Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 97 | I am not a doctor and I do not play one on TV, however I researched a lot before I finally got a diagnosis. Everything from vitamin C to carrot juice is offered out there, with no good data. A minister friend of mine decided to try the carrot juice diet, by the time he decided to go in for help the cancer was EVERYWHERE and we will all miss him�
The one horrifying conclusion that I came to was that tumors assimilate other structures, like in my case the lymph node had taken over an artery. If that �tumor� was to suddenly die off then there is nothing to hold the artery wall together???
The numbers from every nation posting said I had better than a 70% chance of survival with approved treatment even as advanced as I was. Our old friend �Chemo Shark� was proven good at going after any small spread� I had even considered waiting 5 months to try to finish up at work, I am so glad I got talked out of that.
If you find that magic bullet let us know!
UncleVern
ENT conjectures before, no PET approved by HMO. Metastasis 11/06. CT 2/07: mass RT sub-mandibular gland. 7 CM mass/tonsil, base of tongue removed, biopsies 2/07 and 3/07. Vein lost, RT face numb. PET scan: spot in chest, un-investigated. Oral surgery 4/07. 3X Cisplatin and 32X IMRT from 4/07-5/07.
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