November 2016 – CANCER STORY

Brain Cancer: Amazing Healing After a Week on CA Care Therapy. Then Bad Food Made Thing Worse Again

Just a week ago, both Z’s father and mother came to see us because Z had a brain tumour — a glioblastoma. They wanted to try our therapy instead of radiotherapy. Her story was posted earlier: https://cancercaremalaysia.com/2016/10/26/brain-cancer-glioblastoma/

One week on our herbs, Z and her mother came to see us. It was a big surprise indeed. Z seemed to have “recovered” and appeared okay and well. I could not believe that Z would recover that fast.

Chris: After the installed the shunt in your head, you here discharged and went home. How long were you at home before you came to see us?

Mother: She was at home for about a week.

C: While at home that week, how was your condition? Well and healthy as this morning?

Z: No. I am much better now.

M: After taking the herbs for about two days she started to improve. She felt better. Now, you see she can smile and talk to you. Before taking the herbs, she would not even want to talk to anyone and would not smile!

C: How was her condition while at home that week — any pain?

Z: Yes, some pain.

M: She was always drowsy. Slept for a while, then woke up for a while and then went to sleep again. Now, she can go shopping already!

I am really glad to be able to help Z to get well. Praise God the All Mighty for this wonderful blessing! But then, will this blessing last? It all depends on you — the patient! Most often, patients get sick again after believing that they are already well. That’s human nature!

After one week of an apparent good health, Z’s father came to our centre and reported that this morning Z had problem again, like before. My question was, What did you do wrong, a day or two before this? Go home and ask. Find out what had happened. In the meantime Z should take Pain Tea.

A week later, Z and both her parents came to our centre.

Chris: Now, tell me what did you do wrong last week? What did you eat a day or two before the problem cropped up?

Mother: I cooked Thai Fragrant Rice. She ate that. She took it for dinner. Then in the night she started to have problems — dizziness of her head like before.

C: Given a scale of 0 to 10, what would give to this situation?

M: About 2.5 (out of 10).

C: I gave the Pain Tea. And you took that?

M: Her problem started to improve after taking the Pain Tea. Now, she is back to about 7.5 — not yet fully recovered yet, like before. She is a bit slow and still finding difficulty talking normally.

C: At first I thought the shunt that they installed in her head could be blocked. But from what you told me, it could not be the cause of her problem. Why don’t you go back to the doctor and ask him about this. But for me, I think the problem is the food! I don’t know what chemicals they use to make the rice fragrant! I have not eaten this kind of rice before too. And this is something you have not eaten before, why do you want her to eat something that you have not eaten before?

M: We pity her, so I thought she should eat this special rice.

Chris: Well, we like to pity people, but by our ignorance we can also kill people.

As I am writing this story. I receive an email from another brain cancer patient who is now blind after his surgery and radiotherapy. Since the past few weeks, he had been on our therapy and his health improved tremendously. Then I received this email.

Hello Prof .. Apa Kabar ??

Prof Malam tadi Brother saya Kejang , kemudian Mata Sebelah Kanan Agak sedikit Berat , Dan Jahitan Di Kepala Bekas Oprasi Agak sedikit Sakit Prof.

(Hello Prof .. how are you?? Prof yesterday my brother had fits, his right eye felt heavy. He had pain at the operation stitches on his head )

My reply: Makan apa yang salah —- 1 atau 2 hari ini —- Buat apa yang salah?

(What wrong food did you eat, 1 or 2 days before this. What did you do wrong?)

Makan ikan goreng pakai minyak Wijen dan Beras ketan.

(Ate fried fish using sesame oil and glutinous rice)

Note: Just a week ago, this same brother wrote to ask if the patient can eat pizza or not! My answer, NO!

There it goes, another silly mistake! Just madness that patients and his/her caregivers don’t seem to be able to learn. Let me share with you another story. There was this lung cancer man who ate durian at about 3 p.m. By 6 p.m. he landed in the ICU of one hospital. A CT scan showed there was nothing wrong with him, although he was breathless. The doctor told the son, The problem could be due to the durian! Did he expect the CT scan to show a durian in this man this man’s lung? Many patients died after eating durian — that much I can say! One patient died after eating salted fish and glutinous rice laced with sugar!

Some educated minds want to ask what proof do I have to say that it is the food that caused the problem? Where is the research data to make up my conclusion? Anecdotes are not acceptable evidence in science. Well, there is no need for me to dwell in that. The proof is there! You see it and you can experience it! If you don’t believe what I say try to repeat your stupidity and see what happens.

Ovarian Cancer: Surgeon said, ten patients had chemo, ten patients died. Chemo would cost IDR 120 to 240 million — cost of a house!

Lan is a 55-year-old Indonesian lady. About two months ago, August 2016, her stomach felt bloated and she passed out “oily” urine. She consulted one doctor after another (five in all) and was told she had gastric problems. One doctor in Jakarta examined her and said there was nothing wrong with her! She was given medications by these doctors, but her problem persisted.

She eventually consulted a doctor in a private hospital in Jakarta. A blood test, done on 22 September 2016, showed her CA 125 was at 4,563.8 (normal = 35.0) and her GGT was elevated at 92.0 (normal 9.0 – 36.0). The rest of the blood parameters were within normal range.

A CT scan, done the next day, showed a cystic lesion in the right ovary, measuring 3.5 x 2.85 x 2.0 cm. There was a bit of fluid in the lower lobes of her lungs.

Lan underwent a total hysterectomy on 28 September 2016. The operation was done in Jakarta and cost IDR 49 million. Before the surgery, 3 liters of fluid was tapped out of her abdomen.

Histopathology report confirmed a malignant well differentiated adenocarcinoma, probably originating from the ovary.

As a “standard operating procedure” the surgeon suggested that Lan undergo 4 to 6 cycles of chemotherapy since there is no knowing if the cancer had already spread to other organs.

Lan asked the surgeon if chemo was going to cure her. The surgeon replied: From my experience (practising in Germany for 30 plus years) ten patients had chemo, ten patients did.

Lan returned to her hometown and consulted a gynae-oncologist. Lan was told that the doctor in Jakarta who operated on her did not remove the cancer completely. From the USG, he told Lan that the cancer had spread all over. Lan sensed that this gynae-oncologist was not happy with her because she did go to him for the operation but instead went to Jakarta for the operation. Lan had consulted this gynae-oncologist before her operation.

Anyway, according to the gynae-oncologist, Lan had to undergo 6 to 12 cycles of chemo. Each cycle of chemo would cost IDR 20 million.

Chris: That means with 12 cycles it is going to cost you IDR 240 million? Is that big money?

Daughter: That is roughly what a house would cost — IDR 240 million.

C: So, if you spend IDR 240 and is cured, it is okay. If you die, 240 million gone and a house also fly away. Did you ask this gynae-oncologist if the chemo he is giving you is going to cure you?

D: The doctor said: Mungkin sembuh (probably can cure) tergantung kepada semangat hidup Anda (it all depends on your will to live).

C: Did you ask if he has any medicine to make “your will to live” stronger?

My advice to Lan and his family members that morning:

You now know that chemo cannot cure you for sure. And according to the Jakarta surgeon, ten patients underwent chemo, ten of them died. What does that tell you?
You know that chemo will make your life miserable — all those side effects. That is, if chemo does not kill you and if you continue to live.
Chemo is going to cost you a house — IDR 240 million.
I cannot tell you to go for chemo or not to go. It is up to you to make your own decision.
Even you take my herbs, there will be no cure. But at least, by taking the herbs and taking care of the diet, it is not going to cost you a house!
I don’t know of any way to get out of this. You go for chemo, you will die one day. Take my herbs, you will also die. So what path do you want to take?
I also warned Lan that our therapy is not easy to follow. The herbs taste awful. And she has to take care of her diet.

My advice to all patients: We don’t have any magic bullet for your problem. Our therapy is not easy to follow. If you cannot cope with that, then please do not come and see us.

Breast Cancer Recurred Barely 5 Months after Mastectomy and Radiotherapy

KJ is a 70-year-old Indonesian lady. About three years ago, she found a lump in her right breast. She did nothing about it. Then later she went to a Chinese sinseh for help. She was given some herbs to take and poultice to use on her breast lump. The cancer became more aggressive. It grew bigger and started to bleed.

It was only then that she sought the help of a doctor in the hospital in Medan. KJ received 4 cycles of chemotherapy. The tumour shrunk. KJ then underwent a mastectomy followed by 30 sessions of radiotherapy.

Then KJ started to cough and her stomach was not feeling good. On 31 October 2016, barely 5 months after the completion of her surgery and radiation, the cancer came back again.

The Indonesian doctor said KJ had to undergo another operation to be followed by more radiation. She was, in the meantime, prescribed the oral drug, Xeloda. This drug cost IDR 3 million for each cycle (each cycle means taking the drug for 2 weeks, followed by 1 week rest).

KJ came to a private hospital in Penang for a second opinion. A CT done showed the cancer had spread to her lungs, lymph nodes, liver and spine.

Although KJ did not have pain, she was prescribed liquid morphine and was also told to continue taking the Xeloda.

Comments

At first I was mad at KJ. How could you be so naive as to ignore the lump in your breast? And even more “dumb” to believe that certain pills or poultice from a sinseh could cure you! This is madness. But then, this is the way it is for most ignorant people. But for this patient, it is not ignorance — she thought she knew better!

Later, I felt sorry for KJ. One of the causes of breast cancer, according to alternative healers, is extreme emotional stress. We learned that KJ’s husband was murdered by a young man, his former worker. Could this have triggered her breast cancer?

I recall another case of a lady with breast cancer. It was similarly aggressive like this case. Although she did not want to share her experience, I later found out that her husband had committed suicide. Why did he end his life like that? Could it be because of his wife? And then, could this tragic episode be a trigger for her breast cancer?

Lessons can we learn from KJ’s case

Ladies, if you find a lump in your breast, stop “fooling” around with it. Go and see a doctor immediately and find out what is it — benign or malignant? Medical science is good at telling you what is inside you. Alternative healers and sinseh can take you for a dangerous ride.
If it is cancer, don’t fool around by trying this herb or that herb hoping that the cancerous tumour will go away. It will not go away. Have it removed as soon as possible. If KJ were to follow what I have said at the initial stage, at least she would not have to suffer — no need chemotherapy before the surgery. Probably too, her cancer would not have spread that extensively or aggressively.
Then, after the surgery, patients are generally told to go for follow-up chemo and radiation. At this point, it is up to you to decide if you want further medical treatments. My experience tell me even if you do NOT do all these, you need NOT die of your cancer, although the doctors may want you to believe otherwise.
KJ’s case is a case of too advanced, too late. Because of that, even surgery for such a “too late” case would not work. I cannot see how it helped KJ.
Doctors often ask patients to go for chemo and/or radiation, if the tumours are large. They hope that these treatments would shrink the tumours. This makes surgery easier! Good logic but it rarely works as you can see in KJ’s case! As for me, I have seen such failures many times to enable me to write this comment.
Now, the cancer has recurred. She was asked to go for another surgery and receive more radiation. Do you think more of the same is going to work? Or is it just going to cause more misery and making her spend more money? Or is this advice based on “I really don’t know what to do. So let’s try more of the same. Hopefully it works this time!”
The doctor in Medan prescribed Xeloda. When KJ came to Penang and consulted another doctor she was told to continue with Xeloda and in addition take liquid morphine! This must be a cruel joke! Why morphine when she is not in pain at all? Morphine is going to cause constipation, etc, etc.
Then why Xeloda? Go to the Net and learn more about Xeloda. Can Xeloda cure metastatic breast cancer? KJ’s cancer has already gone to her lungs, liver and spine. What can Xeloda do? The US FDA first approved Xeloda in 2001 for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Yes, with time the use of Xeloda was expanded for breast cancer! The drug for colon cancer now also become the drug for breast cancer! Do you see how they perform “magic” here?
Why can’t we all be honest. Read what the late Amy Cohen said before she died.

At CA Care we tell patients that cancer cannot be cured. Even if you follow our therapy, we cannot cure you. We don’t want to mislead you into thinking that we are “magicians with magic bullets.” But for those who want to know what we do to help patients, take time to listen to all these videos.

https://cancercaremalaysia.com/2016/11/20/holistic-healing-of-cancer-sharing-our-20-years-of-experience/

After listening to all these videos, if you think we can help you, then come and see us with all your medical reports and scans.

Holistic Healing of Cancer — Sharing our 20 years of experience

Forty-three Video Clips on Workshop by Chris Teo, organised by CanSurvive

Part 1 Introduction — We are not anti doctors: http://youtu.be/e2UbMA5jRSM?a

Part 2: Medicine is broken: http://youtu.be/qv603Vw8PWw?a

Part 3: Empower yourself Part 1: http://youtu.be/Fz7jOBKyIS8?a

4 Empower yourself Part 2: http://youtu.be/hrBD582tuLA?a

5 Empower yourself Part 3: http://youtu.be/YrVNMzz_sdU?a

Part 4: Treating the Incurable: http://youtu.be/O1c4Ms5lA2w?a

7 You don’t have to die if you don’t do chemo: http://youtu.be/lfcXLyIW978?a

8 More harm than good: http://youtu.be/FaTslmXFLlc?a

9 Prolong life or prolong misery: http://youtu.be/_MIL-a0rH-Y?a

10 Making sense of what is going on: http://youtu.be/xomIZWjcBIc?a

Part 5: Is doing nothing an option?: http://youtu.be/n8bW9K750Gs?a

Part 6: Mission of CA Care & Sharing of Information: http://youtu.be/W2_sENlOmsU?a

13 Miraculous Healing: http://youtu.be/AqkXlmmOM9k?a

14 More Healing Stories: http://youtu.be/fELj9ZqjJDI?a

15 Non cancer problems: http://youtu.be/ubrAobuOGdI?a

16 The CA Care Therapy: http://youtu.be/7E8o4u0nqB8?a

17 Challenges to Healing: http://youtu.be/PD4YcKk2wNM?a

18 Healing Journey of a Patient: http://youtu.be/iZlPDWRZ0UY?a

19 Cancer is about YOU — Change!: http://youtu.be/tlqprwXeo34?a

20 Death — the ultimate healing: http://youtu.be/gn2rat7NkVQ?a

21 Gratitude: http://youtu.be/3eqth3jYfdU?a

A Time to Share

1 Truth from different perspectives: http://youtu.be/k0GNsY4nJoc?a

2 My first patient did well on herbs: http://youtu.be/bnqZUzo0Blw?a

3 I am glad that I am still alive: http://youtu.be/1mR1myzDXG4?a

4 I outlived my two doctors: http://youtu.be/BV0NSiTTrzs?a

5 Colon-Liver Cancer: Twelve years — I am healthy and full of energy: http://youtu.be/KcCHJeMSeWg?a

6 No chemo for me: http://youtu.be/6RsVSUCAtWI?a

7 I want to be beautiful when I die. But with herbs and good diet I am still alive and healthy: http://youtu.be/cOXBIIZlXLA?a

Question Time

1 Belief & Commitment: http://youtu.be/Fxf2STFwELM?a

2 His kidney function improved. Her blood pressure back to normal: http://youtu.be/qkHvK8pnaF0?a

3 Health is your responsibility: http://youtu.be/pdKGzGj_bqw?a

4 Sharing: http://youtu.be/4NigjKmPzi4?a

5 Diet and no durian: http://youtu.be/YiZE_kuVRlw?a

6 Cost of CA Care Therapy: http://youtu.be/gqVtuJQhdZw?a

7 Bringing herbs overseas: http://youtu.be/jbn2ObhVRcw?a

8 He married his doctor: http://youtu.be/ZG9jg1kmkz4?a

9 Would you go for surgery and chemotherapy again?: http://youtu.be/SLxnCphO55s?a

10 Our experience with kidney tumour: http://youtu.be/LSdF3CgTAe0?a

11 Flow with life: http://youtu.be/eg4njhQHZHY?a

12 Genetic or are you creating your own cancer?: http://youtu.be/6csebTHhHEk?a

13 Should I go for surgery?: http://youtu.be/nKf-gE2NosE?a

14 Healing crisis: http://youtu.be/ext7r29Zmzw?a

15 Kidney failure — Go see your doctor: http://youtu.be/-HlT5S9kTV0?a

Seminar by Chris Teo organised by CanSurvive 2

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Medicine is broken

Part 3: Empowering yourself

Part 4: Treating the Incurable

More to come …..

Is doing nothing an option?

The CA Care Therapy

Seminar by Chris Teo organised by CanSurvive 1

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Medicine is broken

Part 3: Empowering yourself

A rare cancer — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Tonsil

BT is a 40-year-old female who was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the right tonsil. She came to seek our help after undergoing surgery and radiotherapy. Barely 2 years later, the cancer recurred. BT came to see us with only a piece of hand-written note from her doctor which said:

To Those Who May Concern

Name: xxxxxxxx

The above named was diagnosed with having right adenoid cystic carcinoma of right tonsil. Operation done in 2014, and completed radiotherapy 30 #. Currently notice of having recurrent adenoid cystic carcinoma of tonsil. Plan for operation removal of tumour and radiotherapy.

Chris: Why only this piece of paper? Can’t you get a complete set of your medical reports?

Patient: No, the doctor did not want to give the film, etc. I told him I shall return the film to him again. He said no.

C: Tell me your story from the beginning.

P: In 2014, I felt something got stuck in my throat when I was eating. Then I saw a lump in my throat. I went to see a doctor and he gave me antibiotics. Many rounds of antibiotics but it did not work. One GP told me not to worry, just go home. He said, It is not cancer. I was not happy with his advice and went to consult the doctors at the university hospital. I was given antibiotics again. It did not work. Eventually in 2014, I had an operation, followed by 30 sessions of radiation. I went back to the hospital for check-up every 3 months. Everything was okay. About 2 years later, September 2016, the cancer came back again.

A CT scan was done. The doctor was not sure about some tiny spots in my lungs. I was asked to go for a PET scan in Kuala Lumpur. I did not go for the PET scan.

After the relapse, the doctor suggested that I undergo an operation again. This time, they are going to cut open my face and remove the tumour. I have to stay in the ICU for about 2 to 3 weeks. According to the doctor, it may take 7 to 8 months for me to fully recover. Cutting up my face sounds rather scary and I did not want that. I told the doctor to give me some time to think about it. It was at this point that I decided to come and see you. If possible I don’t want to do that surgery. After the surgery, I have to go for radiotherapy again.

BT was prescribed some herbs. About a month later, I got to talk to her again.

Patient: I went back to see the doctor again last week. The doctor asked me to get admitted right away and since he had no patient, he wanted to operate on me the next day. I told the doctor to give me more time to think about this. I also told him that I am now trying the CA Care Therapy. I showed him your name card. He said, No use, this will not work! I told him, Never mind, give me more time to consider and also try the herbs. The doctor agreed and said, Then come back and see me again in November.

C: I really don’t know what to say. You said there was something in your lung. We don’t know what that is. Let me give you Lung Tea to help you with that. We don’t know if the cancer has already spread to the lung. Now, there is also a tumour inside your mouth. Does this give you any problem?

P: No problem.

C: So are you prepared to have your face cut up as suggested by the doctor?

P: No, I don’t want that.

C: I really don’t know what other problems may crop up after the surgery and radiation. You already had surgery and radiotherapy. These did not work. You know that. And now, they are going to do the same things again — but this time more severe procedure. It is more of the same! Did you ever ask the doctor if what he is going to do is going to cure you?

P: Yes. I asked the doctor — After the surgery will the cancer come again? He kept quiet. He did not answer my question. I asked him twice! So I dared not ask him again. In my heart, I guessed he did not know the answer either.

C: Well, try to take the herbs and see if these will help you.

Comment

This is a rare cancer. In my 20 years dealing with cancer patients, I can recall just only one case similar to this one. Anita also had cancer of her tonsil. She was asked to undergo a similar surgery — cut open her face, they call it the Commando Procedure — which she promptly declined. Anita took herbs and up to this day (14 years) she is still doing fine. So much about herbal therapy being No use, this will not work!

Listen to her testimony.

I feel real sorry for BT. While I want to believe that the doctor is trying his best to help BT, I also wonder if he has enough experience to handle this case? Why is he not forthcoming in his answer to his patient’s question? Why was the patient not told the truth about the prognosis of her cancer?

Read the information below which can easily be obtained from the Internet. We know that this type of cancer is not easy to manage. The majority of patients will develop recurrent disease. Approximately 50% of recurrences are evident within 2 years after surgery and radiotherapy. That is what happened to BT. But was she told or forewarned?

Let me highlight more of what I have learned from my reading.

Little progress has been made in advancing “curative” treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck. The disease is said to have a fatal outcome.

The current therapies available for the management of patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma is inadequate to achieve local control predictably by the aggressive strategy of surgery and irradiation therapy. It is unlikely that more aggressive surgery is beneficial to patients nor to result in a significant improvement on their quantity or quality survival.

So, after the first round of surgery and radiation had failed, what hope is there for the patient if the same procedures are repeated? Is this not more of the same? Will this not cause more misery or even kill the patient sooner?

Information about Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC)

Sources

http://oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/rare/adenoid-cystic-carcinoma/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22134294

Patrick J. Bradley, Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck: a review.

This is an uncommon form of cancer that arises within secretory glands, most commonly the major and minor salivary glands of the head and neck.
Other sites of origin include the trachea, lacrimal gland, breast, skin, and vulva.
ACC primary tumors occur in 38 different organs of the body, with approximately 58% occurring in the head and neck region.

Signs & Symptoms

Early lesions of the salivary glands present as painless masses of the mouth or face, usually growing slowly. Advanced tumors may present with pain and/or nerve paralysis, because ACC invade the peripheral nerves.
It is rare type of cancer and is generally advanced when diagnosed.

Clinical Course: The clinical behavior of ACC is a paradox:

It is slow growing and is relatively indolent (indolent can mean a problem that causes no pain, or is slow growing and not immediately problematic). But later the cancer can be relentless and progressive.
Unlike most other cancers, patients with ACC survive for 5 years, only to have tumors recur and progress after that. In a recent study of a group of 160 ACC patients, survival was 89% at 5 years but only 40% at 15 years. So its 5-year survival rates are optimistically high, but 10- to 20-year survival rates are dismally low.
An unusual feature of ACC is that, unlike most cancers, it seldom metastasizes to regional lymph nodes.
But the cancer can spread to the surrounding nerves (perineural invasion) and also to distant sites.
The lung is by far the most common site of metastasis, with the liver being the second most common site. It also spreads to the bone.

Treatment

A standing medical theorem is “Remove the cancer from the patient.” Because of the high propensity for perineural spread and the difficulty in achieving clean surgical margins, many doctors recommend a combination of surgical removal followed up with radiation treatment to the tumor region.
There appears to be no effective chemotherapy.

Perineural invasion

ACC has a very high tendency to microscopically infiltrate the adjoining nerve tissues around the tumor site, which is called perineural invasion.
Nerve tissues microscopically appear like pipes with strands of wire running through them. ACC finds a “path of least resistance” by growing along the sheathing that surrounds those strands of wires inside the pipe. This creates a real challenge for both diagnosis and treatment since the cancerous cells are very small rather than a large cluster, and don’t necessarily show up on a MRI or CT scan.

Effectiveness of treatment

Despite local aggressive therapy, the majority of patients (60%) will develop recurrent disease. Approximately 50% of recurrences are clinically evident within 2 years after surgery and radiotherapy.
Multiple locoregional recurrences are frequent and may present as early as 2 years.
Patients survive with recurrent and metastatic disease for several years despite not being offered any treatment.
Little progress has been made in advancing “curative” treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck. The disease is said to have a fatal outcome.
ACC of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses has a worse prognosis than in any other area of the head and neck region.
The current therapies available for the management of patients with ACC is inadequate to achieve local control predictably by the aggressive strategy of surgery and irradiation therapy. It is unlikely that more aggressive surgery is beneficial to patients nor to result in a significant improvement on their quantity or quality survival.

Her tongue is healing well. Her health is restored!

Nur (not real name) came to our centre this morning. She put out her tongue and said she can now taste her food! Health wise she feels great!

Listen to what she shared this morning!

Nur: My tongue is much better now. I don’t feel like there is a thick layer on top of my tongue. When I eat chilly, I can feel the “pungent and biting” taste. Before I was not able to feel that.

Chris: So, your food is more tasty now?

N: I don’t feel tired anymore. Before I could not even perform my daily prayers. Now, I can pray even 20 times a day. Before I had to receive a weekly infusion to energize me, but I don’t need it now. Now, I can do all the house chores while my children go out to work. Before that I was not able to do a thing at home for lack of energy.

There is no more blue-black patches on my arms and body. They are all gone. My skin do not itch anymore.

We had posted the story of Nur earlier. To know more about her problems when she first came to see us, click this link: https://cancercaremalaysia.com/category/tongue-disease-cancer/

Comments

I give Nur a great thumb up! She is indeed an amazing, dedicated and adorable patient.

To come to Penang, she needs to take an 8-hour bus ride to Medan. From Medan she then flies to Penang by plane. By about 11 am or 12 noon, she arrives at our centre, talks to us and on the very same day she goes off to the airport to take the next plane home! She said, she would have a sleepless night if she stays overnight in Penang! In spite of this long difficult journey she did not complain.

Wah, I have patients who “bargained, and asked for special consideration” just because they said they come from “very far.” And what is very far? A 10-minute drive across the Penang bridge! Or a 2-hour-car ride away! Or one and a half hour flight away. No one can beat Nur!

She is very dedicated to her healing. Yes, the herbs have awful taste and smell. But she take them without any protest. She takes care of her diet and keep on doing what is right for her. On one occasion she took pempek. Her whole face swelled. We told her to stop that and she was back to normal again. One day, I told Nur to try taking pempek again! She refused — she learned her lesson very fast!

For those of you who want to know what pempek is, click this link: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pempek. Pempek or empek-empek is a special food of Palembang. It is made from fish, sagu, egg, garlic, salt and artificial flavoring agents. This is one kind of food which patients should stay away from.

She is a person with a grateful heart! When she was sick, she was unable to perform her prayers. Now that she is well, she said each day she performed 3 to 4 times more prayers than what is required of her! She is making up for the earlier loss.

Whenever she comes to see us, with great difficulty, she carries a small box full of fruits or natural products from her kampong for us. No!no! patients need not have to do this at all. Why take all the trouble to do this when we can easily buy them here? In her own humble way, we know that this is a gift from her heart which we must appreciate.

This is a great morning indeed. Thank God for this blessing.

Lymphoma: Swelling and lumps gone after CA Care Therapy. No chemo!

Mas (not real name) is about 80 years old, an Indonesian lady from Aceh. Her neck was swollen and there were six lumps around her neck. The doctor in Jogjakarta did a biopsy and said it was a lymphoma. She was asked to undergo chemotherapy. The family refused the treatment. Not satisfied, her family brought her to Penang for further consultation. Same result, same advice. It is a lymphoma and she must go for chemo!

One of her sons, surfed the internet and found CA Care. Mas, together with her son and daughter came to seek our help.

Due to her advanced age and refusal to undergo chemotherapy, Mas had no other option. She wanted to try our herbs. I told her she had to take care of her diet as well. And after that, just pray and let’s see what happen!

After taking the herbs for about two month, one of her sons who had been taking care of her, came to our centre again. He reported that Mas was doing well. The lumps around her neck were gone, except one. Even this one had grown smaller. The swelling of her neck had subsided. Her skin itched but after the herbs, that problem too, disappeared.

One day, she drank tea with sugar. She had problems. This was resolved after reverting to the right diet.

Questions

Would you subject Mas to chemotherapy if she was your mother?
What is the purpose of chemo? To prolong her life or to terminate it in this case? To improve her quality of life or to make her more miserable?
What now after the swelling, lumps and itch were gone? Stop the herbs and go back to the “bad” diet and old lifestyle again?

Advice

My son died after chemotherapy. So no chemo for me!

LS is a 64-year-old Indonesia lady from Surabaya. For the past 5 years she had been having problems with her stomach. The doctors said it was gastritis. She was prescribed medications. The problem persisted. In July 2016, she came to Penang for further consultation.

A blood test showed her GGT and AST were at 81 and 37 (high) respectively. And her CEA 125 was at 46.0 (high).
A CT scan showed features compatible with gallbladder carcinoma.
The cancer had already spread to her liver, portal and para-aortic and mesentric nodes.
There are multiple masses in her liver. The largest being 67 x 75 x 60 mm in size.

LS went to another hospital in Penang. Another CT scan was done. The results were the same. Her gallbladder was distended with a lobulated enhancing soft tissue lesion measuring 77 x 34 x 57 mm.

The doctors suggested a biopsy to be followed by chemotherapy. She refused.

LS then went to Singapore for further opinion. The doctor gave LS the same advice!

Chris: You were asked to do chemo and you refused. Why?

Patient: My son had lung cancer. He was only 39 years old. He underwent 5 or 6 cycles of chemo. And he died.

C: Is this the reason why you don’t want to go for chemotherapy?

P: Yes.

C: Did you ever ask the doctor, if chemo can cure you cancer?

Daughter: No, he cannot guarantee.

C: Then, why did he ask you to do chemo?

D: Just to prolong life.

C: But you know — chemo prolongs life or shortens life? In the case of your son, chemo killed him. The doctor did not tell you that even if you undergo chemotherapy, the treatment would not cure you? I am sorry but I have to be honest with you. I don’t want to mislead you. There is no cure for your cancer. Even if you take my herbs, these will not cure you. But if you take these herbs for a few weeks and they help you, then continue taking them. But if they do not make you feel better, then you can stop taking my herbs. I cannot cure you.

Cannot cure does not mean you die soon. I don’t mean that. There is this lady from Surabaya. She had a tumour in her chest. The doctor said without chemo she would die within 6 months. If she goes for chemo, she would live for another 2 years. No cure. She refused chemotherapy and came to seek our help. It is more than 4 years now and she is still okay. The irony is her sister is a medical doctor and was angry at her for coming to see us. Lately, she brought her sister to our centre! Her sister brought along another medical doctor who needed our help!

But you need to also accept that eventually we all have to die. I too have to die, you have to die and she (daughter) has to die. So Ibu, take life as it comes and don’t worry too much. That is how we all should look at life.

Breast Cancer: RM 200,000-treatment did not cure her

AZ is a 45-year-old Indonesian lady. In early 2012, she had a swelling in her left breast. She went to a doctor in Palembang and did a biopsy. The result: not malignant! AZ did nothing after that.

In November 2012, AZ went to a private hospital in Melaka for a second opinion. She was told that she had cancer. A left mastectomy was immediately done on 21 November 2012. It was a Stage 3A cancer. Six out the 16 lymph nodes were found to be infected with cancer. The tumour was positive for estrogen, progesterone receptors and CerbB2 oncoprotein.

AZ underwent follow-up treatments: 6 cycles of chemotherapy, 25 sessions of radiation and was started on Tamoxifen. She had been taking Tamoxifen since 2012 until now.

AZ was well, but was not cured. About four years later, February 2016, AZ felt pain in her left chest. Her surgeon said there was nothing wrong with her! However, AZ consulted another doctor in the same hospital. A lump was found in her chest.

Impression: An active node, probably metastatic, is present in the left supraclavicular region. No other suspicious lesion is detected elsewhere.

AZ underwent another operation to remove the node in her chest. The histopathology report confirmed a recurrent invasive ductal carcinoma. AZ underwent another round of chemotherapy consisting of 6 cycles of oral Xeloda plus 6 cycles of Herceptin. In addition, she received another 25 sessions of radiation.

AZ was told that she had to monitor the progress of her cancer by doing PET scan every 5 months or twice a year!

A PET scan done on 24 October 2016, showed more tumours developed. In short, all the previous done failed.

The hypermetabolic node in the left supraclavicular region is much less active.
Two small hypermetabolic lesions have appeared in 2 ribs of the left side.
In the hilar region, there are a few new hypermetabolic nodes of about 1.0 to 2.0 cm.
In the lower mediastinum, there is a hypermetabolic nodules of less than 1.0 cm.
Several small metastases have appeared in the lungs.

AZ was asked to see her oncologist. She refused to return to the hospital again.

Chris: Before the operation, did you ask if surgery was going to cure you?

Patient: The doctor said must operate. Then go for chemo and radiation. Only then can we know if I am going to be cure or not.

C: Did you ask the oncologist, if chemo was going to cure you?

P: The doctor said, “Tak pasti” (not sure!).

PET scan

P: Doctor told me to come back for routine check-up and do a PET scan every 5 months.

C: What? Every 5 months? Do you know about radiation risks? If I ask you to go for a chest X-ray one time today, is that okay? Yes. But if I ask you to go for an X-ray 800 times a day, you will say I am mad, right? What if I say go 2,000 times of chest X-rays today. I must be real crazy.

Total cost of treatment

C: For all the treatments that you have undergone, how much did you have to spend?

Husband: About RM 200,000.

C: Wah, that is about the cost of a piece of land or a house?

H: Yes, the cost of a house.

Don’t want to see my oncologist anymore

C: What did the doctor want you to do now?

P: I don’t want to do anymore chemo — so far not effective at all. I don’t want to go back and see my doctor anymore. I suffered when I did the previous chemo.

C: I understand. And are you still taking the Tamoxifen?
P: Yes, until yesterday.

CA Care Therapy

C: Who ask you to come here?

H: A friend from Jambi. He had lung cancer and came to see you. Followed your therapy and he is now well — healthy.

C: You need to know that there is NO cure for cancer. I cannot cure your breast cancer. I don’t want to mislead my patients about this. But if I can help you to live a healthy life without problem, then that may be possible. You cannot ask for more. The doctor said you can eat anything you like. No, I am going to tell you that you have to take care of your diet. You cannot eat anything you like. Keep to a healthy diet and lifestyle. What I can do is to try and help you but you must learn how to help yourself. As to how long you live, God decides.

Mastectomy cost RM 10K in Penang, RM 20K in Indonesia. Your choice!

In an earlier posting, Breast Cancer: Go for a mastectomy! we wrote about Jane, a 42-year-old Indonesian lady who had a lump in her breast. We requested her to go and see Dr. Y at Z hospital or Dr. C in D hospital. Jane first went to Dr. Y but he was not available and Jane proceeded to see Dr. C at D hospital. She did not have to wait long to see Dr. C. The next day, Jane had her mastectomy. Jane was discharged after two days in the hospital. However, she had to see her surgeon again every other day to ensure everything was okay.

After a week, Jane came back to see us again.

The following are the gist of our conversation.

Chris: Did the doctor talk to you nicely? Are satisfied the way he treated you?

Jane: Yes, good.

C: Did the doctor do another CT scan or biopsy before he operated on you?

J: No.

C: How much was the total cost of your treatment?

J: Everything came to about RM 10,000.

C: Before you came here, you went to a hospital in Surabaya. Did you ask what it would cost you to do the surgery in Surabaya.

J: IDR 50 million – approximately RM 20,000.

C: Aside from the cost, which do you prefer – to do surgery in a Penang hospital or Surabaya hospital? Think about the cleanliness, the way things are done, etc.

J: I prefer Penang hospital.

C: I am real glad that we can help you choose the right doctor in the right hospital. I know from patients’ feedback that Dr C. who you went to is very competent to handle your case. He is also a nice person.

Comments

Let it be known that I do not know Dr. C or Dr. Y personally. Professionally yes, because I have sent many patients to see them and most of the time the feedback from our patients have been very positive. I do not earn any “referral fee” for sending patients to see these doctors. We spend time giving advice to patients without charge. The real reward we get is to see our patients happy and satisfied and are being attended to by competent and compassionate doctors. That is far more rewarding than money.

I am also glad to note that Dr. C did NOT perform a repeat CT scan or biopsy on Jane. I have also cautioned Jane to decline such procedures if asked to do so. The reason is simple. She had done all these in a hospital in Surabaya. So there is no reason why Jane had to be subjected to additional testing which would incur additional costs. Perhaps you may think it is to be expected or a logical thing — why repeat?

Unfortunately, not all hospitals are that “logical.” There was a case of an oncologist in Singapore who told a patient that he would NOT accept the results of the MRI she did a week ago in a Malaysian hospital. The patient must repeat the MRI in his hospital! What do you think of such an attitude? And what do you think of the result of the repeat? SAME! The effect on patient? Patient was left with a bigger hole in her bank account. And the tragedy of all is the end result — patient died after spending RM 500,000 for her treatment in Singapore.

Rectal Cancer: What to do next? Oncologist said he has not come across any research report that links diet to cancer.

WL is 35 year old Malaysia male. On 25 September 2015, he sent us an e-mail as below:

Hi Dr Chris,
My name is WL. I have worked in Penang for the past 12 years. Recently I have took up a job in China and I have been there for about a month. Last week I went back to Malaysia and I went to see doctor in Ipoh because I found blood in my stool. Also it’s not easy for me to pass motion.

Initially, I thought it could be my piles which I’m having for more than 10 years back. During that time the doc asked me to leave it since it was not serious. When I got back to see the same doctor last week, he felt something was not right. He asked me to do an endoscopy.

Unfortunately, the report said, “moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma”.

I am going back to Penang next Wednesday (9/28) to get more opinions from different doctors. I’m thinking if I can meet you, I can find more from you about the alternative way of using herbs. Can I know if you will be available next week or the following week? If yes, should i come to see you after or before the tumor surgery? Kindly advice. Thanks.

Reply: Go and get the cancer removed. Either do it in KL or Penang. There are many doctors who can cut you up but be careful where you go to.

Hi Dr Chris,
Thanks for the reply. Attached files of medical report. I understand your point. Do you have any recommendations for a doctor in Penang? It will be easier for me and my family because my wife is just 4 months pregnant.
CT scan, 19 September 2016: Slight irregular and eccentric wall thickening at lower rectum n keeping with lower rectal tumour/lesion as noted clinically.

Histopathology report: Rectal tumour biopsy – moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.

WL came to seek our opinion. This was what I told WL.

There is no other option. The tumour has to be removed.
The main concern is whether WL has to use a colostomy bag after that, because this a rectal cancer. According to WL the doctor he consulted said that might be the case. It would indeed be a great disadvantage if WL, being a 35-year-old, has to deal with such a bag throughout his life. Stressful and messy indeed. The idea is try to avoid having to use a colostomy bag if possible.
I suggested that WL take time to “shop” around for a better surgeon. One surgeon I had in mind was in Kuala Lumpur. It would be worth that extra effort for WL to consult him and let him do the operation if there is not necessary to use a colostomy bag after that.
I also informed WL that there is a surgeon in Singapore (in private practice) who would be able to construct an “artificial rectum” should there is a need for one. In this way, WL would not have to use a colostomy bag. It would be worth spending some money to go to Singapore to consult him. But perhaps, before seeing someone in private practice, it would be a good idea to start seeing someone in Singapore General Hospital and take it from there.

About three weeks later, WL came back to see us again. He had his rectal tumour removed by the surgeon in Kuala Lumpur, as suggested. The total cost of the treatment was RM 40,000. WL was hospitalised for a week. After the surgery, WL had to use a temporary colostomy bag for a few weeks. After that he needs another surgery to rejoin the rectum.

Before the surgery, as suggested, WL went to Singapore General Hospital for consultation. The total cost of the surgery would be SGD 50,000 — almost four times more expensive than the cost in KL hospital.

Chemotherapy

An oncologist came to visit WL while he was still in the ward. According to the oncologist WL needs to undergo chemotherapy, using Xelox regimen (Xeloda + Oxaliplatin). WL needs 8 cycles and each cycle would cost about RM 4,000. Chemotherapy would start 2 to 6 weeks from the operation date.

The oncologist told WL the following:

You are still young.
Your situation is very critical.
If you don’t do chemo, you will lose the battle.
Within two years the cancer will spread all over.
If you don’t do chemo, you have a 65 percent chance of recurrence, i.e. the cancer would come back.
If you do chemo, you have a 65 chance that the cancer will not come back.
You can eat anything you like. According to the oncologist he has not come across any research report that links diet to cancer.
While warded in the hospital, WL had diarrhoea. The oncologist suggested that WL take fried food to stop the diarrhoae!

Chris: Do you believe what the oncologist told you about the diet — that your husband can eat anything he likes?

Wife: No, I never believe him.

There are three lessons we can learn from this case.

One, chose you surgeon wisely. If you go to the “wrong” surgeon, you may end up having to wear the colostomy bag the rest of your life!

Of course, it is logical to expect that it is more expensive to undergo medical treatment in Singapore than in Kuala Lumpur or Penang. No one to blame here — it is the exchange rate! It cost almost the same on a dollar-to-dollar basis.

Two, when told to do chemo, always ask if this treatment is going to cure you? What is your chance of obtaining a hundred percent cure — after all this is what you want anyway. When you get the answer from your oncologist, evaluate his answer critically.

WL was told: If you don’t do chemo, you have a 65 percent chance of recurrence, i.e. the cancer would come back. What does this mean? In simple language, it means that even without chemo there is a 35 chance that you will survive! Not ALL those who do not do chemo ended up dead. Right?

WL was told: If you do chemo, you have a 65 chance that the cancer does not come back. It means that even if you undergo chemo as suggested, there is 35 percent chance that the cancer can come back — meaning chemo does not guarantee you a cure! Right?

Therefore, it is up to YOU — the patient — to decide which path to take! Make your own decision because no one can help you in this dilemma.

Third, even WL’s wife — an ordinary housewife, could see the fallacy of the oncologist’s advice about diet. But if you need to read to believe, there are hundreds and hundreds of books written about diet and cancer. In my library at home I have no less than a hundred books on food and cancer! For those who prefer not to buy books, then go to the internet for free information. Click this link: http://www.wcrf.org/, http://www.aicr.org/cancer-research/. In 1982, American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) was founded to advance the simple but then-radical idea that cancer could be prevented. AICR focused on the link between diet and cancer, and immediately began supporting cutting-edge research in this area and educating the public about the results. It has published three global expert reports:

Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a global perspective, published in 1997
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, published in 2007; and
Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention, published in 2009.

For those caregivers, be forewarned though, that teaching patients to become healthy makes no money! Asking them to change to good diet and lifestyle means you cannot prescribe any more drugs or herbs for their ailments. And when patients become healthy they don’t need to come back and see you again! So, from all angles, it appears that suppressing the truth and letting the status quo prevails is better?

For busy people out there, let me help you a bit on this connection between diet and cancer. Read what these outstanding doctors said:

Ho, ho, I believe we all want to be just as smart (or even smarter) than a pig, right?