3 MONTH CHECK

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Well going into today's 3 month check, we knew that Mike was going to have to make some sort of decision on how to proceed with his fight against his cancer.   Last week Mike had CEA blood testing for his appointment today with his oncologist, Dr. Wyshock.  As we are able to get patient test results through a connection with our local hospital, we found out that Mike's CEA level had risen to 949.

Mike was advised that we had three options:  to go back to his previous chemo regimen, go back to Germany, or do nothing,   Mike told the doctor that going to Germany was not an option primarily I thought, because of the cost,   I thought that maybe he could do to Germany by himself and maybe not have to stay for a full 3 weeks which would be cheaper.   However, after we spoke, Mike made me realize that at this point in time, going to Germany would not help because of his higher level which made sense. When we initially went to Germany, Mike's CEA level was only 54.  The three weeks there brought the level down to 5.  Also, they will only do hyperthermia for 3 weeks at a time.   Those 3 weeks would not be able to bring down the level enough in that amount of time,

Mike, therefore decided to repeat the chemo regimen again.  He will again suffer with the same side effects of his treatment which include an electrical shock-like sensation in his hands, inability to touch anything cold, inability to eat anything cold, a pin prick sensation in his throat if he does eat anything cold or breathes in cold air, sensitivity all over his body to cold.  He will start his treatments on Monday, March 3, 2014.   He will be there all day for his "cocktail".   He hopefully will not start feeling sick until Wednesday, and then hopefully will be feeling better for the weekend.   He should then be good the whole next week until he returns for the next treatment 2 weeks later.  It is going to be a little tougher this time due to the time of year that he is starting this because of the cold weather we are currently having.  It was tough enough the last time when he started this in the warmer weather of April

The dr. then scheduled a CT scan for Friday, February 28th.   This scan can then the compared to the last one Mike had done in July before we went to Germany.   After leaving the oncologist's office, we both realized that the dr. did not tell us how many treatments Mike would require for this round.  If things go the same, he will probably have 6 treatments over 12 weeks and then have testing again to see if there has been any change. We can then compare the last 2 tests and see if anything shrunk or if his CEA level was brought down.

 I am hoping that Mike does not suffer too much with this round of treatment.   He has been so regimented in the things he is doing to treat this horrible disease.  There is no one more disciplined than he is.  He is trying to do everything right for his body and then sees people who have no regard for what they are putting into and doing to their bodies.  Please cherish the good health that you have and do not take it for granted.

I will keep you posted on how Mike progresses this time around.   I wanted to thank everyone who has shown interest in this blog. Hopefully Mike has inspired others in searching out alternative measures and striving to do all you can to help take care of your body.

REBOUNDING ON A TRAMPOLINE

Rebounding: Good for the Lymph System

The body has a built-in need for activation. The lymph system, for example, bathes every cell, carrying nutrients to the cell and waste products away. Yet the lymph is totally dependent on physical exercise to move.

Without adequate movement, the cells are left stewing in their own waste products and starving for nutrients, a situation that contributes to arthritis, cancer and other degenerative diseases. Vigorous exercise such as rebounding [jumping on a therapeutic mini-trampoline] is reported to increase lymph flow by 15 to 30 times. Also, bones become stronger with exercise.

Vertical motion workouts such as rebounding are much different and much more beneficial and efficient than horizontal motion workouts, such as jogging or running.

The lymph fluid moves through channels called “vessels” that are filled with one-way valves, so it always moves in the same direction. The main lymph vessels run up the legs, up the arms and up the torso. This is why the vertical up-and-down movement of rebounding is so effective to pump the lymph.

Rebounding For Detoxification And Immune System Benefits

The rebounding motion stimulates all internal organs, moves the cerebral-spinal fluid and the aqueous fluid within the eyes (many people claim improved eyesight), and does wonders for the intestines. Many immune cells such as T-lymphocytes and macrophages are self-propelled by amoebic action. These cells contain molecules identical to those in muscle tissue. All cells in the body become stronger in response to the increased G-force during rebounding, and this cellular exercise results in the self-propelled immune cells being up to five times more active. The job description of these cells includes eating viruses, bacteria and even cancer cells, so it is good that they be active. This exercise directly strengthens the immune system.

Rebounding is an exercise that reduces your body fat; firms your legs, thighs, abdomen, arms, and hips; increases your agility; and improves your sense of balance. Rebounding strengthens your muscles overall, provides an aerobic effect for your heart, rejuvenates your body when it’s tired, and generally puts you in a state of health and fitness.

Jumping on a rebounder is remarkably gentle on the joints. There’s no solid ground to suddenly stop the bouncing of your feet. Your movements are perfectly safe, and they make the effect of gravity beneficial.

Some benefits of rebounding include:
• 20 minutes of rebounding = 1 hour of running for cardiovascular workout
• Easy on the bones and joints (when using a therapeutic rebounder)
• Rebounding strengthens the heart muscle
• Profound body detoxification is possible

By working against constant gravitational pressure while bouncing, you resist Earth’s pull. Your resistance is subtle, but it builds cellular strength. Rebounding’s alternating weightlessness and double gravity produce a pumping action that pulls out waste products from the cells and forces into them oxygen and nutrition from the bloodstream.

The Detoxification Effect of Rebounding

The lymphatic system is the metabolic garbage can of the body. It rids you of toxins such as dead and cancerous cells, nitrogenous wastes, infectious viruses, heavy metals, and other assorted junk cast off by the cells. The movement performed in rebounding provides the stimulus for a free-flowing system that drains away these potential poisons.

Unlike the arterial system, the lymphatic system does not have its own pump. It has no heart muscle to move the fluid around through its lymph vessels. There are just three ways to activate the flow of lymph away from the tissues it serves and back into the main pulmonary circulation. Lymphatic flow requires muscular contraction from exercise and movement, gravitational pressure, and internal massage to the valves of lymph ducts. Rebounding supplies all three methods of removing waste products from the cells and from the body.

The Muscular Effect of Rebounding

James White, Ph.D., director of research and rehabilitation in the physical education department at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), has explained how jumping for health offers a true physical strengthening effect to the muscles.
“Rebounding allows the muscles to go through the full range of motion at equal force. It helps people learn to shift their weight properly and to be aware of body positions and balance,” says White.
An advocate of rebounding for athletic conditioning, White uses the rebounder in his rehabilitation program at UCSD. “When you jump, jog, and twist on this [jumping] device, you can exercise for hours without getting tired. It’s great practice for skiing, it improves your tennis stroke, and it’s a good way to burn off calories and lose weight,” says White.
“My students tell me it’s so much fun that they often exercise on the rebounders for their own enjoyment.”
White adds that jumping for health is more effective for fitness and weight loss than cycling, running or jogging, and it has the added advantage of producing fewer injuries.

The gentle bounce of rebounding is effective in returning natural, regular bowel movements to chronically constipated persons. The steady bounce sets up a pulsating rhythm transmitted by the nervous system to the brain area responsible for regulating the intestinal system, which reestablishes one’s rhythmical bowel activity. Digestion is improved as well.

It is important to realize that as you age, your body may become more toxic due to the pollutants in today’s world. It is also important to realize that if you have a disease, your cellular structure is compromised, as your cells are already being robbed of the correct oxygen, mineral and nutrient compounds that they need to stay healthy.

Rebounding is beneficial, but other commonsense health practices are also important to maximize health and well-being.

About the Author:
Dave Scrivens, certified lymphologist, is Canada’s first full-time practicing lymphologist, and is co-author (with Philipa Corning, Ph.D.) of “The Importance of Mobilizing the Lymphatic System,” published in Quest (Winter edition, 2006), a Canadian journal that focuses on remedies for fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalomylitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Scrivens: 613-276-3544 or www.bodybgood.ca.
This article is from the Well Being Journal. For annotations, see May/June 2008 issue, Vol. 17, No. 3.


This is the mini trampoline we purchased from WalMart.

INFRA RED SAUNA TREATMENT

The next item we purchased was an infra red sauna.   Mike had been undergoing these saunas once a week at a local alternative health practice along with his Vitamin C infusions.    He now can do this at home at his convenience.  He usually does this every other day for a 1/2 hour.   The sauna pulls the toxins out of his body.

The following comes from Rethinking Cancer

Infrared Sauna Therapy For Cancer

By Lawrence Wilson, M.D.

Inhibiting the Sympathetic Nervous System Relaxes and Heals the Body



The sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system in our bodies activates the brain, muscles, thyroid and adrenal glands in response to stress.
However, it strongly inhibits digestion, the immune response and eliminative organ function as well. Cancer patients desperately need more immune, digestive and eliminative activity.
Saunas have the ability to powerfully reduce the activity of the sympathetic system.
William Donald Kelley, DDS, shortly before he recently passed on, endorsed the use of only the near infrared sauna for the cancer patients.
Saunas powerfully inhibit the sympathetic system in several ways
*Heating the body greatly slows normal heat production, a sympathetic activity. (See Guyton, A., Textbook of Medical Physiology, 6th ed, p. 892). Saunas draw blood from the center to the periphery of the body to dissipate the heat. This also opposes an important sympathetic nervous activity, which is to draw blood to the central part of the body as a protection against attack.

Saunas cause the body to eliminate toxic substances of many kinds that irritate the tissues, keeping the body in a sympathetic state. These toxins include most pesticides, hundreds of other toxic chemicals and a number of extremely toxic metals as well, such as mercury.
Hyperthermia Damages and Even Kills Cancer Tissue
Hyperthermia is a well-known method of disabling weaker and more heat-sensitive cancers. While saunas are not nearly as potent as hyperthermia at 106-108 degrees E, infrared saunas can heat the body a few degrees, causing a fever. This is a much gentler method, much slower, but safer method and easier to tolerate and control.

Infrared lamp saunas are much better for this purpose than traditional saunas because near infrared saunas penetrate the skin and heat the tissues several inches inside the'body. Also, the lligts can be directed right at the cancer, which cannot be done with any other sauna, including far infrared or traditional types of saunas. This is another powerful advantage of the near infrared lamp sauna.

Improving Circulation Powerfully Removes Dead Cancer Tissue and Greatly Supports Nutrition and Oxygenation of the Body

Cancer often grows in tissues with poor circulation. This is unfortunately a cause of cancer all by itself. Saunas powerfully shunt the blood from the internal organs to the periphery of the body in an attempt to get rid of the heat. They also increase circulation to the lungs, improving oxygenation. This combination has a powerful stimulating effect on circulation. This can be an incalculable benefit for cancer patients, many of whom cannot or should not exercise much, and is particularly good for older patients as well for this same reason.

Decongesting The Liver And Other Internal Organs

Congestion of the liver, kidneys and other internal organs inhibits the detoxification of all toxic substances in our bodies. This is a very critical problem for cancer patients. For this reason, Dr. Max Gerson, MD, recommended coffee enemas, juices and other methods to assist liver and colon elimination.

Sauna therapy with near infrared, in particular, assists detoxification of these organs in two ways. We have already mentioned improved circulation to the entire body.

However, even more important is that saunas move blood away from the center of the body toward the extremities to get rid of the heat. This helps decongest the internal organs in a wonderful way. This is a key to their proper use as well. The sauna must be used several times daily for the best results, unless the patient cannot tolerate it well, then one session daily is okay. This is one reason we want patients to have their own inexpensive sauna unit at home


Here are pictures of the sauna we purchased:

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JUICING

The Gerson Therapy is a natural treatment that activates the body’s extraordinary ability to heal itself through an organic, vegetarian diet, raw juices, coffee enemas and natural supplements.

With its whole-body approach to healing, the Gerson Therapy naturally reactivates your body’s magnificent ability to heal itself – with no damaging side effects. This a powerful, natural treatment boosts the body’s own immune system to heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease, allergies, and many other degenerative diseases. Dr. Max Gerson developed the Gerson Therapy in the 1930s, initially as a treatment for his own debilitating migraines, and eventually as a treatment for degenerative diseases such as skin tuberculosis, diabetes and, most famously, cancer.

The Gerson Therapy‘s all-encompassing nature sets it apart from most other treatment methods. The Gerson Therapy effectively treats a wide range of different ailments because it restores the body’s incredible ability to heal itself. Rather than treating only the symptoms of a particular disease, the Gerson Therapy treats the causes of most degenerative diseases: toxicity and nutritional deficiency.
An abundance of nutrients from copious amounts of fresh, organic juices are consumed every day, providing your body with a super-dose of enzymes, minerals and nutrients. These substances then break down diseased tissue in the body, while coffee enemas aid in eliminating toxins from the liver.
Throughout our lives our bodies are being filled with a variety of carcinogens and toxic pollutants. These toxins reach us through the air we breathe, the food we eat, the medicines we take and the water we drink. The Gerson Therapy’s intensive detoxification regimen eliminates these toxins from the body, so that true healing can begin.

How the Gerson Therapy Works

The Gerson Therapy regenerates the body to health, supporting each important metabolic requirement by flooding the body with nutrients from about 15- 20 pounds of organically grown fruits and vegetables daily. Most is used to make fresh raw juice, up to one glass every hour, up to 13 times per day. Raw and cooked solid foods are generously consumed. Oxygenation is usually more than doubled, as oxygen deficiency in the blood contributes to many degenerative diseases. The metabolism is also stimulated through the addition of thyroid, potassium and other supplements, and by avoiding heavy animal fats, excess protein, sodium and other toxins.

Degenerative diseases render the body increasingly unable to excrete waste materials adequately, commonly resulting in liver and kidney failure. The Gerson Therapy uses intensive detoxification to eliminate wastes, regenerate the liver, reactivate the immune system and restore the body’s essential defenses – enzyme, mineral and hormone systems. With generous, high-quality nutrition, increased oxygen availability, detoxification, and improved metabolism, the cells – and the body – can regenerate, become healthy and prevent future illness.

Juicing

 Fresh pressed juice from raw foods provides the easiest and most effective way of providing high quality nutrition. By juicing, patients can take in the nutrients and enzymes from nearly 15 pounds of produce every day, in a manner that is easy to digest and absorb.

Every day, a typical patient on the Gerson Therapy for cancer consumes up to thirteen glasses of fresh, raw carrot/apple and green-leaf juices. These juices are prepared hourly from fresh, raw, organic fruits and vegetables, using a two-step juicer or a masticating juicer used with a separate hydraulic press.

We purchased the Jack LaLane juicer from Amazon which works great.    The recipe Mike uses tastes pretty good.    It includes romaine lettuce, spinach, kale, cucumber, green squash, celery, granny smith apple, lemon, line, and ginger.  We purchase the vegetables on the weekend and Mike freezes cups of this for him to drink throughout the week.  We do not know how much vitamins are lost this way, but with all the other things he does throughout the week after he gets home from work, he is not able to do this fresh every day.  

 Sorry, for some reason, I could not get the pictures to turn.  There is a disposal container that catches the wastes from the vegetables and fruits that makes clean up easy.

 

 

 

 

Another thing that was suggested to Mike by  a fellow patient at the clinic was coffee enemas, especially with his liver cancer.   He is only able to do this on the weekends.   

 

Detoxification

Coffee enemas are the primary method of detoxification of the tissues and blood on the Gerson Therapy. Cancer patients on the Gerson Therapy may take up to 5 coffee enemas per day. Charlotte Gerson explains the necessity of coffee enemas in Healing the Gerson Way:

“The moment a patient is put on the full therapy, the combined effect of the food, the juices and the medication causes the immune system to attack and kill tumor tissue, besides working to flush out accumulated toxins from the body tissues. This great clearing-out procedure carries the risk of overburdening and poisoning the liver—the all-important organ of detoxification, which, in a cancer patient, is bound to be already damaged and debilitated.”

Coffee enemas accomplish this essential task, assisting the liver in eliminating toxic residues from the body for good. 

Is the Gerson Therapy Right For You?

No treatment works for everyone, every time. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not giving you the facts. We know that when you have been diagnosed with a life-threatening ailment, choosing the best strategy for fighting your illness can be a bewildering task. Everyone claims to have either “the best treatment”, “the fastest cure”, or “the only therapy that works.” In most cases your trusted family physician only has knowledge of conventional treatments, and is either unaware of, or even hostile toward alternative options.
No matter how many opinions you receive on how to treat your disease, you are going to make the final decision on what to do, and you must be comfortable with your decision. Choose a treatment that makes the most sense to you.
Most therapies–conventional or alternative–treat only the individual symptoms while ignoring what is ultimately causing the disease. The reason the Gerson Therapy is effective with so many different ailments is because it restores the body’s incredible ability to heal itself. Rather than treating only the symptoms of a particular disease, the Gerson Therapy treats the cause of the disease itself. Although we feel the Gerson Therapy is the most comprehensive treatment for disease, we don’t claim it will cure everything or everyone.

Caution: Do not start the Gerson Therapy if any of the following conditions apply without referring to Charlotte Gerson’s book, Healing the Gerson Way, or without the supervision of a Gerson doctor:

• Chemotherapy
• Diabetes
• Brain metastases
• Severe kidney damage and/or if the patient has ever been on dialysis
• Foreign bodies such as pacemakers, breast implants, steel plates or screws.

Patients must be able to eat, drink and eliminate normally


PRODUCTS MIKE USES IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

January 25,  2014

I wanted to write a post about the appliances/machines  that Mike uses in his fight against cancer.  I have spoke about things he does while using these things, but I wanted to show you what he does use.
There are many things out there to try and use, but each person has to decide what route they want to take and what will be best for them.  

Prior to going to the clinic in Germany, we talked to two gentleman who had been there for treatment and asked what they were doing on their own at home to control their cancer.   They told us about water filtration systems that they use. Cancer loves the body to be in a state of acidity.  Mike decided this was one of the first things he was going to do.  So we purchased  a water filtration system. 

This system takes chemicals and metals out of the water. This machine will make alkaline, purified, or acidic water.  Therefore, Mike drinks the alkaline water to put his body in the opposite direction of what the cancer wants.   He even has our dogs drinking the alkaline water.   I have just started drinking this myself.  In the beginning, Mike dove headfirst into drinking the highest level of Alkaline water he could.  However, it gave him flu-like symptoms.   The body has to be gradually adjusted to this.   The highest level on this machine is a 4 which has a pH of 9.5.   I am currently at a level of 3.  The following is taken from lifeionizers.com.  


Alkaline water is water with a pH of greater than 7. In nature, water gets alkalinity from the minerals it absorbs. The most common minerals found in alkaline water are calcium, magnesium and potassium. These minerals are commonly found in tap water as mineral carbonates such as calcium carbonates and magnesium carbonates. Tap water rich in mineral carbonates is considered to be hard water.

Did you know? Hard water with it’s mineral carbonates can also be alkaline water if it has a pH of greater than 7. But it’s not the same kind of alkaline water that you get from a water ionizer!
Water ionizers make tap water more alkaline by separating the minerals from the carbonates. Once freed of the carbonates, the minerals chemically combine with hydroxyl ions taken from water molecules - to form mineral hydroxides. These mineral hydroxides - calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide are recognized by the FDA for their contribution to human nutrition (FDA GRAS).

Alkaline water from a water ionizer has been in the USA for about 20 years, but has been studied and consumed in Asia for over a 50 years. The US FDA has not evaluated alkaline water for health purposes since it is not considered a drug; the information on this page about alkaline water comes from Japan and the Mayo Clinic in the USA.

A pH of 9.5 is recommended for daily use

Read more: http://www.lifeionizers.com/water-facts/alkaline-water.html#ixzz2rReczKG8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are three main benefits to Ionized Water.

First and foremost, it is a powerful antioxidant. People spend hundreds of dollars a month purchasing antioxidants because they are anti-diseases, anti-aging, anti-cancer, which they accomplish through neutralizing free radicals. Free Radical damage causes us to age and causes disease. Since Ionized Water is a liquid antioxidant, it is easily absorbed into the body which makes it much more effective and a powerful antioxidant.

Once the Ionized Antioxidant in the form of Hydroxyl Ions (oxygen molecule with an extra electron) donates its extra electrons to free radicals (oxygen molecule that is missing one electron) you are left with lots of oxygen. Ionized Water gives you Energy by providing your body with lots of oxygen! This is one of the most incredible aspects of Ionized Water!  ( cancer does not like oxygen)

Secondly, Ionized Water Balances body pH because it is very alkaline. Our diet is often extremely acidic . Soft drinks, fast foods & processed foods deposit acid waste in our bodies that builds up over time and creates an ideal environment for diseases of all kinds to thrive. Look at any cancer patient for instance and their bodies are invariably acidic to some degree. This is, of course, true even with children. Chronic soft drink consumers such as children put themselves in grave danger by allowing their bodies to build up acid waste. Many end up with serious diseases at a very young age. Maintaining an alkaline pH (6.9-7.2) helps us to maintain an environment in our bodies that is NOT conducive to disease. It may take years depending on how acidic your body is, but Ionized Water, because of its alkaline properties, will flush acid waste from our bodies.

Ionized Water is meant to work as a preventative measure, however if you are ill with any disease it always helps to stay Alkaline. Spirulina and Chlorella are also good for this.

Thirdly, Ionized Water has a different molecular cluster size. It contains only five to six water molecules instead of the ten to thirteen that conventional water molecule clusters have. It has changed from an irregular shape that is 10-13 molecule to a hexagonal regular shape that is half the size. This smaller or "reduced" water is much more hydrating than conventional water. There are two consequences of this. First, Ionized Water is much more hydrating than conventional water and, second, it is extremely detoxifying.

The detoxification properties of Ionized Water are powerful and astounding. They simply can not be ignored. A Water Ionizer has different levels of intensity because the average person cannot start out drinking strongly ionized Water. This is particularly true of the elderly, who need to start out at the lowest level and work their way up slowly. People who have spent a lifetime building up acid waste in their bodies will suffer headaches and diarrhea if they drink too much too soon.




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CONTINUING TO DO WHAT IS NEEDED

Monday, January 06, 2014

Happy New Year!  Hope,

I hope this finds you and you loved ones in good health.  Mike and I are hoping for a better year this year and continued success with his treatment to co-existing with his cancer.

Mike is continuing to take his daily supplements, drinking his alkaline water, receiving his weekly Vitamin C infusions, and eating organically/carbohydrate (as much as possible) & sugar free.  We have also ordered a juicer as he is going to start juicing green vegetables.   He already eats a lot of broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, cabbage, brussel sprouts, green beans but is now going to be incorporating spinach, kale, and cucumbers into his diet.   He has been continuing to eat tomatoes and onions which he is not particularly fond of, but does it because he knows it is beneficial to his health.

When we were in Germany, Mike from Tazmania (a patient there as well) showed us a video - Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead by Joe Cross from Australia.  He did nothing but drink green juices and lost a lot of weight and became healthier by doing this.  It was suggested to Mike that he should juice by a couple of different patients while we were at Marinus am Stein.  The juicing helps the body heal itself by giving proper nutrients to the immune system which in turns helps the body to self heal.


The following is taken from The Benefits of Juicing for Cancer Patients at Livestrong.com:

      Juicing is a way to get antioxidants -- substances that protect the body from cellular damage created by free       radicals. According to the National Cancer Institute, free radicals can cause cancer or progress an existing        disease.

     Phytonutrients  provide a boost to the immune system, aid cell-to-cell communication, fight cancer, and              repair DNA damage resulting from free radicals.  

Each and everyone has to determine what is best for their own health and do what they need to do to maintain their health.   Best Wishes in 2014!

UPDATE AFTER VISITING ONCOLOGIST HERE IN PA

December 22, 2013

Sending holiday wishes to everyone and hoping you have a Merry Christmas!

Anyone wishing to contact the clinic Marinus am Stein, they have posted the following:
The clinic 'Marinus am Stein' is closed from 20.12.2013 to 12.01.2014. 
In this time you can write us emails anyway and we will answer as soon as possible.
Also you can call us at the following days between 09:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.:
23.12.2013  / 27.12.2013  /   02.01.2013   /   10.01.2014.

Mike met with his oncologist here at home on the day before Thanksgiving - Wednesday, November 20, 2013.   He said he was pleased with Mike's results.   He said that the cancer that had been seen in the colon in April is not seen in the PET scan from October.  The tumors in the liver and lungs had shrunk by 50%.   He said that since Mike did not want to do any more chemotherapy, he wanted him to continue with the treatment that had has been doing himself all along.  Mike had a CEA test performed after this appointment, and we were told they would call us with the results.  A follow up appointment has been scheduled for February unless anything would change with Mike.  At that time, the doctor would order another CEA test and if things were up, would order further testing at that time.

We received a call stating that Mike's CEA level had gone up to 17.5.  When asked about whether it was wise to wait until February to have a repeat CEA, we were told that there are so many things  that affect the CEA level.   A smoker will have a high CEA level.  Mike has not smoked for over 20 years.  Anyway...they told us not to be to concerned about this rise.

Mike is continuing with his Vitamin C infusions, his infra red sauna treatments every other day here at home, his coffee enemas, his strict sugar free/carbohydrate free diet.  He eats organic chicken and fresh caught fish and seafood as well as organic vegetables.  He continues to take his supplements as well.

I am hoping that Mike will continue on a forward progress in his battle.   If he cannot be completely cancer free, I am hoping that he can continue to manage it and co-exist with it.  I will continue to post updates on Mike's treatment and health.

Again, Mike and I, as well as our babies, send wishes to everyone for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!  We thank you all for your best wishes, caring thoughts, your love, your prayers, and your support during the past 9 months.