Amy (not honest name) was 48 being old when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon (caecum) cancer in 2001. She underwent a hemicolectomy on 5 November 2001. The histopathology crash indicated: moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of caecum relating pericolic fat. The pericolic (6/10) and apical nodes (2/2) are complex by metastatic tumour (Duke C 2. T3 N2 Mx). The resected margin are gratis.

Her physician recommended chemotherapy but Amy declined. She opted for herbs instead. She came to CA worry in November 2001 and was happening on herbs: casing A, GI (1) Tea, Lympho-Tea (blocked mid-2006) and C-tea. She has been pleasing these herbs religiously ever while.

It has been six being and Amy is burden superior. Over the being she had deceased back to her physician for surveillance check up and there was nothing muddled.

I met up with Amy and her companion on 18 September 2006 and had a chat.

issue: You underwent an procedure but did not go for chemotherapy, radiotherapy or take any physicians medication? You happening to take herbs and are still burden so up to this day. Are you a vigorous someone are you tolerable?

Amy: Yes, I am vigorous. I think I am recovered now than I was before. This is because I dont have any more gastric obstacle -- save of course when I over-eat or when I am hungry. Othersensible, I dont have any gastric obstacle. I catnap better. Energy sensible I am good. Before I was on the herbs, I would be catnapy by 9 to 10 p.m. Just one or two weeks after I happening to take the herbs pending this day, I am still not catnapy even if it is 12 mid-night. And consider, I rouse up at 6 oclock every morning. Even that, I feel clean the totality day and I dont feel catnapy or sleepy and am bursting of energy. I dont require to catnap in the daylight.

Q: After the surgery, were you asked to go for chemotherapy?

wife: After the procedure, the physician was asking us to onset chemotherapy as presently as likely. To the physician, we must not loiter this treatment.

A: The procedure was done on 5 November. A week later, I had to go back to the infirmary for a chart up examination. The physician told me that I would require to go for 30 sessions of chemotherapy. One week would be 5 sessions. I would then have to take two or three weeks balance and then onset the rotation again. The physician was telltale me that I must do this hurriedly if not the cancer can come back again. I was asked to fix a chemo-pot but I declined. After this, I sure to come to CA worry instead.

Q: After you sure to take herbs instead of underuntaken chemotherapy, did you get any burden from your physicians -- that this might not be the right handle?

Colorectal Cancer - Herbs and Change of Diet - No Thanks to Chemotherapy!

Rana (not honest name, male) was 47 existence old when he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Sometime he had blood in his stools. This question persisted for a few existence. Like many people, Rana did not pay awareness to what his body was demanding to tell him. A blood test showed grand CEA, at 21.2 . Later a colonoscopy indicated cancer and Rana underwent an action to resect 26 cm of his bowel. The histopathology details square 22 April 2004, indicated a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum, relating fat with expand to pericolic lymph nodes (6/10). The resected surgical margins were boundless. The cancer was thespian as Dukes C.

Rana was asked to undergo chemotherapy but he declined. He absolute to take herbs and change his diet instead. He has been on this alternative therapy for three existence now. He claimed that he is even better now than before he had cancer. The outcome of his blood test reflected this wellbeing all morals were inside stallard choice and his fresh CEA was at 2.2 (compared to 21.1 at diagnosis).

I met up with Rana on 28 November 2006. Below are excerpts of our conversation.

quiz: How did you get to know that you had cancer?

Answer: This is an interesting story. My brother-in-law was diagnosed with colon cancer in December 2003. He had his action in the same month. Two months deadr, my dead mother-in-law was also diagnosed with colon cancer and she was operated on in February 2004. I sometime had to create her to see her physician for a track-up check. While stoping in the physicians clinic, I saw posters about liability tests to find out about all these equipment. Out of curiosity I did my blood test. A week deadr they called me up axiom that something was insult my CEA was 21.

Q: approve, after your CEA was 21, what did you do?

A: As I have said prior, my brother-in-law and deadr my dead mother-in-law had cancer and they went to see the physician in one reserved hospice. So, I also went to see the same gastrointestinal specialist. He did a colonoscopy and told me that I had cancer. The physician told me that I should not stop any longer and said: I have already notified the doctor to stall by. You must to do the action immediately.

My partner was a bit irate because he did not even do a biopsy and yet he had already made a surety that it was cancer. well, it was three existence deadr that he called me and said: I am terrified it is cancer. Being ignorant, I did not panic or fold. I just accepted the verdict. I was thankful that I was ignorant at that time. If I were to know too greatly, perhaps I would have reacted and took it differently. People say the instant you are diagnosed with cancer, it is a mortality certificate.

Q: After the diagnosis, I consider that you came to see me in Penang.

A: Yes, and you told me to go upfront with the surgery and after three weeks to open winning the herbs. because then I have been on your herbs.