Zig2017 wrote:PS - the more I study about cancer, the dumber I get. I’ve always been fascinated/appalled at the ability of cancer to mutate itself to survive. The genetic coding and chemistry of the human body is so complex, it just reinforces my belief in God. It can’t be duplicated. We are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made. And I want cancer dead!
Zig2017 wrote:NHMike you were right about second opinions and going to a cancer center. If he had stayed at his local hospital I shudder to think... this is absolutely unreal! Dare I hope?!? Yes! We are so excited! And the poor man was crying yesterday. What a difference a day makes. Someday we won’t be doing chemo anymore this is my hope. Immunotherapy and or biologics are really practice changing for these patients. No hair loss, but has a rash and throwing up sometimes. Also constipated. We are working on that. He is MSS not MSI but, this is giving him response were there was none to be had. I’m wondering Mike how they sustain this, or if he has a complete response maybe just monitoring? God this is such a rollercoaster at times, but we are riding high right now! Love to all, Mrs Ziggy
rp1954 wrote:So far we seem to be able to catch a lot more ("everything"?) with the expanded blood test, where CEA alone just does not hack it (e.g. CA19-9 and AFP; several indirect cancer markers are helpful too). If you can see markers move above the noise level (with noise reduction), you're more likely able to nail mets earlier, vs a bulkier, more spread surprise on the scans 3-12 months later. Also this can give you several to many whacks at formula improvements. There are definite limits to the drug doses, high dose active vitamins and nutraceuticals have been less limited for us. Even one partial reversal is important with a continuous improvement program and someday becomes today.
rp1954 wrote:So far we seem to be able to catch a lot more ("everything"?) with the expanded blood test, where CEA alone just does not hack it (e.g. CA19-9 and AFP; several indirect cancer markers are helpful too). If you can see markers move above the noise level (with noise reduction), you're more likely able to nail mets earlier, vs a bulkier, more spread surprise on the scans 3-12 months later. Also this can give you several to many whacks at formula improvements. There are definite limits to the drug doses, high dose active vitamins and nutraceuticals have been less limited for us. Even one partial reversal is important with a continuous improvement program and someday becomes today.
rachel2017 wrote: ...What kind of doctor we should go to have the lab orders?
....do you recommended Japanese Agaricus subrufescens?
rp1954 wrote:rachel2017 wrote: ...What kind of doctor we should go to have the lab orders?
Some kinds of orders might be specialized enough to require outside support e.g. the Lexington group I mentioned earlier; the lab tests we use do not - all are available through the Life Extension 800 number and probably most labs. We just do the orders ourselves, can do them online - no arguments over "standard" or "insured", we're paying. If you do a baseline survey, this might yield enough information to get doctor(s) to add a few, like CA19-9 or LDH or other markers and panels. The occasional major baseline survey has benefits for us, like picking up an attempted runaway on AFP (a "liver cancer" marker frequent in advanced CRC). Also just a larger base chemistry test (24-30 panels) may pick up some items we use like GGTP, LDH, PT/INR, ESR and/or hsCRP for small incremental cost.....do you recommended Japanese Agaricus subrufescens?
Some generic Agaricus blazei did not fit our benefit to toxcity parameters, which can include liver stresses reflected in SGOT, SGPT and GGTP. Some of the natural literature warned about this, saying something like "alternate in 30 day cycles" but we have higher goalposts. Other immuno modulators we found more useful included PSK (a specific type Coriolus extract), Biothera WGP, astragulus, and extracts for reishi, maitake and shitake mushrooms. Some of these are linked to particular markers.
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