Alternative Treatment For Cancer

Art decided not to go under conventional treatment anymore because of the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. He is now on alternative medicine. He takes guyabano (soursop), asparagus, and lemon grass (tanglad) juices morning and evening. Some friends told us that these are effective cancer cures. In fact the internet is telling us that guyabano is 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy in killing the cancer cells without destroying the good cells of the body. The asparagus was able to totally heal a man of cancer within three months, according to the email of a friend. And tanglad juice has good cleansing effect. The write-ups in the internet about the effective cure these food bring are very promising.

The attitude of Archie, my son touched me. He is in the internet researching for cures most of his waking hours. "I cannot just sit back and watch my father die. I have to do something," he says. It is the primary factor in keeping up the hopes of my husband in surviving his cancer, my son's zeal in finding a cure for his father.

A Poem I Have Written For My Husband

My Life, My Love

What would I do without you?
For years we have been together
Waking up each morning with you around
I couldn't ask for more and be happier

God has been kind to bring you to me
Through you I am happy with my life
Your presence graced my whole being
I could not be a more contented wife

Now with your life threatening Cancer
The danger of losing you haunts me
The strenght you show in this trying time
Will forever from now on keep me company

"If that is what God wants, let it be"
Your words have been my consolation
"I leave everything to God," you said
This gives me hope in this tribulation

In this late years I know it won't be long
Before God will call us to His Kingdom
The thought of meeting you there later on
Will console us though death may come

Feeling of Defeat

Consequences of Art's illness is starting to creep into me. It is giving me a little feeling of defeat and I am not liking it. I have to get over these feelings. Friends have been very kind and symphatetic and it is making things easier for us. But when I am left alone to myself already, worries start to sip in. But the thought of God's mercy and love taking over our lives once we surrender everything to Him gives me strenght. And witnessing my husband's bravery and Faith in this trying times has been my source of inspiration and hope.

It is Cancer

It is cancer. My husband's tumor is malignant. He underwent CT Scan this morning to know the extent of his cancer. Tomorrow, an specialist from the States will examine him for a second opinion. Dr. Opulencia, his doctor believes that all of his tongue should be cut off. The specialist from the States will see if he can be cured through cobalt and chemotherapy without cutting his tongue. My husband Art said that if his tongue will be cut off, he will not undergo treatment anymore. He doesn't want to go on living without being able to socialize and tasting his food. We need all the prayers that can be offered for him.

Art's Tumor

I can hardly wait for Monday, when we will go to Art's doctor and know the result of the biopsy. My husband is taking it nicely, not showing any sign of uneasiness. Benign or not, he has to go under cobalt treatment to reduce the size. The doctors does not want to give us any idea yet how much it could possibly cost. The EENT especialist said that we will discuss it once the result of the biopsy is out. It could cost a lot, especially with the fact that we don't have any medical insurance except for Philhealth, which is given out to SSS retirees and which is not very much. But I know God will take care of everything. God will provide.

Not too Bad

It is Saturday and it's time for my grand daughter Tiara's visit. She came with my son and her nanny at 4:30 PM and would you believe, with glasses. My son is vehement about correcting her Lazy Eye and wanted her to be fitted with corrective glasses. What she has now still has to be graded. According to the pediatrician. Lazy Eye can be corrected through eye drops and eye glasses. Well, she has one now but still with colors and without grades. I must say it becomes her. It is not too bad after all.

My Husband's Tumor

Art was found to have a big tumor under his tongue and at it's base last Monday when we saw an EENT Specialist. He subjected him to Endoscopy that enabled the doctor to see it. The monitor was played back and we saw the tumor on the screen. The doctor scheduled him for biopsy Monday morning. If it is benign, the growth can be arrested through cobalt treatment. If it is malignant and serious, they might have to cut his tongue and he will be subjected to cobalt treatment or chemotheraphy, I am not very sure yet which of which. We will find out one week after the biopsy, depending on the findings of the doctors. Let us just pray that it is nothing serious.