions, such as heart rate and blood flow, during biofeedback therapy. A biofeedback therapist uses an electronic device to monitor a specific body function, such as muscle tension or your heart rate.

     

    The device uses a beeping sound or a flashing light as cues, for instance to tell you that your heart rate is slowing down or your muscles are becoming more relaxed. Working with the biofeedback therapist, you learn to control these functions by paying attention to the cues.

     

    Biofeedback may be helpful in relieving pain in people with cancer. Biofeedback is safe when you work with a certified biofeedback therapist. With practice, you can learn to do biofeedback on your own.

     

  • Exercise.

    Exercise may help you manage signs and symptoms during and after cancer treatment. Gentle exercise such as walking or swimming may help relieve fatigue and stress and help you sleep better.

     

    If you haven’t already been exercising regularly, check with your doctor before you begin an exercise program. Start slowly, adding more exercise as you go. Aim to work your way up to at least 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week.

     

  • Hypnosis.

    Hypnosis is a deep state of concentration. During a hypnotherapy session, a therapist may hypnotize you by talking in a gentle voice and helping your relax. He or she will then help you focus on goals, such as controlling your pain and reducing your stress.

     

    Hypnosis may be helpful for people with cancer who are experiencing anxiety, pain and stress. It may also help prevent anticipatory nausea and vomiting that can occur if chemotherapy has made you sick in the past. When performed by a certified therapist, hypnosis is safe. But tell your therapist if you have a history of mental illness.

     

  • Massage therapy.

    During a massage, your practitioner kneads your skin, muscles and tendons in an effort to relieve muscle tension and stress and promote relaxation. Several massage methods exist. Massage can be light and gentle, or it can be deep with more pressure. Studies have found massage can be helpful in relieving pain in people with cancer. It may also help relieve anxiety, fatigue and stress.

     

    Massage can be safe if you work with an understanding massage therapist. Many cancer centers have massage therapists on staff, or your doctor can refer you to a massage therapist who regularly works with people who have cancer.

     

    Don’t have a massage if your blood counts are low. Ask the massage therapist to avoid massaging near surgical scars, radiation treatment areas or tumors. If you have cancer in your bones or other bone diseases, such as osteoporosis, ask the massage therapist to use light pressure, rather than deep massage.

     

  • Meditation.

    Meditation is a state of deep concentration when you focus your mind on one image, sound or idea, such as a positive thought. When meditating, you might also do deep-breathing or relaxation exercises. Meditation may help people with cancer by relieving anxiety, pain and stress.

     

    Meditation is generally safe. You can meditate on your own for a few minutes once or twice a day or you can take a class with an instructor.

     

  • Music therapy.

    During music therapy sessions, you might listen to music, play instruments, sing songs or write lyrics. A trained music therapist may lead you through activities designed to meet your specific needs, or
    you may participate in music therapy in a group setting. Music therapy may help relieve pain and control nausea and vomiting.

     

    Music therapy is safe and doesn’t require any musical talent to participate. Many medical centers have certified music therapists on staff.

     

  • Relaxation techniques.

    Relaxation techniques are ways of focusing your attention on calming your mind and relaxing your muscles. Relaxation techniques might include activities such as visualization exercises or progressive muscle relaxation. Relaxation techniques may be helpful in relieving anxiety and fatigue. They may also help people with cancer sleep better.

     

    Relaxation techniques are safe. Typically a therapist leads you through these exercises and eventually you may be able to do them on your own.

     

  • Tai chi.

    Tai chi is a form of exercise that incorporates gentle movements and deep-breathing. Tai chi can be led by an instructor, or you can learn tai chi on your own following books or videos. Practicing tai chi may help relieve stress. It may also be helpful if you’re having difficulty sleeping at night.

     

    Tai chi is generally safe. The slow movements of tai chi don’t require great physical strength, and the exercises can be easily adapted to your own abilities. Still, talk to your doctor before beginning tai chi. Don’t do any tai chi moves that cause pain.

     

  • Yoga.

    Yoga combines stretching exercises with deep breathing. During a yoga session, you position your body in various poses that require bending, twisting and stretching. There are many types of yoga, each with its own variations. Yoga may provide some stress relief for people with cancer. Yoga has also been shown to improve sleep and reduce fatigue.

     

    Before beginning a yoga class, ask your doctor to recommend an instructor who regularly works with people with health concerns, such as cancer. Avoid yoga poses that cause pain. A good instructor can give you alternate poses that are safe for you.  

     

     

Alternative treatments for cancer summarized

 

Alternative treatments for cancer are unfortunately not well documented by the main stream cancer research teams. This is understandable from an economical point of view, as research needs to be paid back from its findings.

 

From a humanitarian point of view it’s common sense that to cure cancer we need to look at everything! Jim’s son is curing himself using an holistic cancer treatments approach taking into consideration:

 

 

Make sure to boost your health using alternative treatments for cancer during chemotherapy or as a lifestyle to increase your chances to prevent cancer.

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New survivor Patti’s secondary liver cancer treatment eliminating chemotherapy side effects

chemotherapy side effects

Our 5th secondary liver cancer survivor Patty shares her latest cancer treatment option eliminating stress and eliminating chemotherapy side effects. Please comment if your experience is similar as hers.

 

Patti has secondary liver cancer with unknown primary. In other words: traditional health care has little to no clue how to treat a cancer they cannot even identify.

 

From our other metastatic liver cancer survivors we learned that in order to be successful, we need all of the following cancer treatment options:

 

 

Patti however decided to end her chemotherapy treatments. Why?

 

 

both with no change, except for the fatigue as one of the main chemotherapy side effects.

 

Patti’s "new cancer treatment" exists of :

 

 

Patti wants to know who has a similar experience?

 

All our father has in common with you Patti is that the had also a liver cancer with unknown primary. Once diagnosed, he stopped doing any blood-test and continued his life like it was.

 

The strange thing is that we figure he had some "unknown symptoms" about 2 years before his cancer diagnosis but he accelerated to go downhill fast after his diagnosis. Like we said: not at all a similar experience than yours.

 

Patti’s secondary liver cancer treatments

 

Patti commented her secondary liver cancer story at Can chemotherapy cure metastatic liver cancer or do we need to explore other cancer treatment options?

 

I was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer of unknown origin on August 1, 2007.

 

I’ve been given several chemotherapy injections over the first 6 months with no change. I was on oral Xeloda for 8.5 months, again with no change.

 

Other than pretty mild reactions to the chemotherapy treatments – the worst being fatigue! I stopped taking Xeloda in Oct. 2008. I will be given another CT scan the 1st week of Feb, 2009.

 

Does that make me a “survivor”? Nothing has gotten better, and nothing has gotten worse. All my blood tests are fine. I imagine you are wondering if I DO have cancer. Yes, unfortunately.

In July 2007 I had a CT scan to help diagnose a cough that wouldn’t go away. They found several tumors in my liver instead.

 

I had a biopsy and they determined it is adenocarcinoma in the liver but of unknown origin.

 

I’ve decided to be “done” with cancer. I’m just going about my life as if it wasn’t there. It’s a LOT less stressful that way. I’m going to get CT scans every three months and have all the blood tests – I’m not in denial, just figure I am living with all these tumors in my liver and I’m not going to let them get me down any longer.

 

Anyone else have this type of experience?

Patti

 

Thanks Patti for sharing! Lots of hugs!

 

Patti’s secondary liver cancer treatments summarized:

 

 

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How Billy passed away: what the doctors don’t tell you about metastatic liver cancer

Metastatic liver cancer treatments needed to prevent all this...

Diapers, heartbreaking, suffering, pain, confusion, fluid accumulation … All but "quality" of life. Be warned: this is a sad and dirty secondary liver cancer story…

 

Doctors wont tell you how utterly disgusting dying from metastatic liver cancer can be. Diapers, heartbreaking, suffering, pain, confusion … : our father experienced these secondary cancer side effects as well as Billy did.

 

Dying from metastatic liver cancer:

 

 

Dying from metastatic liver cancer means that:

 

your next day will be less as it was today.

 

Less communication, less orientation, less fun, less appetite…

 

"Less anything human"

Tha’s how father described it after he was diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer.

 

And diapers aren’t even the worst, because each parent knows how to change diapers. All the other end stage symptoms you most likely will experience hands on for the very first time.

 

Cancer treatments

 

Sadly but true, there are no real cancer treatments when you are in palliative care.

 

So called treatments for liver cancer in the end stage are aimed to:

 

 

Just imagine:

 

 

This is the hard reality, unlike the term "quality of life" used by the doctors, quality is surely a misleading word.

 

The hardest part starts when the brain starts messing up the cancer patient.

 

And it gets even worse:

 

When communication with words starts to fail.

 

We just have no words to describe this, so read Billy’s last days with metastatic liver cancer to get an idea.

 

For Kistan2: we have seen similar eyes like Kistan2 describes of Billy’s last moment. We feel that Billy just like our father was communicating that:

 

 

but he just didn’t manage
to put that in words you could hear

 

Billy’s end stage metastatic liver cancer story

 

Billy’s wife Kistan2 left her cancer stories at :

 

 

Well, this is Kistan2. I just came back into this site after being away for a while. My husband eventually succumbed to his liver cancer – he lived a little over 2 months after he was first diagnosed which was a month more than what his prognosis was.

 

I watched this brave man die before my eyes in our bedroom and there wasn’t anything I could do for him except to be with him in his last moments.

 

The look he gave me just before he passed will stay with me for the rest of my life.

 

I’m not sure whether he was looking at me and saying with his eyes why I wasn’t helping him or whether he knew it was time and was saying goodbye.

 

I keep replaying that moment in my mind over and over. Although the kids and I miss him terribly we are relieved that he is no longer suffering.

 

Seeing a loved one suffer from liver cancer was horrible and he did suffer.

 

I just want to let everyone know what an incredible person he was – we miss you so much Billy!

 

Yes – one of the things my husband enjoyed in life was his food.

 

Once the cancer took over his enjoyment was severely diminished as he could no longer tolerate the after-effects of eating.

 

He was plagued with major gas and stomach pain. After every meal he would retreat to the bedroom and wait for the gas & pain that eventually came.

 

As for the confusion – as Billy reached the last weeks of his life, he became so loopy. And this was from a man who would pore over things in a methodical and logical way.

 

It was heartbreaking to see his mind become muddled and he would repeat things over and over again. I tried to break into his confused state of mind by trying to get him to focus but he would just keep saying things over and over again.

 

I think his pain medication contributed to his poor mental state too.

 

The hardest part of this all was that my husband eventually had to use diapers because of his erratic bowel movements.

 

Towards the end, I would help him to the bathroom, wait while he struggled to move his bowels and then help him put another diaper back on.

 

He also had ascites (fluid in the abdomen) which caused him the shakes and tremors. All in all, it was not pleasant for him.

 

Thanks Kistan2 to "say it like it is". All our love and hugs to you and your family!

 

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