Old stuff, and it works. But it is not a holistic approach. No golden bullit.

I have treated a recurrence of colon cancer successfully using the CAAT diet administered under the A P John Cancer Insitute in Florida.  

http://www.apjohncancerinstitute.org/

You don't have to go there or live there they will coordinate the treatment from Florida and will send you everything you need here. They will be fully involved in your care from the start.

It is a biochemically based  diet that starves cancer cells by depriving them of nutrients: specifically of glucose, sugars, carbohydrates and the particular amino acids that cancer cells need to survive. They have very different metabolic needs to normal cells. Normal cells utilise the krebs cycle but cancer cells primarily use glycolysis for their energy. The treatment exploits this and deprives them of their energy source.

The dietary routine is extremely regimented but it sures beats chemotherapy!!

I think its the right cancer treatment for the elderly and for all those who are vulnerable and may not be able to withstand the rigours of chemo and radiation.However you can still utilise the diet  with chemo and radiation to make them work better.  

Have you read up on Natural Cellular Defense by Waiora? Early testing results looked promising for cancer.

I read some time ago that eating apple pips increases one's heart rate..can readers verify that?

i also heard that the thought of chemo and all its side effects, puking, nauseau,

thoughts of suicide, ALSO INCREASES ONES HEART RATE, FROM ANXIETY!!

HELL, SEX INCREASES ONES HEART RATE!!

Thank you for being out there and giving us some alternatives. My dad has been diagnosed with a slow growing prostate cancer.  His PSA levels were slowly rising until he changed to a very healthy, almost vegan diet and received a course of Bi-Aura treatments.  He also saw a psychic surgeon. Though this didn't show any immediate results, it was a very interesting experience.  I've been surprised that none of the medics that have seen him are overly interested in what he's achieved.  I would of thought they would want every detail in order to verify it and share it with others in the same situation.

the medical profession is practically inured against recognising extra-ordinary healing, when natural healing methods have been applied.  Clinicians will generally show any interest in what was done outside their own orthodox methods a)

because their mind set is to dismiss everything else b) because to acknowledge the

power of natural medicine would be uncomfortable for them c) because they have no way of evaluating natural healing d) they can't admit ignorance e) their Medical Defence Union disinclines them to accept or promote anything outside their own remit.

Four years ago my husband had a 'spectacular recovery' ( oncologist's term) from extensive cancer in the the oesophagus, tongue, and adenoids (including biggest graded tumour).  No interest was shown in my protocal of natural treatments which helped him through the radiation and chemo.

Rosalind Lee.

They actually lower heart rate and blood pressure

I can sympathize with Jennifer's experience.  

Although I have been treated with great sympathy and respect  by the oncologist and the radiogist I see who had both originally recommended chemo and radiation for a 3 cm growth and a maliganant biopsy last year, neither of them as far I can tell, have  mentioned in any of their letters ( which they copy to me) that the disappearance of this growth and the restoration of the health of my colon has any connection with the CAAT diet I was on.  I chose this treatment instead of chemo and radiation and am back on the treatment again,  as I have been again recommended chemo and radiation this year.

The CAAT diet is rigorous in its demands and you have to be completely dedicated to make it work. It is a full time job in and of itself. However, no clinician I see for the colon cancer, has really taken it very seriously. The disappearence of the 3 cm growth is now explained as "fibrous tissue" that must have shrunk. It is not that I feel the doctors are not on my side, it is just there seems no room for including the results of any other treatment in their outcome statistics. I doubt if any statisticianr reading my notes would have a clue as to the treatment I was on.  The fantastic result would down to "spontaneous remission" no doubt.  

I have been back on the CAAT diet for the past 7 weeks. And on Friday I had my first colonoscopy for a year, and guess what?  My colon looks healthier than ever!!

I saw it on the screen myself and have been given a clean bill of health from the endoscopist.

However in March 2006 that was not the case. It was only 9 months since the  surgery to remove the original tumour in my sigmoid colon and it had become quickly diseased again, covered in unhealthy tissue, another polyp had grown to 2 cm in size and was blocking the rectum and a biopsy came back malignant. I was given grave news and my outlook did not look good. Of course, chemo and radiation looked inevitable and I was told in no certain terms that I needed both treatments and more surgery.

I sat in front of the  surgeon and had to hear for the second time within a year that I had cancer  and MUST have chemo and radiation. I never did and am still here, Thank God, to prove the dire predictions wrong.  I hope this time I can do the same.

As a Holistic Therapist I have been giving various cancer patients Reiki plus some general counselling/advice on positive thinking etc, with really good results.  In all cases symptoms as a result of chemo and radiotherapy were lessened following a session, and results on subsequent check-ups were better than expected.   For those following through with a full series of treatments, the doctors all said how well the patients had responded!!  In one case of Cancer of the base of the tongue the doctors said" it was almost as if there had been nor tumour there, and hardly any sweling - much better than most patients we see post chem and radiotherapy" (client given all clear)  and in another  of Bowel cancer she was told that the spread of the cancer following the removal of the tumour was only in one of the 6 lymph nodes and treatable with chemo.   Client is full of life and euphoric about what the Reiki did....   of course I am not making any wild claims about Reiki and the benefits of talking about lifestyles etc and the possible stress and traumas that may have triggered cancer - but isn't it a shame that so many hospitals will not acknolwedge that COMPLEMENTARY therapies do just that - work amazingly well and complement orthodox treatments, and in many cases reduce the severity of the side-effects?

Yes, for me alternative therapies are the way to go. Jennifer is right when she says that the medical profession will not even acknowledge that alternatives will work ALONGSIDE medical treatments - as though they are the font of all knowledge!  It is a very dangerous way to think - that you are right despite all the evidence to the contrary - I am prepared to say that othodox treatments for cancer can work - for some.  BUT for me and my very negative experiences, I had no faith in what they were proposing and so it was doomed to failure, seeing as how the mindset is also a vital part of healing.  It is what you have faith in that counts.  

I am interested in i-v vitamin c treatment for breast cancer.Who can direct me to a practitioner immediately?Desperate.

K B Nyan - please write to ne privately at sueinsole@hotmail.com and I will help to point you in the right direction

I used diet, from an the Powers Clinic, in Williamsport, PA, to eliminated the terminal  multiple myeloma, verified and documented at Strong Memorial Hospital and Roswell Cancer Center, which disappeared in 8 months.  Just this year, though, I rec'd a DVD of Lynne McTaggart that I believe tells why: It was eliminated because I quit the trauma which brought it on, thus had a mysterious "spontaneous remissions" denied by no less than those clinics and four local oncolgists.  Read: The Intention Experiment, 2007, by Lynne McTaggart, p.142; Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things, 2006, by Dr. Larry Dossey, pps. 239-242; Besides having a patient who grew a rib back 25 year later, that reconnected front to back, in his checking on patients his clinics sent home to die with terminal illnesses, 20 % were still alive years later.  Extraordinary Healing, 2005, prefix, by Dr. Arthur Brownstein, M.D.

I was diagnosed with low rectal cancer in November, 2006. Was told I had extensive scaring throughout my colon caused by ulcerative colitis which I never knew I had. The gastro doctor said I needed local surgery to remove a small tumor. I saw three surgeons and all three said,  because of the colitis I was at high risk for more cancer.  Therefore, I needed to have my entire colon removed. I refused the surgery and went on a green veggie diet using a blender and purified water to lighten th load on the blender. 3-4 ounces of broiled salmon each day. No bread, pastry, NO SUGAR or other carbs except an apple with a little pineapple juice added to the green blend of kayle, cukes, celery, chard, parsley, etc.  Absolutely no dairy because it causes excessive colon mucus. Plus I took many supplements.  All of this somehow kept the tumor localized but didn't cure the cancer.

Here's my results after 18 months:

The original tumor which was partially removed during sigmoid,  sprouted two new tumors, one on each side of the original tumor site and an ulcer in between them. which closed up rectum. I had no choice but to finally give into the doctors original suggestions for surgery which included pre-op radiation and chemo.  So far, I had 29 radiation treatments and 6 chemo IV injections to make the radiation work effectively. The radiation seems to have worked and I now have normal bowel movements. I am awaiting confirmation from the colorectal surgeon for a  date when he will remove my entire colon and perform a permanent ileostomy.  I'll have a bag on my side.  I shall also need to receive long term, low dose chemo after surgery. But I think I will live for at least five more years because the cancer hasn't spread. The doctors and tests state I am now a localized stage 3. I was told when originally diagnosed that I was a stage 2, so the cancer certainly has progressed even though it's been slow growing.

I feel that:

Alternative treatment certainly helped slow down the spread of cancer, but surgery, radiation and chemo must be the leading treatment along with diet and supplements such as selenium with vitamin E, IP=6, Serapeptase and other systemic enzymes which include trypsin and chemotrypsin. Also 600-800 mg of cimetidine daily. Most important is NO SUGAR.  I read the labels fon everything I buy because sugar and carbohydrates are all one in the same when it comes to cancer.  And cancer just loves sugar and carbs.