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> Johns Hopkins Update - Very Good Article
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> AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY
> IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .
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> Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :
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> 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer
> cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have
> multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients
> that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after
> treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the
> cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable
> size.
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> 2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a
> person's lifetime.
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> 3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer
> cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and
> forming tumors.
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> 4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has
> nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic,
> but also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
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> 5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing
> diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day
> and by including supplements will strengthen the immune system..
>
> 6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing
> cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells
> in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can
> cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
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> 7.. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars
> and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
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> 8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often
> reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of
> chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor
> destruction.
>
> 9. When the body has too much toxic burden from
> chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either
> compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb
> to various kinds of infections and complications.
>
> 10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to
> mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy.
> Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other
> sites.
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> 11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer
> cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
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> *CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
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> a. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made
> with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute
> would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small
> amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in
> color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
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>
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> b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the
> gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting
> off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer
> cells are being starved.
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> c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based
> diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat,
> like chicken. Meat also contains livestock
> antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all
> harmful, especially to people with cancer.
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> d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole
> grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into
> an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked
> food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live
> enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to
> cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance
> growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building
> healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most
> vegetables including be an sprouts) and eat some raw
> vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at
> temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..
>
>
> e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high
> caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer
> fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or
> filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap
> water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
>
> 12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of
> digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the
> intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic
> buildup.
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> 13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By
> refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes
> to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the
> body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
>
>
> 14. Some supplements build up the immune system
> (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,
> EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy
> cancer cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are known
> to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's
> normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or
> unneeded cells.
>
> 15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit.
> A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior
> be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put
> the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to
> have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy
> life.
>
> 16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated
> environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to
> get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen
> therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer
> cells.
>
> 1. No plastic containers in micro.
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> 2. No water bottles in freezer.
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> 3. No plastic wrap in microwave...
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> Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
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> Please share this with your whole email list..........................
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> Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.
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> This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life.

Fabby & Aj

Fabby was here last week. We had a great time!!
Adrian is doing great, he sprained his shoulder while in Colorado. But it will heal quickly!
As you can see, hair is back!

Aj and Taylor

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Catia

March 6, 2011 SPRING IS IN THe AIR!

Although it is kind of cold in Austin today... :)

We are now a year and a bit out from the first time we said Adrian and cancer in the same sentence... Geez... what a ******** year it was!!


In the last year we have experienced: rigors, night sweats, wrong diagnoses, cancer diagnose, CHOP chemo, numerous bone marrow biopsies, PET & CT scans, side effects, remission, joy, happiness, night sweats, fever, relapse, ICE chemo, more bone marrow biopsies, scans, search for bone marrow donor, more chemo, bone marrow transplant, side effects, RECOVERY!!!

Adrian is keeping up the fantastic recovery and he now has a full head of latino hair!! :) He is lucky he has great genes!

This morning I was looking at his MD Anderson page so see about the upcoming appointments. There is a page where I can read all the documentation and reports from the doctors.

It says that he started engrafting on day 11 after his transplant and that he basically did great. One thing made me laugh out loud...

Everyone who knows Adrian knows that he is a workaholic. It is just in him and all through last year, he never stopped. Chemo or side effects, his phone was never out of reach, nor his computer. I admire him for his strength and determination to do that.

So... I was reading one report this morning and it was from 12/28 - Day 8 out from Transplant. It is a nutrition report because he was loosing weight due to sores and chemo.
This is what it says:

Cancer Diagnosis/reason for admit: Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma/ AUTO transplant Chemotherapy- Carmustine, Etoposide, Cytarabine, Mephalan (BEAM)

Contributing data:

Pt denies any nutrition concerns /busy with call
Current Diet order: NoFFV, Reg
Current intake/tolerance: Currently pt reports good intake




HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! There he is, 8 days out from transplant, in hospital barely able to speak or eat because his throat is filled with sores and he is 'busy with call' when the nurse is in there trying to assess his weight loss.
I can picture him, saying to nurse: "Yes, yes, I'm fine". then turn away and keep talking : "Ok, J what we need to do is..."

It is Adrian in a nut shell!!   LOL!!  Hope it made you giggle too!