Thursday, June 5, 2008

Doctor Visits Wednesday & Thursday

Patti and I got our yearly physicals on Wednesday. The doctor said I looked good but wanted to know the statistics of how long they gave me. I told him I didn't ask and that was because I am not a statistic. He then proceeded to tell me about advancements in new technology, but ended it by saying, "It will be too late for me to take it." Talk about a downer. All he did was sing the praises of chemotherapy and how many lives it has saved. He needs to do some reading.

I went to my preventive doctor as they had the results back from my 19 vials of blood drawn three weeks ago plus hair samples. Well the results show I am not as healthy as I should be. My immune system is depressed. I have a lot of heavy metals in my system. I am lacking in Vitamin D very badly. And my cholesterol is overall bad because my good cholesterol is low. All signs of what the interferon was doing to my body as well as the diet that the other doctors had told me to do. So, more supplements and vitamins. Eat more meat and cut out the carbs. Go on an IV twice a week for ten weeks to flush the heavy metals, especially mercury that I have a high dose in my body, take a pill that will tan me so that I will be less prone to skin burns from the sun, and having a half unit of blood taken from me because my iron level is 7 times higher than normal. Oh yeah, and I have to take testosterone shots as my level is very low and causing some of the problems. Then there is the matter of my fillings. I have seven that are mercury silver and they have to come out and be replaced.

Now I am usually a skeptic on things, but something God has put in my path to help me along this alternative way of treating my cancer is survivors who's testimony has helped tremendously. Just this morning a business associate whom I have know for 35 years and who is a cancer survivor told me he has know my doctor for over thirty years. Twelve years ago he was diagnosed with lymphoma. The chemo treatments did nothing. He took the same stuff basically that I am taking and he has been cancer free since then. When he got his cancer they did not give him much hope and the chemo was making him a cripple. He quit the chemo when he was told it gave him a two to five percent chance of a better survival rate, but that he would not be able to walk. He quit, went to the alternative doctor and he is going strong these 11+ years later. This man is a very educated man who I have know and trusted what he has said for many, many years. He is well read and has a lot of documentation on FDA approvals and non approvals and why. I sure wish I would have talked to him a lot sooner.

Patti has women at her exercise class asking questions about my cancer. One of them has a member of her family who has cancer and she is looking for an alternative way for them. Patti has been giving her a lot of information and she has passed on a lot to us. Many conventional medical facilities are now turning to alternative medicine and preventive medicine instead of criticizing it. Kinda like their acceptance of the quackery called chiropractors. Make one think about all forms of medical practitioners looking out for their patients the best way possible and not the way of the almighty dollar.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hang in there Steve. You are on the right track. Your doctor sure doesn't know how to encourage someone. And your right - never forget you are not a statistic! You are a precious soul that God dearly loves and has a plan and purpose for. We love you too.
Clarence & Barb