In 1995 I wrote published and sold the book "Essiac Fighting the cancer in our system". In it I wrote the following story."
It was a lovely spring afternoon, and John was weeding his garden, when a prickle (thorn/splinter) went into his index finger and broke off inside his finger when he tried to pull it out. He said a few bad words, but he was tough and carried on working. By the time he went in for dinner he had forgotten all about the prickle and had his dinner and then sat down with his wife to watch a movie on TV.
Some days later John noticed his finger was a bit swollen and thought I must remember to fix that when I get home from work. But it was weeks later he noticed a red line moving up the inside of his wrist and forearm, but he was driving to work, and he decided to fix it when he got home. But it was a tough day at work and he was glad to just get home and fall into the easy chair and rest that night.
A few weeks later he was in the shower and he felt a lump under his arm. It was tender and sore. Now he could see the red line leading up to it from his index finger. He decided he better do something about it, and called the doctor for an appointment. The doctor said to come and see him in two days, which he did.
At the appointment he told the doctor he had the lump under his arm, and that he thought it was from a prickle he got in his index finger weeks ago. The doctor was very busy and asked john to take off his top and show him the swelling under the are. It was now much bigger and painful to the touch. I don't like the look of this said the doctor. I want you to see a specialist about this.
So John went home and in a week received an appointment to go to see a surgeon in a fortnight. His underarm area was causing him great discomfort when he finally saw the surgeon. The surgeon took one look at the area and said I am going to have to remove that lump immediately, can you come back next Monday for the surgery.
John went home and took some more pain killers to await his surgery. Within a week he had no swollen glands under his arm and in time no pain. But he didn't have an arm either. This is what cancer surgeons do. they do ot know what causes the cancer so removing the lump does not cure anything unless they happen to accidentally remove it during the surgery.
This is a very important story to introduce my web site, and modern medicine. A Professor of Oncology I was working with at the time, reviewed my book before it was published. He asked me where I got the story. I told him I had written it myself. Then he asked me if he could use it in his lectures, and I agreed.
Take your time to decide your treatments.
This is the latest research from US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25868305
AbstractSend to:
Acta Clin Croat. 2014 Dec;53(4):390-8.
Effect of delays on survival in patients with lung carcinoma in Montenegro.
Živkovic D.
Abstract
Lung cancer is a global medical problem with a rising incidence and 5-year survival of 5%-10%. The aim of this study was to investigate whether waiting times and delays in diagnosis and treatment of patients with lung carcinoma have any bearing on prognosis and survival. The study was performed in the Brezovik Special Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis. The study included all cases with the diagnosis of lung carcinoma in the Republic of Montenegro in 2009, a total of 206 patients, with follow up until the end of 2010. Median age was 66, median Karnofsky score 80, and male to female ratio 5:1. Diagnostic procedure was bronchoscopy in 89% of patients. Histologic type was small cell lung cancer in 25.7% and non small cell lung cancer in 74.3% of cases. Surgery was the main treatment for 24.4% of patients. Median delay from first symptoms to diagnosis of lung cancer was 10.35 weeks, mean 8 weeks (median patient's delay was 6.20 weeks, doctor's delay at primary health care 2.07 weeks and in pulmonology services 2.37 weeks). Median survival time for all patients was 39.27 weeks, mean 34. There was no statistically significant difference between patient's delay/doctor's delay/total delay and stage of lung carcinoma at the time of diagnosis, treatment choice and survival. Our results indicate that longer delay is not associated with poorer prognosis of lung carcinoma. The possible ways of reducing mortality of lung cancer include prevention by decreasing smoking prevalence and improved therapeutic options.
Median is the middle number, when the list is in order of size: EG 3, 3, 3, 4, 9, 10, 17 (4 is the Median)
Mean is the average EG 3+3+3+4+9+10+17 total is 49. Average is 49/7=7
Note: 1. Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in 2015, has been for many years, and according to the World Health Organisation will still be the biggest cancer killer in 2030.
Note: 2. There are 52 weeks in a year. Most of the people in the above research lived for less than 52 weeks with surgery. How long would they have lived without the surgery? Longer?
My mother-in-law went to 4 appointments and 2 GP's before she was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Previously she was just imagining the pain and constipation' according to her GP. When another found the bowel cancer it was considered it was so urgent she had to have surgery the next day, her bowel removed, and a bag fitted. She went for all her checks and eventually was told she was disease free long enough to be considered cured.
BUT (pardon the pun, but there is always a but) nearly 6 years after she had the surgery she was having trouble breathing, and was rushed to hospital. Then we were told she had metastasis of her bowel cancer into her lung. It was inoperable and too far advanced to respond to other treatments and her life expectancy was less than a year. No when I hear about 5 year survival and think of her, and how she survived for more than 5 years. But if you are a middle aged grand mum watching your new grandchild or grandchildren starting school, and looking forward to baby sitting and seeing them grow, 5 years is nothing. It is a blink in a lifetime, and in my case my 2 children who were born in that 6 years, remember nothing of their grandmother. And if I had known what I do now, I am sure she would have been with us for many more years than she was.
Research into Worldwide Cancer Statistics at the beginning of the 21st Century shows
the number of cancer cases is increasing continuously.
In 2003 the World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that cancer rates could increase worldwide by 50%
from 10 million new cases yearly in 2000 to 15 million new cases yearly in 2015.
In developed countries, approximately 50% of patients diagnosed with cancer die from the acual disease.
In developing countries the mortality rate rises to 80% largely due to late detection.
The incidence of cancer in developed countries is about twice as high as less economically advantaged
countries, possible due to the higher incidence of smoking, industrial exposure and diet/obesity.
The most common cancers overall worldwide are lung, colon and stomach cancer.
In men, lung and stomach cancer are the most common.
In women breast and cervical cancer have the highest incidence.
The most common types of cancer in affluent countries are lung, breast, colon, and prostate
cancer whereas stomach and liver cancer are far more prevalent in `developing countries.
In 2000 according to the WHO there were 6.4 million deaths attributed directly to cancer worldwide.
The Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) estimates that by 2020, there will be 10 million
deaths from cancer per year worldwide, based on current mortality rates that indicate
that cancer accounts for 13% (7.6 million) deaths worldwide.
AICR base these figures on an aging global population, smoking, poor diet and the spread of infectious diseases linked
to cancer.
In 2006 there were 25 million people worldwide suffering from cancer. Now in 2015 there are 32.6 million living with cancer (within 5 years of diagnosis, and many more if you consider those who have had it more than just 5 years)
Probably a third of the current cancers are preventable.
Probably another third of the current cancers are treatable with medical methods.
The medical approach then is to address the preventable third, in particular smoking,
to give the appearance there is progress in the treatment of cancer.
"Chemotherapy Market Insights, 2006-2016", a report published by Spectra Intelligence in 2006 states:
The oncology market is currently the fastest growing in the pharmaceutical industry, driven by the explosion of potential therapeutic targets revealed by the molecular genetic assessments of cancer biology and fuelled by the magnitude of the disease worldwide, which shows every indication of increased incidence and sustained mortality rates over the next decade.
Therefore in summery we can say that cancer is a growing deadly disease that is partly preventable and partly treatable with modern medicine, but there appears little chance of preventing the rapid expansion of the disease in our lifetime without a radical change which is not expected from the ever increasingly expensive new drugs being developed.
Many people know nothing about cancer until it hits them or their family for the first time, literally. Here is a case I read on the net that is food for thought. A man is taking legal action against his Health Insurer...
"In a typical insurance policy, what you have to pay is generally capped," says Antony Stuart, a Los Angeles attorney who has represented about a dozen policyholders suing HealthMarkets. "These (policies) are upside down, where what the company has to pay is capped and what you have to pay is not."
One of Stuart's clients is Christopher Closson, whose lawsuit alleges he bought a health insurance policy in 2003 from Mega Life that Closson thought covered a broad range of medical costs.
It was only after his wife, Kathy, was diagnosed with colon cancer that they learned the policy's payment caps of $800 a night for hospital care and $1,250 a day for chemotherapy were far below what such care costs, Closson's lawsuit says. By the time Kathy died at age 40 in 2005, the couple owed more than $200,000 to hospitals and doctors, according to the lawsuit filed in California state court.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/insurance/2007-09-04-limited-coverage_N.htm
If I buy a new car and the brakes fail a month later, and my wife dies in the accident, I sue the car manufacturer for millions especially if it is a common occurrance.
If my wife gets bowel cancer and the doctors can't treat it, they will treat her any way and charge me $200,000 when she dies.
It is not sufficient to say we did our best or we did not know if you are a car manufacturer, but fine if you are a professional oncological specialist with years of university study, research and training in this one field of medicine. This man should be getting compensation for the loss of his young wife and the side effects she (and her family) had to endure for pointless treatment. Welcome to the cancer industry, little care, no responsibility, but give us all your money and then some.
Most people see a doctor at his practice. This is fine for getting a diagnosis, but if I have cancer I want to see a doctor who has stopped practicing and is curing people. So when I, a father of a 3 year old son and with a wife expecting a girl in 2 months, was told I had cancer inside me in 1995, and couldn't find a doctor who cures cancer, I treated myself with herbs, and that is why I am still here cancer free in 2015, and I paid no medical bills!
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