Month: December 2022

Healing of Skin Cancer – Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Adek is my cousin sister. Sometime in March 2020 she had a small blister with a white spot on her left eyebrow. When pressed pus mixed with blood oozed out of the blister. It caused a sharp pain once in a while. The lesion did not go away. Two months later, Adek went to consult a doctor at the university hospital.

On 20 May 2020, Adek underwent an out-patient surgery that lasted about two hours to remove the lump. Histopathology report confirmed it was a squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer.

After surgery, the doctor prescribed some medications and suggested that Adek undergo radiotherapy. She refused the treatment but took the medicine.

Initially after the surgery, Adek’s forehead  started to swell and it took about 10 months before the swelling subsided. The scar started to heal but once in a while she felt itchy. Apart from that her recovery was smooth.

During this recovery period, Adek suffered the following:

1. Cough. This came on and off and this was followed by a copious discharge of white-greenish phlem. The dischage of phlegm came after taking food.

2. A few days in a week she had difficulty breathing.

3.She felt breathless after walking some distance.

Adek went back to her doctor regualarly for check-up.

To monitor her progress a high-dose contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) was performed on 14 July 2021. The results were as follow:

1. Brain: There is irregular enhancing subcutaneous soft tissue thickening at the left frontal region.

2. Abdomen / Pelvis: Small non-enhancing hypodense lesion at upper pole of right kidney, upper and interpole of left kidney likely represent cysts.

3. Bone. No suspicious lytic or sclerotic lesion.

4. Neck/Thorax:  Multiple lung nodules seen bilaterally as below:

  • Small subpleural nodule at apical segment of right upper lobe (Image: 41,43).
  • Small subpleural nodule (Image 64, 71) and lung nodule at anterior segment of right upper lobe (Image 46, 68, 69, 84).
  • Lung nodule at medial segment of right middle lobe measuring 0.4 cm x 0.3 cm (Image 142).
  • Small subpleural nodule at superior segment of right lower lobe (Image 152, 171).
  • The largest nodule at right horizontal fissure measuring 0.5 cm x 0.3 cm (Image 113).
  • Small subpleural nodule (Image 60, 85) and lung nodule at anterior segment of left upper lobe (Image 72).
  • The largest nodule at inferior segment measuring 0.5 cm x 0.3 cm (Image 155).
  • Bronchiectatic changes with adjacent plate atelectasis at the medial segment of right middle lobe and superior segment of right lower lobe.
  • Plate atelectatic changes in the inferior lingular segment.
  • No pleural effusion bilaterally.

Note:

Bronchiectatic changes: Bronchiectasis is a long-term condition where the airways of the lungs become widened, leading to a build-up of excess mucus that can make the lungs more vulnerable to infection. The most common symptoms of bronchiectasis include:

  • a persistent cough that
  • usually brings up phlegm (sputum)
  • shortness of breath.

Atelectatic changes. Atelectasis is a complete or partial collapse of the entire lung or area (lobe) of the lung. It occurs when the tiny air sacs (alveoli) within the lung become deflated or possibly filled with alveolar fluid. It results in the failure of the lung to expand (inflate) completely. It is sometimes referred to as collapsed lung.Large areas of atelectasis may be life threatening.The collapsed lung usually reinflates slowly if the airway blockage has been removed. But scarring or damage may remain.

The doctors suggested that Adek undergo chemotherapy, which she promptly rejected. And it was at this point that Adek called me to ask for help.

I subsequently prescribed her the following herbs:

  • A, C & D, M.
  • Herbal teas – Lung 1 + PLM and Lung 2 + SAP.

In addition to the herbs, Adek was told to take care of her diet. No sugar, no dairy  products, no fried food, no meat (or anything that walks!).

She followed my advice and declined any further medical treatment. Her doctor was not angry when Adek declined to undergo chemotherapy or radiotherapy. She told the doctor that she is taking our herbs..

(You look healthy and prettier! Thank you for your permission to use your photos without having to close your face!)

 Did the herbs help her? YES, very much and Adek is happy.

1. She felt she was much healthier than before she had cancer.

2. Due to the change of diet she has lost much weight – from 76 kg down to 60 kg. I told her she looked much prettier now!

3. Since taking the herbs, she did not have any problem – no more cough, no more phlegm and no more breathing difficulty.

4. She could live a normal life without pain, with good appetite, good sleep and able to travel visiting family members.

During her routine check-up with her doctor Adek was prescribed the following medications.

  • Wincardia – medication for prevention of heart attack which she did not take.
  • Pills for cholesterol which she also did not take.
  • Mecovit – vitamin B12, meant for vitamin B12 deficiency in people with anemia and nerve pain in hands.
  • Hovasc – medication to treat high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases.

Comments

1. Skin cancer is rare in Malaysia. Skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma are rare in this part of the world although they are the most common type of cancers in advanced, Western world.

In fact squamous cell carcinoma that Adek had is the first case that I ever encountered. In my 27 years of helping cancer patients, I have only encountered 3 patients with melanoma. Although my experience is limited, I learned from my experience that herbal therapy is effective and helpful for patients with skin cancer.

From the medical literature we know that squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) are not as dangerous as melanoma. When surgically removed the cure rate for SCC and BCC is about 95%.

However, relapse of SCC is rather common, with the cumulative relapse rate of about 29% within 1-year of treatment.

It is also reported that about 2% of  SCC will eventually spread to other parts of the body, such as the lung (21%), bone (18%), central nervous system (6%) and liver (4%). Distant metastasis is of course associated with a poor prognosis.

2. Live to fight with your cancer? Adek is now 76 years old. She underwent a 2-hour surgery which helped her. The procedure did not carry much risk. To me, she did the right thing by agreeing to the surgical removal of the cancerous lump on her eyebrow.

Unfortunately a year later, CT scan showed the cancer had spread to her lungs. This commonly happen to most patients. The only option that doctors can offer her  is radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. In more crude words – this is to declare war on her cancer. Fight the cancer cells to the end with toxic drugs and radiation. Adek refused these modalities  which I believe many people would think is a foolish decision – not to fight and kill the cancer cells.

I posed these questions to Adek.

  • Are you willing to undergo radiotherapy which is directed at your eyebrow? My guess is that you could or might be rendered blind because of the radiation. Are prepared to accept that outcome? Her answer was NO.

I have seen patients who underwent surgery for their brain cancer. This was followed by radiotherapy. They ended up totally blind after the treatment.

  • Adek had seen what chemo did to cancer patients. No, she was not willing to accept the side effects. At her age of 76, what would chemotherapy do to her quality of life?  It is hard to guess but it is surely not going to be like a nice walk in the park. Take a pause and reflect on the following quotations:

3. Learn to live with your cancer! You like war? In this part of the world, we Asians don’t like war.  Look at what happened to Vietnam, Iraq and now Ukraine. The ordinary folks suffered miserably and you see destruction everywhere! The only people who are happy are the manufactures of weapons!

Since the past 27 years, at CA Care, we teach our patients to learn how to live with their cancer. Let us not fight but let us take a holistic approach to heal our cancer.  This is what we did in the case of Adek.

1. Let us face reality that all of us will have to die one day. So death is not something we should fear. But what is most important is when we are still alive, let us live a happy life free of sufferings. Don’t suffer because of the treatments and then die! That is meaningless.

2. Know your inner feelings. If you wish to follow the “alternative path” of healing, you must believe in what you are going to do and be fully committed to that path. There is no half measure here.

3. Take care of your diet. Eat healthy and rightly.

4. Lead a stress-free life. Change your mental attitude and your old lifestyle.

5. Seek the help of Spirituality. Pray.

6. Take herbal teas to help the body restore the harmony within and heal itself.

It has been more than a year now and Adek is doing fine. Every day she is able to move around or travel without problem. There is no pain. She is not breathless. She eats and sleeps well. She does not suffer any side effects from taking the herbs every day. So to Adek, life is good. 

What else do you want?

Let me end by sharing one case of melanoma (which is more serious) which I encountered many years ago.

Guat was a 53 year-old-lady. In October 2007, she was diagnosed with skin cancer that had spread to her lungs. The doctor told Guat this was a serious disease and in my15 years of experience, this is the only case that I have seen.  Guat had fiery feeling in her chest almost every day. She had headache and was unable to sleep. She felt breathless when walking.

The doctor suggested that she start treatment with radiation immediately. Without radiotherapy the cancer might spread to her brain. Guat refused radiotherapy and came to seek our help on 2 November 2007. She was started on our therapy.

Note: According to medical literature, the 5-year survival for this type of cancer is 2% to 3%. With lung metastasis, medial survival is 11 months.

After One Year On Our Therapy

Chris: It has been more than a year since you first came.

Guat:  It is about one year now. There was always this fear. Do I need to go and have a scan?

C: No, there is no need to. What is the point? If the tumour were smaller, you would still need to continue taking the herbs. If it were bigger, what do you want to do? Still continue taking the herbs. The important thing is this. How do you feel now compared to one year ago when you came to see me?

G: Better.

Five Years Later: 9 August 2013

Guat: More than 5 years now. I am doing fine. My friends were asking why I don’t die yet!

Ten Years Later: December 2017                                                                                        (https://cancercaremalaysia.com/2017/12/18/one-glorious-morning-our-stage-4th-melanoma-lung-cancer-is-still-doing-fine/)

A gentleman walked into our centre one morning in December 2017. I could not recognise him. He reminded me that he is Guat’s husband. He told me Guat is doing fine. The last time I met Guat was 4 years ago –  in August 2013. After that Guat was out of our radar, not until this morning when her husband suddenly appeared!

Chris: How many years already?

Husband: Since, 2007. Already 10 years.

C: Aiyo, you are very lucky – very lucky, ha, ha.

PSA Dropped from 7,292 to 26 Within Two Months – Unbelievable but true!

This is a follow-up of an earlier article Eight & A Half Days In A Private Hospital Cost RM47,159.70 – worth it?

This story is about 73-year-old Johnny who had prostate cancer that had spread extensively to this bones. There is indication that the cancer has also spread to his lungs. Johnny  was admitted into a private hospital for treatment.  Unfortunately, nothing much came out of this “hospital adventure”. The family decided to give up further medical treatment and came to seek our help.

Johnny  was unable to walk on his own and had to use a wheelchair. He presented with severe pain due to the wide spread metastasis to his bones. His stomach was “gassy” and uncomfortable. He urinated about 7 to 8 times per night. This made his life really miserable.

Johnny was prescribed herbal teas to take care of his prostate, bone and lungs. In addition he was given Pain tea for his pain, Gastrovit for his gassy stomach and A-Kid-6 for his frequent urination.

Within a week, Johnny’s condition improved. However, what is most amazing  is that his PSA level came tumbling down from 7,292.00 to 26.08 as shown below.

It was indeed a great surprise when I got this whatsapp message on 25Nov 2022 from Johnny’s daughter.

In addition to the drop of his PSA, there is also an improvement of his Platelet Count – from 502 it came down to 300. Take note that an elevated platelet count is associated with an increased incidence of cancer and poor survival for many cancer types.

Johnny’s alkaline phosphatase (ALP) has also decreased from 208 to 165. ALP is associated with bony metastasis. An  elevated ALP is a prognostic marker for poorer survival in metastatic cancer.

Johnny started to take the herbs on 10 October 2022.  So from the blood results – PSA, platelet and ALP – he seemed to have improved after taking the herbs for just 5 weeks.

Johnny’s daughter wrote further:

Daughter: Actually the hospital kept calling for the next appointment but we rejected it. Then in between they still called till the last few days – they asked us do blood test and continue with hormone medication.

My husband just accepted the appointment to do PSA test but rejected others.

 After about 3 hours, the results were out. So we had to go back and see the same doctor who treated him the first time.

The doctor was so surprised with the results and thought it was his medicine that gave this good results.

 But my husband told the doctor: Actually we did not consume your medicine. We took herbs . The Dr was surprised and he respected our decision to continue taking the herbs. Then he asked us to take bone strengthening medication but we refused.

Chris: More important — very important. How is your dad’s condition now: 

a) His urination at night — how many times — before 7-8 times each nigh. 

b) His pain more or less after taking Pain tea? 

c) His movement — any improvement?

D: My dad’s condition is much, much better. He can walk with walker further than before he was started on the herbs. His pain was reduced – can say like no pain. His urination had improved, once or twice only at night.

This visit to the doctor to do the blood test costs RM233.00.

For your information, a similar test done in a private laboratory would cost only RM71, a third of the hospital cost!

Comment

1. This story is unbelievable but true.When I met Johnny, his daughter and son-in-law, I did not expect that we would get such a good response so soon, although deep down I felt the herbs would be able to help him. This is because we have helped many patients with prostate cancer and got good results.

In February 2013, I have posted a similar case, Prostate-Bone Cancer– Part 1: PSA Came Tumbling Down: From 6,963 to 200 and Severe Pains Vanished. This is the story of a 72-year-old man from Surabaya, Indonesia. His prostate cancer had spread extensively to his back bone. I have the opportunity to meet with this patient in his house when we visited Surabaya. He benefited from our herbs. You can listen to him in the videos.

2. In addition to the herbs for prostate cancer, we also know that our Pain Tea, A-Kid-6 tea and Gastrovit are effective and have helped many patients.

  • Pain Tea is taken 3 to 6 times a day. Generally the pain will go away rather “miraculously” and when the pain is gone, there is no need to take the pain tea anymore. Be rest assured that our pain tea does not contain any narcotic or opioid! It is also not a painkiller like the medications you get from the doctors. I formulated this pain tea some 20 years ago based on the Chinese TCM philosophy: “If there is free flow, there is no pain; If there is no free flow, there is pain.” Since then our pain tea has helped hundreds of patients with their pain.
  • Our A-Kid-6 tea was formulated to help people with frequent urination at night. Many people reported that their problem was resolved after taking the tea for a few days! I recalled one American man who came to us and was troubled with this problem that he would try not to go to sleep at night. After taking this tea his problem was resolved. He told me if I were to come to California and make this tea available there, I would make a lot of money!
  • Gastrovit tea is for gastric problems. Many people tell us it works like “magic”.

3. When Johnny was down with cancer, the family’s first priority was to seek medical help. Johnny was sent to a  well-known hospital in Kuala Lumpur for treatment. We respected that decision. Go ahead and see what the doctor can offer you!

For eight and a half days in the hospital the medical bills came to RM47,159.70. What did Johnny get out of that? What if his stay was extended to about a month or more – the hospital bills could easily reach RM200,000? Financial toxicity – this iswhat it means when writers write about the cost of cancer treatment!

I was surprised when Johnny’s family decided to seek our help and also decided to give up medical treatment.

The herbs and the change of diet helped him tremendously, to the point that it is unbelievable. But it is true. After the doctor saw the PSA dropped to 26 from 7,292 (within 2 months),  he was happy believing that it was his prescribed Cassodex and Duodart that did the job. The truth is, Johnny did not take the prescribed medicine! He took herbs.

It was good that the doctor was not angry for not following his instruction. Perhaps he could not dispute what he saw and heard that day – the so called unproven, unscientific herbs were effective for Johnny’s cancer.

For your information, the cost of  the herbs which Johnny took for 5 weeks cost less than RM2,000. Compare this to 8.5 days in the hospital which cost RM47,159.70. Of course, many people in the world would not want to know this truth. This would mean professional suicide.

But you, the patient, has a choice. Choose wisely!