My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer and had an operation a couple of weeks ago. She had 2/3 of her stomach taken out.
Besides chemo we are also interested in alternative treatments. I have read a lot about Chinese herbal medicine and that its use can help patients go through chemo better and that it also can shrink tumours. I believe that there is a lot of truth in that but the problem is finding a good herbalist. There are lots of pills available over the internet coming from China but who knows what is good and what is not? That is the problem.
One other form of alternative treatment that I have interest in is Chinese Chigung (in Japanese it is Kikoo). A trained practitioner of chigung can send out CHI or energy from his fingers that can also attack and decrease the size of tumours. It sounds all hokus pokus but having been exposed to it myself I know that there is something there. If you live close to a large city that has a Chinatown there may be a Chigung centre closeby.
Homeopathic medicine is also interesting and worth a shot.
Basically I intend to leave no stone unturned in trying to help my mother and if it works, then why not?