Am I crazy for trying an alternative treatment?

Hi everyone,

I think the acupuncture was only a small piece as to why my tumor seems to be gone (not saying it is definitely gone until I get my test results.) I took it upon myself to massage some acupuncture points that promote white blood cells growth. I used these two links to find out what points to massage:

https://www.herbalshop.com/natural-healing/acupres...
http://www.modernreflexology.com/acupressure-points-for-immune-system/

I had trouble finding some of these points, so I googled images. Some images tell you pressures points are "cun" spaces away. I had no idea what this was, luckily my mom knew.

This is how acupuncture measures distances:
3 cun = 4 finger spaces (index to pinky)
2 cun = 3 finger spaces (index to ring finger)
1 cun = 2 finger spaces (index & middle)

Massage doesn't hurt your cancer progress, so I would say do it at home when you have time to try to create some white blood cells. Sometimes I take a pen or a stick of some sort to really get into the pressure point. It's supposed to hurt when you find them, so if the pressure point doesn't hurt, you probably haven't found it yet.

Also, remember to drink WARM water after massaging so it washes out the toxins. My mom constantly has me drink warm/hot water, NO cold/room temp water.

The main function of the acupuncture was to balance my yin and yang, but I don't think it was the biggest factor for my tumor shrinkage/disappearance. I think the moxibustion helped the most in killing the cancer cells. We use HUGE moxi sticks that are 7 cm in diameter, so the heat covers a large area. Most of the photos of moxa sticks you see online are like teeny tiny 1 inch diameter sticks. I used to not believe in moxibustion because the studies I read had inconclusive results on its effectiveness, but now I believe that maybe the technique in those studies weren't correct or they were using the teeny tiny sticks. Who knows! Moxibustion is just hyperthermia! When my mom did it on me when I was here on (I think it was) Day 10, the tumor was moving around like crazy! My mom's eyes kind of looked like they were popping out of her eye sockets because she was so surprised. Also, after rereading my original post, I realized that I noticed some changes in the tumor even before I left for China. The week leading up to China, I was using hand warmer heatpacks on my tumor for 2 hours/day, but the heatpacks don't create a constant source of heat. I also read that whole body hyperthermia is more effective, but I'm not sure where to get that. I kind of imagined trying this myself by running a bath and putting a couple of sous vide machines to maintain a constant heat. I don't think I'm going to do that though, it's kind of ridiculous. I can have an imagination sometimes...

I'm not really sure where you can get moxibustion in the US though, because it creates a lot of smoke. And we in the US love to be safe, with our smoke detectors, which is a wonderful thing, but bad for moxibustion seekers! BUT being the lucky person that I am, my mom shipped a ton back from China when she came to visit a few years ago and it's just been sitting in the garage. Apparently, in TCM, you need to continue treatment for 100 days straight, so I'll be moving back home with my parents for a little to do moxibustion with my mom's help.

As for herbs, the only thing I bought from the herb store here was Fu Ling. I brew a tea out of it.

When I got to China, they said I was lacking yang and I had a lot of dampness in me. The acupuncture was to balance my yin&yang and the sitting in the sun was to give me yang. The Fu Ling tea is supposed to dispel dampness, and my mom also made me some type of black bean/red bean soup thing to also dispel dampness. The first two nights that I drank the tea and ate the bean soup, my legs were sweating at night. I didn't even know my legs could sweat because they never have before.

I just reread what I just wrote and if all this didn't really happen to me, I would think I was exaggerating and being ridiculous. LOL

5 more days in china and I am outta here. I really can't wait to leave!

Hey guys,

So my appointment was yesterday. I got a mammogram and an ultrasound.

The ultrasound confirmed that the tumor is not distinct anymore. My surgeon described it as "melting" like cheese does, but there's still a mass. The original dimensions of the tumor was 10x4x6 mm (but on the report I got yesterday, it said the previous dimensions were 10x8x6mm, maybe there was a mistake somewhere), now the "melted" mass is 7x4x7mm. When I asked if the melted mass was dead or active cancer cells, they said they didn't know.

On the mammogram, it showed that my precancerous cells didn't change in size.

My surgeon still wants me to go through with surgery and the standard treatment. I'm pretty sure their thinking is that, if anything is still there, then we need to just get it out! But...my mom says there's improvement and that cancer takes years to form, it needs time to go away. A lot of people have different opinions and it just makes it difficult for me to decide what to do/process. The doctors are going to set me up with a couple of other doctors for second opinions. I want to continue with the all natural treatment, but as you all know, it's scary to think what if it doesn't work.

I spoke to an old college friend from years ago who studied chinese medicine and is really into health. She referred me to watch Dr. Robert Morse ND on youtube. Apparently, this guy advocates an all fruit diet to detox the body (not a forever diet). He has helped thousands of people with various ailments, including cancers and stage 4 cancers just with the all fruit detox and some herbs. My friend says that she's helped herself and her patients with the all fruit diet too. He says people get cancer because the kidneys/lymphatic systems aren't working correctly to detox the body. He says that you can check if your kidneys are working if you pee in a cup and let it settle and see a cloudiness at the bottom. If it's completely clear, then your kidneys aren't working properly. If there is a cloudiness at the bottom, then it is working. Last night, my pee was almost completely clear. Today after eating some fruit, it's got a mild murkiness. So maybe it's working. Has anyone heard about Dr. Robert Morse before/tried his methods? I'm going to search the forum after this.