Biopsy and PET scan

Last Wednesday I went to the dermatologist and had another suspect mole removed from my back. As of today we have heard nothing back on it. I will have Patti remove the stitches tomorrow so they will quit poking me. It was real fun avoiding the pat of the backs at church this past Sunday. I guess it is good to be a wallflower sometimes in your life. In this case, to protect both sides of my back.

The PET scan we did this morning at 7AM. I drank 32+ ounces of water in the two hours before the test and 32+ ounces after the injection of the radioactive sugar water. Then I drank two 16 ounce bottle of Patti's organic tea, tomato juice and another 16 ounces to take my pills today. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time drinking and, well you know what else. Hopefully we will get the negative results back soon.

Some are wondering why I did the PET scan after talking so much about "alternative" medicines that I was doing. Well, it has been probably two full years since the cancer started and I wanted to know where we stood. With the test results I can see if I am on the right track or not. If things look good, then we will continue on the course we are going. If not, well then we will alter course to try something else. (except chemo or radiation, never again) I feel everything is going good as my blood work from both the alternative and the conventional doctors came back good with the exception of a lower killer cell report than we wanted. They are there, I just need more. We are working on that with some additional supplements.

Just a few tidbits of information I have found (and confirmed).

Americans consume 170# of sugar a year. In 1900 it was less than 6# per family.

One out of two men and one out of three women will get cancer in the USA.

It costs the average cancer patient $1.2M to die from cancer.

Chemo and radiation extend the life of a woman with breast cancer by 2 months on average.

Interferon work on two or three persons out of 1000 for cancer.

Only 3% of the know cancers are cured by chemo. That is 5-6 out of the 200 known cancers.

YOUR BEST DEFENSE AND CURE FOR MOST CANCER IS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. (PER THE ONCOLOGISTS OWN REPORTS IN 1995) Melanoma only has one known cure other than surgery in the early stages and that is your own immune system.

I guess I now look at cancer as that little deformed cell that has lined many pockets. There are over 350 non toxic, non burning and non surgical things to try that have been proven over the years and have as good if not better percentage than chemo and radiation. A person should look into alternative as well as conventional to chart their own course on how they are going to fight cancer. There are four "A"s to fighting cancer or any disease:

Attitude: Stay positive. Remember, everyone dies, but you are not going to let some stinking disease rob you of your life that God has given.

Advocate: Have someone there with you and to keep you going in good and bad times. Also the other ear in the room to listen to what the doctors say so you can make a clear choice. It is scary when someone says "cancer" so you may or may not hear all that they have to say.

Advice: Talk to the professionals and get different opinions on the different options.

Action: Take charge of your health care and the course you are going to take. You have to leave the "buyers remorse" on the table and chart a course that best suits you, and if you have to change course, do it.

Well this is my little venting of sorts. With the "health care crisis" in full force out there, maybe people should just take charge themselves and forget about the magic pill that always seems be not be the magic pill a short while later.

May God give you peace on your decisions as he has given me peace about mine.