On 3/12/2008 Too Young wrote:
I am a 31 year old mother with an 18 month old little boy. I was diagnosed with PPC stage 4 in December 2006 and have been having regular chemo treatments since. The chemo I am on now is to just give me a bit more time and it unfortunately won't cure this horrid cancer. I just wanted to let any other sufferers know that I was feeling at my worst and was about to give up on the chemo until I met a special doctor. He started giving me high doses of Vitamin C intravenously and I have found it to boost my immune system. He also took tests on my blood and I was found to have extremely high copper levels and extremely low zinc levels - with levels like this your immune system cannot work properly. So on top of the Vit C I am taking high doses of zinc to give my immune system a real boost. Everyone has to realise that chemo is obviously a poison so we have to do our best to help our bodies stay strong. I was given 6 to 8 months to live and that was now 9 months ago. Last week I went scuba diving, sky diving and bungy jumping just to prove I am still alive ......... Please everyone keep up the fight and try and stay as positive as possible. Believe me I know it is hard - every day I look at my little boy and just pray for some more time. My prayers are with you all xxx
What can I say to you other than you are in my thoughts and prayers, like you have said you have a very good reason to fight on with your 18 month old son. I think your message about the change in your treatment with the addition of the vitamin C injections is what this site is all about. This cancer is so unusual and because of this getting information is so difficult. It breaks my heart that someone of your age has been diagnosed with this as we believed we had been unlucky when my wife was diagnosed and she was 47.
Keep fighting on and keep in contact, any other changes to your treatment that helps pass it on and hopefully it will benefit others.
Take care and god bless you and your family.
Col.