Yes. Our whole health care system is designed to keep people sick and spending their money in a hopeless quest to find healing.
They go broke if they make us well, or cure us. It's one of the reasons I decided to go the alternative route from my very first diagnosis.
Besides, the oncologist's recommended course of treatment was a death sentence.
My wife is stage 4. She had a lumpectomy in 2013. The surgeon told us he got it all, and the associated lymph nodes were free of cancer, so she opted for no post-op radiation or chemo.
Then she started having back pain a couple years ago, but wrote it off to old age, arthritis, etc. She finally went to see her doctor in April of 2018. He ordered an MRI, and it showed she was very late stage 4. It had almost eaten through her spinal column, plus she had two crushed vertebrae and damage to her right hip.
She had radiation to stabilize the spine and hip, which have healed, but she is still bedridden, though she can make it around a bit on her own, to go potty, etc.
When diagnosed, I did a quick search and learned glucose is the main fuel, so I immediately put us both on a very low carb diet.
The only anti-cancer drug she is taking is letrozole. The oncologist got her a one month trial of Ibrance, but it made her sick after a week, so she stopped. Our co-pay would have been $2500 per month.
I have been doing research online, watching Dr. Dominic D’Agastino, so we are also doing hyperbaric oxygen threapy.
I also learned metformin can help, so I asked the oncologist if she would write a prescription. I was surprised when she offered to provide it through their in-house pharmacy.
A new book by Jane McClelland shows many old drugs have an anti cancer effect, including lovastatin and dipyridamole. But, lovastatin caused muscle spasms so she had to stop after just a few days. We are still waiting approval to get dipyridamole.
She is also taking berberine, plus I give her a tablespoon of fish oil three times a day. The brand is Nature’s Answer, from amazon. It’s very pleasant to take, no fish taste or smell, and it’s orange flvored. I found a paper that shows it may stop cachexia. Just in time, because she is down to 135, from 195 a year ago.
Since her appetite has been so poor, I have been making a high fat, low carb, protein shake. It took a bit of experimenting, now it’s tasting very good:
1 large scoop Simple Truth chocolate protein powder
1 cup water
1/4 cup MCT oil
3 tablespoons fish oil
1 tablespoon olive oil
2oz cream cheese
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 scoops of ice
Blend the protein powder and water first. In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa powder and MCT oil, add to the blender, then add the rest of the ingredients.
It’s a large drink, about 1200 calories, and takes my wife two days to finish. I give her a few sips, then back into the fridge.
Don’t drink it all at once, as the MCT oil and fish oil can cause the runs.