The Fungal Theory

I didn't say anything about people born in 2000. You can't know how long people born in 2000 will live. You keep dealing with unknowables and assumptions.

Don't thank me for your assumptions. Just keep that crystal ball going. It's very amusing.

Actually they've been keeping statistics for more than 100 years. In 1900 the death rate per 100,000 population for Breast Cancer was 4.5 and Breast Cancer accounted for 7.3% of all cancers diagnosed. In 1911 the death rate (per 100,000) was 7.2 and breast cancer accounted for 9.1% of cancers

It's really hard to compare statistics as 100 years ago many more died as infants hence the number of adult women over 35 in the population was a much smaller percentage of the population than it is now, and the death rate in that age group makes up the vast bulk of deaths.

Apart from infant deaths, people died younger from infections such as after childbirth or from any infection that got into the bloodstream.  Hygiene and living conditions were worse for many.  Smallpox, polio, TB and other illnesses have almost been eradicated in so called developed countries.  Many people are saved from illnesses that would have killed them and stopped them reaching 35, 55 or older when BC is more often diagnosed and death rates rise.

Even comparing more recent statistics is problematic as more are diagnosed early and different treatments are used.  If only it were simple.

My mother died a horrible death from Pancreatic Cancer. She never made it to chemo. Just great how this disease is treated like a joke here. Got any more jokes about death from pancreatic cancer Jane?

and impositive...there is no need to speculate about whether his quality of life would have been better without treatment. Clearly you have never seen a loved one pass from Pancreatic Cancer.

Squid,

My mother also died of pancreatic cancer. She lived less than a year from diagnosis until she died at 46 leaving four children. My father in law lived a year and a half with pancreatic cancer and passed away last winter. No one was joking about pancreatic cancer. The joke was about the use of the word, hubris. Reread the posts before making accusations.

Imp,

Just a guess on who uses that word. Hubrisians?

Oh, Sheila! Six weeks, that must be like being hit with a bomb, not having any time to absorb the diagnosis. The shortest time I heard before your father was three months. Geez, what is causing all this?

Blessings to us all that we may somehow help each other.

Jane, I suspect my father had symptoms long before he was diagnosed as he once stood and laughed after drilling a drill bit through his thumb.  He would put up with pain unless it was extreme. My family spotted that he wasn't eating 5 years ago at Xmas and was looking jaundiced.  He was hospitalised on 27th December and died in early February.  He spent a week in denial, joking with all the hospital staff, then plunged into deep depression.  He did recover a little, enough to enjoy the family in his last weeks.  He was mostly sedated the last few days in the hospice.  He said he regretted nothing and had had a good, full life.

When my cousin in law died young leaving behind two toddlers,  from oesophogeal cancer after just 9 months on both conventional and CAM treatments, that was much more upsetting.  He wasn't in any risk categories but had eaten a lot of imported indian spices and was a bit of a health fanatic.  It shook me to my core for a long time as we related so well to him and we both had 2 sons around the same age.  I wonder if that could have been the trauma that kicked off my own cancer?  I finally decided I needed to accept whatever life throws up.  Nothing is guaranteed and stressing only adds to our problems.

Hi Chilipad ... my goodness, there is lots going on here ... there is no way that you should be having open wounds ... Why cant you have a mastectomy?? or is it just your choice ... sorry, I didnt find the answer to that so I am asking. I spent 5 months after my diagnosis seeing many opinions and then seeing lots of NDs .. some took exhorbitant amounts of my money in a short period of time and have been left behind! But ... two NDs have saved my life ... one in particular, Dr. Neil McKinney (and the other Dr. Swetlikoff) ... both of them told me that If I Did NOT get the cancer removed that It would eventually spread as it is like a parasite with billions of cells, and with natural medicine we can only kill hundreds of cells (I was doing it all from Mistletoe, Intravenous Vit C to 33 pills for supplements a day and the alkaline diet etc etc etc). Please do not sacrafice your life for refusing surgery if that might be your only way to survive ... Now that my surgery is done (november 30 BMX) I dont need chemo or rads and refused Tamoxifen ... I have an 85% chance of complete recovery with natural means .. Wow! Before surgery I had less than 5%.

"Naturally There's Always Hope - Healing Cancer with Natural Medicine" is one of the books that my ND Oncologist has written ... It costs about 40$ and can be ordered from his clinic at 1 888 722 6401 ... I just love this book and I believe there is new one coming out in the near future ... Please PM if you have any concerns or questions regarding this. Love you all!

Jainey, surgery is out of the question because the tumors have broken through the skin all over my right breast. It is too widespread for a masectomy. Even the radiation oncologist said that she would prefer that my medical oncologist try to shrink the tumors before radiation is attempted. I was shocked at how fast the tumors grew and spread. Funny thing, though, is that they seem to be only breaking outwards, and not inwards. Scans show that they have not metastasized elsewhere. A traditional Chinese medicine doctor whom I consulted said that the Chinese herbal tea which I have been drinking for almost a year probably helped to prevent the cancer from spreading. The ingredients and properties are listed in my blog post http://healingpastures.com/2010/08/02/cancer-fighting-mint-plant/

Six weeks ago, I received my first Zoladex shot to get my overies to stop producing estrogen. Meanwhile, I continued with metronomic chemo plus Tamoxifen. Two weeks ago I started applying anti-fungal powder to the lesions. I also started consuming natural anti-fungals like a clove of garlic chopped up and swallowed with a tablespooon of coconut oil, as well as an apple cider vinegar with manuka honey drink. In the past week, my husband and I have noticed that the lesions have started to shrink. Not rapidly, like when you do regular chemo, but they are obviously receding. Slow and steady is okay with me, as long as the cancer diminishes and stops progressing.

I'm seriously thinking of adding Reishi mushroom (also known as ganoderma or Lingzhi) capsules to my program, even though mushrooms are a fungus. Chinese medical doctors always recommend this for fighting cancer. Hmm.