Question: My Dad was diagnosed in August with esophagus cancer, he had a tumor in his esophagus, since that time he had chemo and radiation on his neck area to shrink the tumor, it worked, it did shrink that one but we just found out that now he has two more tumors in different locations in the esophagus and the cancer has spread to his stomach. At this point, it looks as if there is no hope, (cancer to me are like evil cells eating the remaining good ones taking over a body making a person suffer), this is awful and I need advice, is it to late for any hope??
Answer: We’re sorry to hear about your Dad but we are glad you are starting to explore other, more beneficial, treatment options than what he has been exposed to thus far. Before you do anything else (as far as chemo, radiation, or more surgery) for the cancers, we would recommend you do a little more research on the risk/benefit. We think little, if any, benefit (improved mortality and quality of life) comes from Western treatments for most cancers especially metastatic cancer. Your Dad sounds very sick and has a high risk of further medical problems no matter what is done...so let's try to do as much good as possible while minimizing potential harm. Obviously, you should discuss this with your doctor and do whatever you are comfortable with in the end. Furthermore, it is important to remember that if you go against further Western treatments like chemo/radiation/surgery then your doctors may not approve. They may even try to scare you by saying that he is going to die sooner without these treatments. Our feeling is that if he dies it is not because he didn't get the "treatments" rather it is because his disease was very aggressive.
However, we do believe that some people can reverse even advanced disease, but if not, then slowing down progression is still very possible. The cancer treatments you have done thus far have not seemed to do even that, as he continues to develop new metastases. The best thing anyone can do to treat cancer is to strengthen their immune system! You do this by removing the toxic insults from an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Cancer and the American diet is like pouring poison over soil and then wondering why all of the plants are sick. Obviously, the cure would be to stop pouring the poison over the soil...not pouring a different poison (chemotherapy) over the soil or irradiating the soil! If you have not done this yet then: stop smoking, stop drinking alcohol, stop any recreational drugs, stop coffee and teas (other than herbal), stop the American diet, and stop the typical American sedentary way of life. All of these things, common in America, are the reasons why we have such high rates of chronic disease...including cancer.
A strict low-fat plant based diet (no animal products, no refined foods, and no oils) is the key and it sounds like you are already getting educated on how to make these changes. In fact, you can make a lot of these changes with him! Your Dad needs to be stricter than anyone as he has little time. Be sure he eats lots of raw green vegetables three times per day (blended drinks with a little fruit for flavor works great)...think of them as his multivitamin. Starches should also be part of the diet which include whole grains (brown rice, oats, corn, etc.) and root vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.). He can also have legumes. NO added oils as they suppress the immune system and promote cancer, especially vegetable oils (including olive oil). No refined grains or processed foods either. Finally, be sure to get moderate daily exercise in the sun (whenever possible) as this also promotes health.
In the end, we cannot treat your Dad over email and we cannot tell you what you should do. We do think that these general recommendations are good for anyone with metastatic cancer. It would be quite a challenge to convince us to get chemo, radiation, or extensive surgeries! We know times are desperate but if he has any chance to recover it will be by restoring his body's natural cancer fighting machine, his immune system. Unfortunately, the traditional treatments we have in Western medicine not only weaken the immune system but they often make people feel worse for the remaining time that they do have. Please watch Mike Anderson's "Healing Cancer" DVD and then let us know if you have any further questions.
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