My Story | My Cancer Success Story |
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I started taking these products in May 2005, they were recommended to me by a lady friend of the family who had liver cancer some 12 years earlier and is a heathly 50 something now. Having recieved 2 courses of chemo and 1 of radiation it seemed to me I had nothing to lose so I decided to give them a trial. Nearly 3 years later Im totally convinced they are controlling my cancer and allowing me to live a normal active life. Read my story, study my X-rays and you decide if want to order these products.
My Story In October 2004, I received a phone call at home from West Cumberland Hospital, explaining that the results of my x-ray were ready and asking me to come and meet the consultant’s nurse later that day. I said that I was happy for them to explain my results over the phone, but they insisted that I come to the hospital. I knew then that the news was not good.
 if the cancer was found in my thyroid gland, it was very probable that it would have already spread to other organs. I had the operation and then spent one of the worst weeks of my life waiting for the results.
Thank God the result was negative. I now had to return to Newcastle on December 8 2004 for a biopsy to determine the type of cancer that I had. There was a slight complication during the biopsy that caused my lung to fill with blood, which they had to drain. I believe that this caused some scar tissue that has given me some discomfort ever since. The results of the biopsy were sent to West Cumberland Hospital and an appointment was made for me to see Vicky again. It was at this time that she explained that the biopsy suggested it to be a metastatic high grade neuroendocrine tumour, which obviously meant nothing to me. She arranged for me to meet with my consultant at West Cumberland Hospital and explained that he would now decide my chemotherapy and radiation treatment.  Early in 2005, unfortunately, my beloved sister, Patricia, died in The Freeman Hospital from complications following a transplant. In the meantime, I began my first course of chemotherapy. I was extremely lucky and had very few side effects. I didn’t lose my hair and I even managed to continue playing golf three times a week throughout my treatment – and I am still doing so to this day!
After the chemo, I had a chest x-ray, the results of which were very encouraging. My tumour had shrunk to the point where it was now hardly visible. We were so happy. However, my consultant still sent me to have radiation treatment. I travelled to Carlisle Hospital for this treatment. First, the nurses established the area to be irradiated. In order to repeat each session with perfect accuracy, they tattooed very small ink dots on my head and chest, marking out the exact area that was to be irradiated. Again I was very fortunate and did not suffer with many side effects. However, this time I did lose my hair. I was surprised how little this bothered me. Unfortunately, after this treatment, a C.A.T. scan revealed that the tumour had returned and so I proceeded to have a second course of chemotherapy in 2005. I have had no other treatment since February 2006. I asked the doctors if it would be possible to remove my right lung, since my tumour was still isolated. My father had TB in 1956 and had his lung removed and lived for a further 25 years, so I knew it was possible to survive happily with one lung. Again, I went to Carlisle Hospital to meet with the consultant from The Freeman Hospital. He said that is was extremely rare for them to operate on patients with small cell cancer because it is the nature of this cancer to spread rapidly and it was probably in another part of the body. However, he agreed to send me to London for a P.E.T. scan. I had never heard of a P.E.T. scan before but it is a state-of-the-art machine that performs a whole-body scan to detect cancer. The results showed my original tumour in my right lung. However, in addition to this tumour, it revealed a highly suspicious area between both my lungs. This mass of cells was enough for the consultant to abandon the idea of an operation. They now believe that this area could have actually been caused by the radiation treatment to my chest. I was then told by my consultants that, since the tumour was growing so slowly, I should go home and come back to see them when I had further symptoms. They explained that they could only give me one more course of chemotherapy and, as a result, wanted to keep it in reserve to use as the last throw of the dice. I understood this but I was not happy with how they had decided to monitor the cancer by simply waiting for me to inform them when symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath developed. Therefore it was organised for me to see another consultant at Barrow Hospital to establish how best to monitor the cancer. Here they decided that I should have a chest x-ray every three months. For the first two x-rays the cancer remained virtually unchanged. Therefore, we waited six months before the next x-ray. The tumour was originally 3.5 cm in 2004. The first monitoring x-ray in 2006 revealed that it was 5.0cm. Unfortunately, it has grown to 5.84cm, but I am pleased to say that my latest x-ray (taken 27-12-07) showed no increase in the tumour size. I mention this to make you aware that these products don’t cure cancer, but I am sure they have helped and continue to help me have these last three years, 4 months, of quality time with my wife and children.  I hope my story has given you some hope and an insight in to what may lay ahead for you and your family. If you are interested in finding out more about these treatments and how to order them for yourself, then view our small cell cancer treatment products.
Finally, I want to thank God for giving me these years. |
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