Health

[tockmal]

No, his name here is Oakwilt.

 

 

Very good mb, I was wondering if Oakwilt thought it was Lycopene. Maybe he'll let us know?

[MasterBlaster]

I'm so very sure he will.

[tockmal]

I'm so very sure he will.

 

Thats good as I am interested to hear what he says.

[Oakwilt]

Masterblaster, like his beloved national leaders (Bush and co.), is full of hogwash.

 

I had a year of chemotherapy of methotrexate, Vincristine, Mitoxantrone and Bexxar for nonHodgkin's lymphoma, stage four. Then a bone marrow transplant, atologous, during which I was given a new heart donated by a teenager killed by a drunk driver.

 

My survival was due to many factors, eating appropriately was one, spirit and soul, another, and having these therapies done by doctors other than American were principle along with a health care regimen not issued by standard American protocols.

 

Sorry Butch, things are always more complicated than you choose to see them, but I forgive you, you're looking at the world through tainted vision.

[Anonymous]

Wow!

 

Well done for enduring all that.

 

Best wishes for the future.

[tockmal]

I had a year of chemotherapy of methotrexate, Vincristine, Mitoxantrone and Bexxar for nonHodgkin's lymphoma, stage four. Then a bone marrow transplant, atologous, during which I was given a new heart donated by a teenager killed by a drunk driver.

 

My survival was due to many factors, eating appropriately was one, spirit and soul, another, and having these therapies done by doctors other than American were principle along with a health care regimen not issued by standard American protocols.

 

 

Incedible story Oakwilt.

 

Glad your here to tell us all.

 

and having these therapies done by doctors other than American were principle

 

The above statement - Do you mean holistic medicine? alternative therapies? Why the questioning of American doctor's abilities?

 

Sorry for the questions but it is important.

 

Thanks

[MasterBlaster]

Masterblaster, like his beloved national leaders (Bush and co.), is full of hogwash.

 

I had a year of chemotherapy of methotrexate, Vincristine, Mitoxantrone and Bexxar for nonHodgkin's lymphoma, stage four. Then a bone marrow transplant, atologous, during which I was given a new heart donated by a teenager killed by a drunk driver.

 

My survival was due to many factors, eating appropriately was one, spirit and soul, another, and having these therapies done by doctors other than American were principle along with a health care regimen not issued by standard American protocols.

 

Sorry Butch, things are always more complicated than you choose to see them, but I forgive you, you're looking at the world through tainted vision.

 

 

Just a misunderstanding, brudder. Just like you having said you had open chest surgery w/o anesthesia. I probably read that wrong, too.

[Oakwilt]

I'm allergic to anesthesia and wouldn't survive a general.

 

Meditation was necessary and local helped. If you even experienced having a sternum CRACKED open while coherent and alert, three times total, you'd appreciate lidocaine and Hindu mind exercises.

 

 

 

The "american" part of the therapies was the initial year-long chemo protocols, standard and conventional. While it reduced the tumor loads it also mutated the cancer cells into a more virulent strain making a new diagnosis necessary and that brought the experimental transplant to me, thru a consortium of physicians working together - from heart specialists to nutritionists to radiation oncologists to geneticists. 14 to be exact and four of them Iraqi, huh right? The same people MB seems to want all bombed into oblivion (too bad they make better physicians than the Harvard exam-cheating greedy pill pushers from Boston and New York).

 

1993 I was diagnosed, '94 the transplant. Other than a head-on highway collision without a seat belt, I stay away from docs and more so....American hospitals. 40% of the deaths of people who die in hospitals here are caused by something other than what they came in to have fixed or treated, evidence enough that our system is broken.

 

I'm what they hesitate to called "cured", as no cure is possible with NHL, only long-term remissions but I'm over the median survival rate by ten years and no cells have ever been found in my blood or marrow since.

 

If I had to do it all over again, I would as it helped me see things and understand life and fairness better than most spoiled people with limited experiences, most of all the special gift we all have as humans, all of us not just white middle=class Americans.

[Oakwilt]

And oh yeah, I forgot.

 

Native American traditional medicine was a large part of my therapies as well. My wife is a traditional Cherokee (you know her in England as Gayle Ross) who connected me to some healers here. This is medicine practiced, mostly herbal with spiritual administrations, that's all but died out here since America as we know it is based on the obliteration of the native peoples and their practices...only recently allowed to return but Western ideals also exploiting it to profit from, of course.

 

Tocmal, if you're in need of some personal pointers I'd be glad to help you out.

[tockmal]

I'm allergic to anesthesia and wouldn't survive a general.

 

Meditation was necessary and local helped. If you even experienced having a sternum CRACKED open while coherent and alert, three times total, you'd appreciate lidocaine and Hindu mind exercises.

 

 

 

The "american" part of the therapies was the initial year-long chemo protocols, standard and conventional. While it reduced the tumor loads it also mutated the cancer cells into a more virulent strain making a new diagnosis necessary and that brought the experimental transplant to me, thru a consortium of physicians working together - from heart specialists to nutritionists to radiation oncologists to geneticists. 14 to be exact and four of them Iraqi, huh right? The same people MB seems to want all bombed into oblivion (too bad they make better physicians than the Harvard exam-cheating greedy pill pushers from Boston and New York).

 

1993 I was diagnosed, '94 the transplant. Other than a head-on highway collision without a seat belt, I stay away from docs and more so....American hospitals. 40% of the deaths of people who die in hospitals here are caused by something other than what they came in to have fixed or treated, evidence enough that our system is broken.

 

I'm what they hesitate to called "cured", as no cure is possible with NHL, only long-term remissions but I'm over the median survival rate by ten years and no cells have ever been found in my blood or marrow since.

 

If I had to do it all over again, I would as it helped me see things and understand life and fairness better than most spoiled people with limited experiences, most of all the special gift we all have as humans, all of us not just white middle=class Americans.

 

Very inspiring story. You should write a book about it. Sounds like having faith in some non-western healing/medition helped a great deal. Most people just assume that 'alternative' remedies/holistic medicine is mumbo jumbo. I guess you have to find what works for you?

 

Unfortunatley, I think there are just as many fraudsters in the alternative medicine scene as there are in conventional medical care. As usual market forces have helped turn alternative remedies/holistic medicine into a money making racket and its now very difficult to decide who and what methods are genuine or right for your illness/ailment. I believe the most important thing is having the right frame of mind to confront it. If you dont have that its crucial to have people around you who can provide the support and encouragement you need.

 

Very few people have had the experience you have had of a successful combination of conventional western medicine and other less known methods of treatment, so its interesting to hear your story.

 

Thanks for telling it here.