Dancing With Lymphoma Extended Notes from a Diary John Bailey 7/6/2017 Discoveries in searching for a cure for non-Hodgkins disease   "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio." [Hamlet] The final enemy in life is tiredness. Tiredness has been the result of the toxic by-products of cellular activity. The ingestion of the toxins which are invested in the modern diet are an added factor contributing to tiredness. The extra sleep required by advanced cancer sufferers is often accompanied by night sweats; an attempt by body intelligence to excrete toxic substances. If disease begins with inflammation, and inflammation springs from toxicity, why not begin tackling it with the above mantra? When you have detoxification under control, repair and restoration will be taken care of by the innate intelligence of your body. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DANCING WITH LYMPHOMA. List of Contents: DANCING WITH LYMPHOMA. 3 29.12.2015 Interview with the oncologist. 7 Disclaimer and Thanks 11 Fear and Clarity 12 CHEMO 15 Follow the money. 17 Overview OF SELF-TREATMENT 19 WHAT TO LEAVE OUT 20 Leave Out Sugar, Dairy, Meat, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol, Oils 20 Toxins 20 WHAT TO INCLUDE 22 Coffee Enema 22 Cannabis Oil 22 Essiac 22 Bromelain 22 1500 grams of Vitamin C [3 times daily] 23 Apricot kernels 23 Pancreatic Enzymes 24 Clean Greens 24 Turmeric 24 Ginger 25 Baking Soda 25 Calcium 25 Budwig Protocol 26 RATIONALE OF FOOD EXCLUSIONS FOR CANCER DIET 27 Refined sugar: 27 Milk 27 Meat 31 Salt 31 Wheat, rye, and barley 32 Alcohol 32 Oils 32 DECISION TO AVOID CHEMO 33 Another Death by Chemo 40 CONVENTIONAL CANCER THERAPY. 43 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR ONCOLOGIST 46 ALLOPATHY AND HOMOEOPATHY 47 PHARMACY CONTROL 64 Vaxxed 65 Allopathic Witch Hunts 67 Cost of Chemo 68 Atomism v. Bodies of Energy 48 Pleasure and Pain 50 A LYMPHOMA DIARY (an alternative to Chemo) 53 Foreword 53 Mammograms and Breast Cancer 54 Inflammation and Disease (Specifically Cancer) 54 Anti-biotic Overuse/Abuse 57 Drug Addiction 60 Inertia and Addiction 61 All clear scan 62 Stay Focused 63 INITIAL SYMPTOMS 69 GENERAL PRACTITIONER 71 UROLOGIST 74 ONCOLOGIST 77 POST-CHEMO STRESS (a diary extract) 83 Sugar and Salt 87 DIARY SUMMING UP 103 Pleasure and Inertia 106 THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING WITH THE PSYCHE 108 Ego 108 Every living being has a Bio-magnetic Field 110 Engrams 111 Yoga and Meditation 113 Contemplation 114 Forgiveness 115 The importance of Forgiveness 116 COFFEE ENEMA 117 VACCINATION 119 APRICOT KERNELS AND SEEDS 129 OTHER MAJOR THERAPIES 132 GERSON THERAPY 132 PALEO 134 The McDougall Diet 135 BREUSS CANCER CURE 135 WHAT SHALL I EAT? 137 FORBIDDEN CURES 140 Excerpts from the video. 140 CANNABIS OIL 141 IMPORTANCE OF WATER 144 DANDELIONS 146 SOURSOP 147 JASON WINTERS TEA 148 Dr. RICHARD SCHULZE'S INCURABLES PROGRAM 149 10 herbs recommended by Dr. Schultz: 149 PANCREATIC ENZYMES 151 GINGER 153 FRANKINCENSE 154 BROMELAIN 155 INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN C 157 BUDWIG DIET 158 VIROTHERAPY 159 STATINS (avoid) 160 FERTILITY 164 MULTIPLE SCHLEROSIS, CANDIDA and Alzheimer's 165 Ann Boroch 165 Terry Wahls 166 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS [GMOs] 168 MOBILE PHONES 174 The 1939 CANCER ACT 175 29.12.2015 Interview with the oncologist. I knew that this would not be easy. I've already had to overcome my wife's resistance to the alternative route. She accompanies me, and is not at all happy with my decision. Oncologist: Hello John, good to see you again. How have you been? JB: (Shaking the oncologist's hand as I sit down) Hello my friend. The chemo has severely impaired my hearing, and so I won't be proceeding with any more sessions. Oncologist: Oh dear, John, what is the problem? JB: Well, the chemo has severely compromised my hearing, to the extent that I thought initially that I wouldn't be able to play guitar with the band at my daughter's wedding tomorrow. Oncologist: But it shouldn't affect your hearing. JB: Well believe me doctor, it has. Oncologist: Ok. I will make you an appointment with the hearing department. JB: That doesn't change my decision, doctor, I'm still not going to go ahead with chemo-therapy. Oncologist: I can offer you alternatives. We can leave the vincristine out of the treatment (Vincristine is one of the R-CHOP chemo drugs, the one which I believe caused the deafness). There are also three different chemo-therapy combinations, options we can use. JB: No, really, I've decided to go with nutrition, supplements, cannabis oil, herbalism and a lot of other stuff. (At this point he looks on me with disbelief at my childlike faith in what to him was suicide) Oncologist: But John, think about your family. JB: I am. MacMillan Nurse (almost gasping with concern): But John, we're not offering you a palliative here, we're talking about a cure! JB: I'm still convinced that there is a more natural way of dealing with cancer. I've done my research. My plan now is to cut out the toxins and give the body plenty of nutrition. Oncologist: Ok, John. But we won't abandon you. If you ever decide that it's not working, do please come back and we'll see what we can do. A scan one and a half months later showed no visible evidence of cancer. Why was I urged to continue having chemo? Chemotherapy drugs are classified as toxic, and although 'toxic' is a softer way of saying 'poisonous', it does mean the same thing. They are also carcinogens, as is the radiation used to create a picture of the location of tumours in the body. I find it quite puzzling that so many medics never seem to question their belief in the use of carcinogenic treatments to treat cancer. The intervening weeks of juicing, hemp oil, supplements, stopping the intake of sugar and salt, alcohol, wheat, dairy and meat and fish were to his mind an irrelevance. But I can't lay blame on him. Doctors are extremely intelligent people. Only the brightest minds advance at all in medical school. The drug-oriented tuition that doctors are given in those same medical schools ensures that they do not deviate from the cut, poison and burn route. The following is worth bearing in mind. It is a damning critique of the state of medical research. When you receive a prescription for any drug, remember this from the Lancet: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60696-1/fulltext?rss%3Dyes "The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness. As one participant put it, “poor methods get results”. The Academy of Medical Sciences, Medical Research Council, and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have now put their reputational weight behind an investigation into these questionable research practices. The apparent endemicity of bad research behaviour is alarming. In their quest for telling a compelling story, scientists too often sculpt data to fit their preferred theory of the world. Or they retrofit hypotheses to fit their data. Journal editors deserve their fair share of criticism too. We aid and abet the worst behaviours. Our acquiescence to the impact factor fuels an unhealthy competition to win a place in a select few journals. Our love of “significance” pollutes the literature with many a statistical fairy-tale. We reject important confirmations. Journals are not the only miscreants. Universities are in a perpetual struggle for money and talent, endpoints that foster reductive metrics, such as high-impact publication. National assessment procedures, such as the Research Excellence Framework, incentivise bad practices. And individual scientists, including their most senior leaders, do little to alter a research culture that occasionally veers close to misconduct." Doctors have a shorter life expectancy than the general population, and they have a higher suicide rate. So why would you want to go to them for your health? [Dr. Lorraine Day, MD] An insect puts itself into state from which comes a metamorphosis. The well fed larva wraps itself up in a sacred space and its internal organs dissolve into a soup. That 'soup' is reorganised into the imago, the six-legged shape which, after dreaming its way through its evolutionary stages, the insect has imagined itself into. The soup does not organise itself. This means that the insect is far more that the parts to which it has reduced itself in the chrysalis. There is a psyche which organises the bio-magnetic field while it dreams itself through an evolutionary process into a winged shape. Metamorphosis must in principle be possible for other life forms. That's not to say that we as human beings need to dissolve our physical form and grow it into a new one. But it is essentially true for the world of ideas that populate the substance of our minds. You may have seen footage of people in distress with cancer, old and young. Not so long ago I saw tragic footage of a young championship-winning karate expert who, as a result of his educational programming, had been convinced that he would die of his brain tumour in less than five years. The end of such footage is generally followed by an appeal for funds to finance research into a 'cure'. The tragedy is that in such cases a metamorphosis is also possible. In this book there are more than enough testimonials of alternatives to chemo ... which, according to their own words, have proved to be 'miraculous' healings. Science means knowledge perceived by the thinking mind, and that's ALL it means. Buddhist teaching says that the thinking mind is the organ of fear. Wisdom is sometimes said to be the sum of all knowledge, but it is far more than that. Einstein himself said that he didn't arrive at his theories with his thinking mind. The theories that he discovered wholly in contemplation had to be placed down serially in the time process. This is much the same as Mozart who, appreciating a whole symphony in a moment, wrote it out serially, so that those who have no such talent could also appreciate it. A miracle is defined as that which makes you stand back in wonder. In wonder at a person who, once a sheep being led by a scientific shepherd, becomes a being who has found his or her own sacred space, a space in which he or she stands apart from the thinking mind, and has metamorphosed from a chrysalis into a unique butterfly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer and Thanks Bearing the 1939 Cancer Act in mind, and not wishing to transgress it, it is important to advise you that the contents of this book are not to be considered as alternative cures for cancer, or a prescription of any remedy for cancer, nor do I give any advice in connection with the treatments mentioned. Many of the suggestions referred to are simply methods which I have chosen to heal a lymphoma, and I believe that in the case of my body the effect has been a remarkably positive one. As in all cases of alternative approaches to cancer, it is advisable, before taking any action based on what this book offers, to first of all consult your medical doctor for his advice. It's your life, and as such, only you have the right to choose which form of treatment is appropriate for it. The notes written in a diary that I was using throughout the process have been expanded and have resulted in the production of this book. I wish here to offer my sincere thanks to my oncologist for suggesting the writing of the original diary. I also wish to thank my good wife, daughters, and many supportive friends for keeping the faith following my decision to abandon chemotherapy. For anyone unable to abandon the inertia of modern day eating habits and with great determination drastically modify their diet, chemotherapy may be the best answer. For myself, I've chosen to be free of the grip of medication and dwell in a world in which I attempt to inhibit all toxins from entering the body, and provide this same body with as much organic nourishment as possible. As you will see in provisions of the Cancer Act 1939, it is permissible only to bring recommendations of other modes of approach to cancer to the attention of the medical profession. In the world of finance, and now in the world of medicine, a worthwhile maxim is, follow the money, as it guides us to the forces governing the direction of medical research. An extract from the Act is given at the end of this book. Fear and Clarity From the moment of conception, we are always seeking to better our life, whatever condition it's in. At every stage of life it's the same, from the simple, single cell amoeba to the most complex organism, hit by external stimuli we work to balance ourselves internally, or face destruction. A lady I was fond of worked in the vegetable shop at the top of our lane, and when we exchanged pleasantries, she would often remark, "as long as you've got your health everything else is of lesser importance, isn't it?" And although I used to concur, I never deeply understood her situation, in which she had been touched by, and was being treated for cancer. Even though you may have been affected by events which befall a friend or a family member, there is still a sheltered place in your own mind in which you reconcile what's been experienced, and purposefully go about your own business, insulated from such considerations. You happily continue to seek your own self-fulfilment. When an event comes along to challenge the happiness of this seeking, how do you respond? Do you bemoan all your unfulfilled dreams, the multitudes of "one day, I'll ..." that this stark reality is stripping away? Do you see the dark chasm that's impending, and bidding you 'fall into me'? Do you fall back on your education thus far, hopelessly looking for clues that may help you avoid it? It seems too demanding, all the dark forces of time appear to be stacked against you. Where did your happiness disappear to, your hopes for the future? A problem has arisen that cannot be put off until a later date. Though death has always been by your side it has never been a reality until this moment. In the greatest fear comes the greatest clarity. Internal to you is your own reference centre. Your education may not have made it clear to you, but you are the author of your own life. You can surrender willingly, and assign this authorship to an external agent in the belief that the agent will repair this body that you own. It is lack of sufficient education, the fear of not knowing, that keeps us in the groove assigned to us by external authority. Alternatively, the clarity that your fear presents you with may give you such information, that you are persuaded to move away from the desire to rely on the dubious integrity and reliability of external beings. Doubt means the doubleness, the two-natured aspect of what's being offered. A treatment with strings. You can, instead, willingly seek to rely on your own authority. Knowledge confers a degree of power. Unless you live in faith — that which enables you to take the first step forward into the unknown — a lot of studying is involved before you become convinced of the plausibility of taking another course. Much of what has been shared here may help you to make a decision about which route you're willing to take should you ever receive the diagnosis. Although on these pages there are many testimonials to the fact that it's possible to do it successfully, nevertheless falling back on your own centre, being self-reliant, still involves the implicit faith that what you are doing will naturally lead you back to full health. It's your life. When you take charge of it, no-one else makes decisions for you, for it is you who decide in every moment what is appropriate. Although it can be adjusted, tweaked here and there, perseverance and discipline in sticking to the protocol you have selected for yourself is vital. Dignity arises when you clean your act up and when you cease blaming anyone else for what's happening to your body. Giving the body, mind and emotion the love so desperately needed will create in you a garden in which life can prosper. What is love? That which works to develop the full potential of whatever is focused upon. The purpose of this book is to give its readers the opportunity to read and hear of how others have cured their own cancers naturally. There is another way. Intense fear for one's life raises what appear to be millions of vaguely defined thoughts, each vying for prominence in the mind. Which one is right, and which is wrong? The erroneous ones will surely lead to more suffering and pain. I was afraid to move, trembling with the enormity of decision making. Fears, given to me by dangerous situations, now transfer themselves into a world of imaginary possibilities. Fear can rationalise itself as good sense. Without researching the success or otherwise of the chosen method, it can go with what it thinks of as, "The tried and trusted route." Thinking has then resolved itself into letting someone else take responsibility for my life. However, with the advent of loss of hearing due to chemo, holding all ideas and unable to make a move, I found that the crisis, the crucifixion on the balance of alternatives, led me, for maybe the first time in my life, to the discovery of the real meaning of Will, the place from where all free decision comes. Until that point most, if not all movement was based on a decision prompted by inclination or desire ... stimulus driven and uncreative. Thus, strange as it may seem, illness can be something to be valued, and I'm deeply grateful for what it has given me. Finally, anyone who is convinced that the chemotherapy route is the best way to go should not be forced to go on an alternative one. Belief plays a large a part in treatment, whichever one is chosen, and this is why holistic practitioners should have respect for the belief of the patient, and turn away any sufferer who, against their adamant will, is brought to them by a well-meaning friend or relation. Should you choose the alternative route to chemo and radiation, life becomes much richer due to the changes in oneself that happen on your journey. It has for me. This has been my choice, and I believe it has been most effective. Whatever choice you make, I wish you every success on your chosen journey. John Bailey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHEMO To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. [Alan Watts] 07.12.2015: The removal and examination of a testicle has confirmed that I have aggressive non-Hodgkins lymphoma. From here things happen very quickly, so quickly that it can seem as though one doesn't have time to think. The mind becomes sluggish, unwilling to come to order. The treatment offered, and which I initially accepted, was seven sessions of chemo. Each session is a two day treatment followed by three weeks to let the body recover from the toxic onslaught. The initial five would be followed by two sessions of extra-strength chemo, then possible radiation therapy. 09.12.2015: Wednesday. I receive an intrathecal (in the spinal column) R-CHOP 10.12.2015: Thursday. I submit to a session of intravenous R-CHOP. You are a child of the universe. If you don't know your uniqueness, then you don't know the ground of your individuality. Not knowing this, it's not very likely that you will find the strength to overcome the forces of time that are ever working to suppress your uniqueness. In the mornings I often encounter children walking towards a secondary school in our area. Already, I notice the spontaneity missing in their eyes as they trudge resolutely towards today's lessons. Michael Moore's documentary on schools in Finland, in which children were given no homework and only three hours tuition a day. The interesting thing about it was how much happier they were. The teachers too. https://www.facebook.com/BeRemarkable2/videos/197990900710284/ Schools generally train the children towards becoming useful members of the workforce. A friend once suggested that anyone who has undergone formal education will find it very difficult to ever again reclaim their natural freedom. I observed my children being taught the same sort of stuff as I was taught, most of which has been useless and is now forgotten. I sit here attached to the drip, feeding chemicals into my arm, not knowing at the time that they are mostly carcinogenic. I've been persuaded by family, against my better judgment, to undergo a course of chemotherapy. I've been sitting here for three hours, mutely resigned to accepting my fate. I notice my oncologist, he's has just come through the door on the other side of the ward. Our eyes meet, and across the room he nods in recognition, and briefly looks at his notes before leaving the ward. I'm not sure what I'm expecting, maybe a word or two of encouragement, but I get nothing else. Already suffering hearing loss from yesterday's intrathecal (into the spinal fluid) injection, I see myself as a future statistic. Where is my dignity, my individuality? In the past I've come across preachers who, once they've got you converted, regard you as just another to add to the content of their bag and move swiftly on to the next. This doctor strikes me as another, another force of time regarding me as nothing unique, nothing special. But each of us is, right? 11.12.2015: I've slept only a couple of hours after the chemo, I'm exhausted. I pick up the guitar for a strum. Its beautiful tones are now, to my ear, reduced to the overly-bright notes of a biscuit tin; they take on an unbearable screeching wail. My wife returns from shopping with the news that she has met a friend at the bus stop, who happens to be a healer. Why don't I go and see her? This I do. I'm prepared to try anything. A marvelous couple of hours with this newly found friend, who uses a technique that might earlier have been called 'the laying on of hands', and the hearing has almost completely returned to pre-chemo levels. This magical interlude convinces me that different approaches, yielding very positive outcomes, are possible. It's at this point that I decide, "No more!" To me, hearing is precious. Being unused to pharmaceutical drug-taking, the prospect of a lifetime on them, producing symptoms for which yet more drugs are required, producing yet more distressing symptoms, is something I can no longer countenance. The next three weeks are spent looking for alternatives on YouTube, hyperlinks of which I enclose in this book. The following is an interview given by Dr. Veronique Desaulniers. As with all links, just click them and they should open to the appropriate page. If you're reading this as a printed copy, the square brackets indicate another route you might take on YouTube, just type the description into the search box. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1UzQpXrxP0 [Watch This Before Rushing into Cancer Treatment! It Could Change Your Life! "What do I do when I get the diagnosis?"] "Take your time. It takes five to eight years for cancer to develop. Look for reputable doctors. Talk to people. There is a lot of information out there. The cancer industry is a billion dollar a year industry. In Canada, 70% of oncologists said that they would never have chemotherapy and radiation done to their family or to themselves." As the oncologist is duty-bound to begin treatment within two weeks this may not be so easy to do in the UK. Much the same urge to rush the treatment is prevalent in the U.S. Other links to encouraging videos of Dr. Veronique Desaulniers will be offered in the 'up next' files on Youtube. Follow the money. Behind every association of ideas is a purpose, which ties together things, events and situations, which without this purpose would not be associated This purpose is a subtle as a snake. [Eugene Halliday] It's said that money is the root of all evil. Not so. It's the love of money that's its root. And once a man has all the money that he can ever spend, what then? Love of money is overtaken by the love of the power that it feeds. Consciousness is a catalyst. Despite what the laboratory researcher might tell you, there is no such thing as an absolutely objective science, because all scientists must include the bias of their own power and sensitivity in the subject matter of their investigations. The true scientist performs his experiments in order to simply see what happens, to increase his knowledge. The pharmaceutical scientist today is further biased in his experiments because of his pharmaceutical agenda. Hired by his company, there will always be some pressure, whether heavy or light, to produce a profit for the company which pays him for his work. There will be a tendency to ignore results which do not fit in with what's looked for, and to highlight what is profitable. The same is true for pharmaceutical agents. If you've been persuaded by your doctor to regularly take any drug, I daresay you'll see prescription drugs in a different light when you see this one. The training of employees is intense; going as far as psychological profiling of doctors in order to press home the point of selling new pharmaceutical drugs. https://youtu.be/oTrl_cimrlI [You'll Never See Prescription Drugs the Same After This!] When one's life is on the line, to put one's faith into such methods is not like just straying too close to crocodile-infested waters, it's more like jumping in and hoping for the best. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Overview OF SELF-TREATMENT On a Facebook page since December 2015 I've put many testimonials from people who have cleared different types of cancer. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006951252610 There are many ways of tackling this problem, but firstly there are things that need to be left out. WHAT TO LEAVE OUT Leave Out Sugar, Dairy, Meat, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol, Oils The approach I've used has been to stay clear of refined sugar, milk, meat, salt, wheat, and stay away from all oils, except flax seed oil, which I never heat. Keeping toxins out and overdosing on nutrition. These items have a more detailed explanation further in the book. The main approach for me at the beginning was cannabis oil, supplements and juicing. Coffee enemas as recommended under Gerson Therapy came later. Because the long term effects of many food additives aren't discovered under laboratory conditions, they have been passed as acceptable, and it has taken many years in order for their full impact to be assessed. However anecdotal evidence is not permissible for "clinical verification", and thus many processed foods and drinks continue to contain them. Toxins Even if you're well, the following will affect your body adversely. If a cancer sufferer avoid them like the plague. Those nice food producers like to preserve the stuff they put on the supermarket shelves so it can stay there for months, and artificially enhance flavours in order to fool the taste buds. Palm Oil – Ecologically, its cultivation is a disaster, producing loss of rainforest. Chemically, when oil is hydrogenated, it becomes solid, a trans-fat. Trans-fats act like preservatives. They keep food looking good for longer. Margerine – Avoid all, unless made from lard. Partially hydrogenated oil also contains trans fats. White Flour, Rice, Pasta, and Bread - Refined grain: bran, germ, fibre, vitamins, and minerals are removed to extend shelf life. High Fructose Corn Syrup Many foods that were loaded with sugar have now had it replaced with HFCS. Cancer cells love it just as much. Artificial Sweeteners - Aspartame, saccharin, Splenda are worse than sugar. Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Benzoate - Benzene is a carcinogen. Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) Another preservative that causes cancer. Preserves food, but is a an endocrine disruptor, which results in tumours and birth defects . Sodium Nitrates & Sodium Nitrites - Found in processed meats like bacon, lunch meat, and hot dogs. Produce colon cancer and diabetes. Food Colourings - Artificial colours are linked not only to temper tantrums, but to thyroid, adrenal, bladder, kidney, and brain cancers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNrU7irzD4&t=28s [FOOD DYES AND CANCER , ADHD AND ALLERGIES] MSG - Monosodium glutamate (also called hydrolysed protein and autolysed yeast extract) - Is a processed "flavour enhancer." Russell Blaylock, a neurosurgeon mentions in his book, "Excitotoxins" that it can lead to ADHD, migraine, Alzheimer's, birth defects, etc. It must be avoided. It is present as an additive in many processed foods. In the following video, one specialist claims that it causes headaches for millions of people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3D8diUo6cw&t=322s [The Truth about MSG Monosodium Glutamate Clinical Nutrition] WHAT TO INCLUDE Coffee Enema The coffee enema has a section of its own later in this book. ~~~~~~~~~ The following indicate that there are many different approaches to dealing with the issue. My will here is simply to share with you what I've uncovered during searches on the internet and what I've discovered in books. Hopefully, the explanations are full enough to let you have the enthusiasm to use what appeals to you. If not, then at least I hope that you will be more informed afterwards. More explanation of some of them is given later on in the book. If you're using a computer, simply open the search box and type in the item you're looking for. Cannabis Oil I used cTHC cannabis. Illegal in Britain, but it really is a choice between obeying the law and death if we are to overcome cancer. Gal There could be many reasons for its illegality. The main one may be the influence of pharma companies unwilling to give up their lucrative income. Whereas it is true that newspapers are influenced by pharma advertising revenue, and are forever blasting the substance. Another factor is social influence. Taking it as an escape from reality has a different result to taking it for health reasons. No-one has ever died directly from a THC overdose. And I found that there was no difficulty at all in giving it up after the all-clear scan. Taking cannabis as an escape from reality is not the best use of this sacred herb., Curing cancer is, The following gives a breakdown of Rick Simpson's method of healing his cancer and that of several others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0psJhQHk_GI [RUN FROM THE CURE - Full Version] [The above has no sound track for the first three minutes for copyright infringement reasons.] Essiac I got a herbal mixture from my herbalist which included the ingredients in Essiac tea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCG84hOqbOw [Cancer Cure , Essiac Tea , and Canada's Cancer Cure Nurse , Rene Caisse] Bromelain I was also taking bromelaine tablets, the substance found in pineapples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnT4yuDYg0 [Pineapple Bromelain vs 5-Fluorouracil in treating cancer 5-14-2013 | Organic Slant] A more technical paper on the effects of bromelaine, yielding significant improvement in lab animals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17893836 In an interview with Chris Wark, Candice-Marie explains her ordeal. Chris makes a special point of mentioning selenium in the best anti-cancer form; sodium selenite. She also mentions Nthe utritional oncology Research Institute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOM7-XnO-Ik [How Candice-Marie Fox healed thyroid cancer with fruit (short version)] The NORI website mentioned in the previous video: https://noriprotocol.com 1500 grams of Vitamin C [3 times daily] I asked my oncologist about I.V. and he didn't know anything about it, but there are many videos of intravenous on YouTube. Would be worth asking your oncologist if it's available in your area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSp4VS2wY70 [Vitamin C IV Fights Cancer] Apricot kernels I started with 2 x three times daily and worked it up to 12 x three times daily. As stated elsewhere in this book, NHS has issued a warning on the use of these kernels to treat cancer, stating the even half a kernel is sufficient to give severe health problems. I consider this an appalling law. They are now sold as a 'body scrub' by Creative Nature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KPhT2xGL4 [Learn How Laetrile Kills Cancer Cells!] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az31GF1Y2Kw [G Edward Griffin talks about Apricot Kernels and Vitamin B17] https://www.cancertutor.com/laetrile/?utm_source=facebookads&utm_campaign=supplemental_treatments_articles [Laetrile / Vitamin B-17 Treatment] Pancreatic Enzymes If it isn't a type of cancer characterised by sarcoma, then it may be worthwhile getting some pancreatic enzymes. I didn't bother to use these, but should the condition return, I will definitely keep them in mind. This from Nick Gonzalez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33-fWuor0eo [Using Enzymes as a Cancer Treatment] Clean Greens On top of which 'clean greens' (I found them not all that tasty!) will help replenish the gut biome, which chemo destroys with its toxicity. http://www.organic-herbal-remedies.co.uk/pukka-clean-greens-112g-powder-726-p.asp?gclid=CjwKCAjw-ezKBRAGEiwAu-_-LBXEwjHuYF1gwDtPpCkHBnfmXb35bzzeXkTSmODSWc6VWHUnl77YuRoC_lkQAvD_BwE Turmeric Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory. Black pepper aids the bio-availability of turmeric. Juices and smoothies benefit from the addition of these two items. The Gerson Centre in Baja Mexico uses enormous amounts of curcumin, the active ingredient in this spice. The first video is an interview of an ex-pharmaceutical employee, Shane Ellison, who since changing career has written a book on natural cures. Shane recommends using the nutritional approach because cancer is slow growing. • "The first line of defence should be nutrition." He claims as a medicinal chemist he worked on tamoxifen which is an oestrogen mimic and fertilises cancer cells. • "Turmeric specifically attacks cancer cells, and leaves healthy cells alone." • "Curcuminoids attack the transcription factor of cancer cells" Turmeric carries the active ingredient, curcumin. He iterates: • "Sugar feeds cancer. It's like steroids for cancer." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqj6EqjSWW8 [Cancer Cure | Turmeric | Natural Cancer Cure] Several speakers talk about the wonders of turmeric: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIQ_9lnNlyc [CANCER CURE - TURMERIC! StopTheRobbery.com] Ginger Ginger can also be added as another anti-inflammatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Key5eGc5M [Ginger Is Stronger Than Chemotherapy for Cancer] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9YYvgvHq5w [Quit Ginger guy throat cancer] Chris Bledy cured her ovarian cancer with ginger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wvV-THoMw [Using Ginger To Kill Ovarian Cancer Cells] Baking Soda Cancer cells thrive in an acidic environment. Another item I used was baking soda, for ensuring alkalinity in the body. Because the stomach needs to be acidic while preparing its contents for digestion, it's best to take this a couple of hours before, or a couple of hours after a meal. Although Vernon Vito Johnston cured his cancer with baking soda and molasses, it seemed counterintuitive to me (because refined sugars are food for cancer cells). I simply added a teaspoonful to a glass of lemon juice. The way he explains it, the sugar draws the cancer cells which are then killed by the baking soda. I stuck to my method, even though he claims success with his: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8Y8I_TsjI&t=71s [How To Make Baking Soda Molasses Cancer Protocol Solutions] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnEQFno794s&t=10s [Rod Peterson's cancer cured with Baking Soda] Calcium I went to the nutritionist, who told me I would be low on calcium. The doctor's surgery phoned later with a prescription for tablets. I picked them up and they were chewable, the first two ingredients being refined sugars. They didn't have magnesium which is important for assimilating calcium. On its own, not only does calcium deplete the body's supply of magnesium, but lactic acid depletes the calcium content of the bones. I ditched these and purchased my own, sugar free. However just how effective calcium supplements are remains questionable after watching this video. Thomas E. Levy M.D. wrote of his findings in 'Death by Calcium': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zes-Mxnf2Y#action=share [Two Supplements This Doctor Says to Never Take] A useful point: I recall a video of Charlotte Gerson in which she asked what does the elephant, the largest animal on earth eat? In the same way that all proteins are produced by plants, they are also a source of edible calcium. Budwig Protocol Although I have generally stopped dairy — which is recommended by most alternative professionals — due to, amongst other effects, the acidifying nature of lactic acid, I have occasionally used fat free organic cottage cheese in this meal recommended by Johanna Budwig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoddptWL0s&t=337s [Budwig Diet Flaxseed Oil & Cottage Cheese www.budwig-videos.com] A video I've watched recently suggests that you should not use flax seed oil if on blood thinning medication, or following a surgical procedure. For anyone concerned about calcium deficiency, multivitamins are also a good addition to the diet. Many of the earth's minerals — even when growing organically — have scavenged minerals off the soil. Glyphosate, what was fertile land ,Weedkiller used n ogenetically modified crops scavencg s offGlyphosate in particular, used the land.and therefore the majority of people are not getting enough of them. Z I blasted the lymphoma with everything I could get my hands on:- but as you may glean from the wealth of other possibilities in this book, I've by no means exhausted what nature herself has to offer. How wonderful it would be if the funds spent on chemotherapy drugs were given to someone using natural methods. The cost would be the tiniest fraction of chemo treatment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RATIONALE OF FOOD EXCLUSIONS FOR CANCER DIET [Leave Out Sugar, Dairy, Meat, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol, Oils] Refined sugar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOqS6NwmOA [Here's What You Need to Know About the Dangers of Sugar] The following shows clinical detail of blood seen through a microscope. Free blood cells become clumped together when sugar is introduced into the blood, reducing their ability to oxygenate body tissue. Cancer cells thrive on sugar, and even more so in an acidic, oxygen depleted environment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itm1ZsMF7oQ [DEATH by Sugar] Scientists in Belgium have made a recent discovery that goes a long way to understanding how sugar affects cancer: https://globalnews.ca/news/3814185/sugar-and-cancer/amp/ [Scientists make breakthrough in linking sugar to cancer growth] Milk Pasteurised milk is heated to 180 degrees and destroys all enzymes, thus giving it longer shelf life and no nutritional value. Homogenised milk is subjected to high pressure, compressing and splitting the fat globules down to a size which will easily penetrate the gut wall and enter the blood stream directly. Milk is also full of lactic acid, and one of the aims of a cancer-busting diet is to consume foods which produce an alkaline body. The following video attributes these quotes to Dr. Walter Willet "Drinking milk hasn't been proven to reduce the incidence of bone fracture injury, in fact less dairy, better bones." "Regular calcium intake increases the risk of prostate cancer by 30-50%." "3/4 of the world's population are not genetically able to properly digest milk and other dairy products, a problem called lactose intolerance." "Dairy aggravates Irritable Bowel Syndrome." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O-ehIkwGME [Dairy: 6 Reasons You Should Avoid It at all Costs] And here is a video of Dr. Willett himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8d_o-BAQSY [MD PhD Walter Willett - Dairy & Cancer] Dr. McDougal is equally eloquent in his talk about the perils of milk. As the last speaker in a conference, he sums up what many other speakers have said before him. 'Dairy is the new evil'. The first seven minutes are devoted to mentioning members attending. He then goes on to say that people following his recommended eating patterns will halve their level of body odour and bad breath in a week. He states that his mission is to go after the American Heart Association, for their refusal to accept that plant based nutrition has all the amino acids necessary for a healthy human life. Following this, he's going to tackle the Dairy Association who teach a tremendous amount of dishonesty. Breast milk is essential to good health for babies. A million babies, fed on formula milk in Africa and Asia instead of breast milk, die every year. If they'd had the message to breast feed instead, they would still be alive. Formula fed babies: • 2 - 4 times the risk of crib death if babies are bottle fed. • 60 times the risk of pneumonia in the first 3 months of life. • 10 times the risk of hospitalisation in the first year. • Reduced intelligence, measured by IQ score. • Behavioral and speech difficulties. • And greater risks of other serious illnesses later on. And there isn't a single case, worldwide, of a person dying from calcium deficiency. It's a lengthy presentation, but well worth taking the time to watch, if you hold any residual conviction about how milk is good for you. I've put a few key points down, but fact after startling fact pour from McDougall's lips in this fascinating talk. The lactic acid in milk leeches away calcium from the bones. Calcium intake less important than low protein, low acid diet. Older Eskimos lose a high volume of calcium from bones, due to the amount of protein consumed. Only when you neutralise the acid in food can its protein level promote bone growth. In the milk industry, this is achieved by injecting insulin-like growth factor one, (IGF-1) a very powerful growth hormone into cows. Recombinant Bovine Growth Factor (RbGT) is injected into cows to increase milk production, which means that that the milk has an increased level of RbGT, which is not destroyed by pasteurisation. End result: 2 studies on adolescent girls and menopausal women have indicated an increase in blood plasma levels of IGF-1. Now the dairy industry can claim that it has added all the chemistry which is necessary to produce a less acidic milk supply, promoting more bone growth ... the rest of the dairy producers' story has not been told, following on from this, the growth promoter has been strongly linked to the development of cancer of the breast, prostate, lungs and colon. It stimulates cell proliferation and inhibits cell death ... two factors to be avoided when dealing with cancer. This strongly supports the story of the woman who dropped milk from her diet and cured her own cancer. The dairy industry is targeting children, telling parents that it is essential for children, for bone growth, for general health. So strong has this message become, the brainwashing so dominant, that anyone who does not give milk to their children is vilified and may even be accused of child abuse. "Hook 'em when they're young, and you've got them for life." The whiteness of milk isn't pure. It has a high percentage of white pus cells. The dairy association of America state that you cannot have more than 750,000 pus cells per c.c. of milk (a c.c. is a third of an ounce). Analysis of milk in America has shown that on average, milk has ha.f this amount. Milk is frequently recalled because of deadly bacteria present in it. Dairy cattle in western countries are infected with bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), bovine leukemia virus (BLV bovine AIDS virus). Astonishingly, a farm typically uses the same syringes for all its cows. Blood from slaughter-houses is scooped up to make baby 'formula'. Leukemia is more common in dairy consuming nations, and even more common in dairy farmers. Another point mentioned is children suffering from constipation due to milk consumption. In a study, 68% of the childrens' constipation was relieved and transit time returned to normal when dairy was excluded. Milk reintroduced into their diets 12 months later, produced constipation in 5-10 days. Many other allergic reactions are due to milk consumption, including bed-wetting (cut psychiatric bills to zero). There's also a link to type-1 diabetes. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a crippling disease bringing about wheelchair-bound dwarfism, has been cured by taking away milk products from the diet. "Milk is simply liquid meat." Finally a note on meat-eating from this eminent doctor: Only vegetarian animals have seminal vesicles, the vessels that store semen. Consider this: meat-eating men have seminal vescicles. He claims that this gives the lie to the idea that we are naturally meat-eating life-forms. Produces impotence, infertility, prostate closes down, you can't urinate, and prostate cancer sets in, which entails the purchase of the little blue pill because you can't get an erection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJvrlwnEqbs [The Perils of Dairy] And here's an interesting article about a lady who cured her breast cancer through diet, specifically, staying away from dairy products. In China the incidence of breast cancer is very, very low, whereas here in the west it's 1 in 10 women. In China they don't consume dairy products. Since this video she has sadly died, but she gives the lowdown on why cancer returned and how it disappeared again when she was less lax with her dairy-free diet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyfQqar4T6w [Prof Jane Plant presentation at the 2013 London Together Against Cancer Conference.] Meat At the beginning of this very informative talk, Dr. Colin Campbell notes that the top three causes of death in the U.S are: 1. heart disease 2. cancer 3. prescription drugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsT-qYeqGM [Animal Protein -- Meat and Dairy -- Cause Cancer] Salt Salt is a destructive molecule for the thyroid gland. Here's a talk from Patrick Vickers who runs the Gerson Centre in Mexico. Max Gerson's treatment of his patients involved cutting salt out of the diet completely, and stocking up on potassium, found in vegetables. Many processed and canned foods, and prepared meals on supermarket shelves, have added have both salt and sugar added to them. Sodium takes over in cellular activity, reducing vitality. Great emphasis is made of the importance of taking in a lot of potassium (as found especially in leafy vegetables) to replace the sodium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhKCfEX3gVc [Cancer and Salt] Wheat, rye, and barley The main problem with this food is that it produces inflammation, and as all diseases begin with inflammation, if you're already suffering from a life-threatening disease, it makes good sense to stop the intake of most grains. Home-made spelt bread, and oats for the muesli, are my exceptions. The gluten in spelt is said to be water soluble, and thus more easily digested, especially since oils are cut out of the diet. Alcohol It is best to leave this out for the two years it takes to clear the body of what are called cancer stem cells. In the past 18 months I've fallen off the wagon occasionally, and consumed, in total, about three bottles of wine on special occasions. Oils Here's a brief (and for me convincing) explanation of why oils need to be excluded. From a talk given by Charlotte, the daughter of Max Gerson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TR-kempaok [Charlotte Gerson on Oil] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DECISION TO AVOID CHEMO To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. [Buddha] Have I taken a serious look at my priorities? To go with the flow, which means to act in a way acceptable to everyone around, offer my body up to the conveyor belt of cancer treatment, a mouse on a protocol conveyor belt built by a science whose discoveries today are condemned tomorrow? Or to take my life in my own hands. My choice had to be made, between adhering to the peculiar behaviour patterns of our present society, or becoming a free being. In order to be free, I have to extricate myself from those mechanisms which in effect are no more than an inherited tradition which limits my freedom. The devil, or the deep blue sea. I've met the devil in the form of chemo-therapy, but will I survive when I choose the deep blue sea of infinite possibility? Taking one's life into one's own hands can be a fearful proposition when one's health has from birth onwards been taken care of by the professionals. Surely they who have spent trillions on research will have come up with an appropriate cure for cancer. It seems that every month something new comes of that research. Surely they must know more than I do, I who have only a diploma in remedial massage, and no medical qualifications at all? This is the message that I received from many of my friends who were of the opinion that my choice of physician heal thyself was a reckless bid which would prematurely donate this body to the crematorium. From those first few days of uncertainty into full-blown activity to remedy the body's distress to the present day, much has unfolded for me about cancer. That word describes a disease, the simple mentioning of which strikes fear into the minds of so many people. How can detoxifying and coffee enemas possibly compete with the marvelous discoveries in this age of advanced machine technology, gene sequencing, monoclonal antibodies, targeted chemical therapies, exquisitely precise radiotherapy and much more? But all is not as it at first seems. Going back to first principles; there are minerals in the body, mostly from the food we eat, that have their own nature. All enzymes require certain minerals in order to perform their function. Every type of food also needs types of chemicals already existing in the body in order to digest, assimilate and maintain it. Take in the wrong minerals and it seems fairly certain that trouble lies ahead. And when the body's in trouble, it isn't a happy body. As we are unable to take minerals in without an agent, of necessity we absorb them through the mediation of plant life, where it is accompanied by solar energy which in turn has been captured by the medium of chlorophyll. We can take this either directly, or vicariously through the animals that eat the plants. It is certain that without the capture of sunlight by plants, and the subsequent ingestion of natural, plant produced chemicals, animal life on earth could not exist ... and neither could we humans. What governs our intake of food? Ultimately it is ourselves, of course. However we have so many external influences nowadays that what we are tempted to eat is no longer appropriate to the body's well-being. Quite often, what is stocked on the supermarket shelf is what has been brightly packaged and advertised on televisions, radios, in newspapers — and on advertising hoardings. The world of advertising has diverted us, seduced us from the path of good, nutritious food, to sometimes what is not even food at all ... to consumption of what is prepared, what is convenient, and what is time-saving. Paradoxically, due to the hectic schedule and diverse interests we invest ourselves in, even this time that is 'saved' is filled with the latest must-haves. Not only are we bereft of essential minerals, but our minds rarely have the quiet moments of contemplation which are so important for health. Nowadays, especially with the advent of the computer, we divulge so much information about ourselves, that it becomes relatively simple for large corporations to influence our habitual activities. When our initiative is asleep, we fall into predictable habit patterns. The habitual use by animals of paths in the woods makes it possible to lay traps for them. Computer programmers have the ability to determine, with just a few keystrokes, what kind of person is sitting at the computer, and coding has been written to gain maximum profit from the data thus obtained. With knowledge such as this, games writers for example are highly proficient at ensuring that a high level of addiction is maintained. All about us, there are forces which have the tendency to pull us away from a path which is wholesome and life enhancing. Our complex environment attacks our senses with incessant stimuli on our sight, hearing and taste. There are suggestions from advertisers, and the same from the arts, and from other organisations, a large number of which are attempts made by individuals to provoke us to respond in a way profitable to them. When I was a youth I watched a travelling salesman pushing his wares on my mother, and as she tried to close the door on him he put his foot against it to stop her from breaking off the conversation. This primitive foot-in-the-door technique was used by the not-so-clever salesman. Coca Cola, with a vast improvement on this primitive technique, is reputed to have been the first company to apply mass-advertising in the 1800s. Probably one of the most strategically successful sales techniques of all time is that similar to John D Rockefeller's, a technique continued by his succeeding generations. The money that he made from the oil business gave him all the capital that he needed to supply medical schools with overly-generous grants, and thus sway them in the direction of the 'goods' that his empire manufactured. In addition to which, there is an ongoing association not only with doctors, but with graduated oncologists. A friend who worked at Clatterbridge, a cancer specialist hospital on the Wirral, shared with me these astonishing facts: at this hospital, they have a storeroom packed with gifts of champagne; and oncologists and their families are given free holidays to Disneyland in Florida, courtesy of pharmacy. An example of how the cancer industry likes to keep oncologists sweet. The 'tradition' of chemo-therapy has not been going very long, indeed it can be said with some justification that it began with Rockefeller's Standard Oil marriage to the German company I.G. Farben (manufacturers of Zyklon B used in gas chambers), a joint venture exposed by an investigation in 1941. After WW2, I.G. Farben were taken to trial for their co-operation with the Nazi regime. The American company Bayer is a part of the now broken-up Farben group of companies. Although discounted as being a mere conspiracy specialist, G. Edward Griffin sheds some interesting facts of the way in which chemical corporations govern the direction of focus of the medical associations. He claims that it has instilled the education in the minds of doctors, and through them in their patients, that surgery, chemo-therapy and radiation are the only solutions to cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0G4c_uI_90 [How Big Pharma Controls Medical Schools - G. Edward Griffin] Ty Bollinger is the interviewer in this video, and is also the producer of TTAC, 'The Truth About Cancer'. He has devoted much of his life searching for alternative modes of approach. As I read more, I'm presented with disconcerting indicators of what is presented as treatment by the medical profession, and in America in particular, how little is taught of basic nutrition in the medical schools. I have steered myself towards a healthier way than that of pharmaceutical drugs, which I have generally sought to eschew anyway, and which are all-pervasive in western medicine. In the following video, Dr. Fontana discusses the importance for doctors the understanding the immune system, and astonishingly, how they are never taught anything about it in American medical schools. A friend told me recently that his GP was only given a morning's tuition in all the time that he was at medical school. Here in the UK, I'm told that nowadays there is a compulsory component to a doctor's degree. If more time was spent on nutrition then we might even arrive at the point where the third biggest killer is no longer pharmaceutical drugs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIsH20Ni8xs Dr Luigi Fontana, MD. Med students should be taught nutrition in Medical School. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhj3u3LoooM Why doctors are more dangerous than guns - Health Ranger investigation As an indicator of how chemical companies put profit before the health of its customers, Bayer took an AIDS infected drug off the American market subsequent to it being banned. An injectable blood-clotting medicine, 'Factor VIII Concentrate', intended for hemophiliacs. Knowing that it was tainted with AIDS, it was then sold to Asian, Latin American, and some European countries in the mid-1980s. The Federal Drug Authority [FDA] of America was aware of this. It seems that not much has changed in their business practice since WW2, and their close link with the FDA gives just cause for concern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPO8wIaKQ5Y [FDA MAJOR COVER UP FOR BAYER ~ Spreading HIV / Aids] Drug companies love all things technological. They can be owned. Any company seeking profit needs to increase its array of technological derivatives, often extracted from natural products, synthesised, and therefore capable of being patented. Derivatives from nature to produce that which can be patented has been the thrust of companies like Monsanto, which are also partly owned by the Rockefeller group and who are involved in the production of chemotherapy drugs. They are also world leaders in the supply of unnatural, genetically modified seeds, which can be patented. GM crops are speciously claimed to increase yields. More on the effects of genetically modified crops in the chapter: GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS. The following is a link to the video of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, from which this is a transcription of a part of it: "Chemotherapy began in 1946 when the American Department of Defense funded Dr. Goodman and Gilman at Yale University to find a medical use for mustard gas. They tested it on rats and reduced tumors. They tested on a patient with lymphoma and all his tumors regressed. He did die within a couple of months, but no-one had ever before seen cancer tumors regress with a drug. That started the whole chemo regimen. They tried it with other forms of cancer, but ironically lymphomas are some of the few cancers that respond to chemo. Because of that single, extraordinary response in a patient for a few weeks, the entire chemo industry came into being." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TptKbxQJr4&t=5s [The Shocking History of Chemotherapy] In the following, Suzanne Somers pays tribute to Dr. Gonzalez who, originally a medical journalist, worked to become postgraduate and completed a medicine internship. Gonzalez's treatment method involved diet and supplements including pancreatic enzymes, believing that cancer is caused by poor diet — a belief shared by many of the people in videos which have links in this document. A belief which is continually criticised by medical authorities who appear to be heavily influenced by Big Pharma. Follow the money. There is no stellar profit to be made from the fruits of the earth. https://www.facebook.com/suzannesomers/videos/vb.55720163190/10153270682963191/?type=2&theater [Tribute to Nicholas Gonzalez] There are many more video offerings of Nicholas Gonzales on YouTube. He is one of many naturopathic practitioners have died recently in suspicious circumstances, and there are some who consider that there are dark reasons behind this strange coincidence. What has become for me the smoke and mirrors of the modern western medical method, with its state-of-the-art equipment and exquisite laboratory technique, has inspired an army of trained medics. These have been convinced — despite the appalling record that chemotherapy has in dealing with cancer — that answers will be found 'just around the corner' by scientific analysis. And we often see newspaper articles informing us of shortly forthcoming advances towards an extended life with breakthrough discoveries, of individualised therapies, etc. Western medicine is awash with a pill for this and a pill for that, so much so that we expect a magic bullet for chronic degenerative diseases. It is the mind's refusal to change its inertic habit patterns, and its clinging to a belief in the power of the test tube, microscope and Petri dish, which persuades it to surrender the fate of the body to modern medicine, in the hope that it will effect a cure. The oncological medical profession is trained to persuade us of the validity of the surgery, chemo and radiation method. This being the age of science, the educational system also teaches us to have a strong belief in the experimental scientific method. It does take much resolve, and belief in the healing power within one's own body, to go against the advice of powerful western health organisations. What used to be termed blasphemy against the church and incurred dire consequences not so long ago, now appears to be leveled at anyone, especially medical professionals, who oppose the modern method. But 'blasphemy' simply means 'I do my own thinking'. Despite the fabulous wealth bestowed upon them by both governments and charity collectors, to this date only 30% of people who are diagnosed with cancer and are treated with chemotherapy live more than five years, this being chosen as the point at which the term 'cure' can be claimed. Other sources claim that survival rates are significantly lower if one takes into account death from other symptoms which are in fact caused by the medication. If a person dies of cancer five years and a day after treatment, it is still termed a cure. In 1900, 1 in 20 people developed cancer, Dr. Lorraine Day suggests that it was nearer 1 in 34. In 1970, when Nixon declared war on cancer, it was 1 in 10. Statistically, today every other person in the western world will develop cancer. Clearly the traditional method heinously ignores other factors towards its growing presence in western populations. And incidentally, this may be the first time in history, totally unfit for purpose, that a system that's been operating for less than 80 years has been justified with the title 'traditional'. There are some who hold that a person with cancer will live longer without treatment. If an oncologist tells you, "You've got six months to live, but with chemo we can extend that to twelve," it is worthwhile bearing in mind that the treatment will more often than not impair your life to the extent that it becomes unenjoyable, shrouded in a debilitating, drug-fuelled haze. The tools in the hands of the oncologist hold a promise that often fails to live up to the expectation in the patient. Here is one reason why you might want to ask the oncologist for testimony from, say, five others who've used the treatment he is offering you. I recently spoke with a woman whose friend was recommended immediate chemotherapy. She's been told that without chemo she would live maybe 4 months; but with chemo, 10 years. Convinced by the oncologist's plausible advice, she took the chemo route and died two months later. The problem in such cases is that, for the patient, there is no going back with the complaint, "But you said!" Had this been at the hands of a complementary practitioner, it would no doubt have made headline news. As it is, my friend has simply become another statistic. Mine was not such a dire prediction. The chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma, called R-CHOP, was a promise of not just a palliative, but of a 'cure'. Even so, the one session of chemo which I had, produced in me such negativity, hopelessness, fear, weakness and feelings of vulnerability, that I was in a sense very grateful when it also produced a hearing defect. It was the one thing that I needed to galvanize me in a direction of my own choosing. Thus far and no further. This book is not an advert for alternative methods of dealing with cancer, it's just a pointer to the way that I dealt with, and perhaps am still dealing with what was labeled stage IV Aggressive, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. It's not an easy route that I've chosen, but then nothing worthwhile has ever been easy. However, it is far more fulfilling, energising, healing, and thankfully, it is medication-free. In abandoning modern medicine and choosing an alternative, you are placing yourself in charge of your own life, and that can be scary. For me, it was not as scary as being poisoned by injections of noxious substances. Should lymphoma manifest itself once more in my body, it will never be the course of action which I shall choose. Another Death by Chemo A good friend of mine, who I only spoke with twice on the telephone, was a blessing during that first month of recovery from the drugs. She filled me, and more importantly my worrying family, with hope and plain, down-to-earth common sense. She'd also had a stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma diagnosis. She'd also suffered a hearing defect brought on by the drugs. Several courses of chemo later, and having had various pieces cut out of her body, she began developing severe headaches. Surgeons were going to open her head and investigate her brain. This was her reality check. She abandoned chemo, and amongst other things used cannabis oil, and her choice subsequently cleared the tumors in her body, coincidentally clearing up the headaches brought on by the chemo-therapy. From this open telephone conversation, my family was more heartened with my choice, and it reinforced in me the feeling that the body can heal itself and also overcome the leftovers of chemotherapy that had been delivered by the medics. Shortly, it was to heal the body, despite the chemotherapy that had up until now poisoned it. It was now almost two years later. When she phoned me in December 2015 to share her story. I asked if I could record the conversation which she kindly assented to. A beautiful recording, which was the 45 minutes of positivity that my family needed. It is now March 2017, and I was saddened to hear of her health relapse. She died of leukemia. With noteworthy candour, her Oncologist said that it was in all probability directly attributable to R-CHOP chemo-therapy. At the end of this video you are urged to continue with chemo. The choice, as always, is yours. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/study-chemotherapy-backfire-boost-cancer-210017011.html [Study: Chemotherapy can backfire and boost cancer growth] The possible 'side-effects' of the chemo are to be considered more realistically as effects of chemo. When you read of 'side effects' on everyday pharmaceuticals, the chances are remote that you will suffer seriously from one of them. The same is not true of chemo. It is toxic to every cell in the body, and so you may even suffer effects not listed, such as the hearing loss which my friend and I both suffered with R-CHOP. We were both told that this doesn't happen. What course will you take? The videos that I watched are referenced throughout this book. Accompanying them were the words from my friend, Kerry, which I played back to myself when I needed a touchstone. They gave my family a reassurance, and reinforced in me the courage to seek my own path. Bravery means that energies have been forced in upon you until you are unwilling to receive more, and you start raving, you overheat. This becomes the piezoelectric spark that initiates a new direction. My overheating resulted in abandonment of the prescribed procedure. Cour-age is the coming of age of the heart. With some irony I note that William Rockefeller, the father of the Rockefeller dynasty, who have a big hand in all things GMO and chemotherapeutical, was himself a snake oil salesman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOqDM6ypiPk [Dark Secrets of the Rockefeller Family] Chemical treatment supplied me with a worn state, a state in which I felt utterly depleted of energy, of initiative, of mental clarity. Absence of toxicity and ingestion of nourishment allows body intelligence to get to the root cause, and has provided me with a return to an energised health which I firmly believe can never be achieved by synthesised chemicals. Doctors focus on disease, holistic therapy focuses on health. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONVENTIONAL CANCER THERAPY. As a retired physician, I can honestly say that unless you are involved in a serious accident, your best chance of living to a ripe old age is to avoid doctors and hospitals and learn nutrition, herbal medicine and other forms of natural medicine unless you are fortunate enough to have a naturopathic physician available. [Dr. Alan Greenberg] We regard 18th century medicine as being very primitive. Leeches were used as a bloodletting treatment, supposedly to extract the overabundance of blood in the patient. This treatment was refined to that of an artificial leech, thought to be more sterile. Heat or chemicals were applied to the skin in order to raise blisters, to treat hysteria and hypochondriasis. Needless to say, the 'madness' was not resolved in this way. King Charles II died after being treated by his court physicians using the above methods and others, equally barbaric, such as administering a caustic corrosive emetic to induce vomiting. Well into the 1980s, the frontal lobotomy was regarded as the treatment of choice for some mental patients. It was later abandoned, and now is rarely mentioned other than as the butt of some joke. One psychiatrist described it as, "putting a needle in the brain and stirring it." Another said, "Well, it never worked anyway." How will today's army of physicians be viewed, looking back two hundred years hence? If it's grown too large, then cut it out. A highly corrosive chemical is then fed into the patient hoping that it shrinks other tumors before it kills the patient, omitting to inform the patient of the chance that this 'healing' chemical may later produce other cancers. Should the chemo reduce the tumor, follow it up with irradiating the area with carcinogenic rays ... just to make sure. At least $2,000,000,000,000 (2 trillion) has been donated by governments and collected by charities for the pharmaceutical industry to investigate a cure for cancer. Charity agents take their cut, approximately 30% of this money is funneled into the coffers of the chemo companies. It has been said that the cancer industry needs patients as much as the patients themselves need relief from cancer. It's a thriving business. And quite often it can appear as if it's not in their interest to actually produce a cure. Perhaps it's a little jaded to suggest that should they come up with cures, then surely all of their income will be lost. Nevertheless, this item may be of interest. It focuses on a survey of Canadian oncologists: http://www.heartcom.org/SayNOtoChemo.htm [Vast Majority of Oncologists Would NOT Use Chemotherapy If They Got Cancer] “The New England Journal of Medicine Reports War on Cancer Is a Failure: Despite $30 billion spent on research and treatments since 1970, cancer remains ‘undefeated’, with a death rate not lower but 6% higher in 1997 than 1970. [John C. Bailar III, M.D., Ph.D., and Heather L. Gornik, M.H.S., both of the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago in Illinois]" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More from Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez MD, who recently died suddenly. He gives a very balanced interview here — a video worth watching, which gives a synopsis of official cancer treatment in this present day, along with alternative approaches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24YkS4bwHvs [Nicholas Gonzalez, MD reveals the truth about chemotherapy] Dr. Lorraine Day was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and had a lumpectomy of a small tumor. But the tumor soon recurred, became very aggressive and grew rapidly. Yet Dr. Day, who spent the large proportion of her career as part of the orthodox medical establishment, rejected standard therapies because of their destructive side effects and because those therapies often lead to death. She gives a blow-by-blow account of how to heal cancers, and information on how they come about. Instead of chemotherapy she chose instead to rebuild her immune system using the NATURAL, simple inexpensive therapies created by nature and available to everyone, so that her body could heal itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99h9O2111mQ [Dr Lorraine Day Cancer Cure] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR ONCOLOGIST • Does the therapy cure my cancer • What causes my cancer? • If the treatment taken does not cure my cancer, what long term conditions can I expect? • What side effects from the cancer treatment can I expect? • Can the cancer treatment give me cancer? • How are you going to manage the side-effects of the treatment if I have them? • What's going to happen to the quality of my life during this treatment? • I'd like to talk to five patients who have the same cancer who've had the same treatment. To see how they are doing. • How much are you going to profit from this treatment? • How much is the hospital going to profit from this treatment? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Wark offers even more, 20 questions, to ask your oncologist. Don't be afraid to ask them. It's your life, and you may find that the answers don't suit the way that you want to live it. http://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/20-questions-for-your-oncologist/ ALLOPATHY AND HOMOEOPATHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your doctor is trying to provide the best treatment for you within his or her knowledge. But doctors are not taught about health in medical school - only about disease. Most doctors do not receive even ONE HOUR of training in nutrition during their four years of medical school. The pharmaceutical industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. It provides much of the funding for research in medical schools and nearly all of the advertising in medical journals. It’s the old GOLDEN RULE: he who has the gold - rules! So doctors learn ONLY about drugs! -Lorraine Day, M.D. The two opposing methods of dealing with disease are allopathy and homoeopathy. Allopathy is a method originated by the medical profession in the west. The treatment is a cure for treating a disease caused by (so it is said) a virus, a bacterium or by some poisonous substance. My Oncologist told me that the lymphoma was the result of a change in a part of the DNA in a cell. This became the trigger to switch the healthy cell into a cancerous one. "We don't know how it happens." Allopathy treats disease with heavy doses of drugs which add assimilation problems to an already compromised organism, creating numerous other unwanted 'side-effects'. It treats disease as if it were a localised event, and is incapable of taking fully account how the application of a pharmaceutical drug may affect the rest of the body. Only later on, when symptoms of the original problem take another form, are more drugs applied to treat what they often believe to be a new, unrelated problem ... caused, in reality, by the original drug. The fruit of this approach is seen in the fact that the majority of people over forty are on four or more types of drug, and many of the elderly take so many that they purchase compartmentalised boxes in order to keep track of their drug intake. Homoeopathy treats each human being as a unique complex of thought, feeling and motivation, and works to reinstate the being's balance. There has arisen an imbalance in the forces operating in the individual ... the body that once felt at ease has become dis-eased. The reason for the disease is described as a disturbance of 'conceptual essences'. Every idea is one of these conceptual essences. We see these them at work in patients who are given experimental placebos. The faith in the idea that the pill they're given will fix the problem is enough to produce the desired effect. The same is true for the phenomenon of faith healing. This brings us to another video in which it is claimed that intention is enough to bring about a cure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pryU2pKmJh4#action=share [Iclif : Energy Healing | Dr.Bill Bengston] Can it be that consciousness itself is a catalyst, that is, able to bring about change without itself being influenced? Atomism v. Bodies of Energy The term 'atom' is derived from the Greek, 'uncuttable'. Modern day science finds it convenient to treat atoms as though they were indeed uncuttable. However, we now know, and it has been made abundantly clear with the release of energy in the atom bomb, that an atom is a small, highly dynamic packet of energy. 'What The Bleep' is a film which gives a simplified explanation of quantum theory. It helps in the re-assessment of the explanations of life given to us from childhood. When focusing down to the atomic level, matter begins to lose its edges, clearly defined borders between apparently 'uncuttable' particles dissolve into energy patterns. Particles become waves which become particles, like streams which have currents and eddies. If there is no form that isn't a behaviour of energy, it means that, in essence, each of us enjoys a focus of the field of energy onto one of its zones, like whirlpools in a vast sea of energy. We are nourished by the apparently external world: from childhood the growth of our bodies has been due to the accretion of minerals and chemistry from this world. Thus it is that our central organising intelligence takes us through all the stages from fertilised egg to adulthood. In this beautiful organisation, there are wheels within wheels: whirls of energy within whirls of energy. In the case of our bodies, each part develops its own function which it contributes to the whole. Every cell in the body has its own unique nature, its own energy pattern. It is this that the homoeopath calls its perceptual essence. And in the healthy body, every cell contributes in cooperation with the body as a whole. Every cell is dynamic, filled with activity. Defined edges between cells quiver with movement. Life vibrates in continuous activity. Its energy patterning holds the parts together. The field say, of the electron in the atoms of the skin, repels externals and acts as a form of protection for the assembled elements of the body. This beautiful balance and interplay of energy is what we have been taught to see as a static physical body. How does this affect our perception of the energy packets in our bodies when we come to consider the disease process? The problem arises when we treat it disrespectfully, when we don't give it the due consideration it deserves. The body is brought-to-be by a harmonious patterning of energies. Their function is impaired or augmented by the different elements that we ingest. When vitamins, minerals, enzymes, etc. are supplied in sufficient qualities and quantities, harmony is maintained. When we introduce toxins, deliberately or ignorantly, their functioning is blighted. "But it's obvious, isn't it?" A thing is only obvious when you have some familiarity with it, when its form and function have made themselves known in our minds. What's obvious to one, may not be so to another. We've all become familiar with the concept "you are what you eat", although this is only a partial truth. If I eat bananas all day, do I turn into a banana? Food is tasted in the mouth, and if found desirable is accepted through the oesophagus, and then digested in the stomach, where the various elements are separated out. Desirables are often toxic. In the small intestines what has been ingested is then assimilated ... whether benign or toxic. The state of the body's health depends on whether the toxicity is recognised as such, and on whether the body can efficiently deal with it. What has been efficiently dealt with is then passed to the colon, from which residual moisture is absorbed back into the body, before finally being eliminated via the anus. (The same can said for our mental processes: we examine with our senses, perceive whether it might be useful or not, analyse or digest the information, assimilate it, and throw out the garbage.) Little attention is generally paid to what is popped into the mouth. I fed the body that houses me with very little respect until it started complaining with a vengeance. It's a much happier environment in which to operate now that it is being given better nourishment and now that toxicity is being curtailed. "But it's obvious, isn't it?" It wasn't obvious to the oncologist, and neither was it to the beautiful haematologist I saw twenty-two months later. Though the oncologist had said it was the chemo that lifted the condition, the haematologist was astounded that lymphoma should have been cured with just one session of chemo. I feel sure that our conversation will have given her a new way of looking at things. Blood samples all perfect again, arranged to be back in six months for another checkup. My thoughts lie along the lines of refusing further scans if offered ... no need to unnecessarily subject the body to more toxic radiation. Pleasure and Pain There are some masochists who actively seek out pain as a form of pleasure. A dog, beaten sufficiently, may have its resentment turned to love. A choice of dental work without anaesthetic might be viewed by some as a form of masochism, but I find it useful in order to observe and control the responses in the body, and to avoid the drooling lip at the end of treatment. We may undertake the arduous climbing of a mountain or the run of a marathon in order to enjoy the deep stillness at the end of exertion. Hedonists believe that the pursuit of pleasure holds the meaning of life. Even amoebas swim towards food and away from a drop of lemon juice. Can running away from pain and towards pleasure be what it's all about? Quite often we can enter a painful situation, knowing that there's a benefit to be gained from it. A parent will abandon their safety to save a child. This might be viewed like the case of the salmon swimming upstream against the current in order to spawn. We can see that pleasure and pain require more investigation. "Endless pleasure cannot challenge a man to self-examination." When does an apparently endless pleasure end? The appetite for the pleasure of more refined sugar may eventually lead to certain types of diabetes. Perhaps unaware that it's the sugar consumption which has ultimately brought about the loss of sight or surgical removal of a limb, vast quantities of pleasant, refined sugar may continue to be consumed. Alcohol is a solvent. There may be an increase in awareness of the fact that excessive alcohol consumption, in effect, dissolves the liver. Nevertheless, even this often does not bring about a change in its rate of consumption when cirrhosis sets in. One noted football celebrity continued with his pleasure of alcohol even after having a replacement liver. In these types of individual, and in others, there is an indication that a process of self-examination has been lacking. In conditions which creep up slowly, there is a tendency to continue in the same old way. Pain does raise awareness. In the case of a tumour development in my body, after its surgical removal, I was considering an alternative approach to chemotherapy, but didn't really have any idea what course it would take. The family concensus urged me to go with chemo. I feel now that it was the right choice. Not because it was the best option for directly healing the body, but because I needed all the pain of the so-called 'side-effects', including hearing loss, in order to obtain the motivation and strict adherence to the protocol of my choice. I doubt that without it I would have had so much resolve. As another example of working with pleasure/pain, my association with food has undergone a sea change. Taste can be treacherous, for example mistaking the toxicity of monosodium glutamate as a subtly delicious flavour. No longer do I eat for the pleasure of taste but purely for nutritional purposes. My wife's lovingly-prepared meals are succulent and tasty, and I regard them as an added bonus. Seeing a positive in every negative is a worthwhile pursuit. Not paying lip service to the idea, but looking and feeling deeply into oneself, and seeing the value that's present in every experience, even in what is generally regarded as failure. Failures can give us the experience with which we can empathise more effectively with anyone going through similar failures. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A LYMPHOMA DIARY (an alternative to Chemo) Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. [John Stuart Mill] Foreword Some aspects of modern medicine have the propensity to make us believe that it holds all of the answers to the ills which afflict our bodies. Cochlear implants have brought hearing to those who were deaf from birth. Modern surgical techniques bring sight to the blind. Prosthetics and transplants are proving a very useful gift to many who have lost limbs and appendages through various trauma. And one cannot deny that A&E provides a very useful first-aid port of call after suffering an accident. Indeed, such are the wonders of modern science that it might fool even the most intelligent person into thinking it holds — not just these apparently magical treatments brought about by modern technology, not simply the answers to all the ills which afflict our bodies, but —the key to the direction of human evolution. I often read about a 'miracle' breakthrough in the treatment of this or that type of cancer, but each new breakthrough then disappears into the conceptual mud from whence it came. The mapping of the human genome was hailed as a major advance on the road to acquiring new personalised modes of disease treatment. I read a report in November 2016 about a drug being developed from paint pigment that is promised to be the next big thing in treating Alzheimer's disease. Two weeks later I read that testing had been abandoned. But can any synthesised drug ever compete in effectiveness with the innate intelligence within the body? When a king brings in paid soldiers to deal with an insurrection in his country it means that he has lost the ability to intelligently govern. Meanwhile, his own army becomes weak and ineffective due to lack of exercise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mammograms and Breast Cancer Although I haven't personally suffered with breast complaints, I do feel at this point that it's worthwhile indicating problems which can arise with the use of mammogram detection equipment. The following videos suggest that it is advisable never to use a mammogram to check for cancer, always ask for ultrasonic, or better, a thermogram. If one can't be provided, seek one privately. Mammograms are not as accurate as other methods of diagnosis. Many alternative practitioners believe that the pressure used in the clamp is sufficient to rupture existing tumors, letting them spread to the rest of the body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6rrUK54lvg [Mammograms Cause Breast Cancer - Dr. Ben Johnson] Skip first three minutes to avoid the preamble in this corroborating video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYm3j51ByYk [Dr Pam Popper - Truth About Mammography] Video from Suzanne Somers who suffered cancer three times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-aYxu4Uys0 [Suzanne Somers Throws Knockout for Cancer] The following is an interesting article about a lady who cured her breast cancer through diet, specifically, staying away from dairy products. Jane Plan't experience was a case in point. http://www.cancersupportinternational.com/janeplant.com/index.asp [In China the incidence of breast cancer is very, very low, whereas here in the west it's 1 in 10 women. In China they rarely consume dairy products.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inflammation and Disease (Specifically Cancer) Inflammation may arise through radiation, toxins, or lack of nutrition. Toxins may be introduced through the skin, the lungs or with the food we consume, or just as significantly, through stress. Western thought has, in relatively recent history, been materialistically biased, and doesn't take into account that toxic emotions also generate toxic body impulses. If we consider that we have our being in a continuum of energy from which thought, feeling and physical body all derive, it is not difficult to appreciate that one form of energy can affect another. Every idea in the mind is attended by a halo of emotion, and it is this emotion which affects the gross material body. The psyche affects the soma, hence the word psycho-somatic. Modern psychologists label this phenomenon as stress. Stress pulls things apart, strain compresses them. Toxic stress therefore can be the reason for chronic degenerative disease. The emotions work at a subtle level on the glandular system. It might be useful to continue to bear in mind that as stress also produces toxicity, although you may have succeeded in eliminating all other sources of poison, if you are still the bearer of toxic stress, then conditions remain for a disease to continue unabated. Stresses may derive through environmental factors or ancestors may have generously donated them to you, possibly even via intervening generations. In the Twentieth Century we have seen the material basis of reality seriously questioned and finally, with the detonating of the atomic bomb, matter has been demonstrated to be mass-energy. Let us therefore posit that our reality, whatever we perceive it to be, is a field of energy. Current medical theory holds that disease causes inflammation. Quite often, when we turn conventional theories on their head we arrive somewhere closer to the truth. What if all illness begins with inflammation? This is one of the basic tenets in the ancient system of Ayurvedic medicine. And what if all inflammation begins with toxicity? The body's system has become unbalanced. Inflammation is due to the increased activity of the cells around the area of injury. They work hard in order to multiply, divide and replace their fallen comrades. Mothers feel the heat of the rapidly multiplying cells of the baby in-utero. Thermography picks up the presence of rapidly multiplying cancer cells. There is heat generated in this rapid multiplication of replacement cells. When the cells repair a breakdown in the organism, i.e. the death of their co-workers, they have to sub-divide in order to do so. As they sub-divide, they not only generate heat, but after repeated division get smaller, weaker. When we persist in subjecting the body to unceasing attack by toxins, supporting and increasing this inflammatory process, the cells are over-taxed, and at a critical point they revolt. You are now the enemy. Cells are revolting against a rotten government. They no longer take orders from the nervous system, they cut off the nerve supply. They become recidivist, primitive, monocellular entities, taking orders only from themselves. The nervous system is blocked, but they carry on being fed by the bloodstream. And the revolutionary group grows. Ungovernable by normal nerve stimuli, they multiply out of control. There is all the information necessary in each one of your cells to produce a clone of your body, but because of the pressure being exerted on them by you, the host, they carry on in insularity, dividing through their self-motivated, primitive method of sugar dependent fermentation. No longer do they share in the vital economy of the body. Now we are bad governors. Like idiots we attack the revolt, the cancer, like a foolish government attacks a rebellious people. We've seen the devastating results of this unintelligent approach with certain middle eastern governments which have attempted to convert people by poisoning them. As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul, is a saying attributed to the hermetic philosopher Hermes Trismegistus. When emotions, ideas and impulses disagree, affecting body chemistry, or when other forms of toxicity are introduced into the body, it becomes the battlefield, and at its own level, microscopic examination reveals just as much devastation. We squirt things into our organism, killing it with treatment. We radiate it, laser it, but the one thing we don’t do is give up the bad government. But then, grossly dissatisfied with the way things are going, the damage being done, if the treatment we give the body is too noxious, there can come a time when we are thrown back onto our own centre, the centre of higher intelligence. From this centre, we can start behaving ourselves better and the government improves. Diet, exercise, emotional patterns and habits change. With the absence of toxicity and the increase of nutrition, cancer cells abandon their takeover bid and once again begin to co-operate. When the focus is placed whole-heartedly on an intelligent solution to the problem, the universe opens up its ocean of possibilities. The person of religious persuasion might call it God showing the way. Another may call it cosmic ordering. It lies for me in the mystery of unfolding in the body, and in our intimate connection with the universal field of power which, with our help, works to bring us back to full health. Without detoxifying the body and inhibiting the source of toxins, the inflammation continues furiously. And without providing the body with the nutrition that has been depleted, there is no longer the arsenal of chemistry it needs in order to deal efficiently with what emerges as disease. The capacity of the body's central intelligence ceases to be able to deal with the disease. It's one of the reasons why the majority of people in the western world have congested livers. It is no coincidence that this organ, so important to life, is called the liver. Livers are so wonderfully efficient that they can still operate effectively until their functionality is reduced to 30%. It is at this point that serious illness begins to set in. A young child suffers a fever one day and the next it has abruptly gone, as quickly as it came. This exhibits the strength of the child's vitality. Interfere with the healing crisis — characterised by the inflammation — with the introduction of drugs, vitality is reduced, and the healing crisis is compromised. Drugs per se do not heal, they treat symptoms, and often they drive the symptoms deeper into the body. The child's inflammation is a symptom of its auto-immune system's development. Better to treat fevers in the first instance with cool baths, castor oil packs, homoeopathy and the herbal remedies that our bodies have evolved to sympathetically accept. Aid the developing immune system instead of taking away its effectiveness. Anti-biotic Overuse/Abuse The overuse of antibiotic drugs, as their name implies (anti-bios = anti-life) not only effectively kills off a virus or a bacterium, it can also seriously compromise the function of the body's gut flora, nowadays given the name: microbiome (tiny life forms). The microbiome works in our bodies in a symbiotic relationship, assisting in many of the small intestine's functions of food absorption. The killing off of this microbiome has been proved to produce a variety of intestinal diseases. Having been killed off by the use of antibiotics, the disease is then allopathically treated by the use of yet more drugs. The alternative method of introducing various food supplements — which are rich in the missing flora — works to repair the original damage. Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food, is a saying attributed to Hippocrates, from whose name we get the Hippocratic Oath. Historically it was verbalised by practitioners of medicine, swearing to adhere to strict standards of health care. However, through the persistent reliance on pharmacy, modern day medicine fails to address an enlightened mode of approach to putting right the chemistry of the body. We are suffering under a western paradigm that the drug approach is superior to any other. Again, this is a consequence of the takeover of the medical schools by the largesse of the pharmaceutical industry. Fabulous grants given to medical schools are accompanied by, "But hey, we need to know that our money is being spent wisely, right? Isn't it only fair that we have a couple of our people on your board?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0G4c_uI_90 [How Big Pharma Controls Medical Schools - G. Edward Griffin] Until very recently, for a typical trainee doctor, a couple of days, or even only a few hours, may have been devoted to nutrition, and many years are generally devoted to pharmaceutical drugs. The teaching given in medical schools is skewed toward using drugs as therapy. It has been only the enlightened doctor, hazarding not only vilification by his peers, but being struck off the medical register, who will steer his patients towards exercise and appropriate diet. It's now March 2017 and the latest government recommendation is that of fruit and vegetables we eat not five-a-day, but ten-a-day. And one of the diseases which the recommendation states that it can prevent ... is cancer! Why not use diet not only as a preventative, but also as a cure? The answer is that we have to accept the fact that there are two types of beings disguised as human on earth today. There's the type who will put themselves out of relation with other beings so that they can manipulate the other beings as things, as means to an end. And the second type have a genuine interest in their fellow man, who believe that increase of relationship, contributing to more life, is more important. I'm sure that there are many beings who are in the second category working in the chemotherapy industry, but the direction in which these companies are driven points to the fact that the people influencing their direction are of the first type, purely profit driven, and have no interest in true relationships with what to them are merely the consumers. Generally, in the case of chronic degenerative disease, we mutely submit ourselves to the toxic consequences of drugs which not only destroy the immune system but, as in the case of drugs and radiotherapy which treat cancer, are themselves carcinogenic. Hidden is the knowledge that pharmacy is hopelessly outclassed by the body's innate ability to heal itself, given the appropriate nutrition, and ensuring that toxins are kept out. One wiseacre has even gone so far as to say that the spouse of the average doctor knows more about nutrition than he or she does. A good friend informs me that only one morning's tuition on nutrition was given to his G.P., and that this particular doctor was busy that morning. So the nutritional needs of the body is a dark art to him. Ignorance of this kind results in the G.P.'s reaching for the prescription pad for any ailment whatever. First, do no harm. [Hippocrates] To today's medic, these words of Hippocrates appears to have become an irrelevance. I walked into a pharmacy to pick up a prescription (since discarded), and gazed in wonder at the chemicals available for ingestion to 'treat' any conceivable ailment, from the common cold to migraine headaches and acid reflux. Fortunately, Joe Bloggs isn't able to pick up the even more dangerous medications without a prescription. Unfortunately, the average G.P. is far too quick at handing them out, sometimes, under pressure from an insistent hypochondriac, issuing antibiotics for viral infections ... when the doctor knows only too well that they are only effective against larger, cellular life-forms. The virus is a string of DNA not housed in a biological cell, and therefore cannot be killed by an antibiotic. The application of antibiotics has been so frequently that we now have a scenario where, for more serious complaints, these drugs may shortly be an ineffective measure because of their overuse. So serious is this threat that the UK government has placed adverts on televisions warning of their inappropriate use. In my youth, antibiotics were only used for life-threatening diseases. Now a visit to the hospital offers the threat of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a bacterium which is resistant to most antibiotics ... because of their over-prescription. Drug Addiction And it's not so strange that today young people resort to recreational drug-taking, when lamentably misguided parents stock their bathroom cabinets with pills labeled good for various conditions. Taking medication is now considered so normal that the average patient expects to be cured with a pill, no matter what the ailment. "Doctor please cure me, but for heaven's sake don't ask me to change the way I live my life." As a consequence, the average person over fifty in the UK today takes at least four types of medication. This, so that the person may continue to live his life according to his preferred mode ... which has so far yielded poor results. Hazardous drugs are accepted in order to disguise the negative effects of their lifestyle. Government sanctioned mass medication introduced into our bodies through fluoridated water and inoculation programs is — according to Dr. Peter Gotsche — probably the greatest government sponsored crime committed in western countries today. And fluoride, used in rat poison and routinely dripped into many water supplies here in the U.K., is just one of the many toxins we must necessarily avoid in order to completely detoxify the body, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dozpAshvtsA [Dr Peter Gøtzsche exposes big pharma as organized crime] "Prescription drugs kill 200,000 people in America every year, they die doing what their doctors told them, either because the doctor has made an error or because of the side effects of the drugs." He says, "stay away from prescription drugs." A convincing presentation. "Drug medication is the biggest con of this century. In the case of statins, if 150 people take one particular drug for five years, it will prevent one heart attack." Work out the odds, and ask yourself are the side effects worth the suffering? Especially when you consider the rise in heart failure rates since statins were introduced. They interrupt the function of an important liver pathway, producing muscle weakness, heart failure, foetal deformities, hair loss, cataracts, diabetes, brain problems, neuropathy. These are age-associated problems, indicating that the statin is prematurely aging the body. Stephanie Seneff explains in the following video. https://youtu.be/XykVFMd7S-c [The Great Cholesterol Deception--The Story Behind the Statins] Our education may have persuaded us otherwise, but the choice has always been ours, the individual's. Often, statins lead to chronic ailments, co-lateral damage, called side-effects. Rhabdomyolisis, just one of their more serious effects, describes a weakening of the muscles in the body. The heart is a muscle. Also, if you take statins, then doing exercises to build up the musculature doesn't work, because of rhabdomyolisis. The following is a presentation given by Kathryn Alexander, who has written 'Dietary Healing', a book that I use as a constant reference. It is well researched, and backed by scientific explanation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmatneX0eM [Drugs don't work as claimed, so you need to be able to work out your own odds] The incidence of pharmaceutical drug dependency, especially in the case of antidepressants, means that GPs are, in effect, legalised drug-pushers for the pharmaceutical industry. One startling case revealed that because the antidepressants were causing lack of sleep and physical pain, a 'user' opted to go to live in Spain where he could legally use cannabis instead, a completely natural herb which, apart from the highs, doesn't come with side-effects. The pains in his body have gone and there are no sleepless nights. Enforced use of pharmaceuticals for such conditions is nothing less than scandalous. Inertia and Addiction It has already been stated that we live in an energy universe, and yet the energy that we observe as form appears to be static. A planet, a lump of rock, a plant, a human body. The reason for this is its inertia. Once a form is set up, the energy bound up in its inertia ensures that it remains in the same shape. For the child, the willed initial act of walking takes up a tremendous amount of concentration and learning about muscular co-ordination and balance, through repeated failures, until the bodily pattern of walking is set in the body's material substance. The repeated energy pattern gets filled with chemical elements and the neurons are set in their inertic pathways. Walking has now become an automated function that can be called on at will, leaving the child to focus its attention elsewhere. At the same time, the stress lines on the skeletal system get filled in with chemistry, the child's once flexible skeleton becomes hardened. Appetite also has a degree of inertia, as has addiction. Remaining truly focused and brooking no deviation from the course you set out for yourself is imperative when you take your life into your own hands. Refined sugar is said by some to be far more addictive than cocaine. And I can believe it. Its presence in the body demands more of the same, and its deprivation generally gives severe headaches during the first week or two of its absence. I don't claim that the following will be a sure-fire success using the alternative method, and neither do I urge you, if you are suffering from non-Hodgkins, or indeed any other form of cancer, to take this as the course for you. It worked for me. One session of chemo, the carcinogenic material injected firstly into my cerebro-spinal fluid and then into my veins, severely impaired my hearing. That shouldn't have happened, said the oncologist. But it did. I refused the following recommended six sessions, possibly followed by radiotherapy. I rejected the offer of a chemo tailored to be more suitable to me, which shouldn't produce such adverse reactions. Despite the pleadings of my oncologist and McMillan nurse, to their dismay I chose an alternative approach. What isn't made clear when you are propelled on the course of chemotherapy is how highly toxic these chemicals are. Indeed, if any is spilt on a nurse's bare flesh it is considered a medical emergency. https://www.cancertutor.com/chemospill/ [If such precautions are needed to be taken on the outside, then what is it doing to me on the inside?] What also isn't made clear is that the drugs used to treat lymph cancer destroy the bone marrow, the source of beneficial autoimmune cells. All clear scan In the medical note of my scan, 24th Feb, 2016, the good news for me is written: "Postsurgical changes in the left groin has been resolved. There has been an excellent response to the previous demonstrated bilateral FDG avid adrenal masses which are no longer visible above background (i.e. right adrenal SUV max 2.3, liver background 2.6, previously 20.8). Similarly there has been an excellent response to the hypermetabolic small bowel mass where there is no longer any residual metabolic activity visible above GI background. There is no new size significant FDG avid lymphadenopathy on either side of the diaphragm." The oncologist told me that, based on this evidence, all is clear. Details of anti-inflammatory spices are given toward the end of this video. If your choice is to undertake chemotherapy, the insulin-potentiated-chemo-therapy described in the following video may be a useful course to take in order to enhance chemo- treatment. This information may not be known to your oncologist, and so it may be in your interest to find one who does know about it. It seems to echo Nicholas Gonzalez's method of using pancreatic enzymes as a supplement for clearing cancer naturally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhEAdTFP6co [Insulin potentiated chemo-therapy] Stay Focused Even though the final scan will show all clear, many alternative practitioners believe that those little cancer stem cells will still be active to some degree. Alternatively, we may prefer to believe that there are still some rogue cells that require nurturing in order to convince them that they live in a new world, one in which they can once again join in the healthily organised life of the whole body. My subsequent change of diet, and general clean living will hopefully assure me of a full recovery. When Max Gerson, the renowned cancer specialist formulated his protocol he said that in those days it took between twelve and eighteen months to detoxify the body completely. With the poor nourishment and the toxins that we are fed nowadays on a daily basis, his daughter Charlotte, who continues his work, states that it takes between eighteen and twenty-four months. And so I'm in for the long haul to ensure a full recovery, for much evidence suggests that it's the toxins in the body which are the irritants that produce an ever increasing spiral of inflammation which eventually results in cancer, and their chronic build-up takes that much longer to clear. In one of her videos, Helayne Waldman, Co-author of The Whole Food Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors explains the relationship between inflammation and cancer. Here she talks about the importance of cutting out refined sugars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOqS6NwmOA [Here's What You Need to Know About the Dangers of Sugar] PHARMACY CONTROL It is extremely difficult to reconcile and overcome the prejudices of friends and relations around you when you tell them that you are considering an alternative to the standard chemo offered by pharmaceutical companies to oncologists, and via them to you, the consumer. Such prejudices spring from our parents, friends, educators, the world of advertising, and doctors themselves who tell you that they know what's best for your health; this, despite the poor track-record of treatment with chemo. Research reveals And probably the most difficult situation to deal with is the family dynamic. Even my wife, who is also my closest friend, had severe doubts which persisted until I had the second scan which showed no evidence of the affliction. Hers was a more difficult situation than mine. Living with me had not been easy. All the while, for the ten weeks during which I adopted this approach, she had been harbouring the fear that what I was doing would lead ultimately to my unnecessarily early demise. Whereas in my mind, what I was doing was completely rational and would lead me back to health without the long-term, debilitating effects of the harsh chemical treatment which the medics had been administering. And I am grateful to her for her constant, loving support. Members of the medical profession hope, with the use of chemotherapy, to kill the cancer before it kills the patient. This ignores one of Hippocrates' prime directives, and a principle of bio-ethics, primum non nocere, "First, do no harm." If there is a problem, better to do nothing than to risk doing more harm. Chemotherapy carries an obvious risk of harm, and a less certain chance of benefit. Since I had that first session of chemo-therapy, I have had recourse to my friend the iPad which, in my sickbed, lent me access to YouTube videos and other internet offerings. These provided me not only with my method of choice, but also with reassuring testimonials from people who had already been down this road and had overcome the curse of our present age, this fearful 'C' word which people dread, and from which too many die ... I believe unnecessarily. Sometimes it's not even the disease itself, but the fact that there has been a pronouncement from the oncologist. Sadly, also often true, it's not the initial cancer being treated, but the carcinogenic results of the chemistry injected into the veins and other parts of the anatomy which produce secondary cancers and prematurely end the life of the patient. How often do we hear of someone going to the doctor with a seemingly innocuous complaint, and then terrifyingly, three weeks later, dying from cancer? I personally know of one who died two weeks after he was admitted to hospital. Was cancer the cause, or was the cause iatrogenic, a term first used in 1920 to describe medical errors? Throughout this book, much of it being the flesh on the bones of the diary that I was writing at the time, those same sources are referred to, leaving you to make an informed decision on the direction you are willing to take. Should the book become a success, many of the links may become unavailable. Anticipating this event, I also include the title of each video, key words to use in YouTube to enable your own search. Vaxxed As an example of pressures to ban educational films of a nature not in keeping with the modern medical paradigm, the production Vaxxed, which deals with the horrors visited on the parents of children who've been given the MMR jab occasionally makes a brief appearance on YouTube. It was directed by Del Bigtree and features Robert de Nero. It is also very quickly removed. Even today, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose membership of the medical society was terminated after suggesting that there may have been a link between vaccinations and autism, is regularly pilloried by leading newspapers who use false statements about his research to denigrate the stance he has taken against the MMR jab until proven safe. Robert de Niro, who features in the film, and has been witness to onsets of medically induced autism, is offering $100.000 to anyone who can prove, with a peer-reviewed study, that MMR doesn't cause mental problems in children. This, in the sure knowledge that only the opposite can be proved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT1nrRQDg-I, [Vaxxed interview with Del big Tree and Andrew Wakefield about Andrew Thompson on RT w Thom Hartmann] A friend gave me the link to the film. I watched it and was deeply moved at evidence of bodily carnage, vaccine damage done to little kiddies. The film is centred around a vaccination industry whistle-blower who claims that records of results of laboratory tests have been criminally falsified, and others shredded. Procedures alluded to in the previously mentioned Lancet article. VAXXED shows footage of a child who could walk before the vaccine, and couldn't after receiving it. Footage of medical professionals close to tears who, believing the hype of the vaccine program, had had their child inoculated and now, heartachingly, live with a child who bangs his bead against a cot or a wall in order to relieve the relentless headaches resulting from the contents of the vaccine, which has also brought about his regression into autism. At the end of this video others in the same vein may be offered. I set about sharing VAXXED on my Facebook page. Mysteriously, it failed to appear. I communicated this to Elaine from whom I copied the link, and she said it had also disappeared from her Facebook page. When we consider the vast sums of money lost to big pharma should these details be exposed to public view, the tremendous influence these companies hold with their government lobbyists, threats of the loss of advertising revenues to the media, and absolute control over the direction of teaching in medical schools, it becomes easier to understand how it takes relatively little monetary outlay to put pressure on such productions. And also why newspapers today continue to vilify Dr. Wakefield. The 'Nurses in Calgary' video is of medical professionals who have just come out of a limited screening of the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMTBqGQByfA [VaxXed Stories: Nurses in Calgary] I am not a great believer in conspiracy theories, but have read of the machinations of the large chemical companies, their far-reaching tentacles, and of their search for profit, taking no regard of the welfare of the consumers of their products. Some of their frauds and kickbacks are found at this site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_pharmaceutical_settlements [List of largest pharmaceutical settlements] Allopathic Witch Hunts You might find interesting some stories of how many practitioners, who cured with benevolent methods, have been hounded by the authorities. The story of Rene Caisse, and of how she cured thousands of cancer patients; and how a mysterious group of entrepreneurs tried to buy the formula for a million dollars. She insisted that if they bought it they must guarantee that the formula be given freely to anyone who was suffering from cancer. They refused, and from that point on the American FDA (Federal Drug Authority), who appear to be hand in glove with the pharmaceutical companies, sought to bring an end to her work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7vwxadGm_o [Essiac and Cancer: The Story of Rene Caisse and Essiac Tea] Another case is that of a doctor sent to prison for curing cancer patients. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM7xAz-mL04 : [Doctor Sent to Prison for Curing Cancer Patients] The medical history of America is littered with accounts of allopaths being persecuted for the wonderful work they were doing. Witness Dr. Sebi's interview in which he was charged for practicing medicine without a license. He since died mysteriously in a foreign prison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw7xBQtH_5k [Dr. Sebi: IS DEAD AND HERE IS HIS LAST INTERVIEW R.I.P. #DRSEBI] The great cancer specialist, Max Gerson was chased out of America because he was using methods other than those approved by the FDA, whose edict is that the cut, poison and burn approach is, as in the UK, the only form of treatment legally allowed. http://www.getholistichealth.com/41287/dr-max-gerson/ [An article written about Max Gerson.] Cost of Chemo Some of these videos provide evidence that members of those same chemical companies, who research and come up with chemotherapy drugs, have a vested interest in their livelihood. Their company profits far outweigh any altruistic, benevolent, humanitarian or philanthropic tendencies that they may have earlier had. For this reason alone I won't be donating any more money to fund such institutions. For in truth, much of the money that you give to cancer charities goes into the coffers of those same companies. Their research ignores or litigates against proven natural methods. They block any cures which would severely impact their profit margins. It's reckoned that less than 30% goes into their chemical research. The rest goes into the pockets of other people who are making a living out of the cancer industry. It's been said that more people are making a living out of the industry than are being treated by it. In America, half a million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year alone. As an indication, the cost of Avastatin alone, the most prescribed cancer drug in the world is $8000 per month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmWn-besIWU [What Does Cancer Cost the Patient and the Family] It's a double whammy. The charitable donations given to cancer funds are passed on to the chemo companies to find new cures which they then make a profit from, selling back to consumers who may have even collected the donations. Here in the UK it's the same, though the cost is hidden in our social security contributions. A little search reveals that in 2016/2017 seventeen billion pounds, roughly 20% of the National Health's budget was spent on pharmaceutical drugs. A healthy profit engineered through what appears to be strategic planning by chemical companies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ1qWTkt38k [The Cost of Cancer Care Driving Patients To Bankruptcy | NBC Nightly News] It helps to be awake to the practices of modern pharmacy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INITIAL SYMPTOMS I know, through the great number of people I have treated, that it is possible to restore health and the quality of life by making fundamental dietary changes which re-establish the nutrient balance. If we take a closer look at the word health, and remove the 'th', we have HEAL, and this to me constitutes health - the body's ability to heal itself or resolve imbalances naturally, without the use of drugs. [From Dietary Healing, by Kathryn Alexander] The following, an extract from the diary, gives a firsthand account of how things proceed when first a lump is noticed, and is primarily for those few whose lives have thus far been relatively untouched by cancer. Others have the shocking diagnosis delivered out of the blue when they've gone to a specialist with what they thought was a relatively minor ailment. 2015 July: I notice a lump on my testicle. It's a peculiar thing when one first notices something wrong. Some might dash straight off to the doctor's, following the well-beaten path they've used throughout their lives. Some might ask their partner for their take on it. Others might ask around amongst their friends for any knowledge they can come up with. 2015 August: Me? I paid my annual visit to a Hippy Camp where I met Dave, a pharmacist, and asked him what he thought about it. Dave is a friend of over 40 years, and he said, "Well, the usual procedure is an orchidectomy." A surgical removal of the testicle. "Just the kind of friend you need in a time like this", I thought. But considering the predicament a little more closely, I knew that in reality I needed to go and see someone with tools to hand, ideas, methods, in order to give me a second opinion and possible ways of dealing with it. To have a few tests and establish more precisely what was going on amongst the 'crown jewels'. I was aware that cancerous tumors had no nerve supply and therefore did not elicit stabbing pains when pressure is applied to them, but being guided more by fantasy than realism, I still did not let myself arrive at the conclusion that it might just possibly be something more serious than a passing something-or-other. That it just possibly might even pose a serious challenge to my well-being. There are many views that we can take when presented with symptoms. And, as in my case, denial can be one of them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL PRACTITIONER 2015 September: I call our local doctor's surgery asking for an appointment. The secretary asked if it was urgent. I said that I wasn't sure ... it's just that I'd noticed a lump on my left testicle. On hearing this, the secretary fast-tracked me and made an appointment with the GP a few days later. I entered the building, typed my date of birth into the wall display, and waited a while. My name was presented on the screen on the wall, and announced over the speaker. The doctor was a very pleasant, well-spoken young chap. I'd never met him before. He asked me what was the problem, and I mentioned the lump on the testicle. I undid my belt as was bidden, pulled down my trouser pants and under-shorts. He asked me to lie down on the couch. He examined the zone non-committally, and then asked if I minded that his registrar came in and made her observations. I said, "Sure, no problem." She sternly asked me to hold my penis to one side while she palpated the testicles. When she had probed sufficiently, the registrar took another serious look at me and then she left the room. I pulled my trousers back up as bidden by the G.P., and sat down again on the patient's chair. He asked the question: "What do YOU think it is?" A peculiar question, really. From childhood, every experience I'd had of doctors had revealed to me that they told you stuff. They don't ask your opinion. Thinking about it now, it all becomes so clear. By asking the question, he was giving me the chance to utter a hidden fear, and to save himself from being the bearer of news which I might not be so happy to hear. In the event, I simply said, "I've no idea, really," ('after all, you are supposed to be the expert') ... the thought remained unvoiced. Even so, there was an incipient anxiety arising somewhere in my abdominal area. He looked at me studiously, with what looked like some concern, and the impression that he was giving me was increasing the feeling of unease. Then he asked me a question regarding his conduct: "Do you feel that I've been sensitive enough in my approach to dealing with you?" He never actually gave me his personal diagnosis ... but something in his manner told me that it would not have been a favourable one. How often does one come away from the G.P.'s surgery feeling better than when they went in? While I was with him, I don't suppose the enormity of his words really registered. There's a kind of professional, intellectual atmosphere in a surgery that puts an insulating barrier between the head where the thinking goes on and the rest of the body ... the chest in which emotional turmoil is felt, and belly zone where the fight or flight chemistry is dispensed. The enormity of it hit me as I walked out of the building into the fresh air of the street outside, where everyone else was carrying on their lives as if this kind of thing never happens. Suddenly, instead of living my life as a healthy, active piscatarian, I'm a sick person. And yet I don't feel any different, apart from this lump on my left testicle. How can it be, that I'm no longer one of the fortunate healthy? It's as if a glass wall separates me from my fellow man. September 22: I got a call from an out-sourced booking agency alerting me to an intended CT scan. Within a week. Things had started to move quickly. A close friend of mine had already been through the system, and he'd been giving me feedback about the speed at which things happen. This hadn't prepared me, however. I've since come to understand how quickly one's body, in effect one's entire life, is taken over by the medical system. I accepted the appointment offered for the following week. At this time, forgive me, specific dates are often obscured by the mental fog of days rolling into one, as opposed to what would later become the mental fog of chemo. Arriving at the hospital, I follow the signs to the appropriate department. In the scanner ante-room, I'm told to divest myself of clothing and wear a gown. I slip my arms into the sleeves, and tie it together at the rear. Most peculiar to have one's posterior revealed at the rear every time I bend forward and the gown flies open. And now I'm offered the choice of lemon or orange juice. I plump for orange. I'm given a couple of litres of sweet orange cordial to quaff. It's an oral x-ray contrast preparation containing barium or iodine. "If you want to use the toilet, that's ok, but try and drink as much of the juice as you can." My perception is that the stuff that they've given me to drink has never been anywhere near an orange. I understand now that the sweetness of that cordial is the perfect food source for cancer cells. Later on a radioactive glucose isotope will cause them to be made visible to a PET scanning device. Tumors don't have the same metabolism as healthy cells. In the scan, where the glucose pools together, it infers the site of tumors. Whereas healthy cells have their normal, oxygen-fuelled process, tumor cells grow and multiply by means of fermentation. And as every home brewer knows, fermentation depends on the fuel of sugar, and the deprivation of oxygen. I'm later to discover the importance of stopping the intake of refined sugar as a part of any detoxification diet. The logic is clear, sugar feeds cancer cells. And yet oncology hospitals have coke machines, and McMillan nurses in their recipe book recommend eating plenty of it . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UROLOGIST We roll down the mountain of time and strike haphazardly against each other as we roll. In our strikings we become convinced materialists. We lose all belief in free will. We think ourselves ruled absolutely by senseless "Laws" of matter, and so make no effort to lift ourselves out of our degenerative condition. [Eugene Halliday] 21.10.2015: I meet the specialist. The diagnosis which he gives me adds to my perception of him as being quite charming. After palpating the scrotum, his opinion is that it's a cyst on the epididymis. How relieved I am to hear this. Phew! I hadn't realised how heavily the doom had settled on me. He then said that it was appropriate to have an ultrasonic scan ... just to confirm it. Seems like I'm all clear. But soon I am to realise that it's just another temporary ascent out of the gloom. That each breath of relief would be quickly followed by a not too thrilling nose-dive. Yes, this roller-coaster ride is just beginning. A week later I attend the Chester Countess Hospital, bouyant in the belief that all is well once again. The healthcare professional bid me to take my shoes off and lay down on the couch, which I dutifully did. She took hold of what looked like a large handkerchief, rolled it up and cupped my testicles with it, pulling them up towards my chest. She asked me to hold the two ends while she used her ultrasonic scanner to take sonic pictures of my privates. She smeared a gel over the scrotal sack and started moving the head of the scanning device over the concealed orbs. With a smile I quipped that the GP had obviously mistakenly thought cancer, when in fact it was merely cysts on the epididymis, as diagnosed by the urologist. Her response was an ominous, non-committal, "Hmmm!" On the later return to the urologist, he recommends having the testicle removed. I tell him it will be like losing an old friend. He quips, "Never mind, you have another old friend." 30.10.2015: Countess of Chester, Ward 52, Level 1, Orchidectomy. Who can I turn to? I can see no way out of this by myself. And so one turns to the awful predicament of putting one's body under the auspices of the medical profession. Once that's done, is there a way out? I will lose control over the economy of my own body, surrendering it to the tender or not so tender vagaries of members of our brave medical system, who by no means have the perfect picture of what goes on in the chemical processes of the body. Bless them. A few are governed purely by the profit of the few pence they might make out of the drugs that they peddle. The majority, I do believe, think they are doing their very best to heal ... to help patients out of their misery with the tools they've been taught to use. I have elected to have the operation to remove the testicle. A booking has been made and I'm committed. Poring over online information has revealed that quite often the removal of a cyst on the epididymis is followed by the appearance of another. Rather than risk a second operation in such an eventuality, I'll have it removed completely. (Looking back on this now, I realise that I hadn't done enough research, and a little more might even have given me the tools of a dietary regimen that would have let my little friend continue to enjoy its part in the anatomy of this body, instead of perhaps finding its resting place, at best, in a specimen jar.) I took a walk to the Countess of Chester Hospital for the operation. It felt like a good option. A three mile walk with my backpack and overnight-stay gear. I had no idea of the length of stay. In true boy scout mode, just in case they were needed, I took pyjamas, toothbrush, change of shirt, socks and underwear. Checked into the operating theatre lounge at the appointed 10:30am. I was seen by several people: initially the receptionist, then a nurse, followed by the urologist, and finally the surgeon. Each one asked me my name, date of birth and reason for attending. The surgeon made a mark in indelible ink on the site of the intended incision. A good sign. One hears of cases where the wrong item has been taken out in operations. I iterated that I was not in favour of a prosthetic testicle. It doesn't seem to make much sense to insert some plastic into the body which at a later date the body might reject as an intruder and give rise to the need for a further operation. The waiting room is full. Some of the patients have several relatives. It may be that the operation will not take place today. There may be other patients, perhaps with diabetes, who might need to be seen more urgently. Further patients arrive, and the receptionist asks all those who are not undergoing an operation this day to please leave and make way for the new arrivals. Lots of maybes and perhapses. But that's the name of the game in hospitals. And it would be churlish to complain. We all know, despite it being the second largest employer in the world, how strapped for cash, and indeed understaffed the NHS is. At 2:00pm a nurse arrives and a stent is placed in the back of my hand. My body is to be operated on. No emergencies have turned up. A liquid is fed into my arm from a suspended bag as I'm being wheeled through to the operating theatre. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wake up in a hospital bed. Feels like I'm wearing a nappy. An extremely tight pair of jockey shorts has been placed on me, and inside the shorts, a thick wad of dressing. It was never explained to me why the padding was inserted, and in a bewildered state, I didn't think to ask. I hadn't been given the option of an orchidectomy without anaesthetic, and had mutely acceding to having it done the orthodox way. I don't ordinarily do painkillers, not even for tooth fillings. Following the operation was no exception. I crawled on all-fours up the stairs during the first two days. Not a pretty sight from below. After that I managed one step at a time leading with my right. I didn't actually sing "sweet Jesus!" but it was torture. "Have I got masochistic tendencies?", I ask of myself. Some prefer to disguise pain with drugs, but what if the body itself still feels it? And is this the reason why post operative complications set in? The pad under my scrotum took me back to childhood and the memory of filled nappies. Perhaps it was necessary to wear it due to the downward pull on the stitches by what was left in the lower abdominal area. Now I have the luxury of a month off in which to recoup. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ONCOLOGIST One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. [Albert Schweitzer] 02.12.2015 Oncologist's Report I'm called to see the oncologist. The CT scan shows a couple of dark areas, one above each kidney, which may or may not mean anything sinister. A PET scan is far superior to the CT, and will reveal everything in finer detail. He tells me that the pathology of the removed testicle has tested positive for high grade lymphoma. He has now booked me in for a PET scan at Clatterbridge Hospital, but in the meantime, strongly recommends the first of seven sessions of chemo, each lasting three weeks. The chemical injections are only to last two days, but it takes a further nineteen days for the body to recover from the harsh effects of the toxic chemicals, and when the body has just recovered, then it would be time for the next onslaught. A truly traumatising regime. I sympathise with anyone who has opted for going through with a whole chemotherapy course. I tell him that I have two daughters and they're both getting married during the next six months. He says that he can tailor the treatment to suit the occasions. And planned, after I come back from my daughter's wedding in May, that there would follow another two more sessions of chemo of a more extreme dose. This possibly followed further by radiation therapy, where he promises that they can pin-point precisely the zones which are giving the trouble, and zap them. I'm thinking, this doesn't sound too good. 07.12.2015 Committed To Chemo Such speed. The report has been received from Clatterbridge on the results of the scan. And the appointment for chemo has efficiently been booked for two days hence. They really don't hang about, these chaps, and for those who have a strong belief in the efficacy of chemo, I cannot highly enough sing the praises of the NHS team. At this point I am unaware of the wealth of material available which points away from chemotherapy and radiotherapy. For those who aren't, consider this: tumours don't grow overnight. Don't be panicked, unwillingly catapulted into a course of treatment in which you have no faith. You have time. Have a look at a few of the testimonials in the form of videos on these pages, from people who have either gone through it themselves, or who recommend ways of dealing with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k3B0y0tjCg [What every cancer patient needs to know] There are others who offer advice on what to do when you get the diagnosis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkpv4xHqxw0 [Diagnosed With Cancer-Do This First!] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEoUpsCEp68 [What to Do After Cancer Diagnosis] Dr. Veronique Desaulniers discusses what you might do instead, in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1UzQpXrxP0 [Watch This Before Rushing into Cancer Treatment! It Could Change Your Life!] Chris Walk, an American who has overcome his own cancer using juicing and much more, has his own website. Here's his marvelous square one program for helping you deal with a cancer: https://cbtc.clickfunnels.com/optin?affiliate=481&utm_campaign=go-ttav&utm_content=2017-09-07 [Get the Roadmap that will Radically Transform Your Life, Help You on Your Healing Journey, and Give Your Body the Support it Needs to Heal & Prevent Cancer] December 10: Laura, the MacMillan nurse, is at my side while I lie on the portable couch, waiting to be transferred to the operating table. We trade stories, and I told her that quite often I go out for a run. She comments that it's a good job I didn't have to have a bone marrow operation which requires drilling, because the bones of runners are notoriously more dense than those who don't pound the streets. I recall stories of loss of bone density in the elderly and find myself wondering whether a good run once a week may be the answer. I receive an injection into the cerebro-spinal fluid. One of the most sacred of spaces, which I held so sacrosanct that I remember recommending my wife not to have an epidural during the births of our daughters. A healer whom I'd previously met, said that an invasion of the fluid can yield disastrous results later on in life. As I can't reasonably expect more than another 20 or so years, I lie on my right side letting the body be the butt of scientific experimentation. The oncologist proudly shows me the double chamber syringe in one side of which the chemical, a triumph of science, was loaded. Using an x-ray machine for guidance, firstly the empty chamber of the syringe was used to evacuate some of the cerebro-spinal fluid, and then the chemo was injected from the other half. One has to be careful when tampering with the cerebro-spinal pressure, because if it varies at all, then one is liable to suffer sometimes severe headaches when the brain bounces about inside a skull whose protective fluid has been evacuated, or when it becomes over-pressured by excessive fluid. In my case the surgeon has done a perfect, textbook operation. December 10: Hospital again the following morning. 10:00 a.m. prompt for the second half of the R-CHOP treatment. I was asked whether I preferred a bed or a chair. I said that as it was my first experience, I had no idea which to choose. A nurse asked me if I had any trouble with back pain, and I said that I didn't. She thus pointed me in the direction of the reclining chairs. Quite comfortable, with foot supports so that it's possible to sit for an extended period attached to a drip. It was here, a day after the spinal injection, that I first perceived a loss in hearing. I had been told by the Macmillan Nurse that I could expect tinnitus. But this was more than that. It cut in half, lengthwise, the frequency of the human voice and omitted the lower register. All the nurses sounded like Daleks. I could only hear the top half. This was freaky. At 2:00pm The nurse inserts the cannula, the canal through which the chemo drugs would be channeled. The first bag attached to it contains the saline solution. This is necessary because it will flush the internal flesh at the point of insertion. I was later to learn that if the chemo drugs were to come into direct contact with the surrounding tissue, they would cause severe internal burning. As previously explained, if at any time these drugs are spilt on a nurse's skin, it is considered a medical emergency: an illustration of just how toxic they are. Two of the five chemicals used for R-CHOP therapy are then introduced from drip bags, through the cannula. For the third, the nurse sits down opposite me with a large syringe full of a red chemical. She introduces this slowly to my body system. Many people are under the misapprehension that cancer makes you bald. Half way through this chemical she looks up and tells me, "This is the one that will make your hair fall out." I nod in passive understanding. It's during this second day of chemo that I notice the hearing is severely impaired. Have you ever had that inner feeling of being a piece of flotsam? This is how I felt at the mercy of the world's events, drifting downwards out of control, heading for dissolution in the same way that the hearing has? Whatever happened to that remembered dynamic, carefree, self-motivated attitude of the child, your internal little child that carries you ever upwards, that picks itself up every time it falls? What was slowly becoming clear to me was that the course I'd embarked on was a dissatisfactory route to what I saw was a gradual disorganisation, the elimination, one by one, of the other delights of what constitute the physical body. And another option was revealing itself to me, one which I felt would give it the ability to function adequately, rather than just suffer under the compromise of the empirical chemistry approach, which brings sundry unexpected and undesirable results (given the label 'side-effects'), the collateral damage of pharmacy. My whole being was becoming orientated to choosing life, becoming active rather than passive, the free instead of the bound. Awareness of life replaces the doom-laden awareness of death. There's a sense of gathering oneself together, putting myself on the road of my own choosing instead of having it chosen for me. Bringing together the 'members of my being' in faith and positivity that all will be fine produces a remembrance of those happy days of childhood. You may believe in god, or fate, or an intelligent universe, but whatever that belief is, it is strengthened by the wonders that unfold when you set out on your own personal journey. Positive thinking alone is not enough. These wonders begin to occur when action is initiated, change needs to occur, in how you feel, in what your thought processes centre on, and the change in the way you operate which occurs through the expression of the power of your Will. Treatment with chemo for lymphoma is counter-intuitive. The lymphatic system is necessary in the fight against alien bacteria, filtering and excreting dead cell debris, the mopping up of free radicals, and the clearing away of abnormal cell clusters. This same system is destroyed during the course of chemo. So you have a disease, cancer, which is a disease of a compromised immune system, and this immune system is further compromised in the hope of killing the cancer before the chemo kills you. If you survive the treatment, this immune system no longer works. The chemo actually penetrates and kills the cells in the bone marrow. Is it any wonder that later on, many who have undergone chemo now have a cancer ... in the bones? Whatever caused that compromised immune system is still there lurking in the bones, and sadly, in many, many cases, it returns with a vengeance. It returns as secondary cancers which, through the previous experience, have now learned how to deal with the chemo drugs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t51XK9Q7wsI [Did You Know Most Cancers Are Caused by This? Ty Bollinger.] "75% to 90% of tumors have some kind of environmental toxic trigger." The chemo session itself, once every three weeks, is not the only consideration with R-CHOP therapy. Post-chemo there are a variety of drugs which are deemed necessary to overcome ways in which the body has subsequently become challenged. In my case these were: Prednisolone: A corticosteroid prescribed in case of mood swings, because the natural steroids in the body have been killed off. Ondansetron: To reduce the possibility of nausea and vomiting, the body's natural reaction in which it attempts to eliminate chemical toxins. Aciclovir: Antiviral drug. The body is helpless in the face of any opportunist virus. Allopurinol: For the prevention of kidney stones. The kidneys have been sorely attacked as they filter the toxic chemo in the blood prior to urine elimination. Omeprazole: To prevent acid reflux. Stomach function has been severely compromised, and the one and a half kilos of beneficial microbes in the gut, labeled the human biome, have been more or less totally killed off. Co-trimoxazole: A drug to prevent bacteria having a field day. You are cautioned not to eat any fruit or vegetables without first peeling them. Biting into the skin of a delicious Granny Smith is strictly off-limits. To one who has spent a lifetime avoiding all prescription drugs, this becomes a disastrous development. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POST-CHEMO STRESS (a diary extract) If you don't think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. [Kris Carr] Friday Dec 11: I'd asked the MacMillan nurse if I'd be able to work while undergoing these sessions of chemo. She'd assured me that I could. I am exhausted. I Mooch around the house while my wife is out shopping. She comes back at around 2:00pm. I pick up the guitar for a strum. My beautiful Yamaha sounds like a biscuit tin. Can't bear to listen to it. My wife comes back and suggests I see Angela, whom she had met that morning, and in the conversation had come to recognise that she was a healer. So I phone Angela and she immediately drops everything she is doing at the supermarket, and says she will see me at 4:00pm. I turn up at Angela's house and am made very welcome. We trade experiences for an hour and a half, during which we tell each other some of our life stories. And she mentions on more than one occasion that she does some kind of healing. I'm open to anything right now, and I finally ask her if she could work on my body. I sit in an upright chair while she moves her hands over me. I notice how sensitive she is. I haven't explained all the areas involved with the trauma over the past couple of months, but nevertheless she spends a lot of time on zones that are really significant to me right now. The left forearm which bore the brunt of the chemo, the chest which had some peculiar sensations around the heart region. The site of the orchidectomy incision. In all, spending over an hour with me. I've had some past experience of feeling into a person's aura, but had been a little skeptical as to the beneficial effect that it can have. On my return home the sound of the guitar had almost completely come back to normal. My wife and I sing along to the guitar. Well, we try to. But every phrase of the songs that we know is now given so much more meaning and significance. Many of them we can't sing at all because of the tears they evoke. Nevertheless, I'm still overjoyed at the improvement in hearing. I have to thank Angela for her work, which in many ways was the catalyst that got me thinking. There must be another way! Day 5 to day 10: I manage only 10 hours sleep. It seems that the MacMillan nurse wasn't altogether correct in her prediction of my ability to function post-chemo. She had claimed that she knows, for instance, of a teacher who operates perfectly adequately. This lack of sleep, coupled with the hearing loss, persuades me to inform you that everything you're told when you first are introduced to chemo-therapy doesn't prepare you for the event at all, and in some cases is quite erroneous. Believe only half of what you are told. Trouble is, you don't know which half is correct. Day 9: After a sleepless night in bed, the body feels energised, but the thinking mind is obstinately refusing to be quiet. It will not relax into the bliss of unconsciousness. Have you seen 'The Machinist', with Christian Bale? Well, I'm not quite hallucinating, but from the concoction of chemo and its related post-chemo drugs there's the consequence of a light-headed mess. As an exercise it's very interesting, though highly unrecommended. Day 10: Last night I took a sleeping tablet. Whaaaaat? Desperate times need desperate measures. At last got 5hrs uninterrupted sleep again, with maybe another hour later. I'm determined to find another way of overcoming the problem with the body. I discover a significant site, giving overwhelming testimonial evidence, from increasing numbers of people of all walks of life, of the efficacy of a raw Vegan juice diet. www.chrisbeatcancer.com [I said no to chemo and went raw!] Day 11: Discovered another great story. Rick Simpson who, using his own cannabis oil, healed himself of cancer.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEcAk50cvXU [RUN FROM THE CURE. The Rick Simpson Story] Sunday Dec 13: I meet one of our 'English in Chester' Swiss students who stayed with us while she was on an English course. They have a daughter who has just been through conventional therapy for cancer, and are alarmed at my decision not to proceed. I can understand their situation. If it were my daughter, would she be brave enough to choose another method? But we each live our lives as we see fit. I resisted beers in the first pub, but was drawn into having a half pint of beer with them at another nearby. This was not very wise. I'm already experiencing the-morning-after headaches. The half pint was too much. It will be my last beer for the foreseeable future, if ever. This is the type of decision that needs to be made. Do I want to get well? Am I convinced that de-toxing is the way back to full health? This, in order to succeed, must be the guiding concept under which all urges feelings and ideas need to align themselves. Tuesday December 15th: I experience sleep deprivation. Something going on in the head. Never have I had this much trouble sleeping before. How is it that doctors are concerned when the patient is lacking sleep, and other times deliberately issue drugs that make sleep so elusive? Weird thoughts like this fill my mind. Wednesday December 16th: 11th day after chemo. Slept ok at night initially. I decide that I'm opting out of chemo. Got me thinking, "What am I doing with my life?" So rather than cut it, poison it, burn it, I'm going the juicing route. I'm also seeing a herbalist who is augmenting the smoothies with one of her marvelous potions. Reading the ingredients later, I discover that many of them are in Essiac tea, a brew whose recipe were given to Rene Caisse from Ojibway Indians, via a friend. 'Essiac' is of course Rene's name spelt in reverse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X65-XfOWssA [Essiac and Cancer: The Story of Rene Caisse and Essiac Tea] I can't believe that I actually let someone inject an extremely harsh chemical into my spinal column. But I have to let that go. To harbour any negativity at all is to let that negativity work in the harbour of the body. And if the goal is to achieve complete de-tox, it means clearing out all toxic ideas also. Thursday 24 December: The results have returned from the PET scan. The oncologist invites me to his consulting room and tells me that it has revealed what he considers to be lymphoma, not only above each kidney but also one above the small intestine. This is now officially classed as a high grade, stage IV, aggressive Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma [NHL]. https://www.reference.com/health/stages-grades-cancer-53e23edb06a07216?qo=similarQuestions [What are the stages and grades of cancer?] "Concerned about weight loss", he tells me to eat. "Eat what?" I ask. "Anything, just eat!" "And so I could continue to eat the stuff that brought this condition on in the first place?" "Not so", says he. "Cancer is a genetic problem. Somehow, we don't know how, a gene gets switched on and cancer is caused." I've since come to understand that this is medical school teaching. It might be true in a small number of cases. But if it were true in all cases, why is it that giving the body nutrition and making sure that toxins aren't ingested brings the body back to normal health? And let here us be clear about how I use the word 'normal'. Normal is not the same as average. Normal is working at optimal efficiency. When the body heals, it heals wholly. I offer you a quote here from Kathryn Alexander's book, Dietary Healing, which I look at almost every day for its gems of knowledge on how the body works, and how to heal it. "Genuine healing always involves detoxification. The symptoms of disease invariably arise as an adaptation to toxic conditions within the body and all too often we end up treating the symptoms of pollution rather than resolving the pollution itself. By restoring the environment and enabling the cells to replenish with nutrients and oxygen we provide the conditions for healing to occur." Of interest is the fact that my oncologist gave me no guidance at all regarding consumption of sugar between chemo sessions. Concerned about weight loss more than anything else, his directive was that I eat whatever I can. In medical schools, doctors are given the minimum of tuition on the subject of nutrition, a factor that creates a profound departure from another principle of Hippocrates, "Let medicine be they food, and let food be thy medicine." Sugar and Salt I have now completely eradicated refined sugars from my diet. Some sources claim that refined sugar is more addictive than cocaine, and certainly, extreme physical withdrawal symptoms can be felt when the body is deprived of it. Cancer cells are normal cells which have become aloof from the harmonious interplay of energies in the body. Instead of a normal metabolism, they multiply by the process of fermentation, fermentation requires sugar for fuel. The more concentrated the source, the happier the cancer cell in its activity. Thus the importance of cutting out all refined sugar as part of the protocol when dealing with cancer. Cancer is mentioned in the seventh minute of the following presentation as just one of the deleterious effects that refined sugar is instrumental in producing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJGS3jdjJGE [Cancer Loves Sugar CBS 60 Minutes April 2012] Salt is another thing to avoid. Not as easy as you might think. It too, along with sugar, is found in most processed foods, and excessive amounts in many. When food is preserved, quite often salt is added. Salt prevents oxidation, which would result in the food's degradation during its shelf life. Consider the situation when large quantities of salt enter the cells. It then interferes with the oxidative process which is a part of the cells' natural metabolism. At a critical point the cell becomes overloaded, toxic, and is led to disease. And so, to displace the salt in the cells of the body, the ingestion of large amounts of potassium is required; this is found in fresh vegetables. Something that Max Gerson discovered over his many years of dealing with cancer patients. The cannabis oil arrived tonight. The thick black substance is contained in a syringe. The suggestion is that I start off very slowly, taking a drop the size equivalent to a grain of rice, and rubbing it into the gums. Over a few days this will be built up to a size equivalent to twelve grains of rice. Saturday 26th December: Christmas, a dinner day late. My dinner consists of guacamole, with celery, carrot, and oven dried sugar-and-salt-free biscuits to dip, a smoothie made with papaya, green cabbage, celery, garlic, ginger, oranges, turmeric, black pepper. And finished off with a spirulina energy ball. Mmmm. Tasty. Not the usual salmon steak with hollandaise sauce, roast potato and parsnip, honey-glazed carrots, chestnuts and sprouts for me. The juicing has given way to smoothies because of the hassle with cleaning the juicer. It's a hazard I'm willing to take, and one that has ultimately worked for me. I have since come to know of the Ultimate juicer, a £300 juicer that I will buy in the unlikely event that present regime fails. Smoothies are not quaffed with the taste so much in mind as the content. Drinking to live ... for fuel, rather than taste. Taking this task seriously means not going back to the old ways. I've set up in my mind a two year de-tox. Anything less and I risk a return to life of the stem cells of the lymphoma. Ultimately I shall modify mixes to appeal to taste. It's ok being Spartan, but there's no need for long term torture ... which, by the way, it needn't be. Some of the flavours don't go well together, but I know the provenance of what I'm drinking and so I find them acceptable, and I feel their beneficial effect as they enter the bloodstream. Sunday Dec 27th: I'm up at 7:00. I rise three or four times a night, because all the water I'm drinking hasn't yet found its way to the bladder by the time I get to bed. I've slept for four hours. The de-hydrated body has been described as being like dried garden compost in a hanging basket. It takes time for the compost to absorb the water sufficiently for it to be of use. I have that interview with the oncologist refusing any more chemo. It's in the chapter with the title CHEMO. Monday 28th December: My daughter's wedding day. Both she and the groom know that due to everything that has gone on, plus the addition of the cannabis oil, there is chemical interference with the speech given by the bride's father. They're very forgiving. After the wedding breakfast I take my leave of the restaurant and make my way to join my band in order for us to set up for the evening party, which turned out to be a splendid affair. After our music set, we left the party and returned home. I was exhausted, and though I might have put up some protestation, Rosie was acute enough to realise that this would be the best option. Tuesday 29th December: Purchase large bags of nuts and a pack of apricot kernels from Grape Tree, a small shop inside the Chester Market forum. Very reasonably priced and well presented. I'd been looking for a Britta water filter for a few days. Chester water does not have fluoride added, which is a blessing because a filter will not take this rat poison out. The zero toxin regime means that chlorine is also excluded, and so because there is no fluoride in Chester water, a filter needs to be used. Lo and behold, there was a Brita filter in Grape Tree. Wednesday 30th December: Had five hours' sleep again last night. Thursday 31st: 6 hrs sleep last night. Looking forward to a peaceful sleep pattern. Friday 1st Jan: Went to see a friend of mine who was suffering with cancer. He's found some pain killers that let him have a decent night's sleep. He's still not keen on the raw-Vegan idea. He considers positive thinking as being the best tool in his box. Saturday 2nd Jan: 9 hrs sleep last night. Great. Typical day's consumption: Glasses of Apple, Beetroot and Carrot juice (ABC) with added turmeric and black pepper Two bananas Sundry fruits. Raw vegan soup: 100ml raw nuts 500ml filtered water 1 cup broccoli 1 cup spinach Handful of leek, sliced 1 garlic clove 1 tsp ginger, grated a handful of basil juice of half a lemon black pepper turmeric and black pepper All liquidised in the blender. Managed some manual work in the garden ... planted some daffodil bulbs. I am given a 92 page protocol with dos and don'ts for cancer. Himalayan sea salt is recommended, but I've since learned the mantra which Kathryn Alexander espouses, "High potassium, Low sodium, Restricted protein, Low fat." Salt is a definite no-no. Continuing to learn as I go along. Salt intake is now severely curtailed too. See the Chapter on Gerson therapy. I post another video on facebook this time of the beautiful Dr. Sandra Rangel, who juiced her way out of cancer. Dr. Sandra Rangel believed that she'd been eating in a healthy way and exercising regularly. However, in December 2006, she was diagnosed with stage III cancer on the left vocal cord. After they had treated her with radiation therapy, the doctors told her that her hair would never grow again on the back of her head. She proved them wrong, and healed herself naturally. A remarkable, beautiful woman, in every sense of the word. She was interviewed on the Raw Life Health Show. http://youtu.be/l85Giwwn4Ow [Doctor Gets Cancer and Goes On a Raw Food Diet] Saturday 2rd January: Up until 1:00 last night, but got 7hrs sleep nevertheless. Another lazy day today. Got an email from a friend, with a link to "The Truth About Cancer - A Global Quest." I see many videos pointing me in the direction of raw Vegan. (As you will have noticed, the need for sleep had been on my mind for several weeks.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqJAzQe7_0g&t=231s [The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest - The True History of Chemo & The Pharmaceutical Monopoly] Tuesday 5th January: Feeling great. I go out for a run. About a mile and a half. Don't want to over-do it the first time. But again I feel fantastic. So much energy. I describe it as the feeling a lamb must have in the spring, when it gambols up into the air for no particular reason. I put another link on Facebook. 'Natural Cancer Treatments That Work'. This time it's not called a cancer treatment, but an immune stimulant. Rather than chemo, which destroys the immune system, the choice can be made to use substances which stimulate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voemYeWjbjo [Natural Cancer Treatments That Work!] Wednesday 6th January: Woke up and had to lie back down for a while. I recognise the symptoms as very similar to highs I've had in the past. My wife says I look pale. I feel dreadful. So stay in bed all morning. Certainly going for a run is out of the question. Posted a video from a Dr. Yu, clinical professor of urology, in Washington University Medical Center. (I now realise that I'd had a healing crisis, called a 'Herx' effect — Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction — something that almost everyone goes through when on an extreme detox.) http://youtu.be/om2Uj07ypec [Starving Cancer Cells to Death] "The food that you eat and the environment that you have affect the gene expression tremendously." It's heartwarming to see some work being done by the medical profession in the direction of nutrition. Thursday 7th January: Based on the effects felt yesterday, mind racing at night, I determine to take the oil much earlier in the day in order to work it off before going to bed. Today I will have a day off it, in order to confirm my diagnosis that it is in fact the oil that caused it. My wife tells me that I aught to stop eating bananas, because in the protocol I got from Rory, it mentions how much sugar is contained in bananas. And as I'm determined to reduce the amount of sugar I take to a minimum, I accept the advice to STOP EATING BANANAS. (I've since learnt that naturally occurring sugars are far less harmful than those which are refined) I post on Facebook the story of Jill Gaynor, a woman of 31 years of age who had multiple tumors diagnosed. Pituitary, Thyroid and Uterus amongst them. Medical treatment gave effects that were worse than the original symptoms. Two years of medication later, and having had her thyroid removed, her raw food diet sorted everything out for her. It appears on the Paul Neeson Show, and is a phenomenal story of courage and tenacity. Paul Neeson himself has written several books on dietary health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGFrvsuTFPU [Healed From Cancer Tumors All Over Her Body!] Saturday 9th January: Getting into the habit of muesli first thing in the morning. Not sure whether this is an acceptable part of the treatment. (I've since learned that oats do not create inflammation in the way that other grains do.) Everyone needs a hug, right? And anyway, I needed cheering up with this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivUuWpseRzI [Hugs] Sunday 10th January: Skin on my forehead appears to be clearing up. Last winter it cleared completely, but this winter it was intransigent. I recall a friend using diet to sort out the skin condition that he had. Monday 11th January: Poo smells sweet. Reminds me of a Swiss student we had who had very strict dietary requirements. Hanging fire on this one. It could be because the food is passing through my system so quickly. I was told once that a woman who was a fruitarian actually smelled as sweet as the fruit that she eats. Watched a video of how a young man from the southern States cured himself of lung and other cancers using mangosteen juice. This isn't something I've tried, but this young man puts forward a very compelling case for its use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrDTPHMdiDc [Jon's story - Cancer Recovery with a simple food] Mangosteen juice Tuesday 12th January: Watched videos about statins. A definite no-no, as every cell in the body relies on cholesterol for building its cell wall. So, too, does every cell in the brain. There is a sharp correlation between the introduction of statins and the meteoric rise in the incidence of Alzheimer's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC20MZkkyRQ [You'll Never See Statins or Cholesterol the Same After This!] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8-TT87WLBg [This Doctor Hates Statin Drugs, Wait Until You Hear Why!] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXe2xldWxtY [The TRUTH about Blood Pressure and Cholesterol.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday 13th January: A friend picks me up from the garage. I'm having a problem with the engine management system. I give them the symptoms and hope all will go well. He pops into our house where he and my wife meet. Tales of his wife who died of cancer. Thursday 14th January: I get him to pick me up at home and drop me off at the garage. Some bad news: the catalytic converter is the problem. So they've provided me with a cat-cleaner which I'm to put in the fuel when there are 15 litres left in the tank. Strange thoughts race around my head. Is there a message I'm missing here? Consciousness is also a catalyst. It produces change without itself being affected. How does a blocked catalyst on the car jive with a blocked consciousness? Am I now finally allowing full consciousness to inform me of the way I need to deal with this? Would the catalytic convertor on the car have remained functional if consciousness had not been blocked? Have I read too many Carlos Castaneda stories? Friday January 15th. Gatro-intestinal system seems to be working far better today. It had been a tad sloppy of late, but now firming up nicely. Sunday January 17th: After they've had a substantial breakfast, a friend shows me a few Qi Gong exercises. Monday January 18th: I'd ordered an enema pack from Amazon. It arrived today. Whipped it up after my wife found the coffee. Surprising how much better I feel after it. Motions are getting looser again. It seems to be taking a while for the chemo poison to be banished from the gastro-intestinal tract. Clean greens are one way I'm using to help with the replenishment of the biome ... that beautiful bacteria sub-culture present in the gut, weighing roughly 2 kilograms, which works its wonders in assisting digestion, detoxing and elimination. Tuesday January 19th: Used the enema bag twice today to deliver coffee. Three purges on each occasion. What a truly splendid procedure. Clears the head. Makes everything somehow lighter (See the enema section). Wednesday. January 20th: Tonight is my first night back at the social club since before Christmas. A couple of new numbers for them: Stardust and Valerie. And we chatted merrily about why Pluto is no longer considered to be a planet. A plutoid, no less ... that's pluto-shape, right? And the mystery of the Oort clouds, icy wanderers forming a cloud beyond the Kuiper belt around the limits of our solar system. Barbara is on an astronomy course. Good to meet another space cadet. Thursday January 21: My friend sends me the details of the Qi Gong exercises he's been using. Along with juicing he feels they played a significant part on his road back to health from his vegetable-bereft youth. He really has done well to bring himself back from his sickbed into health. Another example of how nutrition, positive thinking, appropriate diet and exercise banishes the disease process. Friday January 22: Another purging in the evening. Must do it more often. Supplement consumption at the moment: Breakfast Modiflan brown seaweed, 1 cap. Cordyceps (2 capsules) Apricot kernel (5) Clean greens tsp in H2O) Vitamin C (1 cap) Probiotic (1 capsule) Pukka Turmeric Essiac (5 mg in H2O) Bi-carb ... helps to make the body more alkaline. Midday Modiflan brown seaweed, 1 cap Cordyceps (2 capsules) Essiac (5 mg in H2O) Citicoline 1 Evening Modiflan brown seaweed: 1 cap Cordyceps (2 capsules) Essiac (5 mg in H2O) Apricot kernel (3) Pukka Turmeric C-Oil My younger daughter has suggested that I make a tick-box chart to keep track of the supplementation. A sound idea which I duly implement. Saturday January 23: Juicing is a joy, using the organic broccoli, beets, carrot and apple [ABC] recipe. Spend far too long ... five hours? ... in front of the television. Determine not to do it again. My daughter sends me a Deliciously Ella cookbook. Yum. It's where she picked up her Chickpea Curry recipe. My wife offers me a wild sockeye salmon fillet. Regretfully I decline. She cooked two and ate one and a half. As I took it back to the kitchen, at one time I would have wolfishly devoured the remaining half fillet. This moment it only held a trace of curiosity. No temptation there. 'Temptation' ... that which is presented in the time (temp) process. I really do need to remain focused on raw vegan for at least another two months. It's a useful guiding concept for now, an overarching idea below which lesser ideas take their appropriate place. In effect, a hierarchy of ideas the top one of which is Return To Health ... the one that must be in place for now. Change is precipitated by new ideas, unified with feeling and Will. The ideas in the head are energised with emotion in the heart region, and the body is affected accordingly. If I were enthusiastic about the sense of taste I'm sure that this journey would be a lot harder. As it is, I eat simply for fuel. Sunday January 24: Nipped into Back Alley music on the way back for a few plectra. It's one of those mysteries that plagues every guitarist. Drop your plectrum, and you'll never find it again. I commented in the shop that I didn't know where these things disappear to. He quipped that they all make their way back to his shop to be sold again. Started clearing the wood that's been seasoning outside for four years. Better doing this job when the wood is newly hewn. As the wood ages, it shrinks and gets denser because the moisture has evaporated. It's certainly lighter. I can visualise all that entrained sap slowly offering itself up to the atmosphere, leaving the wood sometimes only half the weight. This, of course, is why newly chopped wood uses up most of its carbon to evaporate entrained moisture, contributing very little in the form of available heat. After the last few purges, I feel that the chemo has finally made a significant departure from the body. Everything is starting to feel normal in the abdomen, indeed more normal than they have felt for years. I daresay the chemical injection into the spinal fluid will take a lot longer to vacate the premises. But the present food regimen affords the body everything it needs in order to heal itself. (I now realise that the one mistake I was continuing to make is the continuing salt intake. ALL salt is to be avoided initially). We're using Himalayan sea salt right now. Where's the sea in Tibet? It's from what used to be a sea bed and now elevated, by Asia's continental collision with the Indian sub-continent, to the lofty heights of Tibet. An example of this, I've seen oyster shells 100 miles into the Sahara desert. Definite oyster-rich layers can be made out when looking at a denuded feature. From an escarpment, you can see many plateaux in the distance, all the same height, and in their wind-chiselled sides one can make out oyster shell layers. Their present position caused by Africa migrating northwards into Europe and creating folds in the earth's crust which include the elevated Alps and Sahara, and depressed Mediterranean. One thinker has suggested that the historical myth of the flood is based on an historical event. He posits that a strip of land at the Gibraltar end of the sunken Mediterranean finally fractured. Like the story of the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke, except that this time there was no little boy. Continuing with his theory, residents of the now submerging islands imagined that the whole earth was going under water. Time to stop the thinking mind. Enough! Monday January 25th: Nipped into an organic food shop in Chester. The owner says he's had some wonderful cure results using the computer program that he told me about. Someone has written a program which, when it's running, can cure people at a distance. I thank him and give this one a miss. Tuesday January 26th: Went to the Reflexologist. Had to have My wife working some oil into my feet before I went around. The skin was so tough. The reflexologist has a peculiar mode of treatment. Not the full on pressure used by myself and my daughter; more gentle, and yet I can sense a power working through her. She says that it is a de-toxifying treatment, and so I might need to have a nap when I get home. Haven't come across such a treatment before. I notice that I have to be more vigilant than usual when I drive home ... and take to my pit an hour later. A couple of green smoothies first thing. Beetroot, kale, carrot, black pepper (with the turmeric) and apple juice. Followed by broccoli, chia seeds, assorted seeds, carrot and orange juice. Friday January 29th: Shopping for greens. Need to consume as many greens as I can. Phyto-nutrients are key to overcoming the body's chemical imbalance. Used the pH strips to check the acidity/alkalinity. Fairly steady at between 7 and 8pH. Recommended is 7.3pH. Cancer cells can't tolerate an alkaline environment, preferring anything below 7.3 pH. (I've now discovered that urine pH is not an accurate indicator of blood pH.) Saturday January 30st: Paid a trip to Morrey's garden centre. Always worth a visit if you want some knowledgeable advice about anything at all in the garden. I buy several new plants, including some roses. Spoke to another friend on the phone who's been working with prostate cancer for 11 years. He says that when they diagnosed it as cancer, it was already too far gone to have an operation. So he's been using the same juicing method as I am. And keeping the blood pH in the mid 7s. Monday February 1st: Doctor's appointment at 8:30. He's willing to extend my sick-note when the present one runs out. Started with Qigong exercises tonight. Tuesday February 2nd: Went for a run, about a mile and a half. Cleaned the car. Fixed the back gate. Some rot at the bottom hinge. Wednesday February 3rd: Went to town to get some Bromelain, an extract of pineapple which opens the cancer cells for invasion by the oil. (I now discover that it has anti-cancer properties of its own. See the section on BROMELAIN.) Thursday Feb 4th: Sent a message to my friend asking if it was ok for me to pop around. Later the same day I get a text saying that he'd died on Monday at 10pm Friday Feb 5th: Went for a tearful visit to his wife and daughter. I offered to read the eulogy and his wife accepted. Reading such a speech about a very close friend will be one of the most challenging tasks I've ever undertaken. His daughter was busy on the laptop when I arrived, and after we hugged she went upstairs to play on her piano. She's working on the music to Amèlie. Sunday Feb 7th: According to some sources, pure hemp oil incorporates everything you need to live, and if you had nothing else, there is enough nourishment in hemp oil to completely satisfy the body's requirements. (I'm not entirely convinced that such a statement is true. Just as I'm not convinced of another source which claims that in the event of lack of mother's breast milk, pure carrot juice has all the nourishment that a baby needs.) The bottles we buy commercially in the UK are THC free and so may not be as nourishing, but I'll use it anyway. I'm later to learn that Charlotte Gerson recommends taking no oil at all except flax seed oil, and this not to be heated. I have great respect for Charlotte Gerson who was herself healed of cancer at the age of 12 by her father, Max. Not having the chance to ask her opinion, and figuring that a minute amount of the oil is used daily, rubbed onto the gums, I figure it worth continuing with. I remain committed to my chosen course. Here's Charlotte's take on oils: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TR-kempaok&t=315s [Charlotte Gerson on Oil] As you may observe, the personal protocol that I've developed adheres to principles that I feel are right for me. We'll each have our own take on the links offered here. The choice you make is entirely up to you. Tuesday 9th: Paid a visit to the organic veg. shop. Reminds me of how shops used to be. Very little in the way of cellophane. Dirty carrots, apples that wouldn't pass muster at Sainsbury's. Crikey! not all the same size? She offered me a cup of tea while perusing the shelves. Howzat for a shopping extravaganza? Wednesday 10: Attended the Social Club. Red Rose Cafe was received with great applause. Another friend handed a book over that he'd been given by a well-wisher hearing about me. Cancer: Why we're Still Dying to Know the Truth, by Philip Day. There's more valuable information therein. The more that I read, the more convinced I am that chemotherapy is not an appropriate response to cancer. One important discovery in Philip Day's book is that raw potato juicing is especially good for liver cancer. Saturday 13th Feb: My daughter arrives ... with news that I'm to be a grandfather for the first time. Wow. She kept that well-hidden. Sunday 14th Feb: pH continues to hover around 7. Will be more precise when we get the pH meter instead of the litmus paper. Litmus only gives whole numbers as a figure. (again, urine pH isn't a true treading of blood pH) Monday 15th Feb: 10:30am, Clatterbridge again for the PET scan. Parked the car and I was distressed to see a little one in a buggy being pushed along. Head bald through chemo, face bloated, couldn't even tell what sex it was. But to run across like a mad thing and tell the parents about organic juicing and B17 when their trusted doctors firmly believe chemo is the way? No. I want to tell the world, but it's not going to listen. Same procedure, lovely nurses really make you feel welcome. Get undressed, relax in comfy recliner, don my pyjamas. Nurse comes in and administers the radioactive glucose isotope into my brachial vein. Leaves me to 'cook' for an hour. There's a music session at the Catholic Club, where several of us meet every week to jam together. I send my apologies for not attending. Anyone who's gone through a PET scan remains radioactive for several hours. They later tell me that it's the most original excuse they've ever had: absence due to radioactivity! On the subject of sugar, this is why it is generally recommended by naturopaths that the intake of refined sugar is stopped. But it's not only sugar intake that needs to be controlled. Many people have what we term, 'a sweet tooth'. And it seems that a majority either loves sugar or loves salt. Read the contents of many canned foods today and you will find that they hold both salt and sugar. And most prepared meals hold both, plus all manner of toxins in the form of preservatives, colourings and flavourings. As an aside, this was said of Max Gerson by Albert Schweitzer M.D. after Max cured Albert's wife of tuberculosis: “…I see in him one of the most eminent geniuses in the history of medicine. Many of his basic ideas have been adopted without having his name connected with them. Yet, he has achieved more than seemed possible under adverse conditions. He leaves a legacy which commands attention and which will assure him his due place. Those whom he has cured will now attest to the truth of his ideas.” One of Gerson's significant discoveries is the part that salt plays in the body's metabolism. The body has an obligatory loss of only 0.3 grams of sodium (quarter of a teaspoon) daily. It's not unusual for a person to consume over 30 times this amount. A prevalence of salt over sodium in the bloodstream challenges the cells of the body, which are happier maintaining an optimal internal amount of potassium. Sodium is an antioxidant, it interferes with cellular metabolism by displacing potassium. Potassium plays a large part in oxygenating the cell. This also leads to cellular edema which contributes significantly to increases in weight. It is well-known that plants, with the aid of chlorophyll, not only use the sun's energy to feed their developing tissues, using among other minerals a rich supply of potassium. But they also trap oxygen in their daytime phase, releasing a little at night. The Gerson method works on these highly salted and inflamed tissues by feeding the body with an oxygen-rich, potassium laden regimen of 11 or 12 organic juices a day, and stopping the intake of salt, refined sugars, and all forms of foodstuffs that cause inflammation. An example of the carrot and apple juice, one of the main ingredients of the Gerson method is given here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBM83_c2k7w [Gerson Treatment Carrot Juice] Tuesday 16th Feb: You might think that all these ways of dealing with cancer are confusing. And that's understandable. Which one shall I use? But it's becoming clear that the many different approaches each have their own peculiar merit. The juicing certainly fills me with a sense of well-being, and the apricot kernels? ... I worked my way up to 12 kernels three times a day. It's claimed that the Hunza tribe of Afghanistan eat the kernels, and they live on average up to 90 years of age, and during the last hundred years not one of them has suffered any form of cancer. Although another factor, the rich source of minerals washed down from the Himalayas may also play a large part in producing this startling fact. The kernels are a fine source of vitamin B17, and in his book "Cancer why we're dying to know the truth", Phillip Day claims that B17 often cures this awful disease. I've since discovered a little more about B17. cancerresearchuk.org claim that the body's digestive juices release the cyanide from the apricot kernel. Other readings suggest that the cyanide is not released by this process. The cyanide is generously released in only one instance ... when the protein shield around a cancer cell is detected. It doesn't affect healthy cells. Due to the far-reaching effects of the cancer law previously mentioned we are now in a position where Mary Jewel, a holistic healer, has been living in exile because she will be tried and possibly sentenced for up to 10 years imprisonment for saying that apricot kernels can help to cure cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gXdFGNlek [Holistic practitioner Amanda Mary Up/date re prison sentence] Wednesday 17th Feb: Many of the herbs used in Essiac tea are in the mixture supplied by my herbalist. I'm on bi-carb of soda morning and night to help keep my pH level up. Not that I really need it, because the green leafed vegetable juicing seem to be doing the trick to some extent anyway. A pH meter only costs a fiver off eBay, but without a blood sample a urine reading alone doesn't give an accurate reading of body pH. Uric acid, as its name indicates, is acidic. The most difficult item to obtain might be the cannabis oil which I was rubbing into the gums every night for the first couple of months. I'm not leaving anything to chance. Thursday 18th Feb: Don't know if it was the cannabis oil that has impaired the memory, or indeed the first session of chemo that I had. Speaking with others who've undergone chemo, I'm told it also can have this effect, amongst others ... it's called 'chemo-fog' and is often persistent. I've also taken biotic cultures to re-populate the gut (Chemo totally destroys not only the immune system, but the gut flora as well ... not to mention many other facets of the body's integrity). Friday 19th Feb: Finished the oil. Relying on juicing, the remaining supplements, a raw clove of garlic before bed and pH checks. Tuesday 23rd Feb: The oncologist calls with good news. No evidence of tumors on the scan. He says that the body is clear of lymphoma. I call my wife upstairs so that he can repeat the message for her ears. Sadly, today is the day we put my friend to rest after losing his fight against his cancer. The diary ends here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIARY SUMMING UP In the last analysis, when the chips are down, we just have to make our own minds up about the direction we will take. When I made my decision to reject any more chemo, the weight of the establishment was piled up against me, telling me that what they were offering was curative not palliative. But at what cost to the body? There was also pressure from friends and a close member of my family to undergo chemo. At this point I'd already had a lovely conversation with someone who had had the same cancer and who was able to put my mind somewhat at rest about it ... I just knew that I was doing the right thing for me. It may not be the right course for someone else. What I can tell you is that my younger daughter works in Singapore and one of her colleagues was inspired by the path I'd chosen. She shared the details with a friend of hers whose mother has thyroid cancer, and he persuaded his mother to go the organic vegetable route. There are harsh penalties in Singapore for being in possession of cannabis oil, and so that method of dealing with the disease was closed to her. A month after she'd started the organic diet I went to Singapore for my daughter's delightful wedding and had the good fortune to meet the family that my daughter had been in touch with. His mother showed me a picture which exhibited a pronounced lump in her throat a month previously. I looked at her throat and without really close inspection couldn't see any lump at all! And this, the result of just a month's raw, organic diet, which her devoted son went home and provided for her, every meal. Max Gerson was very clear in his thinking. He recommended plenty of raw, organic nutrition and cessation of toxic ingestion, including all artificial chemical additives, salt, refined sugar, fats, meat, fish and alcohol. Salt, sugar and toxins are getting more difficult to avoid these days. Additives in the form of preservatives, colourings, flavourings, salt and sugar abound in the nutritionally depleted products on the supermarket shelf. A more considered approach to buying food is needed. After doing this work of re-vitalising the body for over a year, exercising it, clearing out many of its toxins, including those that were medically prescribed, and nourishing it appropriately, shopping becomes a totally different experience. The colours on food packagings are ignored while looking for content. This is part of the self-initiated mandate of avoiding certain substances. Even the proudly proclaimed 'free-from' ranges in Sainsbury's supermarkets are mostly not free from substances I'm avoiding ... wheat, oils and added refined sugar and salt. There is something wholesome about chemical-free 'organic' natural foods. They're not as abundant as they were when I was a child. The accelerated development of pre-packaged, pre-cooked, insecticide-drenched, chemically-laden items given the label 'food' has since then taken the west by storm. Accompanied by the burgeoning growth of medication, often in our water supplies, is it any wonder that our bodies are increasingly shouting out their objections to what's being fed into them? You might think my choice as a hardship, but I see it as liberating. It may not be true for some, but this selectivity has become for me a source of individuation, of recognising how much I have been influenced by wording, by advertising, by positioning of products in supermarkets in order to gain maximum profit, by lighting which displays food more attractively, and by the strategic positioning of products on supermarket shelves. My father died when I was a year old, and left my mother to do the best she could with very little in the way of what was then called 'national assistance'. This afforded a level of existence which was unencumbered with modern luxuries like fridge, central heating, telephone and electricity supply. Our water was obtained from a creaky old pump on the other side of the small lane in Anglesey. It was heated in a kettle on the coal-fed fire. The tin bath was hung up on the door to the bedroom, which was the only other room in the house. The toilet was outside, along with torn up pieces of newspaper to do the wiping. The externally broadcast entertainment that I remember receiving was Radio Luxembourg on a battery powered wireless. Lighting was from a paraffin lamp. Ours was not the only situation like this. Maybe one or two oldies reading this will remember similar? It was the simple age we lived in, in those days. And it is often observed that people were healthier then on the post-war diet. When a child is born, it is of necessity almost pure appetite. And that appetite has to be carefully observed, because everything goes in the mouth. White, shop-bought bread with very little nutrition was already mass produced and we ate it. The food that I was given was in meals made with fresh vegetables, grown on fields fertilised by cow muck, which preserved the mineral content. I recall a time when at the age of about four, my mother popped me over a farmers hedge to steal a turnip that we could have as a meal, minced with butter and our staple, the humble potato. Chronic, degenerative diseases weren't as prevalent in those days. And here was I, 60 years later with the crushing news that I was subject to one. Although my great aunt had lost all of her teeth and, from what I recall, seemed to subsist entirely on bread and butter pudding ... I distinctly remember the milk being turned into butter in a butter churn at the back of her farmhouse ... she lived to be 108 years old. So it was back to basics for me. I've never had a flu jab, and in the past thirty years have taken no painkillers, even for dental surgery, other than antibiotics when I was advised to and there didn't seem to be an alternative. I admit, having left my austere childhood home, to having eaten plenty of what I now view as unhealthy food. Following the infant's assumption of, 'if it tastes good, it must be good'. So appetival urges continue to drive us into pouring stuff through the cake-hole until disease symptoms begin to reveal themselves as pain, obesity, or other abnormalities. We might initially tackle this problem of the appetite by an attempt to curb it. This often happens in the New Year, when although we can't consider ourselves in any way to have been malnourished in the previous year, we've pigged out over Christmas, feasting on shopping delights ... and, don't you just love Dervla Kirwan's food porn? It's useful to mention here the 3-part man concept. In the belly is the appetite, primal urge. In the heart region is the aesthetic centre, where we feel emotional attachments, likes and dislikes. In the head is the idea structure. These correspond very closely with three of the chakras in yoga literature. Although we have been taught to consider the head as its seat, consciousness is not constrained to the head, but can focus on any of these centres at will. The appetite (in the belly land) has got us into trouble in the first place and so we might lift our focus to appeal to the feeling centre. However, traps can be laid for the aesthetic mode. A trap can be baited by what's pleasant, but is in reality harmful, and in the head, the fear which accompanies diseases can push us ever further into a pharmacy which promises relief but only serves to introduce more toxicity into an already overloaded body. The movement is driven up again into the head, where our existence can be probed until we've made sense of what it's all about. All things are on trial. Nothing is overlooked. Each new appeal to our logic, each new phenomenon that's presented is analysed. It is either incorporated into the new way of living or discarded as being irrelevant, or worse still, downright harmful. The tum-land offers much resistance to change. As already stated, sugar is highly addictive. Dairy products too, offer their delights, as do alcohol and the savour of salty snacks. "But these are the only delights that I have in life." But are they, really? Pleasure and Inertia It is not only external organisations and groups that are enemies of freedom. There are also inner enemies, of which two are chief; preference for pleasure over pain, and inertia. [from 'The Conquest of Anxiety' by Eugene Halliday] Before entertaining an approach opposed to the usual of surgery, chemo and radiotherapy, it important to bear these two internal enemies in mind. How free are you from your preference of pleasure over pain, and how much inertia do you feel that you can overcome? A friend of mine said to me, "I couldn't do what you've done, I like my bread and butter too much." He equates the origin of this 'like' to the experience he had as a child, of his father returning from foreign travel and sharing bread and butter with his two sons under the bed sheets at night. This may sound trivial, but when we, with an open mind, look to the sources of our love for various types of food, we may find that these are equally so. There is the inertia provided in physically addictive foodstuffs. Many people that I've spoken to classify themselves as either in the sweet or in the savoury camp. Many meat-eaters claim that they could never put up with a vegan diet. Others like their chocolate or couldn't possibly live without cheese. And what, stay clear of alcohol? Many have another inertia ... faith in pharmacy. But freedom means also being free of pharmacy. Unless we are born of a mother with a drug dependency we are not naturally born as drug dependent beings. Governmental systems with their inoculation programs make claims about the need for drug supplementation. Doctors are taught to administer drugs which treat the symptoms of ill-balanced diets, which are low in nourishment and high in chemical additives. Because that is what they are trained to do. But kept away from toxicity, and given correct, organic nutrition, when the intelligence in the body heals, it heals wholly. Gradually, we may find that with the approach back to full health, the need for the array of drugs we might have been dependent upon to disguise the symptoms of ill-health is there no longer. Hypertensive states evaporate, many diabetes symptoms resolve themselves, migraines and food allergies disappear, etc. My sincere best wishes to anyone who has chosen this alternative route, one which most 'educated' people around you will be telling you is nonsense, absolute madness. The rest of this book is devoted to specifics when dealing with cancer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING WITH THE PSYCHE Rule 2: Work out the exact point in time at which each symptom appeared. Enquire into the life situation, thoughts, fantasies, dreams, events and items of news that went to make up the symptom's temporal framework. [From The Healing Power of Illness, by Thorwald Dethlefsen] When dealing with cancer, there are three main things to consider. • Keep the intake of toxins to a minimum. • Give the body plenty of nourishment. • Manage the stress on your organism. While much of this book is devoted to the first two, it is also important to know that stress can play a major part in the development of chronic disease. How can this happen? You might often find that the development of a cancer has come about shortly after a traumatic event ... a bereavement, break up of a relationship, loss of any kind, or a major upheaval. In fact, any loss of that into which we have invested a lot of emotion. Every idea in the head is attended by an emotional charge in the heart region. The strength of the emotion has a powerful influence on what goes on in the gross material body, in the form of tension, enzyme action, hormonal imbalances, etc. Many of the theories of the 18th century have today been poo-pooed. Orthodox medical teaching — as if there was no possibility of it being in error — informs us that the body works mechanically, that it's not possible for something going on in the mind to produce a cancer. And yet there are such things as psychosomatic illnesses. The truth of the matter is that the psyche affects the soma, the gross material body. Ego I'm not the first to see it this way, the unborn child dreams its way through the evolution of its ancestral line. At birth its will is pure, free, unchallenged. Coming into contact with external beings draws its attention away from its essentially free nature, and after much influence this contact produces an idea structure in the child which it comes to believe is its real self. This idea structure is called the ego. The ego learns tricks to get its own way, seeking to gain control over the other beings around it. When they appear to work most of the time as successful techniques of manipulation, many tricks learned in childhood may stay with it for life. But from this, springs insecurity. Seeking power over others is a vanity, an emptiness. In seeking power over others, a being's internal, freely willing in-dependence, its inner-dependence, its essence ... has been abandoned. Externally dependent, it comes to rely on refrigerators, washing machines and cars as being fairly reliable pieces of kit, though it seems at times as if several of them are breaking down at once. It becomes dependent too on knowledge (science) and its application (technology), enabled it to work efficiently at the mechanical level. In the same manner it may become dependent on mechanical, prosthetic attachments which reliably give bodies those parts which have been lacking or missing. The same reliability has been shown not to be true when allopathically focused pharmaceuticals tinker with body chemistry. Nevertheless, because of other apparent miracles that science and technology have developed, the tendency nowadays is to believe that they will hold the best 'cures' to whatever goes wrong in the body. Because of its outward-turning gross material focus, the child has now grown up, lost contact with its innermost self, and its education has persuaded it to accept the inefficiency which pharmacy provides, as being the only safe approach. It may have an appreciation of the side effects, it may even have felt some of them, but this is overridden by an outward flight, a running away from the problem into those uncertain arms of pharmacy. Alas, most state education fills the child's head with ideas to commit to memory, but does not often educate (does not teach it to think for itself). With focus on the external, seeking power over others, it has lost recognition of the fact that it is itself perfect, if only it would stop for a moment and listen to the quiet voice of perfection within, which would guide it continuously towards health. It can't win in its attempt to control others, because this same attempt to control is in most others also. Even if it could have won, it would then have become a puppet master, with no intelligent audience to witness the show. Where is the joy in that? 'Unless you become as little children you will never gain the kingdom', means precisely this: giving up the make-believe, disconnecting from the ego structure and becoming the pure essential child within. The only true security is the inner security. When it is found, you become it. Every living being has a Bio-magnetic Field The biomagnetic field lays down and influences the chemistry of the human body. The psyche brings about change in the bio-magnetic field. For example, under a microscope, when we see the nerve end burrowing through the flesh of the developing foetus, how does it know the direction in which it should burrow if there is not already a bio-field pattern laid down, the gradient of which it is following? The same with injuries, how does the nerve, vein, artery and other tissue reknit itself almost perfectly when there is no apparent direction laid down along which to follow? If it were DNA, then what is the mechanism used by the DNA in each cell to orient its multiplication in line with the pattern of rest of the body? The answers to these questions are overlooked by today's science, which is focused on gross matter and doesn't take into account subtler forces. The following is a TED talk given by Anita Moorjani, who slipped into a terminal coma with the lymphoma, which she says she'd given herself. I was hooked in the first two minutes. She describes these subtle forces as Love Fearlessness Laughter The Gift of Life, The force of you being perfectly you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhcJNJbRJ6U [Dying to be me! Anita Moorjani at TEDxBayArea] Engrams To enter the innermost depths of our being, where dwells our freedom, we must penetrate through all the hiddenness of our painful experience records. We must face ourselves as we really are, not as we would like to seem to be, knowing that we are not. It is a hard and narrow path that we have to tread to penetrate into the hidden mystery of our self-being. [From An Essay On Pain, by Eugene Halliday] Every bit of misery, every bit of sadness in you, is literally a poison generator. It works through the biomagnetic-field of the body on your glandular system. It distorts the internal chemistry, and depresses and lowers the tone of your organism. Some work has been done on the efficacy of exercise when dealing with cancer, and it is a worthwhile approach. The release of hormones that would otherwise wreak havoc in the body may efficiently be used up in this way. But it doesn't get to the root of what's causing the affliction. It deals with symptoms, and in that sense it is useful. But you may very well find that this hormone release is linked in some way to an emotional stress. If you are already trying everything on the dietary level, it might be worthwhile to work with someone who can take you back in the mind to the origins of the problem. As an example. A friend of mine suffered from high blood pressure, seven or eight sessions of relaxation followed by return to the childhood experience, in the present tense, helped him to bring the pressure down to normal without drugs. A friend helped to take him back to his childhood and harrowing incidents he suffered under the domination of his mother. Initially, because the memory is one that he'd pushed down into the subconscious, it was like a black wall that he couldn't penetrate. When he finally broke through, he relived the memory, describing it in present time as if it's happening now. Running through it over and over again until the screams die down and it becomes just another memory is truly cathartic. It is called engram work. Engrams are records of experiences pushed below the level of consciousness, and operating in the protoplasm, affecting our everyday lives. Protoplasm is the perfect recording medium, not only for experiences, but also thoughts and emotions felt at the time are part of those recorded experiences. This work requires a degree of sensitivity in order to reach what's been pushed down below the level of consciousness. Generally it is not an easy task without external help, for what has been pushed down are the experiences for which we are unwilling to allow space in our waking consciousness. We use a lot of energy to keep it pushed down, and as much energy, plus a little more, is required to release it. When it is released, if we don't us the energy consciously, it may channel itself into other equally damaging habit patterns, and so it is important to consciously affirm in which direction the released energy is to be directed, for example, "Let the virtue of this work be involved in forgiveness." And it's important here to make it clear that we need to run the anger, fear, resentment, etc. in present time as we go through the event. Feeling each emotion deeply if we are to lift it completely from the memory of the event. Changes in the psyche don't manifest in the body until three days later. The psyche is a subtle energy of a very high frequency, the body's gross matter is of a much lower frequency. It takes a while for the changes in the psyche to manifest in the slower changing, gross material body. And sure enough, measuring the BP every day, it took about three days for the body to reflect the changes that went on in his psyche. What went on between his mother and he had not been forgotten. It had registered not only in the psyche, but in the tissue of his body as well. It is often only later in life, as life energy begins to decrease, that such engramic patterns manifest themselves. As a person's available energy diminishes with age, there isn't sufficient energy to keep the engram subdued. It manifests itself physically, more dramatically. Such early experiences continue in the psyche (mind) and the soma (body) today, and have the power to govern our responses to everyday life situations. So much so, that even the smallest of external threats might register as being equal to another threat of a beating from mother or father. Running through that early engram, over and over again, releasing the emotional charge on it, has the effect of turning what was once a damaging pattern into a simple memory of a life experience which no longer has the effect of troubling one's waking consciousness. Yoga and Meditation Gentle yoga stretches also are useful for releasing zones of tension, as are T'ai Chi and Qi Gong. Others use meditation or prayer to connect with our deepest Self. Meditation nowadays often comes under the name mindfulness but this might be a misnomer, because the ultimate goal is to be free of the things that go on in the mind. In Zen there is a phrase, the 'Big Mind', the focus being to use the meditative technique in order to let the thinking mind be silent. It will not be forced into silence. It's necessary to withdraw energy from it. The more we concentrate on not thinking, the more the thinking process is energised. One of the approaches I use is to focus on the breath and count the breaths up to 7, and return again to 1. When thoughts come to the mind, to silently say to oneself, "there is thinking", and return to the breath. When sounds come to the ears, saying, "there is hearing". Notice, not, "I am thinking", but, "there is thinking". This helps to dissociate from the thinking and hearing process. Over a period of time, it could be an hour, it may be after several months of perseverance with daily meditation, thoughts run out of energy and die away leaving the mind in perfect tranquility. Sometimes I consider that if another person spoke to me in the way my mind does, I'd break the relationship immediately. But the mind is something that is very difficult to shake off, a mental baggage that we carry around with us all day. The baggage that burdened me was severely pulling me down during that single session of chemo with its other attendant medical prescriptions, and meditation was all but impossible. Yet how does the mind affect the body? Loss of a job, a house, money, a relationship through a death or divorce, weigh so heavily on the mind that life can appear to lose its purpose. The negativity following such loss is commensurate with the amount of attachment placed upon it. When Khalil Gibran writes in The Prophet about marriage, he puts it: "let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you." http://www.katsandogz.com/onmarriage.html [The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran] In such a marriage love means the development of the full potential of each other, as opposed to attachment and neediness. And as the love develops, it spreads ever outwards to embrace every being you meet. Enjoy and cherish the love you share between you, and be eternally thankful for the joy that was experienced in the relationship after it ends on the death of the partner. For in truth most marriages end with one dying before the other. Apart from some brief lapses into 'how things should be', the legacy of lymphoma is that our marriage gets richer every day, and I am thankful for what it has given me. Contemplation Gardening really relaxes me. Ever tried con-temp-lating ... beating in time with ... a flower, a river or a tree? Sitting with it and letting it inform you? It’s structure might not be revealed as per a lab dissection, but oh so much more of its life is shared by simply being with it ... a life that cannot be analysed with a scalpel. The same with a human being. I shared my dying mother’s last moments. There is more going on in such a relationship than can ever be explicated objectively. Perhaps we might think that Schrödinger's cat is a peculiarity having no bearing on hard, concrete matter. But how hard and concrete is the gross material world? There are no particles as such. Matter is only space ... in motion. It’s like peeling away the layer of an onion, and finding in its centre ... nothing. What do we do then with our analytical tools? We dissect a dead body in order to discover its secrets. We carry on dissecting and classifying in order to get more understanding of this thing called ‘life’, and with each dissection we lose a little more of the very thing that we are attempting to observe. Forgiveness To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves. To err is human; to forgive, divine. [Alexander Pope] Anger and ill-will can also impact the body. And bearing this in mind, we're told that a fine fellow walked the earth 2000 years ago and hanging from a cross gave us the supreme example of forgiveness. Though many will nowadays dispute the authenticity of the story, there is a deep psychological significance to this action. When we feel a negative emotion towards someone or something, we carry an image of that object or person in our mind and direct our negativity towards it. Every image in the mind has its favourite place of residence in the body, and so when we feel negativity towards the image we are in effect directing negative energy towards the flesh in that part of our body: the stronger the attached emotion, the more profound the change. Churches distort the story to mean that he came so that our misdemeanors would be forgiven, but this doesn't give his action its full, useful significance. Seen in this manner, driving, for example, becomes an ideal opportunity, in 'mindfulness', for seeing these negativities arise and for catching them as they do so ... and immediately letting them go. With a bit of practice this becomes a part of who you are, a forgiver, and there is a tremendous feeling of freedom when the ability is gained. As an example, we are on a motorway, and see the signs telling you to get into lane because of some road works. We dutifully do so, and some fool careers past, overtaking the line of stationary cars to nudge in ahead. We scream 'IDIOT!'. A couple of weeks later, on another stretch of road, the mind's occupied, and it suddenly sees the line of cars being overtaken. Immediately, we see ourself in that same situation, and start imagining that all those drivers are screaming 'IDIOT', and feel awful. They may, or they may not, but in our mind they are. So now, in our own mind, we are punishing ourselves. This is the meaning of another biblical statement, 'Judge not lest you be judged'. The importance of Forgiveness The great sage Jesus Christ, through his living example, taught the importance of forgiveness. The church extends this to mean that he took all our sins off us, we don't have to do anything, just believe. Vivekananda, a yogi in the Eastern tradition observes much the same thing with his aphorism: "Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way." The following videos may help to begin to see another way of cultivating forgiveness. There is a great release when the baggage of hatred, or the story of betrayal, is let go. It is transcended, we've risen above it. Eckhart Tolle here offers another mode of perception, an example of how we can change our response, to the actions of other beings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXIJQpYF51c [What Can We Learn Through Betrayal?] "Compassion in your heart born from suffering", by the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc6UPJ5-WYY [Thich Nhat Hanh - A Simple Way To Heal Yourself] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COFFEE ENEMA This enema is a daily routine that I have used for over a year now. Coffee works most effectively for healing as an enema. Taken orally it has opposite effects. Whereas drinking the coffee closes the bile ducts, taken anally it opens them. According to Patrick Vickers the beneficial effect was discovered in the German trenches in the First World War. When treating severely injured troops, medical supplies had run out. Coffee was always available for the doctors, and enemas had been widely used in Germany for some time. So in desperation, why not try it? It proved highly effective for reducing painful conditions; Invested in light roast coffee are palmitates which, when taken anally, are taken up through the mesenteric vein, fed straight up the portal vein to the liver where they generate a 700% increase in the liver's production of glutathione, which effectively sweeps up free radicals in the blood. Other attributes of the coffee open up the bile ducts which release the build-up of toxins into the gall bladder and duodenum and from thence to be eliminated by the intestines. Toxin release is necessary in order to allow the liver to filter more out of the blood. Without the release of toxins from the liver, any organic debris in the blood, such as dead cancer cells, will continue to circulate and cause general feelings of unwellness, and in the most severe cases death of the body. Even those who have chosen to go the orthodox route of chemo-therapy will feel the benefit of the coffee enema. This first video is from Dr. Nicholas Gonzales, a source I favour for reliable information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qycZ3mfmQBM [Do Coffee Enemas Work?] Dr. Nicholas Gonzales. This second video is of Patrick Vickers, who runs the Baja Gerson Clinic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDhH1ZTCV_c [Dr. Patrick Vickers explains coffee enemas for healing cancer to Chris Wark of chrisbeatcancer.com] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpHDVH59wWQ [Coffee Enema Healing Testimony] Gerson Coffee can be found at this location: https://www.coffee.uk.com/index.php?main_page=product_coffee_info&cPath=1_30&products_id=80&zenid=f043ab22325a5026ec91d9534f9a7ebc [Gerson Medical Organic Fairtrade] Enema bags, an example: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Artsana-Home-Enema-Colonic-Irrigation-Detox-Kit-2-Litre-Reusable-Douche-Bag-/272511244688?hash=item3f72ef9990:g:QjkAAOSwjDZYbjP- I simmer 3 tablespoons of the coffee for 15 minutes before pouring into the bag, being careful not to allow the sediments in, because they block the nozzle. Add cold water, and insert it at body temperature. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VACCINATION To be mentally opaque is to be closed to reality. To be transparent is to be open to reality and to all its contents. The stupid man is opaque, the intelligent man is transparent. [E.H.] This book was originally intended only with regard to my approach to lymphoma. At this point it's be worth considering another problem being dealt to us by our healthcare specialists, who are taught by the NHS, who are in turn persuaded ultimately to focus in a direction suitable to the pharmaceutical industry. It has been shown that viruses presented intravenously, along with their associated adjuvants, are capable of reverse transcribing. That is, they can influence changes in cell RNA, which in turn act on cell DNA, with the real likelihood of producing cancerous developments. It's not surprising that we have so much faith in vaccination programs when the benefit, however inaccurately determined and insufficiently tested, is forcefully pressed home by a campaign which works on people's fear centres. In this video, Dr. Suzanne Humphries has it that medical residency merely turned her into a highly trained technician for the pharmaceutical industry. Following are some of the points she raises in the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFQQOv-Oi6U [Dr. Suzanne Humphries Lecture on vaccines and health FULL PART ONE] "Vaccination for swine flu causes kidney failure. Often you will make a correlation between a new symptom and a vaccine. When presented with patients who have new symptoms, one of the first questions that a G.P. should ask is, 'when did you have your last inoculation'. "Doctors are not taught about vaccines in medical school, not taught about adjuvants which open up the body's defences to allow the vaccine to take hold. Many vaccines contain monosodium glutamate which passes through neutralised defences and can cause brain damage. Doctors are not taught where they are manufactured, what kind of animals go into them, nor are they taught any potential dangers of vaccination. They are just given a piece of paper saying when vaccines are due, and to give them. "Populations who stopped vaccinating for smallpox, their smallpox diseases declined and deaths from smallpox declined." Polio history is so complicated, but she firmly believes from the graphical evidence presented, that it wasn't the polio vaccine that made polio go away. And polio is not what she once thought it was. Medical authorities use fear to get the population vaccinated. Authorities conspire towards diminishing parental choice, by obscuring enlightening data. The concern is that the release of this data may cause parents to refuse vaccination for their children. It seems that we are like sheep amongst wolves, and that until we take a deep breath, yawn and wake up to this fact, we might ignorantly submit to the latest toxic medication that is offered. All pharmaceutical products have a list of side effects, many of them burdening the liver. We can either wake up, or remain with the flock and follow the flock leader, who has his own agenda. The graph in the presentation shows an immediate rise in meningococcal deaths following the introduction of the vaccine. http://www.dissolvingillusions.com/ provides many graphs showing deaths from various diseases and the ineffectiveness of vaccination. Her write-up can be found here, at the same site: http://www.dissolvingillusions.com/authors-introduction-suzanne-humphries-md/ Tetanus: Death rates from tetanus increased subsequent to the introduction of the tetanus jab. It's most important when dealing with a wound to ensure an abundant oxygen supply and to keep the wound clean, if not a cut artery let the blood flow to flush the wound. We know that reporting criteria change after vaccinations, in order to look away from at their best their ineffectiveness, and at worst the downright damage they cause. A full explanation of what to do is in the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIcz4wpVUzI [Tetanus, prevention, wound care and vitamin C] Measles: Parents are told of the world death rate from measles, but are not told that these deaths are in places like Africa. Certainly nowhere near as high in the UK. Cod liver oil has vitamin A and it is key to recovery from measles. We used to have measles parties so that every child would get it and create a herd immunity. Measles virus uses up an enormous amount of the body's vitamin A. The measles vaccine was introduced when the incidence of measles was close to zero due to improved food, child labour laws and plumbers separating sewage from drinking water. The death rate was almost down to nil, even before antibiotics and inoculations were introduced. As an example, the following graph from dissolvingillusions.com shows deaths from measles in green, which by the time vaccines were introduced was hovering at zero. Meningitis jabs: In an Australian vaccination program nowhere was it mentioned during consent, that immunity dropped below protective levels within months. A total of $200 million had been allotted to the campaign, and officials were determined to conceal anything that might cause unease. The data shows that for 2006, 2007, and until July 2008 there were 12 meningococcal deaths ... EVERY ONE of them in vaccinated children ... not a single one in unvaccinated children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnVkJmoXDqc [POLICE OFFICER CHRIS SAVAGE BLOWS LID ON VACCINE CRIMES] The graph in the presentation shows an immediate rise in meningococcal deaths following the introduction of the vaccine. http://www.dissolvingillusions.com/ provided many graphs showing deaths from various diseases and how vaccination influences them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you give birth to your baby, you in all probability will not be aware of the full extent of the vaccination program that the NHS has in store for your little one. Injections which contain adjuvants, mercury or aluminium, and a plethora of other items which are not conducive to a child's good health. After the first needless injection of vitamin 'k', needless because the newborn has little at birth but starts producing it at 8 days, the following is the childhood vaccination program. Copied from: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/vaccination-schedule-age-checklist.aspx 8, 12 and 16 weeks 5-in-1 vaccine Pneumococcal vaccine Rotavirus vaccine Men B vaccine 12 weeks 5-in-1 vaccine (2nd dose) Rotavirus vaccine (2nd dose) 16 weeks 5-in-1 vaccine (3rd dose) Pneumococcal vaccine (2nd dose) Men B vaccine (2nd dose) 1 year MMR vaccine Hib/Men C vaccine Pneumococcal vaccine (3rd dose) Men B vaccine (3rd dose) Children's annual flu vaccine 3 years and 4 months 4-in-1 pre-school booster MMR vaccine (2nd dose) 12-13 years HPV vaccine 14 years 3-in-1 teenage booster vaccine Men ACWY vaccine In a recent talk given by the anti-vaccine cardiologist Heather Wolfson, she claims that hepatitis B can only be caught through I.V. injections, or through sexual activity with an infected person. Why do American medics give a day old baby a hepatitis B injection? Both measles and chicken pox lower the risk of cancer and childhood infections, and reduces the leukemia risk. http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/167/5/598.full [Chicken pox reduces the risk of brain cancer.] https://www.bcm.edu/news/cancer/chicken-pox-may-reduce-risk-of-brain-cancer Do your own research and you'll find many references to measles curing cancer. People injected with the virus often get cured of cancer. Why not simply accept measles as a child? A friend of mine was feeling guilty about the fact that her child developed a loss of hearing after contracting measles. Her child had not been vaccinated. Apart from the fact that measles inoculations (especially MMR) aren't safe. There are also many reports of measles outbreaks in children who've been vaccinated. http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/04/17/36986/faq-how-you-can-still-get-measles-even-after-being/ It transpires that children generally only get one of these diseases at a time, and so a triple attack on the immune system is an uncommon and overly-taxing event. Aware of the possible link between MMR and autism, Andrew Wakefield has been campaigning for many years for a moratorium on multi-jabs, and a return to the single vaccine. His findings were noted and accepted for inclusion in The Lancet medical journal. His specialty was brain disorders, and it was his investigation of why several mothers reported a drastic change in their child's behaviour after vaccination that prompted his to recommend further research into the multijab. This reason alone put him out of favour with the GMC. It is believed that pressure put on the council by interested parties has moved The Lancet to downgrade the significance his contribution. Dr. Wakefield was made an outcast by his profession. The demands made by governments on the testing of vaccines is nowhere near as thorough as that on other drugs. We might feel that we are helpless in the face of conflicting advice from all quarters, but ultimately, at least here in the UK for now, the choice is ours. I apologise if it feels to you that this book is heavily biased against pharmaceuticals. I believe that they do have a use. But when statistics from various sources indicate the number of deaths from their overuse – as many as 1/2 million iatrogenic deaths a year in America alone — and the paucity of nutritional teaching in medical schools, there is a necessarily requirement to change the way in which the health system educates its members. From: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/pages/vaccination-schedule-age-checklist.aspx Vaccines for the adult: Pneumococcal vaccine Annual flu vaccine 70 years Shingles vaccine Vaccines only for 'at risk' groups BCG (TB) vaccine (birth to age 35) Chickenpox vaccine (any age) Flu vaccine (adults) Flu vaccine (children) Pneumococcal vaccine (2 years to 65 years) Hepatitis B vaccine (birth onwards) And in America the vaccination program is 150 vaccines during one's lifetime . "I can guarantee you, a great number of diseases are going to increase astronomically. We're going to see the American health deteriorate like you've never seen before." [Russell Blaylock] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyCJkiHykkk [Vaccines and Brain Development(1/6) Russell Blaylock] He ascribes the increase in the numbers of autism to, "immuno-excitive toxicity. It explains autism spectrum disorder. It also explains all the neuro-degenerative diseases as well, like Alzheimers, Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's disease." But of particular interest to parents is the increase in the incidence of Autism. The following is from one of his presentations. Adjuvants are added to vaccines to open up the body's defences to allow the vaccine virus to take hold. According to Russell Blaylock M.D., many vaccines contain monosodium glutamate which helps the vaccine pass through neutralising defences and cause brain damage. "It was thought that if they take the mercury preservative out, that autism would fall, but it didn't fall appreciably. In fact it continues to rise." Blaylock was the lone voice saying that they wouldn't, and the program goes on ... Vaccine contents: The virus Immune stimulant Formaldehyde MSG is in most vaccines, and the following gives some information on that food additive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsME1hM1w8k [Chemical Dumbing Down Of Society', MSG and excitotoxins] Aluminium Bacterial, mocroplasmal and viral contaminants Pest virus found in 56% of vaccines "China has now become the leading maker of vaccines, and the FDA has very limited access to Chinese manufacture. And we know how the pharmaceutical industry in China has been supplying poisonous baby milk, etc. It has quite often been found that Chinese goods are not as strictly regulated as they are in other countries. Along with questions about content, ask your doctor whether the NHS obtains any vaccine supplies from China. "There are other viral fragments that are not supposed to be in the vaccines. Experts say, "We don't 'think' they'll cause any problems" ... without any proven evidence. Shall we regard that kind of statement as scientifically viable?. Viral fragments enter the brain's microglia cells. The cells become hyper-active, to the point of self-destruction. This is the mechanism for dementia and AIDS." [R.B.] In America, so concerned are the authorities about pregnant women catching flu and sustaining damage to the foetus, that they recommend flu vaccines be given. I personally know of several people who tell me how the flu vaccine actually gave them influenza. Often for a period of several weeks. More from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a highly qualified neurosurgeon, and eloquent speaker: "If vaccines are safe, why did the incidence of autism increase from one case of autism in 10,000 American children to one case of autism in 150 American children after the massive childhood vaccination program began? "If childhood vaccines are safe, why are 560,000 vaccinated children afflicted with autism while non-vaccinated Amish and Mennonite children rarely have the disease? "Why has the incidence of asthma, allergies, autoimmune disease, Type I diabetes, and neurologic conditions dramatically increased in vaccinated children? "Why do obstetricians give pregnant women influenza vaccines that contain a toxic dose of mercury? "Why do newborn children receive Hepatitis B vaccine in the nursery when there is no medical justification for the immunization? Hepatitis B can only be caught from a sexual relation, from sharing needles, or from blood transfusion." Dr. Blaylock's matter-of-fact discussion addresses these and many other issues. If you are concerned about your health, and the health of your family, I consider him to be a valuable source of information. "Compelling scientific evidence that vaccines are not as safe as is being proposed, and produce significant serious problems including death, seizures, encephalitis, severe brain damage. This is well documented in the medical literature. Unfortunately the media has not been carrying this. They are pretending that this is completely safe. What we've seen is an increase in autoimmune disease since they've added so many vaccines to the vaccine schedule. Increases in neurological damage. We're seeing increases in impairment in learning, in memory, in speech. So we're seeing a dramatic increase in these disorders as the number of vaccines increase." The amount of aluminium in a hepatitis B vaccine is fifty times higher than the EPA says is safe. We know that aluminium is linked to senile dementia. When you vaccinate a small child with a hep B vaccine that would be like giving an adult thirty-six vaccines at one time. It's a one size fits all vaccine. Herd immunity: If you have so much faith in the vaccine, why are you worried about the rest of the herd? Many of the people who are vaccinated develop the disease and infect other people, often shortly after they've been vaccinated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5BF0x354BI [Bought Movie Short- Dr. Stephanie Senef on Vaccines] The following is a report on disastrous adverse effects in you girls after taking the HPV vaccine. https://www.wddty.com/news/2017/08/hpv-deaths-hidden-by-deliberate-bad-science-say-researchers.html?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=enews_23082017&bt_ee=OuC+kxlF2xxVlzf%2F9xWeSU5mcI7s0Xlyrc6pOsVvMNvK4eXU9Rv7Tp14nFudEx6F&bt_ts=1503490485947 [Medical researchers have accused drug manufacturers and regulators of playing dirty tricks to conceal the real harm that is being done by the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines given to adolescent girls.] Finally, a full 50 minute documentary, with eminent doctors, nurses and researchers condemning the compulsory vaccination program in the United States, and illustrating the dangerous side of vaccination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQsVTlMsQrI [Vacciness -The truth behind vaccinations-] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APRICOT KERNELS AND SEEDS A presentation here from Brad Weeks M.D., gives a scientific breakdown of why seeds are so important for nutrition. They are most nutrient dense and medicinal. He touches on why eating crushed seeds is superior to oil extracted from seeds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ4TSWAe21g [Eat the Seed Dr WeeksMD] Cancer spreads by inflammation, and black cumin seed, noted in the Koran for its curative properties is one of the most anti-inflammatory seeds on earth. Curiously, cancer begins as a metastatic process, and that process is an inflammatory one, and so in effect cancer begins with inflammation. In addition, it is pointed out in this video that chemo may reduce tumors, but it makes cancer stem cells more numerous. When oncologists tell you joyfully that the tumors have reduced in size, they are not looking in the direction of a deeper morbidity. Chemotherapy puts the rioters in jail, ignoring the ring-leaders who themselves are enriched by the process ... they have now learned how to deal with the chemicals. I popped into Holland & Barrett last year to replenish my supply of apricot kernels. I remember seeing them in the store in Chester last time I was there. It was a surprise to find that they no longer sold them. Moving on to the Grape Tree, I was told that only that morning their head office had called to say 'take them off the shelf'. I finally found them in another store in town. The assistant would have been upset too, because she had been supplying them to her brother who was treating his cancer. She now supplies him with legally available CBD oil, which she says is giving him good results. Intrigued, I searched online to find an explanation. Both a government website and cancer-research.uk write that half an almond kernel exceeds the safe level for an adult. Possibly concerned about litigation, large companies will fearfully take heed of the warning and put a stop to their sale. https://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2016/15138/advice-on-apricot-kernels-and-bitter-almond-kernels [Advice on apricot kernels and bitter almond kernels] The following is from cancerresearchuk.org: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancers-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative/therapies/laetrile "There haven’t been any large well designed clinical trials using laetrile." It is not in the interest of any company to invest millions in testing a simple apricot kernel. There is no profit in it for them. Although I have ceased giving any contributions to cancer charities because the research that they finance is forever drug and radiation based, I would happily support a charity that would feed into independent trials for a plant based cures. Now, in 2018, the UK government has put a ban on their sale as a foodstuff. As a response to this, Creative Nature has changed the label on the boxes and call it a 'body scrub'. We are all unique individuals, and so we each have to tailor our intake of any substance. During my initial approach to lymphoma, along with other supplements I worked my consumption up from 1, three times daily, to 12, three times daily. I found that if 36 per day was exceeded, then there were peculiar symptoms in the abdomen, and so I maintained it at 36 for the first 3 months, until I got the all-clear. I now use 8 apricot kernels a day, soaked overnight in my homemade muesli. I take a break every couple of months for two weeks, believing in the old adage that constant stimulus is no stimulus. Soak your dried pulses and seeds for a few hours. This breaks down the protein on the surface that naturally inhibits germination until moisture is detected. In doing so it activates certain metabolic processes in the seeds, and they become more nourishing. A century ago most country housewives knew of the need to soak seeds overnight before using them. The compound in the kernel contains cyanide would retain it in the compound. Various sources claim that there is only one case in which the cyanide is released, and that is when it encounters the protein shell around a cancer cell. Normal healthy cells are not affected. When you are on a strict de-tox, you do become sensitive to the workings of the body. Anecdotal stories tell of people who take 80 or more a day. We each have our own unique physiology, and need to be sensitive to its response to any remedy we use. Keeping it at that 36 per day, the unfortunate thing is that, with all the juicing and supplements and everything else I was taking, I can't categorically state what accomplished the task of clearing the condition. Although G. Edward Griffin is a renowned conspiracy theorist, he here gives a history of how laetrile and apricot kernels came into disrepute here in an interview with Ty Bollinger a leading light in raising awareness about the treatment of cancer, and author of The Truth About Cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdVDJKMDR74&t=7s [Promising Cancer Cure Cover-Up by Big Pharma - G. Edward Griffin] Amanda Mary Jewel, in self-imposed exile, tells of how she is being hounded by the authorities here in the UK for recommending that people use the apricot kernel to treat their own cancers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQO9bCsNumY [Amanda Mary Jewell Cures Cancer with Apple and Apricot B17 Seeds Part 1] A search in YouTube using the words 'apricot kernels' and 'cancer' reveals many testimonials to the efficacy of this beneficial, natural substance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OTHER THERAPIES Gerson, McDougall, Breuss, Paleo, Jason Winters Tea GERSON THERAPY Medical professionals are not taught about the wonderful work of Max Gerson. Indeed when oncologists in America and the UK are told by patients that they are using the Gerson method, many will abruptly put an end to the conversation. All alternatives to cut, poison and burn are given little elbow room, and oncologists know that if they deviate from the standard path, the likelihood is that they would lose their license to practice. Perhaps it's better to remain ignorant if you want to keep on sharing the lucrative benefit that standard treatment throws your way? http://gerson.org/gerpress/dr-max-gerson/ [Gerson Institute opening page] On the subject of cancer, some regard Max Gerson as this age's leading authority for its treatment. In the inter-war period, when he was 25 at medical school he suffered severe migraines. He asked the professors of the day, both in the university and all over Germany, for their take on it, and to a man they said that there was no cure. He proceeded to find his own way back to health through diet. Trying various different foodstuffs he finally settled on apples which were abundant at this time in Germany. After some time, the migraines disappeared, and he was able to isolate the particular foodstuff that caused his complaint. When he became Germany's equivalent of a General Practitioner, it wasn't long before someone came to him with migraine. To which he responded, "well I tried this and it worked for me." Some weeks later his patient came back, cured. "But the peculiar thing", said his patient, "my skin tuberculosis has also healed." Skin tuberculosis was an incurable killer in those days. Lo! A new treatment has been developed. A Jew in the 1930s, he was aware of Hitler's rise to power and fled to France, and shortly before Hitler invaded France, he migrated to America, where before long an American patient, hearing of his successes, asked him for a cancer treatment. Several patients later, the FDA heard about what was going on, and he escaped the authorities, finally settling his clinic in Mexico. He later died through poisoning. Being a man careful of what he ate, this must arouse some suspicion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ On hearing a talk given by the daughter of Max's daughter, Charlotte Gerson, Patrick Vickers was moved to find out more. He was given access to all of Gerson's records, his treatments, case files, etc., and Patrick now runs a successful Clinic in Baja near Tijuana, Mexico. Of their terminally ill cancer patients, the centre claims 30% to 40% success rate of a cure. How many more could be saved if they went there first instead of accepting severely debilitating toxic chemicals, surgery and radiation? Interestingly McAffee, my antivirus program, produced a 'severe' warning popup when I went to this site. http://www.gersontreatment.com/ "A comprehensive holistic approach using a myriad of scientifically proven immunological nutritional and detoxification therapies to successfully reverse a vast majority of degenerative diseases including terminal cancer". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsrYCCr78UE&t=211s The Gerson Therapy: The Shocking Truth - How To Heal Cancer With Howard Straus And finally on this subject, here's a cancer survivor who explains the Gerson therapy in detail, in easily learnt terms. It's over two hours long, but if you know anyone who is suffering cancer of any kind, the therapy, initially viewed as mysterious quackery will become abundantly clear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WyEsN9DzSo From a Cancer Survivor:Top 3 Things that everyone can do everyday to stay Healthy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The McDougall Diet After many sessions of chemo one patient went to Dr. McDougall, a regular medical doctor who uses nutrition and supplements to heal cancer. People with cancer are generally encouraged by their oncologists to eat anything in order to maintain weight. McDougall on the other hand, with scientifically researched methods, encourages a good diet and a healthy lifestyle. But this is not specifically for cancer. McDougall himself gives a 46 minute account of his work on a YouTube video. How dietary methods are viewed with disbelief by peer groups. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyRuDpqYuvY [Dr. McDougall Webinar: The Dietary Treatment of Cancer] "High in calories and cholesterol, animal fats and proteins too often leave you hungry and lead to overeating and weight gain. They are often the root causes of a host of avoidable health problems—from indigestion, ulcers, and constipation to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. On the other hand, complex carbohydrates like whole grains, legumes, tubers, and other starches provide your body with essential proteins and nutrients that satisfy the appetite while simultaneously fighting illness." The above is an extract from Dr. McDougall's book, "The Healthiest Diet on the Planet." This and other resources can be discovered on his website. https://www.drmcdougall.com/ BREUSS CANCER CURE https://dailyhealthpost.com/rudolf-breuss-cancer-juice/ "The Breuss Total Cancer Treatment is a very rigid diet of fruits, vegetables and herbs that a person takes in liquid form for 42 days. Because cancer cells have a very different metabolism than normal cells, the Breuss diet is designed to starve the cancer cells to death by not providing any solid food proteins. But the diet does not harm normal cells." The following is a testimonial of its efficacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTGoS3v48Y [A Cancer Cure That Really Works 'The Breuss Therapy'] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PALEO Not an approach that appeals to me, but I feel it is worth mentioning. Here's an extract from the following website. "The bedrock of the Paleo diet is REAL food. Essentially, if a caveman would not have eaten it – neither should you! The diet is based around any food that could be hunted, grown or foraged by our ancestors and includes meats, fish, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruit and natural oils. A full breakdown is provided in our eBook, along with a handy colour coded chart to carry with you when out and about. The theory behind the Paleo diet is that we are biologically designed to eat and process only certain foods. Other foods have been integrated into our diets over the years (such as grains and refined sugars) to which our bodies have not been able to adapt, and as a result have failed to function effectively. However, it is these “integrated” foods which we have become increasingly reliant upon (think how much of your intake in the last 24 hours was made up of bread, pasta, processed food etc) and they often make up the majority of the food that we eat. The result is weight gain, fatigue and preventable illness." http://paleodietandfitness.co.uk/what-is-paleo/what-is-the-paleo-diet/ [Paleo Diet and Fitness website] However, on a diet plan for treatment for cancer, meat and dairy are also avoided. Meat and dairy both contribute to an increase in the body's acidity, as do fats and oils. On the Gerson regime ALL oils are to be avoided, apart from flax seed oil which is never to be heated. Flaxseed oil also helps clear cholesterol and deposits from the arteries, as noted in this video of Charlotte Gerson, the daughter of Max Gerson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TR-kempaok [Charlotte Gerson on Oil] JASON WINTERS TEA Jason Winters had a large tumour on his neck. When surgeons opened his neck up they discovered that it was wrapped around his carotid artery. He subsequently endured several sessions of radiotherapy during which the skin around his neck turned black. This proved to be unsuccessful in eradicating the tumour. He was offered more surgery, this time to remove his tongue and lower jaw. Asking if it would cure the cancer, he was told it wouldn't, but it would make dying less painful. He subsequently travelled to various locations in order to find an effective cure, which he was successful in obtaining. Having cleared the cancer he submitted the recipe to an interested oncologist for analysis to see if in fact it killed cancer tumours. The result showed no effect on tumour growth but an increase in the effectiveness of the lymphatic system, which ultimately had the same effect. A great success story. And yet another line of research that hasn't been given attention by pharma research. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6asMfyaizYQ&list=PLJfvP7tNGynGjOKiecaU5niz5tttkT2o2&index=73&t=6s [An Interview with Sir Jason Winters] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT SHALL I EAT? Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez was a qualified surgeon who opted out of conventional medicine and all the riches it gives a practitioner in order to save lives more effectively by natural means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt7MCuK_qT8&t=2985s [Dr Nicholas Gonzalez - What Should I Eat? Part 1] This is a lengthy hour and a half lecture, but for anyone with a keen interest in physiology and nutrition it is a cornucopia of reliable information. He first focuses on Dr. Weston Price who travelled the world, living for many years with indigenous populations, eating with them in the manner they would eat. And although, as a dentist, he was initially investigating causes of dental decay, he arrived at the following conclusions: 1. Humans adapted to a variety of diets. 2. No traditional human group followed a vegetarian diet. 3. No traditional human group followed a low fat diet. 4. Traditional diets were local, natural and whole. 5. All traditional human groups used some raw food. 6. All traditional human diets produced enduring good health. The free, downloadable ebook of Dr. Weston Price can be found at this site: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html He lived with Eskimos from 1905 to 1915, who living in arctic conditions had no growing season and subsisted purely on animal flesh which was 20% protein and 80% fat. No carbohydrates. Later with Masai people, he found that they daily drank blood from their cattle, and a gallon of raw milk. Their diet was thus 70% fat. Pygmies in Africa fed on tubers, nuts and seeds. They fed on animals when they could catch them. Incan descendents in the Andes fed primarily on milk from their llamas. Alpine peoples fed mainly on highly nutritious cheese and a rough bread. Everything that these people ate grew locally, and they didn't suffer from allergies, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, heart disease or mental illness. In the west, in the 19th century, farming methods were 'improved'. crops were bleached to make it easier for the bakers, refined flour was less subject to attack by pests and was easier to bake. In the 1930s chemicals and preservatives were added. And after WW2 pesticides began to be used generally. It's certainly challenged many modern ideas. A lot of ideas that I held were stuck to the bottom of the pan and have been stirred up into new relationships. All the groups that Dr. Weston joined suffered none of the common diseases that we have in the western world. And so I have to consider why we spend so much time humming and hawing about this particular vitamin or that particular mineral. For example the eskimos he lived with had no growing season for fruit an vegetablesd vegetables) and relied completely on animal life. What is also interesting is that their diet was therefore 20% protein and 80% fat ... with NO carbohydrates. Modern farming methods, includes the addition of NPK fertilizer, a bare minimum of three added minerals, of which the body needs about 50 in order to function adequately. Pest controlling chemicals add toxicity to the dire effect of mineral deficiency. In addition, the transportation, sometimes from the other side of the world, with early picking and forced maturing en route, often renders it tasteless and without any life left to nourish the body. Dead peaches look beautiful in winter, but they rot unnaturally from the inside out. One day they are ripe, the next moldy. And strawberries in winter? As a consequence, eating underfertilised, insecticide-laden, chemical added, processed, plastic wrapped, often sterile, pre-cooked dinners are what the population at large have been 'educated' to eat. Scientific studies arrive one week saying one thing, and the next week the opposite, in an attempt at recommending selections, food omissions, and supplements which address the rebalancing of our daily intake. Although fats appear to be necessary to the body (a fact that Gerson specialists and also Kathryn Alexander says is untrue for the cancer patient), illness needs to be addressed, illness which by its very nature involve cells with altered structures that greedily consume the very fats that the rest of the body appears to have no problem with. Although one might imagine a welcome party that the cancer cells might have, were they to enjoy a feast of fats, after some months on the detox I've deviated from omitting them, opting for fats from avocados on a regular basis. Is the world going to hell in a handcart? I see young kids in shops today buying and consuming refined sugar products which only a short while ago I was eating. I may on the odd occasion mention, in a 'strange old man way' that they are poisoning themselves, otherwise my heart secretly cries for them. In their blissful ignorance they are increasing their chance of being the one in three women or one in two men who will statistically get cancer before their life is over. The answer looks simple. Become a simple eater. Eat a good variety of local, organic produce. Eat some raw every day. Keep away from refined foods. Stay away from salt and refined sugar. Alas, simple is not the same as easy. Our taste has become modified by the false foods that we're accustomed to. But as many of us have found, the benefits of a healthy food intake are worth the effort. The benefits far outweigh the difficulties faced at first. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FORBIDDEN CURES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYd45VXrUH4 Cancer [The Forbidden Cures A MUST WATCH VIDEO] Excerpts from the video. "No-one has been able to prove that the official theory is the correct one, and that the origin of cancer is genetic in nature." The official version is stated thus: Major advances are being made in the detection, prevention and treatment of cancer. "But the mechanisms that trigger malignant cell growth are still not completely understood. In the meantime, statistics seem only to get worse. We've lost the war on cancer. Since the 1950s the outlook for most cancer patients has remained the same ... a one in three chance of living five years using conventional therapies: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy drugs. "Despite such dismal results, official oncology continues to impose on patients the only three therapies that have ever been authorised in the last eighty years: surgery, chemo-therapy and radiation ... and two of the three are actually carcinogenic." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CANNABIS OIL I stated at the very beginning of this book that I did not wish to break the law. In this one instance I have to confess a misdemeanor. There are many sites devoted to the healing effect of cannabis oil. In America it's called hemp oil. The first one that I came across was "Run From the Cure", the title referring wryly to what oncologists are doing every day. Here's the updated version of how Rick Simpson used cannabis oil to heal himself of his cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khkEpKM93k8 [Run from the Cure 2014 Updated] For anyone who is convinced that cannabis is harmful. Ethan Russo gives a breakdown of many government studies intended to prove that this is the case. None of them proved that it was harmful, indeed many showed the remarkable benefits of cannabis. Babies who were born to mothers who smoked cannabis while pregnant were found to be healthier than mothers who didn't; cannabis added to tobacco reduced the incidence of lung disease in cigarette smokers, etc. Such was the failure of the government-funded projects to prove harm, that it was finally abandoned as futile. Many books on these researches are now unavailable in American libraries. This single book he recommends as a source for a breakdown of these studies is: Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific Evidence (Paperback) by Lynn Zimmer (Author), John Morgan (Author) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlRf1Q832SI [Marijuana Use Studies A History, with Ethan Russo, MD] This amazing substance treats all manner of diseases. GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK company, probably grow the best weed in the UK for research into extracts that can be used as a pharmaceutical drug. With Sativex, they have some success already in reducing epileptic seizures by up to 50%. However, the pure THC brings seizures down from 700 a day to nil! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvwASmdTEOI ["Our hands were tied." Millie's Story (Cannabis for Kids, Part 1) | National Geographic] What other factors were involved resulting in Millie's 50 per day seizures ... inoculations, medication, other types of toxicity? There are many other testimonials to the efficacy of cannabis oil in the treatment of cancer. Here's just one of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXKjRkkoIOU [Marijuana Minors] I used the oil for about ten weeks but found it taking its toll on our domestic relationship. I abandoned it after I had the all clear. To the complaint, "You never SPEAK, you never SAY ANYTHING!", it is inappropriate to respond with, "Chill out, man." Whether or not this effect is peculiar just to me, I can't comment. Obtaining a release from what was the mental fog and loss of initiative that accompanied the high, was in fact a relief. The subsequent occasional loss of a word in conversation, or inability to recall words I'd never forgotten in the past, I put down to the lingering chemo fog, the cannabis fog, or simply just the plain old aging process. Whatever the reason, I feel confident that continuing the detox will aid the recovery of memory. But one thing I CAN testify. I'M ALIVE! In addition, this important video is for anyone who's treating their cancer with cannabis. Treating a hormone driven illness needs to have a different mode of application to treating other types of cancer. The recommendation for hormone driven cancer is 1 part THC per 3 parts CBD. For other types the THC ratio needs to be higher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnVisZVZfHc&feature=youtu.be [Dr Cristina Sanchez PhD cannabis and cancer] In the final stages of 'conventional' cancer treatment, when injection with carcinogenic chemotherapy has failed, pain killers to overcome debilitating pain are delivered into the system. These are usually opiates and cocaine derivatives, both prescribed legally. Both are highly addictive, both are class 'A' drugs. Both are medically acknowledged to produce the 'side-effect' of severe constipation. Toxic waste products of what has been eaten will spend more time in the gut, during which time they are absorbed into the body through the intestinal walls, thereby taxing an already severely compromised immune system. Compare this with cannabis oil. Termed a class 'B' drug, it cannot be prescribed legally, and yet many testimonials from people using it claim the oil gives a very generous relief from pain without the side effects produced by medical prescription drugs. By many accounts, including mine, it has the added benefit of reducing the size of tumours. And also of being non-addictive. Leaving aside the legality, who are the most culpable drug peddlers, cannabis oil providers ... or government sanctioned oncology departments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANCE OF WATER My older daughter kept on asking me if I was drinking enough water. And I never could quite understand the importance of what she was saying. In Kathryn Alexander's book 'Dietary Healing' she places great stress on ensuring adequate hydration. On top of the measures already taken, for the past few months I've increased my intake to 4 pints of water per day. Some sources recommend a Kangen water system, others a reverse osmosis water purifier. The Kangen needs an extra modification in order to filter fluoride out of water. If your area is supplied by fluoridated water, then another way to cleanse your water of this rat poison is to distil it. Simple water filters are ok for some, however a standard charcoal filter will not take fluoride out of your water, and fluoride is a severe toxin. Fluoride added to drinking water is a waste product from fertilizer plants, and we are only just beginning to appreciate the long term effect of what adding fluoride to drinking water will do. Clever marketing and government lobbying has resulted in domestic water supplies being a conduit for this waste product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBRBPgTOt0 [FLUORIDE TRUTH hits the TV in AUSTRALIA] The following video throws a bright light on the healing power of water. Interview with Dr. Batmanghelidj, author of — Drugs Kill: Water Heals — and — You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdl9hLQvvBo [Dr Batmanghelidj Interview Part 1] People on the Gerson method often use distilled water for enemas, etc. The intensive juicing of organic vegetables ensures a plentiful supply of vitamins and minerals, and makes good any shortfall of water. The quantity here discussed is only 11/2 to 2 litres spread out over a waking day. I've attached a video telling the story of a security guard in America who overdosed on water which shows drinking vast amounts can overtax the cellular structure of the body by scavenging its minerals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3uWg4KjX4Y [The dangers of too much water] Water addition holds some validity, ensuring that the water that is drunk is not too acidic. Water supply in my home city of Chester is kept at a pH of 7.1 as it should be in the rest of the UK. Individually, we each can only do what we feel is right given the information to hand. Some sources advise against it, but the reasoning is unclear ... I use a Brita filter jug. The carbon filter removes chlorine but would not filter out fluoride which has by some been linked to cancer. Fortunately in Chester there is no added fluoride. In passing, when the body becomes too acidic, it lays the foundation for disease. A healthy body has a pH of about 7.3, ... some sources say that ideally it should be between 7.0 and 7.8. That's quite a range, because the scale is logarithmic: a decrease of 1pH makes the blood 10 times more acidic. Assessing the body pH is not as easy as simply taking a urine sample, as urine is slightly more acidic. If you can afford £2000 it might be worthwhile looking at 'Kangen Water' technology. Another useful testimonial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5gaTdRv7d0&t=3s [Watercure Testimonial Katie Stage 4 Cancer gone in 18 days.mov] This recommendation of water is challenged by some oriental teachings who advise to drink only when thirst. This has been the way I've lived for a number of years, although the drinking in the past has often been of alcohol, which does not adequately quench the body's thirst. On this subject, as in all of them, it is best to do your own research, and arrive at the formula that you decide is best for your specific case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DANDELIONS In the summer months I pop a dandelion root or two into my smoothie, along with the usual organic carrot and beetroot. Mineral dense and vitamin dense. Surprisingly, this common garden weed has many medicinal properties, not least is the claim that it can help to cure cancer. According to Caroline Ham from the Windsor Regional Cancer Centre of Ontario, dandelion root was the only successful treatment for a type of leukemia which affects older adults. The following video gives the story of a 72 year old who was sent home to die after conventional treatment failed. He was advised to drink dandelion tea as a last ditch effort. His cancer went into remission only four months later. The soundtrack might be off putting: it sounds as if it's digitally produced ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGgKakWOXaQ Scientists Find Root That Kills 98% Of Cancer Cells In Only 48 Hours A video from a doctor who gives a recommendation for dandelions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5ztHYsDuE [The Weed in Your Garden To Treat Cancer] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOURSOP An evergreen tree originally from the Caribbean area, now found throughout countries in the world that have a tropical climate. The fruit grows directly out of the bark of the tree, is green, large, round and has spiky outgrowths. Again, best to keep with the organic theme, as trees grown with the adjunct of Roundup are less efficacious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDOfXC_r_cU [Soursop (Graviola) for Anti-Cancer: The Truth About this Amazon Rainforest Breakthrough] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. RICHARD SCHULZE'S INCURABLES PROGRAM • Elimination channels are: Bowel, liver, skin, kidneys. • 100% vegetarian, and Juice fasting, because too much energy is used digesting food • Animal fats cause dramatic diseases • To sum up, it's a four-in-one healing approach: • Clear the elimination channels • Food Program • Exercise • Attitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGCUbHZ0u0#t=926.731604 [Dr Richard Schulze - CURING WITH CAYENNE (and its herbal partners) Tape 1] 10 herbs recommended by Dr. Schultz: Cayenne: Most important 1st aid. The hotter, the more medicinal. Stimulates circulation. It's a defibrillator in a bottle. Used on a wound, after two or three days not even a scar is left shown. Charcoal: Absorber of insecticide, PCB, herbicide, and other poisons. Useful for treating dysentery. (First vomit with lobelia tea.) Juniper berries: Urinary infections. Helps flow of urine. Diuretic and urinary disinfectant. Raw garlic: For infection. Anti-viral, antifungal, anti bacterial. Breaks down tumours. Lowers cholesterol. An 87 year old lady saved her life from killer infection by ingesting 47 cloves of garlic daily. Echinacea: Stimulator for immune system. Plantain. (grows in your lawn) Use as a poltice. A de-tox and immune stimulant. Aloe Vera: Taken for Crohn's disease. Fill the entire rectum with Aloe Vera. Aloe Spicata: Senna leaves and pod. Purgative, laxative. Hawthorn Berries: Nutrition for the heart cells. Protection from heart disease. Make jam from them, make tea. Milk Thistle: Protects the liver. Detoxifies the body. Peppermint, and Ginger: Digestive tract herbs. Fennel: Gas, cramps, nausea, indigestion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PANCREATIC ENZYMES Many use pancreatic enzymes in conjunction with diet in order to heal cancer. Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez used pancreatic enzymes for his patients. He claims that they only seem to work with solid tumours. Other sources suggest that they shouldn't be used with cancers that are not sarcomas. The following is part two of a six part talk to be found on YouTube. He tells us how John Beard (11 November 1858 – 1924) found similarities between cancer cells and placenta cells. They are both invasive and angiogenic (create new blood vessels). But whereas the invasiveness of the placenta stops at a certain point, the cancer cells continue to proliferate. His important observation is that when its invasiveness stops, the placenta has begun to generate its own pancreatic enzymes. Dr. Gonzales has also observed apoptosis (or death) of cancer cells when in the presence of pancreatic enzymes. Gonzalez also wryly remarks that in medical schools they make the easy difficult, and the difficult incomprehensible. Dr. William Donald Kelley cured his own cancer much to the puzzlement of his peers, using diet, supplements, and enemas. Gonzalez talks quickly, and I hope that I've been faithful to his talk when I give the following details of Kelley's self-treatment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIET-SUPPLEMENTS-DETOX Fruit, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, Lots of leafy greens, Lots of citrus fruit, 4 glasses of carrot juice, 2 glasses of celery juice. Supplements: Beta carotene, Niacin, Riboflavin, Pyridoxin, Folic acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Magnesium, Manganese, Co-potassium, Chromium, Alphalinolenic-Acid (Omega 3) and large doses of Pancreatic enzymes. Coffee enemas. Coffee enemas were in the Merck manual, the standard medical reference work until the 1970s when they were removed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUo17H29BdA [Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez - What Should I Eat? Part 2 (1 of 6)] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GINGER We've spoken of the importance of turmeric and black pepper, and frankincense. I feel that it is also important not to overlook the remarkable effect that dried ginger can have in the healing process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Key5eGc5M [Ginger Is Stronger Than Chemotherapy for Cancer] As discussed, it is important to keep inflammation at bay — and ginger is another valuable anti-inflammatory. Rajeesh Grover indicates that 6-Shagaol is the active ingredient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsORY5M7vJE [Ginger root can destroy prostate cancer, ovarian and colon cancer better than chemotherapy] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Tjpk0fisk [GINGER root CURES CANCER - 10,000 times MORE EFFECTIVE than CHEMO] Cancer is characterised by inflammation. Ginger and Turmeric are great as anti-inflammatories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QKzD9zVdYM [Anti-Inflammatories - Ginger and Turmeric] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRANKINCENSE Much work has been done in Oman, using frankincense (Boswella) for healing cancer. Metastases began to disappear by the second week. They went before the primary tumour. This first interview is followed by another which deal with the subject in more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsJg_kmvQDE FRANKINCENSE FOR CANCER - PRE CLINICAL RESULTS Alison Huish used frankincense oil as part of the treatment to heal her brain cancer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWJyQn5H4Lw Allison Huish's Experience with Frankincense In this video, Dr. Eric Zielinski refers to scientifically documented evidence that frankincense causes cancer cell apoptosis (cell death). "Why would wise men travel such distances to give the king of the Jews frankincense." As already mentioned, could turmeric possibly be the 'gold' mentioned in this story? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ-P_jaIqgY The Best Cancer-Fighting Essential Oils - Dr. Eric Zielinski Another testimonial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0mNkAfphtk [Frankincense Essential Oil Benefits For Skin - My Testimonials] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BROMELAIN The best that cancerresearch.uk can say of this substance is that it can help with cancer. The affirmation of the efficacy of a natural cure is unusual. A study with gastro-intestinal cancer cells by the same organisation came up with a very positive result. Just checked several links I had, and realise these have been deleted. There's mischief afoot, interfering with information about helpful natural sources of foods beneficial to health. This one's from the US National Library of Medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633552/ [Cytotoxic effects of bromelain in human gastrointestinal carcinoma cell lines (MKN45, KATO-III, HT29-5F12, and HT29-5M21)] Type the chemotherapy drug 'fluororacil' into YouTube, and several ugly examples of its effect pop up. Here's a claim that bromelain is more effective than fluorouracil in its anti-cancer properties. Useful for the method of extracting from raw pineapple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnT4yuDYg0&t=310s http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-beat-terminal-cancer-pineapples-5426200 ["I beat terminal cancer with pineapples": Brave woman defies doctors after refusing chemotherapy] The American hospital Sloan Kettering also have a favourable review of bromelain: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/bromelain "To prevent and treat cancer. Laboratory studies suggested bromelain has anticancer activities. But these effects have not been confirmed in humans." The following is from Dr. James Meschino in which he claims it's of great benefit to the autoimmune system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4_LvwZcEo0 In the above, he mentions this free online ebook: http://www.meschinohealth.com/books/bromelain And the following, from Washington Educational establishments' Guide to Integrative Oncology for Clinicians has this to say of bromelain: "Ex vivo human clinical trials of bromelain have shown that oral doses of bromelain (3000 IF.I.P. units) in breast cancer patients for ten days enhanced monocyte cytotoxicity against breast cancer cell lines." http://depts.washington.edu/integonc/clinicians/act/bromelain.shtml And this from the McMillan site, a recognised source for conventional cancer treatment. The response to a question about bromelain is that it has not yet been tested. [For as long as testing is done by drug companies, they will not test a raw natural product for efficacy unless a possibility is seen to extract an ingredient and put a patent on it.] https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/bowel-colon-rectum-cancer/f/26/t/125126 Even recognised authorities have only good words to say of Bromelain taken orally. A useful supplement for those afflicted with cancer? I take it intermittently, but without a doubt would make it more regular if I was ever again afflicted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN C I asked if intravenous vitamin C was available on the NHS. The oncologist had never heard of such an idea. This video affirms its usefulness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL_g5-6DCVQ [Cure for Cancer - Intravenous Vitamin C] Linus Pauling received two unshared Nobel awards. He is astonished that his critics round upon his discovery so vehemently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfuXHJh3LMY [Linus Pauling: High dose vitamin C is a cure for cancer, AIDS and heart disease!] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUDWIG DIET The diet works, but some special cases need to be borne in mind. Flaxseed oil has blood thinning properties. If you are having surgery or are on blood thinning medication, due to the qualities of flaxseed oil the addition of this substance can be dangerous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jso_wbpXirg [Know This Before Starting the Budwig Diet!] A testimonial from Tamara St. John on the success of the Budwig protocol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSjQYQt-PRw [She Cured Her Breast Cancer-Here's How!] Sandsa Olsen gives a demonstration of how to make a meal under the Budwig protocol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoddptWL0s [Budwig Diet Flaxseed Oil & Cottage Cheese www.budwig-videos.com] http://www.budwigcenter.com/the-budwig-diet/#.WNWMoGdBptQ The Budwig home page: "The Dr. Johanna food plan for cancer allows you to enjoy many of your favorite recipes while at the same time maintaining a balanced and healthy diet. The principle factor to keep in mind is that now you choose quality food products and natural ingredients. There are many websites that talk about Dr. Budwig and her food recommendations, however not all of them are accurate." I occasionally have the recommended meal of fat-free cottage cheese, flax seeds, flax seed oil and berries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIROTHERAPY Here's a therapy I've come across but haven't investigated at all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGS_BmVEhUc [Ivars Kalvins speaks on virotherapy with Rigvir] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATINS (avoid) Ever wondered how it came about that so many people in the UK and the rest of the world are on statins? Most interesting to me ... Pfizer, who make the statin Lipitor, had financial ties with six of the seven-member American committee who recommended lowering the 'safe' level of cholesterol. Pfizer didn't have the same level of access in Europe so they had to accomplish their sales technique by the more subtle means of advertising. Statins were thus, during this documentary, the most prescribed drug in Britain. If you have a spare 20 minutes, this is a well researched BBC documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=lwZQ2zmjzQY [Get your loved ones OFF statins - BBC - The Men Who Made Us Spend] 25% of the body is cholesterol. Your body needs it to work properly. 30% of this amount is in the brain. Stephanie Senef, a highly qualified researcher has performed her own research on dementia, and kidney, liver muscle pain and weakness. Exercise is of no benefit if you take statin drugs, because of their effect on the muscles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8-TT87WLBg [This Doctor Hates Statin Drugs, Wait Until You Hear Why!] Better to look at the effect of glyphosate on the body. It upsets the liver's delivery of bile acids, a high percentage of which is cholesterol which is sent to the gut for excretion. If the liver doesn't filter out the excess cholesterol, it builds up in the system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZk4lEsU140&t=42s [Dangers of Statin Drugs & How They Are Damaging the Brain] The presenter may be a little off-putting, but what Dr. Blaylock offers is well worth listening to for anyone who wonders what statins are doing to the human body. How it produces dementia. The above is a 40 minute radio interview. One of the effects is muscle weakness, pain and paralysis, the heart is a muscle. The effect on the brain and heart really stand out. There has been much publicising of Co-Enzyme Q10 in recent journals — how it is essential, and we might be lacking in it. Co-Enzyme Q10 is necessary for the heart to function. Statin drugs block not only the production of cholesterol but also the production of Co-Enzyme Q10. The heart becomes deprived of its major energy molecule, which explains the explosion in the numbers of heart failure at an earlier age. Cholesterol is essential to the brain's function. "Look at the reviews of the study done, which reveal that statins are no better than an aspirin a day." The body's production of vitamin K is also compromised by statin drugs. We mustn't forget the importance that other enzymes have in speeding up various processes of the body. A look at mevalonate on wikipedia reveals an astonishing number of other body enzymes that are affected by statins. Further to the effect of diminishing the supply of Co-Q10, the previous table is from the next video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3pHxF_syF8&t=498s Statin Side Effects (excerpt from Statin Nation) If you follow a strict organic (glyphosate-free), dairy-free, refined-sugar-free diet, there is every chance that your cholesterol levels will return to normal. Mine has. The following is a link to the failure of one of the latest forms of cholesterol lowering drugs. http://www.fiercebiotech.com/r-d/failure-of-lilly-s-evacetrapib-may-prove-final-nail-coffin-for-cetp [The failure of Lilly's evacetrapib may prove the final nail in the coffin for CETP] For years, medicine has told us that we need to raise our ‘good’ HDL cholesterol, while reducing ‘bad’ LDL levels, to avoid heart disease — a theory that gave birth to the nationally recommended use of statin drugs. But the theory has taken a severe knock after a new drug achieved both outcomes, and yet still didn’t prevent anyone from getting a heart attack or stroke. The drug, evacetrapib, has now been pulled by its manufacturer, Eli Lilly, after it failed to prevent one single case of heart attack, stroke, by-pass surgery, or angina — even though it successfully doubled levels of ‘good’ cholesterol and lowered ‘bad’ cholesterol. “Here we’ve got an agent that more than doubles the levels of good cholesterol and lowers bad cholesterol, and yet has no effect on clinical events. We were disappointed and surprised by the results,” said lead researcher Stephen Nicholls from Australia’s University of Adelaide. More than 12,000 patients who were at high risk of developing heart disease had been given the drug or a placebo (sugar pill) for 18 months. By the end of the trial, those taking the drug had increased their HDL levels by 137 per cent, and lowered their LDL cholesterol by 37 per cent — and yet there was no difference between the two groups when it came to the rate of heart disease. It’s not just a blow to the cholesterol theorists—it’s also a knock for the new family of heart drugs, the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors. Evacetrapib is the third CETP failure. The first, torcetrapib, actually increased the rate of cardiovascular deaths and disease despite lowering bad cholesterol levels. Following the failure of the latest study, Eli Lilly discontinued its development of evacetrapib, and wrote off $90m of research and development costs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FERTILITY I happened to notice an extract from the Adelaide Advertiser which may offer an alternative form of self-treatment for anyone who has a problem with fertility. Further research may be necessary in order to arrive at the correct method of application. "INFERTILE women have stunning new hope of pregnancy after breakthrough Adelaide research proved that a free, century-old medical technique works, without the need for expensive IVF treatment. The discovery, to be announced today, means couples struggling to conceive could have infertility reversed and avoid costly and stressful reproductive treatment. A large trial of more than 1100 women found 40 per cent of infertile women fell pregnant after a commonly used technique that involves flushing a woman’s fallopian tubes with iodised poppy seed oil." http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/fertility-breakthrough-adelaide-research-shows-poppy-seed-oil-treatment-works-to-help-women-fall-pregnant/news-story/e23904bc46807e4a19bf0cbd21001789 MULTIPLE SCHLEROSIS, CANDIDA and Alzheimer's I realise that we seem to be going way off topic here, but research into ill-health has revealed so many more diseases that proper nutrition can heal. Instead of taking to the drug store or pharmacy for a magic pill to disguise the symptoms of the body's distress, it is shown in these two short videos how a range of diseases can be healed by taking in the appropriate foodstuff. Ann Boroch Ann Boroch's is an astonishing story of how she challenged the medic's prognosis of wheelchair-bound MS. She overcame that, and also a range of debilitating health issues that she'd had from childhood. One of many holistic practitioners whose unexplained deaths recently have led to a suspicion of dark dealings, she leaves a rich legacy of information, of which this one is a gem for anyone suffering from candida or MS and their related illnesses, and would like to be informed of a natural mode of approach to dealing with them. I hope that you enjoy her uplifting story as much as I have. Now sadly passed away, this record of her life is truly beautiful. Most of the following text is lifted off her video. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Candida is a single cell organism. It's ubiquitous. It lives in everybody's body. It is caused by an imbalance in the microbiome (the name given to the important complex of beneficial, symbiotic bacteria living in the gut). Its importance lies in the fact that it aids digestion and also assists in toxin removal. Ideally, you need to have 85% good bacteria and 15% not too good. It is in this 15% that candida resides. What causes the imbalance, allowing candida to overgrow? Antibiotics, steroids, birth control pills, hormone replacement, chemo drugs, radiation, sugar, stress and alcohol. All of these are considered normal in the western world today, but if normal means contributing to optimum efficiency of the body, they are far from it. Example: You are 7 years old, you have an ear infection, you take antibiotics which wipe out good and bad bacteria in the gut, but leaving a preponderance of bad. So people say, "But that was 20 years ago, how can it be me?" Anything eaten which rapidly turns to sugar feeds the overgrowth. Milk, cheeses, bread, alcohol, deserts. You might take another dose of antibiotics, and maybe a steroid inhaler because you had asthma. Eventually this single cell yeast will take on a root fungal form. Gluten works on the gut wall to make it leaky, and thus the candida gets through into the blood. In the blood, the candida affects the rest of the body with its waste product. It compromises the immune system. The overgrowth affects the lungs (asthma) or the brain (maybe memory loss), and can produce fatigue. She gives a breakdown of her epiphany, of how anger is related to feelings of not being good enough. Fear-based emotions affect the physical body. How much of our lives is driven by anger or concern about what people think of us? https://youtu.be/Dc-wDN1MUuo [Candida - Ann Boroch] Terry Wahls The following is yet more useful information for anyone you might know who has MS, this time a TED talk given by Terry Wahls She explains how she overcame MS, an 'incurable' chronic disease. Went to the best MS centre she could find. Saw the best doctors, received the best care possible. She took the latest, newest drug. Took the recommended chemotherapy, got a motorised, tilt-recline wheelchair. Brain-shrinking diseases include MS, Parkinson's, Huntington's chorea and Alzheimer's. She discovered the connection ... mitochondria problems. Initially she self-treated with fish oil, creatine and co-enzyme Q10. Decline slowed but did not stop. Myelin sheaths deteriorate in brain cells. She then used Vitamins B1, B9 and B12, iodine and omega fatty acids to nourish the myelin sheaths. B vitamins, sulphur and anti-oxidants are required for the mitochonria to work. Then it occurred to her to get all these from food. She embarked on a hunter-gatherer diet. 3 cups of green leaves: rich in B vitamins, vitamins A, C, K and minerals. Kale has the most nutrition per calorie of any plant. 3 cups of sulphur-rich vegetables: Cabbage family, onions, mushrooms, asparagus 3 cups of colour: Beets, peppers, red cabbage, brightly coloured fruits. Grass-fed meat: organ meats are vital sources of vitamins minerals and co-enzyme Q. Seaweed: Iodine and selenium. During the talk she reveals her deteriorated state in a photograph, as she was in 2007, unable to walk without two sticks. She is now a fully recovered survivor of MS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc&feature=player_embedded [Minding your mitochondria | Dr. Terry Wahls | TEDxIowaCity] ~~~~~~~~~~ "Reversing Alzheimer’s Disease" is a presentation by Dr. Dale Bredesen, MD that took place at Silicon Valley Health Institute on November 17, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5aA_-3Ip8 Reversing Alzheimer’s Disease- Dr. Dale Bredesen, MD GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS [GMOs] Glyphosate is the active ingredient found in the weedkiller "Roundup". Chemical companies in America are now producing genetically modified plants, plants which have genes from bacteria inserted into them in order to render them resistant to Glyphosate. This means that more Glyphosate can be aerially sprayed as weedkiller on these plants. Coming up now are 'super weeds' which are resistant to glyphosate, and a corresponding increased amount of glyphosate has to be used to kill them. Also genes are modified during production of plants like BT-corn, which exude an insecticide toxic to pests. These are plants kindly engineered by the chemical companies for us to eat, along with the insecticide they produce, which has been tested by Monsanto itself, and who say that they harmless to humans. Very little large scale independent research has been done on this crop. Also there is some concern now that pests will become resistant to insecticide produced by BT crops. Meanwhile Americans are ingesting plants which are toxic, not only because plants' genes have been altered to make them toxic, but also because of the large amounts of glyphosate applied to them to kill weeds, and also recommended three or four days before harvest using its other property, the desiccant. A documentary, an interesting juxtaposition between polar opposites. Which is the more 'sensible' one? (2 hours long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_DbVdVo-k [90% of the G.M. crop on this planet is owned by Monsanto.] The American FDA appears to be in the pocket of bio-chemical companies, from GM crops down to chemo-drugs. And both of these are toxic in one form or another. 30% of GM crops are bred to exude an insecticide called B.T. By law, food in America doesn't have to carry a GM label. In America, the law on GM foods uses 'gene police' to enforce the law on farmers. I had been in the habit of buying inorganic sweet potatoes, but recently checking the boxes they arrive in, I find that they are imported from America, and don't claim to be GMO free. This has caused me to rethink, for glyphosate used on root crops results in its far greater concentration, and I begin to have a deep distrust of modern American farming methods which, sadly, lobbyists are striving to reproduce in Britain. Stephanie Senef very clearly reminds us that in America only 3% of the inhabitants work in agriculture, so in the US you'll find the cheapest food on earth. Couple this with the fact that in America they have the sickest people, who pay the most for healthcare. Also there's a sharp correlation between glyphosate usage and autism. She mentions as a reference ... http://www.gmoseralini.org/en/ [Support Independent Science] ... a source for independent studies of the effects of these chemicals. E.G. liver damage, kidney damage and huge mammary tumours on female rats fed with these products. Another hazardous chemical is in the wings at the moment, 2-4D. This is a product which uses a derivative of agent orange, the chemical used to deforest Vietnam during the American war there. Can we foresee a future with plants that are glyphosate and 2-4D ready, and one in which more and more of these chemicals are being used in order to counteract the advance of new so-called super-weeds which have now managed to survive standard doses of weedkiller? Along with the Monsanto Act, a law in America which limits reviews and abandons federal safeguards, I fear that this is the future we are looking forward to. China has pulled back from using GMO foodstuffs. This may be because China realises that if it goes the GM route, then American interests will dominate their agricultural market. But America is not far away from us. Monsanto, manufacturer of Roundup, among other US chemical companies, are lobbying behind closed doors in the EU for the same relaxed rules on this as they have over in America. This comes under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. (TTIP) There have been trials on GM farming here in the UK. Now that Britain has left the EU, it seems that we are in a far worse state. Plans are afoot to begin growing GM crops once more. There was an article in the Times on October 26th 2016 that supported GM crops: "Genetically modified food is safe for human consumption and there is no conclusive evidence that it poses a risk to health." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ According to This a response I sent in to The Thunderer: When The Thunderer promotes GMO, exactly what types of GMO are being suggested? Is it the type that produce their own insecticide so that after the harvest, we too can benefit from the ingestion of the same insect killing substance? Or perhaps it's the type that are bred to be 'Roundup Ready', effectively meaning that more herbicide can be sprayed on the crop? In America it's recommended by Monsanto themselves that crops of 'Roundup ready' plants have a final spray of weed-killer as a desiccant just four days before harvest. They say that this is perfectly safe. Here is an interview with a back-peddling Monsanto lobbyist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM [Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe To Drink, Freaks Out When Offered A Glass] Long term, the surrounding weeds such as pigweed become more Roundup resistant, and thus higher amounts of Roundup need to be used. Far from reducing the use of chemicals, they increase it. The Roundup (glyphosate) that has been sprayed on the plant is thus a gift for us from Monsanto, who own the patent both for Roundup, and for the GMO seeds. A very comprehensive article called Glyphnote has been well researched and co-written by Stephanie Senef. "Glyphosate — Suppression of P40 Enzyme's Amino Acid Synthesis by the Gut Mocrobiome Pathways to Modern Disease." An extract: "The consequences of glyphosate and all the things that can go wrong, are most of the diseases and conditions associated with the Western diet. Which include obesity, gastric problems, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer's disease." I refer you to the attached video which gives an interview with Stephanie Senef. She is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She received the B.S. degree in Biophysics in 1968, the M.S. and E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1980, and the Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1985, all from MIT. For over three decades, her research interests have always been at the intersection of biology and computation: developing a computational model for the human auditory system, understanding human language so as to develop algorithms and systems for human computer interactions, as well as applying natural language processing (NLP) techniques to gene predictions. She has published over 170 refereed articles on these subjects, and has been invited to give keynote speeches at several international conferences. She has also supervised numerous Master's and PhD theses at MIT. In 2012, Dr. Seneff was elected Fellow of the International Speech and Communication Association (ISCA). in which she says, "The key thing is that it (glyphosate) produces nutritional deficiencies and toxins in your system." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AHLDXF5aw [The Health Dangers of Roundup (glyphosate) Herbicide. Jeffrey Smith & Stephanie Seneff] The following is from Dr. Thierry Vrain, a former soil biologist and genetic scientist who worked for Agriculture Canada for 30 years. He was the designated spokesperson to assure the public of the safety of GMO crops. Since retiring 10 years ago, after taking into account scientific evidence ignored by most of the bio-tech industry promoters and government regulators, Dr. Vrain has reversed that position and now warns of the dangers of GMOs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVdCTgUs_kw [Interview with Dr. Thierry Vrain] Farmers in both North and South America are finding that rather than being competitive, all of their profits are being fed into GM companies. Monsanto itself holds the patent on 90% of the world's GM seeds, many of which are 'suicidal', in the sense that seeds produced by the plant will not germinate, forcing farmers to rely on the seed supplier who also holds the patent on Roundup. There are also complaints in the US from farmers who have had stray seeds drift onto their land. Because Monsanto owns the patent, it sues the farmers adjacent to the GMO farms for using their seeds, and in many instances the law has forced them into destroying their crop. Mention in your article is also made of the increase in diversity due to GM engineering, when in fact the opposite is true. Due to the chemical and seed drift onto adjacent land, many farmers who grow the same crop, but of a different, organic variety, find that their crops are failing, whereas the roundup crop shrugs off the weedkiller. The following refers to phoney science: "Roundup detectable in the human bloodstream within 30 minutes of exposure. Very unusual for that to happen." This, Published on 13 May 2016: News has been buzzing this week about Monsanto’s RoundUp now that the truth is finally available to the public about the chemical’s deadly properties. America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, discusses the dangers with Thom Hartmann. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEjpkx3KBAc [Roundup Weed Killer Declared Cancer Causing by Agency of World Health Organization] "A Class 2A probable carcinogen." Monsato responds to this result from leading scientific experts and calls it junk science, meeting government agencies behind closed doors, and offering their own in-house studies to refute all other scientific studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgJJD4vB8q4 [‘Probably carcinogenic’ weedkiller found in American food at alarming levels] I had hoped that our exit from the EU would ensure that we weren't to be the recipients of GMO crops. The Thunderer wrote an article extolling the virtues of GM farming. Should they come into production here, I think that rather than Britain becoming world leading in research, it will become world leading in causing much disease. Glyphosate was first used as a de-scaling agent in industry. And it was a marvelous success. It works on Sulphur, Iron, Copper, Zinc, Calcium, Magnesium, Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Selenium. All the metalloproteins in your body work because of the metal element intrinsic to each protein. Glyphosate, as we've already said, has the function of binding metals, and so it binds the metal in those proteins and thus they are no longer able to perform their true function. It came to the attention of a chemical company for its other property, for it is also a top notch antibiotic. (Anti-Bios — Against-Life) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MOBILE PHONES & G3 These are to be treated very carefully. The first 3 minutes of the first video gives the qualifications of the main speaker. The rest talks of a woman with healthy breasts, who after keeping her mobile under her bra by her right breast for some time developed several sources of cancer on her right breast in the vicinity of where she 'stored' her phone. Similarly, phones kept in the back pocket may bring on ovarian cancer. Might be good to let any children that you know watch this. http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/can-your-cell-phone-cause-cancer.html [This Common Phone Habit is DRAMATICALLY Increasing Your Risk of Cancer and Toxic Radiation] You thought smart meters were a problem? A lot of internet and F.B. chat about 5G. This guy installed 4G in Norway and illustrates what can go wrong. In short, 5G radiates at a higher frequency, and higher frequencies travel shorter distances and penetrate walls less effectively. To overcome this, the signal is boosted with a higher wattage to overcome this shortcoming. Think "microwave cooking". Also, because the signal doesn't travel as far, many more masts have to be installed, closer to our homes. Astonishingly, it is not anticipated that companies will spend time researching effects, because the overriding concern is megabucks. https://youtu.be/Qmg_a316qb0 [Global 5G WIFI Will Be INESCAPABLE - What You NEED To Know!] ~~~~~ END ~~~~~ The 1939 CANCER ACT Imagine a time when anybody in the street, any charlatan and his mountebank can offer you a worthless cure for cancer. Some 'snake oil' guaranteed to cure all illnesses. In desperation, suffering from a terminal disease, you would be open to being fleeced by such a ne'er-do-well, spending your life savings on the product of quackery, with effectively no real cure. Although nowadays many of us have become more sophisticated and would be wary of such fraudsters, maybe it was to address this circumstance in 1939 that the Cancer Act was placed on the statute. It appears to be the act of a benevolent government. Some believe that the pharmaceutical industry stand to benefit greatly because of such a law. The contents of section 4 of the Act itself are given at the end of this book. The following is section 4 of the Cancer Act, 1939, as it currently stands, including repealed and altered sections: ~~~~~~~~~~ (1) No person shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement— (a) containing an offer to treat any person for cancer, or to prescribe any remedy therefor, or to give any advice in connection with the treatment thereof (b) [Repealed] (2)If any person contravenes any of the provisions of the foregoing subsection, he shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding [Repealed fifty pounds][level 3 on the standard scale], and, in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding [Repealed one hundred pounds][level 3 on the standard scale] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such a fine and such imprisonment. (3) [Repealed] (4)In any proceedings for a contravention of subsection (1) of this section, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove— (a)that the advertisement to which the proceedings relate was published only so far as was reasonably necessary to bring it to the notice of persons of the following classes or of one or some of them, that is to say,— (i) members of either House of Parliament or of a local authority or of a governing body of a voluntary hospital; (ii) [repealed] (iii) registered medical practitioners; (iv) registered nurses; (v) registered pharmacists and [Repealed F5persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of the M1Medicines Act 1968]; (vi) persons undergoing training with a view to becoming registered medical practitioners, registered nurses or registered pharmacists; (vii) [Repealed] (b)that the said advertisement was published only in a publication of a technical character intended for circulation mainly amongst persons of the classes mentioned in the last preceding paragraph or one of some of those classes; or (c) that the said advertisement was published in such circumstances that he did not know and had no reason to believe that he was taking part in the publication thereof. (5)Nothing in this section shall apply in respect of any advertisement published by a local authority or by the governing body of a voluntary hospital or by any person acting with the sanction of the Minister. (6) [Repealed] [Replaced by 2008 legislation (7)Each of the following may institute proceedings under this section— (a)a county council in England; (b)a non-metropolitan district council for an area in England for which there is no county council; (c)a London borough council; (d)the Common Council of the City of London; or (e)a county council or county borough council in Wales.] (8) In this section the expression “advertisement” includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper or other document, and any announcement made orally or by any means of producing or transmitting sounds. Read more at http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/…/the-1939-cancer…/… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduce a drop of lemon juice into the Petri dish and the amoeba moves away from it. Add a little nourishing tidbit and the amoeba moves towards it. If the self-balancing reaction doesn't happen, the amoeba might be destroyed or starved. These balancing reactions to stimuli are present in all life forms. Some species disguise themselves as tree bark to avoid detection. The octopus changes colour to either hide from predators or to disguise itself when hunting prey. The tiger's stripes break up its outline so that it is more difficult for its prey to see it in jungle and long grass. Many adults use tricks plainly learnt in childhood as a protection against possible aggression. 'White lies' are told when truth-telling is felt to be an inconvenience. Could it be that you are to expect nothing but self-balancing reactions from people that you meet? And if this is so, who can you trust? Diagnosis of serious illness, if one is fortunate, introduces the trick of starting to learn the rules of self-balancing, self-maintenance. Cut out all dependence on any external person's reliability or integrity. Do whatever is necessary to become self-reliant. Be true to yourself.