Treatment

Much is said on the blog regarding the spiritual fight; I would like to give some details on the natural fight through chemotherapy and nutrition.

Cancer chemotherapy: The chemotherapy consists of three elements: Epirubicin; Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine. The Epirubicin and Oxaliplatin is administered intravenous every three weeks through a PICC line. A PICC line is an insertion of a small tube through my veins from just above the elbow to a position close to the main arteries. The PICC line is a blessing as there is no need to search for veins and damage my veins with the chemo. The Capecitabine is taken daily mornings and evenings. It is two large pills but thankfully le Roux manages to dissolve the pills through a daily ritual! Just to let you know that the taste is absolutely vile. Thanks for God's grace I manage!

With the help of Helena, and others and lots of own research we embarked on as much nutritional and alternative treatments as possible. It would have been much easier if I could chew and eat all the food and pills, but low and behold, it must all be liquidised to find its way down. The alternative treatments we are using include:

Natural products
As freshly squeezed juices: Fruits: red grapefruit; oranges; apples, pears; lemon; black berries; raspberries; grapes; honeydew melon; blue berries
Green/Cabbage family: broccoli; Brussels sprouts; cabbage; swede; fennel; leeks
Other: carrots; celery; ginger; butternut (for soups); tomato; avocado Prepared food Soups from the above with double cream Organic Greek yogurt with raw honey and pure sesame oil and /or flaxseed oil. Organic Cream cheese with flax oil & full milk; sesame oil; raw honey Green tea with raw honey

Organic cheese

Organic Brown Rice bread (it dissolves completely)

Supplements:
Glyconutriens: Ambratose: Plant polysaccaride blend (aqrabinogalactan; aloe vera inner leaf gel powder; rice starch; gum ghatti; gum tragacanth; vegetarian glucocamine hydrodoride; wakami algae extract powder.
Extracts: Redibeets of Barley Life: Beet juice powder; solicon dioxide
Barley Life: barley plants; maltodextrin; apple juice solids; acerola cherry; Lo Han; chickory; natural cream flavour; cherry; malic acid; guam gum; natural apple flavour; brown rice; broccoli; carrot; natural cherry flavour; cranberry; grape; lemon; lime; orange; pineapple; rasberry; strawberry; tomato; kale; kelp Proflavanol 90: vitamin C; grape seed extract; ascorbyl palmitate Procosa II: Vitamin C; Manganese; Glucosamine Sulfate; Silicon; Tumeric Extract

Shark Liver oil
Supplements: Poly C: vitamin C; citrus bioflavonoids; rutin; quercetin CoQuinone 30: coenzyme Q 1 0; Alpha lipoic Acid Mega Anti-oxidant: mixed natural tocopherols; rutin; quercetin; hesperidin; green tea extract; pomegranate extract; cinnamon extract; bilberry extract; inositol; choline bitartrate; N-acetyl L-Cystene; Bromelan; Alpha lipoic acid; Coenzyme QIO; Tumeric Extract; lutein; Lycupene; broccoli concentrate Biomega: Vitamin D; fishoil concentrate; Omega-3 fatty acids; EPA; DHA

Getting all of this in is a slow process, and sometimes gets a bit overwhelming. It feels as if my whole life changed into eating constantly or will I say drinking all the foods!!!

The research is constantly uncovering other potential products and treatments that can help. Lately we have been exploring bicarbonate soda, and are keen to find someone that can administer intravenous Vitamin C. This added option is making good progress.