**** UPDATE 2002 ****
**From this page on, I'll put newer updates on top
of the older ones..
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Mon 5-6-02
Well, I didn't even upload the last update and it's May.
Things have been quite hectic and difficult.. and still are..
I have been rather healthy, but my friend found out that
he has small cell lung cancer.
And my husband and I have been doing as much as possible to
help him..
At one point, I was cooking every meal for him, but now
he is in a hospital.
If anybody is interested, here is the copy of my posts at
yahoo group " Friends for Health Naturally " -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FriendsForHealthNaturally/
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5-2-02
Hi everybody,
Here is some update on my friend..
After I sent in my last post,
his backache got really bad and after he had MRI,
he could not sit up by himself. MRI found the tumor on his
spine and the doctor said he'd be paralyzed without
radiation and my friend was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
He had radiation on his back and chest and the next day,
he was moved to Intensive Care Unit.
He could not breathe without 100 oxygen mask and
we had to call his relatives and everything.
To make long story short, he was moved to regular hospital
room yesterday ( out of ICU ) and
the doctor is talking about him getting out of the
hospital Monday or so.
He is still weak and we cannot yet feel sure about
how he is going to do at this point, but at least
he is not suffering greatly right now.
With all the stuff they put in his body, it is
amazing that he is doing okay (even has some appetite!).
I don't mean to upset anybody here, but
he has been getting radiation everyday,
a set of chemo, morphine / every hour,
and countless other drugs.
I'd think even a healthy person could get sick from
so much stuff...
And of course the food they serve -
they ignored our request for non-dairy diet ( believe me
I ask every time I go there ) and
what bothered me most was that they put even hot soup
in styroform cups..........
I guess they've never heard of Styrene - the carcinogen and/or
they don't think it'll leach into food.
I have many things that I felt "questionable" about
the hospital and the doctor, but I cannot
write all about them now...( because life is simply a bit hectic
at the moment and with my own health concern - I have
endo, IBS and hypoglycemia though all under control -
I can't afford losing any more sleep etc..)
To Marianne,
Thank you for your warm message.I've heard about Reiki though
I didn't know much about it. I did a little research and found
the word is Japanese as I suspected (and the people who started ?
).I'm from Japan and I also got to read some info in Japanese and
it was very interesting.
Thanks again for caring !
To Robin,
>I am wondering, what form of treatment does your friend want? After
>all, I do believe it is his choice, not the judges!!!! While I
>don't believe in chemo or any other drugs, I do believe it's an
>individual choice.
Sorry I didn't reply earlier and he already got chemo and radiation,
but I totally agree that it is individual choice.
Though,in his case, court does not think
he is capable of making important choices - for instance,
He cannot marry anybody unless the judge permits..
Thank you always for your support!
To Francie,
Thank you very much for info and for caring.
Right now we can't give him any supplements etc, but
your info is much appreciated.
To JoAnn,
Daily Detox (contains Mayapple) by Gaia Herb is not tea, but
capsules. I ordered them from iHerb.com.
Thank you so much for all the info and caring !
And to everybody who has thought about my friend,
thank you very much!
I'm sorry if I missed somebody..
(Please feel free to let me know that I did!)
Lots of thanks and love,
Pep
4-14-02
--- In FriendsForHealthNaturally@y..., ""pepchun" wrote:
> Hi everybody..
>
> To everybody who wrote for my friend and me,
> thank you so much !
> I'm sorry I can't reply to each of you..
> Thank you very much also to people who didn't write but
> thought about my friend ..!
>
> A couple corrections to my last post -
>
> He is (only) 67 years old, not in his 70's and
> I was not giving him extra selenium since I had read that
> a person with heart problem should not take selenium supplement..
> So I gave him Brazil nuts, but of course he doesn't like nuts.
>
> He is sill going through tests (scans and MRI) and
> on Thursday, I think doctor is going to tell him to
> have chemo.
>
> I suspect his cancer is extensive and I have read that
> a person with extensive small cell lung cancer can die
> in a few weeks without treatment.
> Personally, I think he is already getting treatment, but
> the judge wouldn't buy that and
> we probably would be in trouble if I tried to convince him
> not to take chemo since my husband is his legal guardian..
>
> So as much as I hate to have to have him on chemo,
> I think I will have to prepare him for fighting chemo side effects.
>
> Since my last post, I have added
> chamomile and rosemary (essential oils to smell),
> fennel,
> essiac tea,
> daily detox by Gaia Herb - because of
> one of the ingredients (Mayapple),
> Brazil nuts,
> and glucosamine.
>
> I also ordered Ravensara and Eucalyptus Radiata (essential oils)
> and waiting.
> And I'm thinking about adding melatonin.
>
> Somebody is sent to clean his place on Monday and I bought
> some natural cleaning stuff.
>
> Now I'm preparing evey meal for him.
> I think he is going to hire a care person, but
> even that, the judge has to decide...
> Though I don't mind cooking for him, I'd like him to
> have a care person because his sister is planning to
> come and stay with him and she is also a meat and
> fried food person..
> (I'd probably be able to ask the care person to
> cook certain things, but it would be much harder to
> ask that to the sister..wouldn't you think?)
>
> He's been suffering from severe back pain for the last few days,
> although his appetite is back - for a while, he couldn't eat and
> he lost 15 lbs, but he is eating now.
>
> Thank you so much again for caring and for
> reading this.
> I hope this post does not depress anybody..
> I certainly didn't want that to happen.
>
> I have to run and I didn't check spelling and
> please excuse my misspelling and all.
>
> Please take care.
>
> Much love,
> Pep
>
>
>
> --- In FriendsForHealthNaturally@y..., "pepchun" wrote:
4-4-02
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Sorry I haven't been around for a long time.. I'm doing good, but
> > my friend has just been told that
> > he has small cell lung cancer and
> > it is not operatable.
> >
> > They want him on chemo therapy.
> >
> > He is in his early 70s(I think), had smoked for a long time and
> > stopped 4 years ago and now he has a fist size growth in his lung.
> >
> > I have put him on multi-vitamins and minerals,
> > extra E and C, B complex, selenium,
> > coq10, maitake capsules and flaxseed oil.
> > I'm also cooking organic vegetarian meal(often with
> > shiitake mushrooms and garlic, too) a day for him as
> > he has a little bit of learning problem and
> > kind of hard to let him do organic cooking etc..
> > ( He does not read or write.)
> > He had been on a meat-dairy-fried food diet.
> > He also has diabetes and had been using chemical sugar substitute
> > which I threw away.
> > Now that we know for sure that he has small cell lung cancer
> > (official diagnosis was made today),
> > I am going to have to throw away most of the stuff he has in
> > his fridge and shelves.
> >
> > All suggestions etc are welcome..
> > I will be very busy helping him and might not be
> > able to write again soon, but I will read all the posts
> > and thank you so much for your help in advance..!!
> >
> > Pep
Thank you so much for caring !!
I'll try to update, but I will be offline for the rest of
May and it'll have to be done in June.
I will also close the guestbook till June as well.
Please take care !!
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Wed 3-13-02
Again, "time flies!"...
Well I'm doing much better than this January.
I had some cold or flu-like symptoms - achy body and diarrhea -
in January and they lasted for a while.
Cramps during periods, too.
My husband suggested that
maybe I stopped taking too many supplements at the same time.
So I started taking Noni juice and also started using
natural progesterone cream again.
And gradually, I got better..
I still don't know if I actually had a bad flu or
I just wasn't ready to stop taking those supplements or
maybe both..?
Anyway I'm feeling quite good these days, thank you.