INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN C THERAPY

Here is a website about the latest trials at the Cancer Centers of America using Intravenous vitamin C. I find it curious though why they would choose only cases where all other options have been unsuccessful. It would seem kinder to have at least some participants try this as their first line of treatment therefore avoiding some of the destructive side effects of some of the more traditional treatments. Hmmmnnn! I'm hoping they are not setting up for failure since there is no way for the drug companies to profit from cornering the market on this natural substance. http://www.kenoshanews.com/articles/index.php?articleNum=538 shemay

Hi, Shemay: Ah, but then they would be going outside the "standard of care" dictated by the pharma companies...but you knew that...are you located in the midwest? The VitC results you mentioned are quite interesting. Also, per the little spat about antineoplastins earlier...just wanted to encourage you to continue your informative posts. Everyone has a point of view and fighting this disease keeps us busy enough...why some people have to believe that any and every one who tries a path other than poisonous chemicals and/or radiation is under the influence of quacks is a mystery to me. If the health insurance system weren't covering people's chemo treatments, and everyone had to notice exactly how much these pharma companies rake in for their wares, then perhaps discussions about due diligence and outcomes might become more nuanced and include some hard facts about chemo's huge rate of failure, as well. Be well.

On 2/5/2007 Shemay wrote:

Here is a website about the latest trials at the Cancer Centers of America using Intravenous vitamin C. I find it curious though why they would choose only cases where all other options have been unsuccessful. It would seem kinder to have at least some participants try this as their first line of treatment therefore avoiding some of the destructive side effects of some of the more traditional treatments. Hmmmnnn! I'm hoping they are not setting up for failure since there is no way for the drug companies to profit from cornering the market on this natural substance. http://www.kenoshanews.com/articles/index.php?articleNum=538 525" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.kenoshanews.com/articles/index.php?articleNum=538 " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.kenoshanews.com/articles/index.php?articleNum=538 shemay

Hello, my name is Trish. My father is currently taking intravenous vitamin c therapy for Liver Metastesis with an unknown primary cancer diagnosis, 50g 3x a week.  He started it in November 06, but only for a short time, then resumed it a couple weeks ago when there was no chance he was going to be strong enough for any more chemo.  Since starting again a couple weeks ago, his cancer marker count has gone from 650 to 320.  We are quite surprised and it's given us new hope. The one Chemo round he received did nothing for his cancer count, only make him sick and weaker.  He is quite weak and sick still.  His RBC is only 3.89, his white is 19 and Hmglobin is 115.  So his doesn't feel like he's getting better.  His Naturopath says this will improve as his treatments continue. He only had one round of Chemo but it sure kicked his butt.  We're hoping to see an improvement in his blood counts soon.   It's nice to find someone else who is starting the same treatments...Good Luck. 

Trish:

How is your dad doing? My wife is getting ready to try vitamin C IV as a maintenance therap to pevent her ovarian cancer from reestablishing itself after being declared clinically free of disease and completing her first-line chemo. I have followed your posts on thei board and been praying for your dad.

I've read all of the literature on vitamin C. The success stories are dramatic, but it seems very few people actually try the therapy. I suspect it is because it is not covered by insurance. The expense can be daunting for an average family struggling with loss of income and substantial other medical bills.

I want your dad to succeed so he can be an inspiration to so many others who are seeking hopeful alternatives.

Please continue to post is progress. Thanks.

Irene and Shemay, My name is Bob Braunhardt of Fullerton, CA. If you live in southern CA, you might want to contact Randy Ice at Bikeice@aol.com , he does the IVC therapy for $125/ visit; he's down in Temecula.  You my also want to go to his parent website: www.bikescor.com ; don't be alarmed that it's a bicycling club, Randy is a nutritionist, a bit of an herbalogist, alopathic specialist as well.  I've known Randy for 25 years thru the Solvang Century bike ride.  I was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer May 4, 07 and am currently doing chemo and radiation and have gathered much info about Vitamin C therapy.  You might want to check out this website  www.doctoryourself.com/chemo.html  ; it has a lot of good info about the benefit of using Vitamin C in conjunction WITH both chemo and radiation, contrary to what most oncologists and radiation doctors tell you.  I'm in a battle with my doctors to get them to approve the use of vitamin C as part of the 'normal regime' of treatment.  One other website I found showed an improvement of 71-98% when using vitamin C and/or Vitamin E  AND chemo/radiation as opposed to chemo/radiation only!  Pretty astounding data !  Take care and fight!  We're all fighters when it comes to cancer.  if you want to contact me directly, my email is bbraunhardt@yahoo.com  Bob B.

Irena, check my reply to Shemay about vitamin C therapy.  Do you live in southern CA, I'm in Fullerton, CA.  Bob B.

How is he able to administer IVC if he's not a physician?

Lemondrop and Irena, check his website for more info. Randy is a Physical Therapist and a C.C.C. (whatever that stands for).  He deals with cardiac rehab thru bicycling and therapy using alopathic and wholistic and alternative medicine protocols. He IS licensed to give Vitamin C IV's and also Testosterone therapy as well.  His website is: www.bikescor.com , you can email him thru is website, his email address is listed.  Take care, good luck and have a happy 4th.  BOB B

Shemay and Irena, check this website: www.vitamincfoundation.org/cancer.htm    They show a chart where the use of Vitamin C(~1000mg/day) and Vitamin E(~400iu/day) actually enhance the effectiveness of a number of chemos to the tune of ~35% chemo alone to 92+% when used WITH Vitamin C and about 72% vs 35% for Vit E.  I've been doing this thruout my treatment (may 23- July 6) with no ill effects, the chemo is 5-F/U.  After my radiation is thru (jul 6) I'll be going back onto the megadose tolerance buildup of Vit C.  I was up to 16000mg/day with no ill effects, so I'll be working from that point upwards UNTIL I get mild diarhea, then I back off 20%.  That becomes my daily dosage!  You HAVE to do the tolerance buildup FIRST to find 'your' body's tolerance, otherwise you can get in BIG trouble!  I have a bunch of data from various websites showing the same kind of results.       Use the following searches for info: "Vitamin C and chemo therapy", "Vitamin C and radiation therapy" and ditto for radiation.  Also "alternative therapy for cancer"                  Good luck.   Bob B