Meandering Along

Well, my next test results (30th June) weren't so good. My NMP-22 had doubled (from 10.9 to 21.9), and my homocysteine (already bad) had increased from a dangerous 18 to a scary 28.

OK, the NMP-22 I can sort of live with. It has been much higher (111 last Sept), so I'm hoping the next one will be back down. If not, I'll then try the Beck Machine again, as that was the only thing I can see I did different in the period between Sep '10 (NMP-22 = 111) and May '11 (NMP-22 = 11).

But the homocysteine increase is very disheartening. I'd been faithfully following the protocol that was supposed to reduce the level quickly - and certainly not increase it. I emailed the two authors of the book who's recommendations I was following ("The H Factor" by Dr Braly and Patrick Holford), hoping they'd do me the courtesy of explaining why their treatment for high homocysteine wasn't working. No response at all from Braly; and Holford's secretary could only say he was away on holiday for a couple of months. I've added betaine to my supplments (but that's only another name for TMG it seems), increased my magnesium.

The new Cxbladder marker results are still not back with me. It seems the NZ medical authorities refuse to allow the results to come direct to me; they must come through my GP. So she's been away for a month or so. And anyway she knows less than me about these cancer markers (I have to tell the GPs at my med. centre what these various markers are - they haven't heard of them; yet NZ is trusting them to tell me! Barmy).

I've requested my urologist review all the scans I've had since diagnosis ('Oct '07) to see whether there was a change in both my now-shrivelled L.kidney and my enlarged prostate. If either of these changes occured since my BC diagnosis, maybe I can tie the changes to something that happened in this period. A long shot, but it seems worthwhile looking to me.

Oh, the test for prostate cancer (PSA) came back OK: 0.95 (normal is less that 4); it'd been 0.9 in Dec '03. So it looks as if at least that part of me is not a serious problem - just enlarged and making urination difficult.

One of the side-effects of my supplementation regime is constipation. So, having thought a lot about this and read up stuff, I've come to the conclusion that one of the better aids is to use the squatting position on the toilet.

Clearly, this is difficult on Western-style toilets, so, after trawling the web, I found a handy portable squatting stool. There are several out there, but the one I felt best for me was made in China but retailed through Singapore - the Sandun-Evaco, for about $170. And, for me, it works fine.

I've now written to 8 different organisation about my new way of extending cancer patients' survival (as per this blog). Two acknowledgements, one supportive response but not the recipient's responsibility but will pass it on to the Government Dept whose it is. I've persisted because I think that this approach really will pay-off big-time, much more than any new treatment (these tend to add a short extra time; my protocol I believe will add years). All this with little cost, no interference with orthodox medical treatment, and based on accepted medical science research (none of that funny CAM stuff I also do).

Speaking of which, there was a new piece of medical research supporting the usage of curcumin with Bioperene: Pepper Compound Selectively Kills Breast Cancer Cells -http://breastcancerfightnowbydraarontabor.blogspot.com/2011/07/pepper-compo und-selectively-kills.html

I heard of a new anti-cancer agent: Cytotoxic Agent for Cell Proliferative Disease (Cancer) Anvirzel http://saludintegral.hn/default1.htm that sounds promising.

I'm still struggling to get data mining going on my big spreadsheet. My trial XLminer licence expired; I'm attempting to understand a couple of free academic programs (RExcel and PopTools) but I'm finding those a struggle

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Edited August 6, 2011 at 9:27 am