Sillewater,
Thank you my friend. A statin is an excellent idea.
I'm not sure how much I trust these doctors. It's hit or miss. She has a new oncologist now, but the previous one turned her away three times for what to a competent doctor should have been obvious signs of blood clotting. We are living under a socialized healthcare system - sure, better than other some system - but we've have to fight very hard to get a decent level of care. Because she's older and statistically more likely to die from other causes, I don't think that they're as interested in spending the resources or the extra time when there are so many younger patients. I will talk to them about more conventional drugs like a statin or medical marijuana, but I might have to keep Resveratrol and AHCC and curcumin private, in case they discourage her from taking something that they're too busy to look up. Not saying they're assholes, but full disclosure might not be the best idea.
Heres the regimen I'm about to order from iherb:
AHCC - 2grams a day, more if it weren't so damned expensive
Resveratrol - 2 grams a day, divided
Now EGCG, green tea extract - 800mg
Doctors best Curcumin C3 - 2 grams, divided
Limonene - 2 grams
(turns out curcumin and egcg actually sensitize cancer cells to radiation -
http://www.lef.org/p..._therapy_01.htm)
If she does go on chemo, I might have to cut a couple of these out.
Not sure about the arginine, but will order it along with some lysine. If she doesn't use it, I will.
Going to talk to her doc about statins and medical marijuana. Might just go ahead and roll her some 'special' cigarettes myself.
dasheenster,
Thankyou for the suggestions. I'd like to comment on a few for others who might be reading this
anti-neoplastons
Super interesting concept, but very expensive (upwards of $30k) and not scientifically validated.
dichloroacetate
Interesting but overhyped. Not shown to work in humans.
http://www.cancer.or...-Treatment.aspxIntense chemo
Not necessarily better. This is an 80 year old woman, it could kill her before the cancer. Could cause a new cancer.
herbs
Yes!
appetite stimulants
Are you referring to pot? Because I'm seriously considering this. She's also pretty depressed, it could brighten her up. Plus, there's evidence of lung tumor suppression.
mpe,
It's an interesting concept, but it would be near impossible to convince her to go on an IV.
-thanks to everyone who has responded so far.
Edited by 1kgcoffee, 19 November 2011 - 02:18 AM.