Our Cancer Protocol Supplements

Today I was reading some archived issues of the Bill Henderson "Curing Cancer Gently" newsletters...and learned about a Vietnamese herb called Crinum Latifolium for prostrate health. Henderson tried it himself, after using other forms of Crinium herb...but found the product developed by a Vietnamese researcher to excel compared with any other herb he has tried for prostrate health.

The symptoms addressed by the brand name, Crila,  are symptoms Jesse has experienced for the past several years, and continues to. I can't help but wonder if we had known about this herb several years ago if we would be in a different place today. (well wait, it is easy to forget how unique our situation was with the tailbone issue...no amount of clean eating, supplementing, alkalizing would have reversed disease in a gland to which no blood supply was flowing).

Still, looking at the cost of the supplement - sticker shock! It is not in our budget right now. I thought the $65/bottle foe the Beta glucan 3,1d was pricey, but it was recommended as the number one immunity boosting product on the market, so we put up.  People who tell me Arbonne is expensive would perhaps realize quickly that prevention costs less than actually having a disease. At least Arbonne customers get to shop at a discount.  I am thankful for the supplements we can get through Arbonne and use as a part of our protocol. 

In searching for cancer fighting supplements - purity is of utmost importance. Potency is of course key, or it is a waste of money. These are costly, and we don't receive a discount - many of the "best" are not available at amazon.com for a better deal. Thus is the case with Crila - at $100 a bottle...I am going to hold off for now and see if the steps we are taking do the work and fully restore health. Or perhaps a Naturopath could prescribe and we could get it that way...or at least write it off on taxes at the end of the year... something to help us out in that respect.

Jesse has quite a supplement protocol. As you can see from the picture above...it can be overwhelming. I love the supplements that come in a powdered form in a vegi capsule...as we can open up the capsule and dump it into his Arbonne vegan protein shake with the green foods for cell oxygenation. The powder forms of supplements allow us to simply  use a shaker cup to blend his shake...no noisy blender in the early morning.

Not shown, because it hasn't arrived yet, is the Barlean's organic, cold pressed flax seed oil that we are going to start using  - one case should last approximately a month. As well, the purest organic coconut oil we can find. Both of these good fats are going to be added to his smoothies as we need to put the fat back on his bones. Coconut oil will have to be blended with the Ninja, but I have added Barlean's previously to his shaker cup mix and blended with success. Barlean's is kind enough to sell their products to cancer patients at wholesale...but you must call. If you know someone with cancer who has lost weight and needs these oils (if they have lost weight they DO!) call and set up an account with Barlean's at 800-445-3529.  You can also get the organic flax seed from Barlean's, which is a part of the Budwig diet protocol - recommended for those who have lost weight.

Once the Barlean's arrives I will be making our 3rd edit to the original cancer treatment protocol...it seems I am finding more beneficial supplements and as I learn, the protocol is edited. If you would like to learn what we are doing just send me an email. I am working on the newer version this week.

I also forgot to include our teas...which are also an important part of the protocol. We have Essaic tea, a blend of herbs that have successfully helped to rid of cancer, and the Arbonne detox tea - with powerful liver supporters of milk thistle and dandelion, and formulated to help boost our internal glutathione factory. I have not found another detox tea that includes all of the beneficial ingredients that the Arbonne tea does, and as a non tea drinker - it tastes good (unlike the Essaic tea...an acquired taste).

I know this alternative approach is still costing less than conventional - we would be going over the maximum allowed pretty quickly with chemo and radiation, I believe.  And the long term result will be health 10, 20, 30 years from now...versus a  5 year success rate of .5% offered by conventional prostrate cancer treatment, per the report from the Department of Radiation Oncology, Northern Sydney  Cancer Centre, Royal 
North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Tip for today...take pure supplements with a high absorbency rate for prevention...unless you have a spinal deformity or other body/spinal malnormalty...it should do you a world of good and go a long ways into staying healthy.

Be well, 

Rita

HCG Results, Chiropractic and Acupuncture

On Wednesday of this week we went to the chiropractor in Oregon again...the one who found the curved tailbone, straightened it - allowing healing to begin.

This visit was slow and deliberate - checking over each part of Jesse's body. I won't list all the adjustments made - I wrote notes of which the page filled and I was squeezing into the margins. Achilles on left twisted, fixed foot to straighten...L4 and L5 lumbar out of place....and the biggie - the sacrum bone was tilted forward, and needed to be repositioned.  This was stubborn to adjust with the chiropractic furniture and required a manual adjustment similar to the tailbone.

I honestly don't know how Jesse handled it - I watched that take place. For the chiropractor - it was difficult  - it took all of his strength. Jesse told me after he could not have withstood much more pain.  Prayers requested that this 2nd, major adjustment to the spine and skelatol system stays in place and that the bones and muscles adjust and heal.

This adjustment has put Jesse back to experiencing greater pain.   This was no ordinary adjustment, but a major shift in how the body is structured...almost like an outpatient surgery, if you consider what really took place.

I set up an appointment for him today with an acupuncturist in Madison that I know through a businesswomen's group that I belong to. She also inferred that the two major adjustments Jesse has had would be enough to cause anyone pain. The session went for over  an hour - but the body has limits. She wasn't going to push it any further, and Jesse can decide if he wants to visit again.

Fortunately the Lafuma zero gravity chair arrived today...it is the most comfortable chair he has experienced. The heat from the mini Bio Mat, while sitting, helped...but he is in pain. I doubt the OxyCoden will provide much benefit this evening. Prayers are needed for sleep and pain relief.

I had signed up for the Cure for Cancer Summit  - which anyone can listen to online. I won't be able to catch all of the talks...but tonight listened to Leigh Erin Connealy, MD/Oncologist of the Center for New Medicine in California. Connealy listed testing that can catch cancer ten years before it shows in a medical imaging scan or thermography. She also mentioned tests she uses on her patients, of which there are quite a few, including the HCG.

We did receive the HCG test results back for Jesse from the Navarro Medical Clinic. The news was good, in my opinion, as the number was much lower than expected, 52.6.  The sample was taken on August 24 and mailed on the 25th - very quick results. Comments were that the elevated and positive number are likely a result of "remnants/microscopic remains of  prostrate cancer into the bones". Numbers can be as high as 10,000 for certain types of cancer. I have a few questions to send the doctor who provided the results, but it certainly seems we are going in the right direction with restoring cells to being healthy team players, and as well, perhaps knocking some off with the BioMat and infra-red sauna heat, and detoxing .

Jesse began his anti-inflammatory, alkaline based eating protocol on June 21st. Gradually, we added in more supplements as information gathering began and we talked with doctors and those who have gone through alternative and radical remission themselves.

I need to jump on board with this anti-inflammatory eating lifestyle - as in day to day diligence...and will start the Arbonne 30 day program on the 15th of this month. Several classes are coming up - but Dr. Connealy was very clear in her Summit talk that inflammation is a precursor to all cancer and disease. Per Connealy, everyone should have a C-Reactive Protein test to measure inflammation as it provides a very early warning that something is amiss.

May your C- Reactive Protein test measure no  more than one,
Rita

Starting the Budwig Protocol

We still have much to learn about it, but today we added in the Budwig protocol...aka cottage cheese/flax seed oil diet. Although apparently one only needs to consume the mixture once a day...so it is more of a homemade supplement than diet plan.

There is a lot to learn...for example, taking Vitamin C therapy while taking the Budwig mixture cancels one another out. Also, one cannot use another high alkaline plan such as Ceesium Chloride with the Budwig.

What I do know is this protocol should help add weight back on. This past week Jesse did say he has gained two pounds...and perhaps it is because I have been making as many shakes for him as I can, adding in avocado.
The basic recipe for the Budwig protocol actually tasted pretty good.

6 T. organic low fat cottage cheese (Nancy's brand, or in the area, direct from Hershberger Farm)
3 T. Barleen's flaxseed oil
2 T flaxseeds, freshly ground
1 t. raw honey - we use Bucks, locally available at Crossroads Coffeehouse or Enchanted Valley Eggs - both of Cross Plains, WI

Use immersion blender to completely emulsify cottage cheese and flaxseed oil  ingredients until all oil is absorbed. Mixture looks like creamed cheese.

In a clean coffee grinder, grind flax seeds until very fine. This must be done fresh every time.

Lightly fold flax and honey into creamed cottage cheese mixture. It reminded me of cheesecake when I tasted it.

We served with fresh organic blueberries. Jesse thought it tasted pretty good, but did say he really appreciates the berries with it.  Our understanding is we only have to do this once a day, which is certainly much easier than juicing every hour. I will have to experiment and see what else we may do with the mixture.

Trusting in His Healing Promise,
Rita

Cancer? Second Opinions...Immediate Actions

We have had 2nd and third opinions...from a trusted male hormone expert friend in California, as well as others with holistic practitioners. It is important to get at least one other 2nd opinion, in my opinion. ;-)
When the news was delivered we were told the PET scan results showed us two options:
1. Cancer
2. bacterial infection

We wanted someone to tell us it was a bacterial infection, but as Jesse was not sick at all until the diagnostic scans (a pulled muscle and visit to the ER is how this began) - no one has given us any indication we are dealing with anything other than cancer. Typically a PET follows a biopsy to show where the cancer is located, but in our case diagnostics were performed the other way around.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE...
In June, when we were made aware that something was amiss...and after returning from a family vacation Jesse went full force on an all alkaline diet since June 21...no sugar, no meat or animal by products of any kind. He has been eating vegetables -  juicing once a day, drinking alkaline, vegan smoothies, and has increased and added to his daily vitamin and mineral supplementation.

The greatest help we have found is in Bill Henderson's book, "Cancer Free" - and we went directly to chapter 5 for a protocol that could reverse cancer cells in as little as six weeks - depending upon the type of cancer. The protocol reduces inflammation (a commonality among all cancers), and boosts the immune system so it can fight cancer.

We've determined the cause - this was the game changer!....the tailbone adjustment opened the path to rebuilding the immune system. Cancer is a systematic disease...not a localized disease in one part of the body. We are blessed to have found such a clear cause.

Working with a hormone expert/doctor friend in California, we have implemented high dose vitamin D3 therapy, and progesterone. Both are highly successful in treating prostrate disease.

As of August 11, an oral form of vitamin C, that is supposed to be more powerful than Vitamin IV therapy arrived and Jesse has started taking this supplement as well. This therapy was mentioned in the Henderson book, and Vit. C IV Therapy has excellent results for prostrate, and breast cancer.

At some point I will find  time to share our protocol on this blog.

In these three weeks since we first had news, Jesse feels better, and has regained much strength. He does have pain, but it is undetermined if it is from a prior bulged disc/rotating hip...or from the "c" word. Our massage therapist, who worked on Jesse today, did comment that his right hip is rotated forward. Wouldn't it be great if all his pain were actually related to muscle and joints that require chiropractic services?

We hope to have a new PSA test back very soon. The first PSA was no doubt skewed by the AndroGel testosterone cream Jesse was on. We expect different numbers, yes, but we still expect cancer. The likely fact is...the tailbone cut off blood supply to the prostrate gland, no blood supply means little to no oxygen.  A cell lacking oxygen becomes cancerous. We can't change this, but we can and are moving forward.

May your cells have plenty of oxygen this day!
Rita S.

Cancer? Now what? We are not in a panic...

If you happen upon this blog, you may be searching as one who has been affected by cancer. No matter where you are on the path to wellness, it is our prayer that you will find hope and encouragement on your journey.

You may be a family member or friend, simply checking in to see how we are doing  Our choices may seem foreign to you. We don't expect you to understand or embrace a holistic approach to wellness, but we do ask for your support and prayer.

Who we are ...husband and wife, Rita and Jesse.  Rita is the writer, and the one who will most likely provide reports, share what we learn with others. We are facing what is likely prostrate cancer, which has already metasticized to bone.  It is not the prostrate cancer that scared us, but the possible cancer in the bone. Jesse has released the fear, and given it to God who is big enough to handle such things, to allow healing to enter in.

Jesse is a CAD draftsman, spiritual leader of our household, and is a 1 on 1 Care minister at our church. Rita is an independent Arbonne consultant and offers pure and safe holistic wellness products to families who are concerned about what they put on and in their bodies.  She has been a holistic health advocate since 2010, has studied, and has presented wellness workshops, includnig  cancer prevention numerous times. It is with great thanks that we feel prepared for such a time as this - as many are in a fog when they receive such news. We have two children, who are great joys in our lives. We have built our home on a solid foundation of believing that Christ died on the cross to save each of us, and strive to serve others as Christ showed us.

 It is our hope Jesse will share more about how he is feeling, and use this blog as a way to journal his path towards wellness. And WELLNESS is what we DO EXPECT. We have envisioned it. We trust it will come. We are focusing on positive, rather than the negative thoughts that fuel sickness.

WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH?
Technically, we don't know.  What we do know is that the MDs are extremely concerned, have given doomsday reports (this is the delivery style we experienced), and are definitely glass half empty types of people.  If we did not have a strong faith to hold us up we would have probably crumbled by now, and rushed into further damaging diagnostics or surgery as urged. This is not to say that we have not shed tears...we most definitely have.

Confirmed diagnosis? No, a biopsy has not been performed.  Biopsies are not the most safe method of determining cancer. You have the right to not feel the same as we do on this. According to the John Wayne Cancer Institute, there is a 50% chance that as the needle is extracted, if cancer is on  that needle it can spread to other areas. We realize our friends don't understand why we have not rushed to get a biopsy - this is one reason, AnD there are other options. But who tells you about that?

We have learned about other, non-invasive methods to determine cancer, and track one's progress in fighting it as well.  This is what we are opting for in lieu of a biopsy. You can read more about this and more accurate testing available for prostrate cancer at Cancer Tutor , which has been the greatest help in our 3 week journey thus far.
-  HCG test is what we are opting for - its inexpensive as an out of pocket expense
- Red Drop test - it will be interesting to see if insurance will cover this

For now...we are approaching each day as though Jesse has cancer. Reviewing past exam notes, it is highly likely that this cancer, or whatever it is, has been brewing since 2012. Cancer never happens overnight... I have pieced together bits of the puzzle that paint a pretty realistic scenario of how this has come about. What we do know is that something is wrong, and no matter what it is  - we want it gone and the body healed.

You can interpret this as you wish....on July 18 we did receive this summary from a pulmonary specialist (which is interesting in of itself as to why we were sent to see him and all that followed)....

Summary: The PET scans shows that you have several lymph nodes in your chest and abdomen that are using a high amount of sugar. Also, there are several bones (back bones, hip bones, leg bone-femur) that are using a high amount of sugar. These areas are concerning of cancer. There are possible other explanations such as infection for high sugar usage.

The first step is to check PSA to test for prostrate cancer.

If the PSA is abnormally high then you should meet with urologist who may perform a prostrate biopsy.

If PSA is normal  next step would be biopsy of lymph node or bone….

The PSA did reveal an extremely HIGH number...so high that it seems few have never heard such a high number. That in itself is an indicator that it may not be accurate. We do know that Jesse was a on a male hormone (and more of his case history will be shared so that others will become aware, and perhaps we can help prevent this same health risk for others), and I have learned that this male hormone can attribute to a very high PSA.  At this time we are waiting for a 2nd PSA to come back, which I requested, to be done by a lab that I have come to trust for my Arbonne clients - ZRT labs.

I also requested a full male comprehensive profile, as Jesse's estrogen levels have never been checked. Two  years ago, in my mind, my gut instinct was that Jesse's estradiol levels needed to be checked in proportion to progesterone. I will go into this in more detail in another post - it is VERY important information for men to know...it is unlikely your MDs will be knowledgeable of this, unless they have studied this on their own outside the clinical setting.

God has put many angels along our path since this journey began...one that has been a major game changer that has put us on the path towards healing. We have no doubt that the heavens have opened up the path towards healing in more ways than one.

Trusting in His healing power,
Rita