Laurie B. writes: > My dad has Leukemia that is in remission. Can you direct me to the > search for alternative treatments? I would like to start now and > hopefully be prepared if needed. Thanks so much.
Greetings Laurie, I've set aside answering your question until I could get past my friend's funeral and actually have a chance to spend some time on it. I've both posted it to the list and copied it to you directly. I'm no expert at this point. Apart from hearsay picked up over the last 8 years I've done little more than reading a variety of web sites and a few books this last month. You're exactly right to start your search now. Since doctors are not *allowed* to be experts in this area, you'll have to become one instead. My first effort with Google after learning of Richard's diagnosis was to type "coffee enemas" into the search box... I'd heard this phrase many times, associated with some cancer treatment or other, and figured that if people were enthused about something as bizarre sounding as that, there might be a reason. <grin> In fact there is. The result was numerous references to the therapy developed by a physician named Max Gerson in the first half of the 20th century. Go to amazon.com and type Gerson into the search box and you'll find the book recently published by his daughter, Charlotte Gerson, which gives a full history and update on the treatment protocol. If you follow up enough random links you'll find other therapies mentioned, many called by the name of the person who developed them: Budwig, Kelly, Beck, Clark, etc. A good starting place is www.curezone.com ... They cover many different conditions there, cancer being one. There are also public forums where you can listen in on discussions among searchers like yourself and researchers, patients and survivors. A key to look for is first person testimonials from people who are not trying to sell anything. Another area to look into is the several "electromedicine" devices. These range from simple things that anybody who can assemble a small electronics project can manage, to elaborate, difficult, expensive, and potentially dangerous gizmos that may or may not be of any use at all. Simply put, there's a lot of schlock out there that you have to get past to find the serious researchers and users. But, taken all together, I believe that such things are at best adjunctive measures to support and enhance an effort to heal by the more comprehensive therapies, such as Gerson's. John Rigby, Himagain, on this list has given us a glimpse or two of his strategies that seems to agree with what I've read about the other successful approaches: Number one is to eliminate, as perfectly as you can achieve, everything that's bad for you from diet and environment. Most include animal protein in this category, at least during the early healing phase. Some allow a bit of animal protein back in after a time, many do not. Contaminants, pollutants, refined foods, toxic fats, artificial sweeteners... all are land mines that you need to disarm and remove from your path to health. Number two is to replace it all with the very best quality food and supplementation you can obtain... and it had better be pretty good. Most agree this includes an overwhelming portion of your food being fresh, raw, organic fruits and vegetables. Key to number two is to restore things to your diet that have been all but lost by modern agriculture and food processing techniques; essential fatty acids, enzymes, trace minerals, vitamins, glyconutrients, to name a few. Third is to help the body to detoxify. Here's where you'll find everything from the aforementioned coffee enemas to various sauna technologies, herbals, medicinals... the list is long. Choose a few that make sense and be persistent. What disappears from your life is the option of being lazy, I'm afraid. By the time you've read enough case histories and personal testimonials, you'll begin to appreciate just how powerfully you can act to restore your health. These therapies don't just cure cancer, they cure *you.* What also becomes plain is that there are no guarantees. People still get sick and die. Sometimes the damage has just been too much. Others are unable to stick to the lifestyle. Some choose the wrong options despite their best efforts and just come up short. Now that I understand this much, I realize I face a decision: Do I start to live in a way that's totally different from my family and everyone I know, restore my health and outlive nearly all of my peers? Or do I continue to live as the rest of the world lives, and die when they die? I'll be 48 years old this fall. Do you realize I can have another 50 years or more to live vigorously, invest, love, explore the world? Or I can be dead or dieing within 15 years... or months. That's my choice. And yours. Be well, Mike D. 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