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Hi everyone,

This looks like an active group with lots of great posts! I'm a bit

overwhelmed after my first glance but thought I'd introduce myself.

After several months of suffering severe low back pain, my dad (a

long-time smoker) finally went to the hospital last week. He was

diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell carcinoma and has been told his

cancer is " treatable, but not curable. " Fortunately, I don't think

Dad is ready to give up ... and neither am I!

I suffered with the nebulous diagnoses of CFS and Fibromyalgia for

several years before deciding to take charge of my own health. It

didn't take long for me to realize that mainstream medicine had

nothing to offer. After diagnosing my own Lyme Disease (I had to

twist my doctor's arm to get her to test me!), I ended up under the

care of one of the co-authors of The Alternative Medicine Definitive

Guide to Cancer. Two years later, I'm almost well ... and I'm a true

convert when it comes to alternative therapies.

Dad is undergoing radiation for the cancer in his spine right now, and

the hospital docs are already talking about chemo. Dad hasn't decided

about this yet, though he's certainly being " herded " in that

direction. In the meantime, I'm doing my best to encourage my parents

to keep an open mind and question, question, question! I think his

best hope to survive is with alternative medicine, but I'm not sure

what protocol would be right for him, should he decide to give it a go.

I will be talking with the doctor who's been treating me (he's pretty

much a cancer expert), but if my parents can't afford to see him, I'll

need other ideas of places to go. We're in north central Texas and I

don't think my folks would want to go very far for treatment. They'd

be most likely to follow a protocol they could administer mostly at home.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'd also like to talk with

anyone who lives in our area who has been successful with

alternatives. It might help my parents make the leap of faith if they

knew others in the area who were going through the same thing.

Well, that's all for now. Thanks in advance for the imput!

Blessings,

microjen @intergate.com