Thank you for all this information. That is great news. I will keep you in my thoughts.
My mother had surgery today and they thought they were going to optimally debulk her. Unfortunately they were only able to suboptimally debulk her with 2 nodules remaining. 1 on an intestine and 1 on the pelvis ,,,he said he couldn't remove them with out taking an organ she needed. The positive side is he thought he was going to have to remove the bowel, however, the cancer did not penetrate the walls. He removed all the omentum which he said was very successful.
She now can not have Interperitneal Chemo because the size of the residual cancer is larger than 1 cm. Have you heard anything different?
Although disappointed we will remain positive and will work to find the best treatments. So any ideas and things you can share is wonderful.
I will now research sub optimal debulking. Comments?
I believe the surgeon is very competant and hard working. With that said, I'm concerned that they only do so much and I want to request the best treatments possible. We are with kaiser. He said the next step is chemo.
How did you find a doctor that administers vitamin C and B17 interveniously. I imagine this is not something a gynecological oncologist will recommend. How expensive is it?
Thanks for your wonderful email.
Chopps
Dear Chopps
I had a radical hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy-omentectomy and delbulking for primary peritoneal carcinoma on the 11th of January 07. I ended up with many tumours and lesions spread through out my organs. As with your mother, I was lucky that the cancer hadn't penetrated the bowel. At one stage I had six tumours on my liver. I managed to come across my Doctor who administers the Vitamin C through a naturopath I was seeing. I am in Australia and we have a website called ACNEM where accredited doctors can be found. You need to look for someone who deals with Biological Therapies. Many western trained doctors will not perform this practice as it is not in the realms on practice. They may even try to talk you away from this form of treatment. I have to order my Vitamin B17 off the website from Mexico and have it shipped to Australia. My doctor then adds 3 of the vials of the B17 into my vitamin C treatment every week. Please believe me when I say that this treatment alone has got rid of all of my tumours when chemo alone did nothing. That does not mean chemo will not work for your mother, you just have to keep your mind open to every possibility. The western doctors told me I would not survive 6 months and that was a long time ago now and I am 90% healthy and happy again. This treatment has given me a new lease on life and at last I can start believing that I have found something to cure this cancer ..... only time will tell :)
Keep fighting and never give up ... don't always go on first opinions and always ask lots of questions. I know this can drive the doctors nuts but information is your power. I thought I was dead a long time ago but I am still here - there is a cure we just have to work out what it is
Big hugs and kisses to you all xxxxx