Re: Insulin Potentiate Therapy

[Guest guest]

Jane,

<<IPT...Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

>>

I think Kathy O. was going to do this...use the search box w/ search

string " kitties " (leave off the quotes) to pull up some of her posts.

<<I feel that he is best advised to stick to proven therapies and

save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan Kettering or elsewhere, if we

choose>>

I would agree, especially if an " alternative " is going to cost a lot

of money.

Some patients try cheap alt stuff, like diet, herbs from the health

food store, etc., usually together with some type of conventional

therapy...I think that's fine, I've done it myself, and its no big

deal. But when an alt starts costing serious money, I would be a LOT

more leery and demand at least SOME evidence that the therapy " works "

before paying. It is unlikely you will find " gold standard " evidence

in the form of randomized clinical trials, but the alt practitioner

should at least be able to put you in touch with some patients who

were obviously helped by the therapy (e.g. verified by scans, etc).

One of the best references I've seen on how to choose alt therapies,

along with a lot of other stuff, is Steve Dunn's Cancerguide

Main Page

http://www.cancerguide.org/mainmenu.html

Alternative Therapies

http://www.cancerguide.org/alternative.html

Especially see the first 3 links on the Alt Therapies page, including

Steve's talk at the CMBM conference " Seperating the Wheat from the

Chaff " .

<<a retoperitoneal tumor and a small spot in the liver. It is

inoperable, and radiation won't help>>

Now this I question. You have to remember, " treatability " depends

on the doctor you go to, different doctors will have different

opinions on who THEY can treat.

If disease is limited to a SMALL retroperitoneal tumor and liver met,

don't be too quick to give up on conventional approaches.

Don't know if this could help or not, but awhile back I was following

the story of a patient who had abdominal recurrence & was turned down

for surgery by a whole string of surgeons. She finally got an appt

with this guy

http://www.surgery.upmc.edu/contact/display.asp?PhysID=5

who agreed to operate (was successful as I recall). I have no

personal knowledge or experience with Dr Bartlett, but based on the

info on his page + the experience of the patient I read about, this

sounds like a promising lead which might be worth following up on. I

have a feeling there is SOMEONE out there who is a bit more

aggressive than your husband's current doctor. You do have to be

willing to go nationwide with your search, as aggressive surgical

oncologists usually aren't easy to find!

<<radiation won't help>>

The CONVENTIONAL form of radiation won't help, but have you explored

Stereotactic Radiation?

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/crad6303.htm

Most doctors have never heard of SR, so they could NOT advise you as

to whether or not it could be done in your husband's case.

I had a small liver met treated with SR at Indiana university, and

the procedure WORKED to kill the treated met so I know it is

possible! With only 2 mets, I think your husband might be a good

candidate (and the radiation is covered by your insurance). As noted

in the link above, its probably not a " cure " for non-localized (or

metastatic) cancer, but it can at least stop the treated mets so that

they do not cause future problems and by so doing might be able to

increase survival time.

Best,

[Guest guest]

Jane,

<<IPT...Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

>>

I think Kathy O. was going to do this...use the search box w/ search

string " kitties " (leave off the quotes) to pull up some of her posts.

<<I feel that he is best advised to stick to proven therapies and

save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan Kettering or elsewhere, if we

choose>>

I would agree, especially if an " alternative " is going to cost a lot

of money.

Some patients try cheap alt stuff, like diet, herbs from the health

food store, etc., usually together with some type of conventional

therapy...I think that's fine, I've done it myself, and its no big

deal. But when an alt starts costing serious money, I would be a LOT

more leery and demand at least SOME evidence that the therapy " works "

before paying. It is unlikely you will find " gold standard " evidence

in the form of randomized clinical trials, but the alt practitioner

should at least be able to put you in touch with some patients who

were obviously helped by the therapy (e.g. verified by scans, etc).

One of the best references I've seen on how to choose alt therapies,

along with a lot of other stuff, is Steve Dunn's Cancerguide

Main Page

http://www.cancerguide.org/mainmenu.html

Alternative Therapies

http://www.cancerguide.org/alternative.html

Especially see the first 3 links on the Alt Therapies page, including

Steve's talk at the CMBM conference " Seperating the Wheat from the

Chaff " .

<<a retoperitoneal tumor and a small spot in the liver. It is

inoperable, and radiation won't help>>

Now this I question. You have to remember, " treatability " depends

on the doctor you go to, different doctors will have different

opinions on who THEY can treat.

If disease is limited to a SMALL retroperitoneal tumor and liver met,

don't be too quick to give up on conventional approaches.

Don't know if this could help or not, but awhile back I was following

the story of a patient who had abdominal recurrence & was turned down

for surgery by a whole string of surgeons. She finally got an appt

with this guy

http://www.surgery.upmc.edu/contact/display.asp?PhysID=5

who agreed to operate (was successful as I recall). I have no

personal knowledge or experience with Dr Bartlett, but based on the

info on his page + the experience of the patient I read about, this

sounds like a promising lead which might be worth following up on. I

have a feeling there is SOMEONE out there who is a bit more

aggressive than your husband's current doctor. You do have to be

willing to go nationwide with your search, as aggressive surgical

oncologists usually aren't easy to find!

<<radiation won't help>>

The CONVENTIONAL form of radiation won't help, but have you explored

Stereotactic Radiation?

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/crad6303.htm

Most doctors have never heard of SR, so they could NOT advise you as

to whether or not it could be done in your husband's case.

I had a small liver met treated with SR at Indiana university, and

the procedure WORKED to kill the treated met so I know it is

possible! With only 2 mets, I think your husband might be a good

candidate (and the radiation is covered by your insurance). As noted

in the link above, its probably not a " cure " for non-localized (or

metastatic) cancer, but it can at least stop the treated mets so that

they do not cause future problems and by so doing might be able to

increase survival time.

Best,

[Guest guest]

Hi

RE " a retoperitoneal tumor and a small spot in the liver. It is

inoperable, and radiation won't help. "

I suppose that the statement " It is inoperable, and radiation won't

help " refers to the retroperitoneal tumor. I would think that your

money might be better used getting a second opinion from a major

cancer center, or the physician that mentions. Maybe you can

get a copy of your file, including scans on CD, and send it to some

physicians.

I don't know if that insulin approach works. I have people trying

to sell me chi machines and infra-red light machines. They are sold

by pyramid schemes and have wonderful testimonials. I am told that

cancer cells cannot survive infra-red light, but normal cells do. I

am always leary / not interested in these approaches.

Barry

> My husband has recurrent colon cancer with a retoperitoneal tumor

and

> a small spot in the liver. It is inoperable, and radiation won't

> help. Only palliative care when he begins to get symptomatic will

be

> given.

>

> My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin Potentiate

> Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

he

> is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

>

> Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

[Guest guest]

Hi

RE " a retoperitoneal tumor and a small spot in the liver. It is

inoperable, and radiation won't help. "

I suppose that the statement " It is inoperable, and radiation won't

help " refers to the retroperitoneal tumor. I would think that your

money might be better used getting a second opinion from a major

cancer center, or the physician that mentions. Maybe you can

get a copy of your file, including scans on CD, and send it to some

physicians.

I don't know if that insulin approach works. I have people trying

to sell me chi machines and infra-red light machines. They are sold

by pyramid schemes and have wonderful testimonials. I am told that

cancer cells cannot survive infra-red light, but normal cells do. I

am always leary / not interested in these approaches.

Barry

> My husband has recurrent colon cancer with a retoperitoneal tumor

and

> a small spot in the liver. It is inoperable, and radiation won't

> help. Only palliative care when he begins to get symptomatic will

be

> given.

>

> My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin Potentiate

> Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

he

> is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

>

> Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

[Guest guest]

-Thank you very much, . That is so very helpful.

I graduated from Indiana University, so have a soft spot for it. We

shall look into that special radiation treatment right away.

Jane

-- In colon_cancer_support , " altman23 "

<altman23@y...> wrote:

> Jane,

>

> <<IPT...Has anyone in the group had any experience with this

therapy?

> >>

>

> I think Kathy O. was going to do this...use the search box w/

search

> string " kitties " (leave off the quotes) to pull up some of her

posts.

>

> <<I feel that he is best advised to stick to proven therapies and

> save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan Kettering or elsewhere, if

we

> choose>>

>

> I would agree, especially if an " alternative " is going to cost a

lot

> of money.

>

> Some patients try cheap alt stuff, like diet, herbs from the health

> food store, etc., usually together with some type of conventional

> therapy...I think that's fine, I've done it myself, and its no big

> deal. But when an alt starts costing serious money, I would be a

LOT

> more leery and demand at least SOME evidence that the

therapy " works "

> before paying. It is unlikely you will find " gold standard "

evidence

> in the form of randomized clinical trials, but the alt practitioner

> should at least be able to put you in touch with some patients who

> were obviously helped by the therapy (e.g. verified by scans, etc).

>

> One of the best references I've seen on how to choose alt

therapies,

> along with a lot of other stuff, is Steve Dunn's Cancerguide

>

> Main Page

> http://www.cancerguide.org/mainmenu.html

>

> Alternative Therapies

> http://www.cancerguide.org/alternative.html

>

> Especially see the first 3 links on the Alt Therapies page,

including

> Steve's talk at the CMBM conference " Seperating the Wheat from the

> Chaff " .

>

> <<a retoperitoneal tumor and a small spot in the liver. It is

> inoperable, and radiation won't help>>

>

> Now this I question. You have to remember, " treatability " depends

> on the doctor you go to, different doctors will have different

> opinions on who THEY can treat.

>

> If disease is limited to a SMALL retroperitoneal tumor and liver

met,

> don't be too quick to give up on conventional approaches.

>

> Don't know if this could help or not, but awhile back I was

following

> the story of a patient who had abdominal recurrence & was turned

down

> for surgery by a whole string of surgeons. She finally got an appt

> with this guy

>

> http://www.surgery.upmc.edu/contact/display.asp?PhysID=5

>

> who agreed to operate (was successful as I recall). I have no

> personal knowledge or experience with Dr Bartlett, but based on the

> info on his page + the experience of the patient I read about, this

> sounds like a promising lead which might be worth following up on.

I

> have a feeling there is SOMEONE out there who is a bit more

> aggressive than your husband's current doctor. You do have to be

> willing to go nationwide with your search, as aggressive surgical

> oncologists usually aren't easy to find!

>

> <<radiation won't help>>

>

> The CONVENTIONAL form of radiation won't help, but have you

explored

> Stereotactic Radiation?

>

> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/crad6303.htm

>

> Most doctors have never heard of SR, so they could NOT advise you

as

> to whether or not it could be done in your husband's case.

>

> I had a small liver met treated with SR at Indiana university, and

> the procedure WORKED to kill the treated met so I know it is

> possible! With only 2 mets, I think your husband might be a good

> candidate (and the radiation is covered by your insurance). As

noted

> in the link above, its probably not a " cure " for non-localized (or

> metastatic) cancer, but it can at least stop the treated mets so

that

> they do not cause future problems and by so doing might be able to

> increase survival time.

>

> Best,

>

>

[Guest guest]

-Thank you very much, . That is so very helpful.

I graduated from Indiana University, so have a soft spot for it. We

shall look into that special radiation treatment right away.

Jane

-- In colon_cancer_support , " altman23 "

<altman23@y...> wrote:

> Jane,

>

> <<IPT...Has anyone in the group had any experience with this

therapy?

> >>

>

> I think Kathy O. was going to do this...use the search box w/

search

> string " kitties " (leave off the quotes) to pull up some of her

posts.

>

> <<I feel that he is best advised to stick to proven therapies and

> save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan Kettering or elsewhere, if

we

> choose>>

>

> I would agree, especially if an " alternative " is going to cost a

lot

> of money.

>

> Some patients try cheap alt stuff, like diet, herbs from the health

> food store, etc., usually together with some type of conventional

> therapy...I think that's fine, I've done it myself, and its no big

> deal. But when an alt starts costing serious money, I would be a

LOT

> more leery and demand at least SOME evidence that the

therapy " works "

> before paying. It is unlikely you will find " gold standard "

evidence

> in the form of randomized clinical trials, but the alt practitioner

> should at least be able to put you in touch with some patients who

> were obviously helped by the therapy (e.g. verified by scans, etc).

>

> One of the best references I've seen on how to choose alt

therapies,

> along with a lot of other stuff, is Steve Dunn's Cancerguide

>

> Main Page

> http://www.cancerguide.org/mainmenu.html

>

> Alternative Therapies

> http://www.cancerguide.org/alternative.html

>

> Especially see the first 3 links on the Alt Therapies page,

including

> Steve's talk at the CMBM conference " Seperating the Wheat from the

> Chaff " .

>

> <<a retoperitoneal tumor and a small spot in the liver. It is

> inoperable, and radiation won't help>>

>

> Now this I question. You have to remember, " treatability " depends

> on the doctor you go to, different doctors will have different

> opinions on who THEY can treat.

>

> If disease is limited to a SMALL retroperitoneal tumor and liver

met,

> don't be too quick to give up on conventional approaches.

>

> Don't know if this could help or not, but awhile back I was

following

> the story of a patient who had abdominal recurrence & was turned

down

> for surgery by a whole string of surgeons. She finally got an appt

> with this guy

>

> http://www.surgery.upmc.edu/contact/display.asp?PhysID=5

>

> who agreed to operate (was successful as I recall). I have no

> personal knowledge or experience with Dr Bartlett, but based on the

> info on his page + the experience of the patient I read about, this

> sounds like a promising lead which might be worth following up on.

I

> have a feeling there is SOMEONE out there who is a bit more

> aggressive than your husband's current doctor. You do have to be

> willing to go nationwide with your search, as aggressive surgical

> oncologists usually aren't easy to find!

>

> <<radiation won't help>>

>

> The CONVENTIONAL form of radiation won't help, but have you

explored

> Stereotactic Radiation?

>

> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/crad6303.htm

>

> Most doctors have never heard of SR, so they could NOT advise you

as

> to whether or not it could be done in your husband's case.

>

> I had a small liver met treated with SR at Indiana university, and

> the procedure WORKED to kill the treated met so I know it is

> possible! With only 2 mets, I think your husband might be a good

> candidate (and the radiation is covered by your insurance). As

noted

> in the link above, its probably not a " cure " for non-localized (or

> metastatic) cancer, but it can at least stop the treated mets so

that

> they do not cause future problems and by so doing might be able to

> increase survival time.

>

> Best,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the encouraging thoughts, Barry. We shall investigate

more.

No, the surgeon turned us down for both the retroperitoneal tumor and

the small one in the liver. He seemed to feel that the rtp. one is

in the worst possible location (in the midst of the small intestine,

surrounded by it) and the other one would be " heroic " surgery. For

someone who is 71 and with a bad heart, they are nervous.

just had 6 days in the hospital with 2 TIA's (mini strokes).

He is now on Coumadin and feeling fine.

Thank God for this fine group.

Jane

> > My husband has recurrent colon cancer with a retoperitoneal tumor

> and

> > a small spot in the liver. It is inoperable, and radiation won't

> > help. Only palliative care when he begins to get symptomatic

will

> be

> > given.

> >

> > My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin

Potentiate

> > Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> > time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> > think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

> he

> > is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> > prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> > Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

> >

> > Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the encouraging thoughts, Barry. We shall investigate

more.

No, the surgeon turned us down for both the retroperitoneal tumor and

the small one in the liver. He seemed to feel that the rtp. one is

in the worst possible location (in the midst of the small intestine,

surrounded by it) and the other one would be " heroic " surgery. For

someone who is 71 and with a bad heart, they are nervous.

just had 6 days in the hospital with 2 TIA's (mini strokes).

He is now on Coumadin and feeling fine.

Thank God for this fine group.

Jane

> > My husband has recurrent colon cancer with a retoperitoneal tumor

> and

> > a small spot in the liver. It is inoperable, and radiation won't

> > help. Only palliative care when he begins to get symptomatic

will

> be

> > given.

> >

> > My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin

Potentiate

> > Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> > time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> > think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

> he

> > is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> > prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> > Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

> >

> > Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

[Guest guest]

What I was thinking was that the liver tumor, although it might not

be resectable, might still be treateable by radiofrequency ablation

RFA). And the retroperitoneal tumor might be treatable by

stereotactic radioablation (SR).

Barry

> My husband has recurrent colon cancer with a retoperitoneal tumor

and

> a small spot in the liver. It is inoperable, and radiation won't

> help. Only palliative care when he begins to get symptomatic will

be

> given.

>

> My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin Potentiate

> Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

he

> is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

>

> Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

[Guest guest]

What I was thinking was that the liver tumor, although it might not

be resectable, might still be treateable by radiofrequency ablation

RFA). And the retroperitoneal tumor might be treatable by

stereotactic radioablation (SR).

Barry

> My husband has recurrent colon cancer with a retoperitoneal tumor

and

> a small spot in the liver. It is inoperable, and radiation won't

> help. Only palliative care when he begins to get symptomatic will

be

> given.

>

> My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin Potentiate

> Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

he

> is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

>

> Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

[Guest guest]

-Thank you, Barry.

We did ask about the RFA, and they seemed to rule it out, but we are

definitely looking into the SR.

is continuing with the Tagamet.

Today, I read in TIME that Proscar, the prostate drug, is now thought

to increase the aggressivity of tumors. This has given me food for

thought, and makes me want to see how sure they are about this

troubling finding.

Jane

-- In colon_cancer_support , " bcranbrook "

<canada.book@a...> wrote:

>

> What I was thinking was that the liver tumor, although it might not

> be resectable, might still be treateable by radiofrequency ablation

> RFA). And the retroperitoneal tumor might be treatable by

> stereotactic radioablation (SR).

>

> Barry

>

>

>

>

>

> > My husband has recurrent colon cancer with a retoperitoneal tumor

> and

> > a small spot in the liver. It is inoperable, and radiation won't

> > help. Only palliative care when he begins to get symptomatic

will

> be

> > given.

> >

> > My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin

Potentiate

> > Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> > time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> > think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

> he

> > is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> > prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> > Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

> >

> > Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

[Guest guest]

> My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin Potentiate

> Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

he

> is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

>

> Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

Jane,

I have been too busy to keep up with the board, so excuse my

lateness in replying regarding IPT (Insulin Potentiation Therapy).

I am going to begin IPT treatments tomorrow. Along with this I have

implemented dietary changes (mostly vegan), ozone therapy,

homeopathic medicines, and many supplements all through an

alternative medicine doctor. My oncologist at s Hopkins is

aware of my treatment and is supportive. The chemo agents they will

be using for my IPT are 5FU and Methotrexate. I am trying this

basically because I have already failed 5FU/Leu., Camptosar,

Oxalyplatin, Bevicizumab, Xeloda, and an Iressa type drug. (I was dx

6/01, stage 3, mets to retroperitonal nodes 6/02, lungs 12/02,

currently nodes not a problem but lungs have continued to progress

despite all that chemo ( ). I do have to pay privately up front,

but they have contracted with a company to submit it to insurance,

and expect it to be covered. Cost should be around $1100.00 per IPT

tx. There is a very good book available on Amazon.com " Treating

Cancer with Insulin Potentiation Therapy " by Ross Hauser, MD. I

think the whole concept of IPT is interesting, and decided to give

it a try for at least six weeks. I am not expecting any side

effects, which is a plus as I want to continue to be able to enjoy

the summer with my kids. I have a CT scan scheduled for 8/4 - so

we'll see fairly soon if it's working. I will certainly keep you

all posted, and will try to post how the treatment felt, etc.

tomorrow and also how the insurance coverage goes (we are using a

home equity loan for this - decided I was worth at least what we

paid for our last vehicle ;o)!!).

I agree with the other responders to your husbands situation though,

seems like that little bit of recurrance could be treated very

aggressively. Even when disease is systemic, I think it prolongs

life to remove tumor load whenever possible. All part of making

this horrible disease into a chronic condition - which is a goal

for many of us who are in a situation where a cure is unlikely.

Take Care,

Kathy O.

[Guest guest]

-Many thanks for your reply, and I wish you the very best in your

treatment.

Jane

-- In colon_cancer_support , " Kathy " <oconnor@b...>

wrote:

>

> > My question is this: He recently heard of this Insulin

Potentiate

> > Therapy, which costs easily $1,000 a treatment up front (!) each

> > time. I believe only 29 drs in the US practice this, and do not

> > think any hospitals or medical universities use it. I feel that

> he

> > is best advised to stick to proven therapies (together with his

> > prescribed Tagamet), and save the $ for a possible trip to Sloan

> > Kettering or elsewhere, if we choose.

> >

> > Has anyone in the group had any experience with this therapy?

>

> Jane,

> I have been too busy to keep up with the board, so excuse my

> lateness in replying regarding IPT (Insulin Potentiation Therapy).

> I am going to begin IPT treatments tomorrow. Along with this I

have

> implemented dietary changes (mostly vegan), ozone therapy,

> homeopathic medicines, and many supplements all through an

> alternative medicine doctor. My oncologist at s Hopkins is

> aware of my treatment and is supportive. The chemo agents they

will

> be using for my IPT are 5FU and Methotrexate. I am trying this

> basically because I have already failed 5FU/Leu., Camptosar,

> Oxalyplatin, Bevicizumab, Xeloda, and an Iressa type drug. (I was

dx

> 6/01, stage 3, mets to retroperitonal nodes 6/02, lungs 12/02,

> currently nodes not a problem but lungs have continued to progress

> despite all that chemo ( ). I do have to pay privately up

front,

> but they have contracted with a company to submit it to insurance,

> and expect it to be covered. Cost should be around $1100.00 per

IPT

> tx. There is a very good book available on Amazon.com " Treating

> Cancer with Insulin Potentiation Therapy " by Ross Hauser, MD. I

> think the whole concept of IPT is interesting, and decided to give

> it a try for at least six weeks. I am not expecting any side

> effects, which is a plus as I want to continue to be able to enjoy

> the summer with my kids. I have a CT scan scheduled for 8/4 - so

> we'll see fairly soon if it's working. I will certainly keep you

> all posted, and will try to post how the treatment felt, etc.

> tomorrow and also how the insurance coverage goes (we are using a

> home equity loan for this - decided I was worth at least what we

> paid for our last vehicle ;o)!!).

> I agree with the other responders to your husbands situation

though,

> seems like that little bit of recurrance could be treated very

> aggressively. Even when disease is systemic, I think it prolongs

> life to remove tumor load whenever possible. All part of making

> this horrible disease into a chronic condition - which is a goal

> for many of us who are in a situation where a cure is unlikely.

> Take Care,

> Kathy O.