More on belief and recovery

I have mentioned Stephen Hawking's struggle with his ALS disease and his determination to make discoveries as one of the world's most brilliant scientists in spite of his incredible handicap. A conventionally wise ALS expert has insisted in an interview that Hawking's determination to survive would have had nothing to do with extending his life! When will western medicine get the hint that maybe, just maybe, there are links (well proven in many books and research reports on cancer recovery) between physical disease and the power of the mind.

Another ALS sufferer is Steven Wells of Canada who is in his mid fifties, having been diagnosed at 21. I wonder how much his positive belief has influenced his life. Here is a quotation from UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill during WW2 on Steven Wells' wall:

“Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.”

I have been studying and comparing how the very similar kidney cancer scenarios of my cousin Karen, two decades younger, and I came to the very same impasse at the point where we both independently though 18 months apart came to realize and were told that chemotherapy would not work against Renal Cell Carcinoma. Karen could not afford to be put on the recommended immunotherapy Opdivo (Nivolumab) because it was not covered by her medical insurance in the US. She was forced to continue on Sutent chemo for another year. By the time she was able to get on immunotherapy it was too late and she died in mid September 2017. At the same point in my prognosis I could not tolerate chemo so was put on Opdivo which was paid for by our helpful Canadian health system.

I also am saddened again by the realization that Karen would not consider special naturopathic treatment as a possibility for her. She would only follow what the oncologist recommended for treatment. I on the other hand have made several special dietary changes, and inject Iscador (mistletoe treatment developed against cancer in Germany) three times a week. I continue the dietary regimen and Iscador but have had not immunotherapy now since mid July 2018 and my cancer is in remission.


It is true that naturopathic doctors are not (yet) regulated to there are good ones and there are bad ones. You must ask around to find a good one. We are fortunate to have a very good Naturopathic Doctor in Yellowknife, NT, Dr Nicole Redvers, who has literally saved our lives through her suggested interventions for different medical issues.

We have dear friends down in Illinois and Wisconsin who are facing the same situation and, like Karen's predicament, they refuse to consider anything other than whatever chemo treatment the oncologist in Wisconsin in has recommended.

I am sure that many cancer sufferers are confused and may wish for alternatives to chemo but don't know how to approach it with their doctor or oncologist. Here are some questions to ask:
1)  Does your cancer clinic have a specially trained nutritionist, or a special nutrition program, for cancer patients? (Many clinics do, including the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton Alberta, and the clinic at the University of Wisconsin as examples)
2)  Do you support natural healing protocols to work with chemotherapy and immunotherapy to reduce tumor growth?
3)  Do you support using mistletoe (Iscador) as developed in Germany to treat various cancers?
4)  Can you put me on immunotherapy as soon as possible? (medical systems across North America insist that a person be put on chemotherapy first even when it is known that chemo will be ineffective.

That's all for now. Keep happy and healthy.