Mike Devour said, > Of course, anything complimentary or alternative that he does will need to be coordinated with his medical team, to whatever extent they are prepared to cooperate.<
I do not know if that statement is there to avoid legal problems, or is your true opinion. To try to coordinate a radical alternative approach like the Gerson therapy or Essiac or any of the large number of other effective alternative approaches to cancer (or any health issue) while attempting to appease your doctor is like trying to coordinate a social program between militant atheists and evangelical Christians. Yes, I know there are a few medical doctors out there who are sympathetic to or are even practicing a holistic approach to cancer/health, but they are few and far between. Your normal doctor will not work with you, he will oppose any of 'that health-nut stuff'. He will insist on the cut-burn-poison routine that typifies the modern medical program, and will refuse to even treat you if you insist on anything else. For many years I was of the opinion that medical doctors were mostly ineffective, with an occasional lucky success. But in the last few years people have come to me with problems that were CAUSED by their doctors. Time after time after time clients have told me how a condition that turned out to have been nothing more than an allergy or indigestion was diagnosed as something needing surgery or extensive medication (which, when followed, caused severe, even life-threatening health problems). I am now of the opinion that doctors should be avoided, that to put yourself in their hands is to put your life at risk. One of my own daughters had a health issue that I suspected was insufficient thyroid. I contacted a doctor friend (the one who is enthusiastic about CS). When I discussed my daughter with her, told me that, if my daughter had laboratory testing and it was discovered that my suspicions about her thyroid were correct, she would have to take whatever drugs were prescribed, and if I did not agree, I would be reported and my daughter taken from me and forced to take the drugs. It would take me hours to relate all the stories my clients have told me about medical terrorism and the harassment they have received when they resisted obeying their doctors. Are there good, caring, open-minded doctors out there? Yes, and increasing in number daily. But they are still the great minority. If you do not know a doctor who is interested in alternative approaches to health and you go see a regular, close-minded doctor, he will not help you, he will only hinder you. He will, in fact, threaten your life. When folks come to me with serious health issues, and they want to also follow their doctors program, I will either work with them in a minimal way (add some supplements, eat this, avoid this), or I will not work with them at all. You cannot mix oil and water; you cannot try to help your body heal itself while at the same time do things that hurt your body or even interfere with its healing ability. I have had folks come to me who have been told by their doctors not to take any vitamins or minerals because it would bolster their immune systems, which the doctor does not want. They are taking drugs designed to suppress their immune systems, and anything that will bolster the immune system will interfere with the drug. I will not work with such folks. I tell them, if they press me to, that they need to decide how they are going to approach health. Either help your body defend itself, or let the doctor do his worst. If you choose the latter, be sure and have your Will filled out. I tell them, if you want your body to heal itself, do not see a doctor unless he/she also wants to help your body to heal itself and will do things designed to assist your body. Drugs do not. Radiation does not. Surgery rarely does. Clients have reported to me that when they told their doctors that they were taking CS, their doctor flew into a rage and demanded they stop immediately or they would not treat them anymore. Good. End of discussion. Exit stage left. The practice of medicine in North America has degenerated into something more dangerous than anything ever done by any primitive tribal witch doctors. Go see a Naturopath (but I will admit, the resistance to CS from Naturopathic doctors has been nearly as great as from medical doctors). Go see an herbalist. But most of all, educate yourself. Read, read, read. If you research your health issues on the internet, you will at first be overwhelmed by both the huge amount of info you find, and by the great variety of opinions about what you should do. Among the Natural-oriented folks you will find a great deal of opinion, discussion, disagreement, controversy. (The doctors at least, mostly agree: cut-burn-poison, make out your Will and then die). If you are fortunate enough to find one of the good doctors, hang on to him/her! But here is the key: As you keep chasing the knowledge you need, as you keep talking with others of like mind (HELP your body, not force it), what you need to know about resolving your own health issues will rise to the surface, will become clearer and clearer to you, what you should do. The PROCESS of searching for answers will change you and make you able to benefit from the answers that come to you. That searching process is an important part of experiencing healing. Be aware: the searching process is at first hard, and fraught with discouragement and despair. It is when you KEEP searching when it seems a waste of time, when you are even criticized for searching but you refuse to stop, that something wonderful will happen inside you. I am not talking in theory here, my searching has been all my life, and I would not have missed it for the world. 'Holistic' means approaching the problem from all angles, or as many as you can. Good health is not found in taking a pill, whatever that pill contains. Good health is found in approaching life in as healthy a way as you can. That includes hope and faith and love and humor as well as diet and exercise and healthy therapies. I have become the youth leader at a small church recently (imagine that! a 59-year old youth leader!), and the last few months have done more for my health than anything I have ever done with diet and nutrition. My energy, frame of mind, diet, sleeping habits and zest for life have improved exponentially. The kids (high school) in this group do not know what to make of me. I am balding, gray, wrinkled and wear a dental bridge that does not always stay in place, but I have been places and done things they have only heard about. My energy equals their own and my zest for life, love, joy and adventure perplexes them. They have started bringing their friends to be exposed to what is happening. I had forgotten (this is not the first youth group I have led, but it has been a long time since the last) how much love, compassion and passion for life energizes your mind and body. I am convinced that love and laughter are a more effective cancer therapy than nutrition. Better yet, do them both! Terry Chamberlin Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>