An Alternative approach to Stage IV Health and choices

Essa, I lost the swelling around a smooth almond sized firm lump over my ribs when I lost weight.  Hopefully that means the swelling was fat. It had been there since the BMX and all the docs say it's a lipoma.  They also say the knobbly lump below the inside of my elbow is a lipoma but it's tender if squeezed. I have other long-standing small lipomas that are smooth so I'm sure the knobbly one is something else. My MO says it's in the wrong place for a lymph node so we're just watching it.  The not knowing is scary so I mostly forget about it.

I think the diets are important even if they can't cure anything.  I want that estrogen producing fat tummy gone, or at least shrunk.  I can stay on them as they make me feel slim, strong and healthy. And I allow myself to relax a bit when I'm eating out as it's not often. Feeling deprived just sets us back so enjoy the occasional cheat ladies.

Diane...have you heard of skin brushing?  You can use almost anything to achieve the results of increased lymphatic flow and overall detoxification.  I have a clairsonic with a body brush attachment, however, you can use a fuller brush...or even your own fingertips. 

I've attached a photo...I find that holding my arms above my head when I'm brushing gets things moving much faster.

I also rebound on a mini trampoline.  Small gentle bounces.  It's good cardio too.  Send out a request for one to your email contacts and you will be surprised at how many people have these collecting dust in their basements or attics and would be more than happy to be rid of them!  I got one within hours!   

https://www.apjohncancerinstitute.org/physician-information/doctors-oncologists?page=physician.htm

 Want info on food that makes a difference, this was on natural girls today.  Amino acids, glycine, etc. 

I have been reading links from links for three hrs.  Am onto it.  Contacted co for more info, should I say clinic, but I will try to not be gullible.  

that's-life:  My diet is pretty simple...anti-cancer.  I have no white stuff which means no sugar, white flour, potatoes, white rice, pasta, or white grains...all which convert to sugar.  Sugar is the enemy..this we know.  I eat only fruits, veggies, lean protein, nuts, seeds, and take a bunch of supplements that were recommended by my ND.  They are Iodine capsules, mushroom, a powdered vit C, MSM, a B12 capsule, and low dose Naltrexone which is supposed to kill any cancer cells that might be circulating.  I also take a probiotic and some digestive enzymes, because it's important to keep your gut in good working order.  Most of our immune system is located in our gut and it needs to stay in optimal condition.

I've found good substitutes for pasta...I use quonia pasta, also brown rice, and sweet potatoes for white potatoes.  We've also gone 95% gluten free with no wheat at all.  That has made a huge difference in my well being.  I never knew it, but I have an intolerance to wheat products.  Corn products like corn tortillas and corn bread are ok, so I substitute that a lot for bread.

We invested in a vita mix blender and use that to make green smoothies and blended soups with lots of veggies in them.  They are delicious and you can do them raw if you want.  This blender will blend anything into a smooth consistency.  I like it better than the juicer because you are getting the fiber as well as the juice from the fruits and veggies. 

Do I cheat....of course I cheat.  I just had a huge piece of red velvet cake and some ice cream for my birthday treat, but then I go right back to the diet.  It's a constant work in progress.

I know there are people who have followed this diet and still have recurrences or progression, so it isnt 100% guaranteed, but then neither is life.  I tell myself that I am on this diet in order to feel better, and I certainly do feel better than I did before I got bc.  I think my SE's from the tamox are very manageable, and the diet may have something to do with it.  If I cheat, I usually am rewarded with hot flashes all evening:(

Kat: I'm definitely going to get one of those rebounders and use it daily.  I had one years ago...have no idea what happened to it. 

Kaara - perhaps your rebounder is hiding in the basement LOL - I think my daughter has one she does not use. 

I did the dry brushing this morning.  Not sure what to do with my underarms though.

Kat - the Paw Paw - I did not know it makes one tired.  Perhaps that is why I am so tired, for one of the first times since I started the kinesiology testing, I got a yes for Paw Paw about a month ago.  So taking two 3x day for most part.  I have been so tired.  Feels like a huge turkey feast w tryptophan injected in me after I eat a small meal.  This morn had blueberries, kashi, raw milk and a scrambled egg - took the Metformin and Paw Paw and a probiotic with that and am exhausted.  I said, this is why I go 17 hours without eating to starve cancer cells, so I am not tired.  But you say the Paw Paw can do that.  I only knew it could/would make one quite nauseous if taken on empty stomach or too much.  Good to know.

ThatsLife - the  hematoma - must have been quite alarming.  Did she say they can pop up anywhere with brisk exercise?  SO many pitfalls in healing choices.  Take care.  I do know what you mean in a sense about the futility.  Sometimes I get there.  Like I was this last week, all the thousands of dollars and giving up everything to move us and me having allegedly a mass in my breast 5x larger than the last one...... that feels futile.  I cannot believe it is really there, but we are checking in case.  But that could mean everything I have taken was for nothing.  We shall see.  I think morethaan anything that the die off of cancer microbes and Candida and such are getting the best of me sometimes.  

Kaara - the food plan.  Yours is great, an inspiration.  You do not overstep bounds in speaking up.  I need to hear it, we all do.  To be Stage I or IV means that wwe have to look at these factorrs, food included, health, choices, bad habits, toxins we are expossed to.  About the food,  we live to eat or eat to live.  I have always been more the former but am not a binger or overeater.  I just enjoy food, some don't.  I love brussel sprouts more than ham, a good peach more than peach pie.  But to give up so much, like I have been told in my food detoxing and cancer dealings to completely give up fruit for months on end, no grains at all, etc.  This is more like forever if one thinks perhaps they have a year at best to enjoy food but are told to gamble on it and give it up and maybe the cancer will go away and they can eeat a little of it again.  Macrobiotics... people go on that food plan for cancer and when they go off the cancer comes back..... there are stem cells undouubtedly and the sugars are again there for the cancer cells to flourish and begin division too so it is then fast and furious.  I guess what I always had in mind was to find the waay to transition supplements that are extremely effective and would ward off these bouts for the rest of my life.  And to transition with the foods too.  Sometimes sugaar is okay sometimess it is NOT.  But I can see the white stuff and sugars have to be the rare stuff in my diet, it is a do or die kind of deal for either allopathic choices or alternative choices.... the allopathic medical community does not usally tell their patients tht they have to do a certain diet without sugar, in fact, I have read that in the chemo clinics there are donuts often, don't know but wow.  Clueless.  Unfortunateely, they also don't tell the allopathic patients not to use the usual deodorants and this is one thing I knew for years.  Unfortunately, I ignored that in the hottest summer, but the rest of the year I used a completely natural herbal along with natural completely no questionable ingredients in my personal caare or toothpaste.  I can do all that, but the food is my issue.  I could literal eat myself to death w/o ever overeating, becausse I understand what you are saying.... it is crucial to make permanent changes.  So thanks for speaking up, though this is not all about foods, it is a top priority that needs addresssed for all whether we like it or not.  I have considered joining a 12-step group for food because it could help me turn this over somehow, but I have found there are threads on bco that are for gluten-free and sugar-free and I read those at times.

714X and CAAT, right now I am researching these and will be ordering one or the other this week if they find evidence of cancer.  Otehrwise I will stay w the UVB IV/blood therapy, PawPaw and laetrile plus the bitter apricot kernnels and Ojibwa tea w bloodroot extract.  And yes, the good for me foods.

Later - on to the day! 

Interesting about the baking soda?! How would one 'drink' it though? Is there a protocol on that? Seems too easy...yet I'd hate to damage other organs...

I am really leaning toward an alternative to tamox. I want to pick 1 and am thinking of ic3. Can soeone direct me to best source and dose etc. I would appreciate any add'l info. PMs welcome.

Thx!

Yay!!!! Great news, thats-life!

I've only been diagnosed for 3 months and am stage 4. Breast with bone mets. I didn't want chemo at all but went and had a chemo sensitivity test done, it's costly but the cancer seems to be eating up every dime it can along with my body. The test showed some chemos to be highly effective for me, they also tested 50 alternative agents such as artmeisim. Several showed to be effective on my cancer. So I have been doing low dose chemo, about 10% and only those shown to be effective and taking supplements, I'm also doing diet, a combination of Budwig, raw foods and Gershwin. I know most of you have been here longer than me, I hope I can learn more from you. I also take Essack tea and apricot seeds.

Ljcan,

Where did you get that test done?  

 That'slife, yay!  So happy for you that you are still stable!

Kaara (and Z if you're out there) this IPT got me thinking.  What if a person took one small square of dark chocolate about 10-15 minutes prior to their scheduled dose (in my case Protocel)  Just wondering aloud here, but if that one square of chocolate caused the body to release natural insulin to potentiate the treatment of choice? 

Kat, a modified glucose or sugar molecule known as 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) would probably do the trick. Check out this article.

Discovery: Sugar plus two drugs may equal cancer cell suicide

November 17, 2011 | By Mark Hollmer

Scientists in Japan and California have created a lethal recipe of just three ingredients that make the cells of some types of cancers kill themselves. They ply the tumors with a special sugar that makes the cells vulnerable and then assault them with two drugs that trigger a self-destruct sequence.

The finding, highlighted in the journal Cancer Research online, could lead to more effective, localized cancer treatments that avoid damaging healthy tissue. Researchers saw promise in vitro and then in animal studies, and are trying to initiate a formal clinical trial using the combination.

So far, the concept induced cell death in leukemia, hepatocarcinoma and lung, breast, prostate and cervical cancer cells, the research team said. But other cancers are resistant, they noted.Researchers at the University of California-San Diego and Kyushu University Medical School first give cancer cells a modified glucose or sugar molecule known as 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG), which cancer cells find appetizing. Unlike other sugar molecules, this one prevents the cancer cells from growing and leaves them vulnerable to cell death by opening access to an internal protein. Exposure to two cancer drugs--known together as ABT-263/737--forces the internal protein to begin initiating cell death.

Importantly, only cells primed by 2-DG and the two drugs died, leaving healthier cells intact. The body's blood brain barrier also protects the brain's highly glycolytic cells from ABT-263-737, preventing them from migrating there and doing damage.

Depending on the ingredients of Protocel and the way you metabolize them, probably won't hurt.

Zuvart, interesting about 2DG. Seems it is not like your normal sugar.

I will be doing a circulating tumor cell test next week. I will have to travel to do it as it isn't offered here. Until then I want to starve any cancer cells of glucose

http://health.universityofcalifornia.edu/2012/06/26/glucose-deprivation-kills-cancer-cells/

I know it would be more interesting to do it after they find something, but psychologically it's better for me if they don't find anything. Also I'm not sure if it's really possible to starve cancer cells of glucose in humans. But maybe my cells, if they are still around, will be too dumb or too weak to try to convert amino acids from my muscles into glucose, or some other workaround.