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v-ness · 02-20-2016, 06:53 PM

thank you for this, andi. my BF read the Radical Remission book and while he thought some of it was kind of really 'out there', he did decide to do several things it mentioned - juicing and some diet changes. he was already taking supplements that were designed for his treatment by an oncology naturopath, lise alschuler. he was gravely ill last march when diagnosed - had 2/3's of his colon removed and had one 9 cm and one 8 cm and multiple other small tumors in his liver. not sure how he was even alive. anyway, the original onco gave him 3 months to live. it's now 11 months later and he is really thriving even as he has chemo every other week. goes to CrossFit 5 days a week (except during chemo) and works full-time. tumors shrank by half in july then half again in november, then stable in january. so he's doing that radical remission thing in the hope of getting more shrinkage if not going NED someday. i guess i should try some of it, but i'm only willing to do *some* things (turmeric, vits D3, B12, C & E) and i am having trouble even decreasing sugar much.

i told him about you to help boost his hope.

thanks also for that article about the blood tests. odd, i had breast, he has colon, and a dear friend of mine was just diagnosed with endometrial - 3 of the 5 mentioned. i am in remission 6 yrs. i can only hope they will be too someday.
best, valerie

02-20-2016, 06:53 PM	#10
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Got hope? Here's a great story... thank you for this, andi. my BF read the Radical Remission book and while he thought some of it was kind of really 'out there', he did decide to do several things it mentioned - juicing and some diet changes. he was already taking supplements that were designed for his treatment by an oncology naturopath, lise alschuler. he was gravely ill last march when diagnosed - had 2/3's of his colon removed and had one 9 cm and one 8 cm and multiple other small tumors in his liver. not sure how he was even alive. anyway, the original onco gave him 3 months to live. it's now 11 months later and he is really thriving even as he has chemo every other week. goes to CrossFit 5 days a week (except during chemo) and works full-time. tumors shrank by half in july then half again in november, then stable in january. so he's doing that radical remission thing in the hope of getting more shrinkage if not going NED someday. i guess i should try some of it, but i'm only willing to do some things (turmeric, vits D3, B12, C & E) and i am having trouble even decreasing sugar much. i told him about you to help boost his hope. thanks also for that article about the blood tests. odd, i had breast, he has colon, and a dear friend of mine was just diagnosed with endometrial - 3 of the 5 mentioned. i am in remission 6 yrs. i can only hope they will be too someday. best, valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!