I read about Ann Cameron beating her stage 4 cancer by juicing carrots. She had read it online herself and decided to go with it. After all, what harm can it do? In fact, I've read of several success stories. I haven't read any stories where it hasn't succeeded as I guess those people aren't here to tell us it didn't work! I'm not knocking it at all. If it has worked and saved only one life, I'm all for it. Ann is no fool. She's a children's author and clearly a very intelligent woman. I immediately downloaded her book!
The article I found online is posted below:
http://naturalsociety.com/man-woman-carrot-juice-stage-4-cancer/
Apparently, 5 pounds of carrots a day are needed to kill the cancer. I'm sure this is quite an ordeal, not only drinking it but juicing it too. Ann initially tried 3 pounds and it didn't work. The carrots also make you turn a nice shade of David Dickinson. This bothers me, I'm not sure why because in the whole scheme of things I'd rather have a teak finish on my skin than be in a teak box in the ground! Ann changed nothing else in her diet. She only added the carrot juice.
I had a look at the Cancer Research UK website where there are several discussions regarding carrot juicing. Some are very positive but, rightly so, the Research Team DO post asking people not to promote *cures* that are not scientifically tested. One man on the forum has been carrot juicing for several months. When he went back for a CT scan in September last year, he was unhappy as the results were not good but he carried on juicing daily anyway. 2 months later in November, he had another CT scan which showed that the tumour on his lung had disappeared and the largest tumour on his liver had shrunk! He hasn't updated since because I think the comments by the moderators have put him off but I really hope he is well! I've sent him a PM in the hope of getting an update.
I'm rambling here of course as I have no idea if this alternative therapy (or any of the others) work and no doubt most of them don't but anything positive for anyone is surely a good thing. Positive thinking is something I don't possess much of but reading success stories lifts my heart for the people concerned.
I've sent for a juicer :)
4 comments:
You'll certainly be able to see in the dark after that lot. I don't think that trying anything , provided it's not too wacky, can do much harm, and it may do you some good. I suspect a lot of it is down to believing it is helping and I'm sure that just being proactive in dealing with your cancer has a beneficial effect- you feel in control which reduces stress and stress has been shown to cause spread certainly in breast cancer, so most likely in other types too. The danger comes when you decline proven treatments in favour of something you've read on the Internet. The wife of someone we know declined all conventional treatment in favour of alternative things and died of a cancer that was actually unlikely to have killed her had she had chemo. I've embraced as much poison as medicine can throw at me but intend to get back to exercising, losing weight and eating a healthier diet as part of my proactive stance against my body cocking things up. X
How did you cope with the chemo? I think I've mentioned before that I have allergies to just about everything. My GP's have been trying for 8 years to find a blood pressure pill that doesn't cause me to have severe side effects. Some of the pills don't even work and others send my blood pressure up! Nothing I have ever taken has been without side effects so the chemo frightens the life out of me. I wouldn't refuse it though unless I was told it was only going to prolong my life for 6 months - maybe!! x
Honestly the chemo hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be - yes it's been tough but luckily I escaped the vomiting and nausea which were my main fears as I have a trigger hapoy gag reflex and just feeling sick makes me retch for hours. They will ask you about allergies and as I said on the MM forum, you can be admitted into ward for observation if they feel it necessary for first chemo. One of the ones I am on is known for adverse reactions so you can only have it if a doctor is available throughout the infusion session - they also tailor the dose to your weight so the risk of too much is mininal and it can be reduced at subsequent infusions if side effects too much. Mine was reduced on third one as I was getting a lot of bone pain and couldn't walk as well - the side effects are worse the first week aft treatment I find, and then by time next one comes round I'm just tired. Tiredness has been cumulative as I was warned it would be and I am having to have a blood retest on Monday morning to see if my chemo can go ahead as my neutrophil count was too low on Friday - they monitor things very closely with lots of blood tetss !
The drugs are infused very slowly and the time can be increased if you have a reaction - also you are stuffed with antihistamines and steroids to raduce risk of you having a reaction. I'd mention to oncologist that you are a tricky customer and I'm sure they will work something out for you. I know several people with bowel cancer and they haven't had to have chemo just a big chunk of bowel removed. A temporary ileostomy is often made to allow resectioned bowel a chance to heal - I ended up with one as my ovarian tumour was stuck to sigmoid colon and honestly it hasn't been too bad so if that is needed , it's not end of world and can mostly be reversed within 6-9 months anyway. I'm tempted to keep mine until I've had a long recovery from chemo as it affects your bowel tissue.
Try not to worry. I suffer from health anxiety and have done tor years so thought a cancer diagnosis would finish me off mentally. Yes it's been a struggle some days but it is doable. You find the strength and when faced with no choice, you can dig deep x
How many more chemo do you have to go? How long has all of this been going on for you? This week is going to be a trial for me. Thursday or Friday (when they will send for me) seems miles away and I can invent all sorts of scenarios by then as you know! Thanks for all of your advice. It really has helped xx
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