My diagnosis

[Francie26]

I told some of you the other day that I was recently diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, a very rare, slow-growing, but relentless cancer that begins in the adnoids, and travels into various areas of the body. When I say rare, the stats show that normally 566,000 new cancer cases show up each year, and of those, only 1,224 of them are ACC, so this really is quite rare. And even within that "rareness," only 5% of those (approximately 61) go into a lymph node, so I feel extremely fortunate that mine did just that. In fact, we only found it because I set aside October each year to go for my annual physicals, and it was via a mammogram that we found the enlarged lymph node. I had a few other symptoms, a tickle at the back of my throat from the drainage, regular coughing spasms, a couple other new things cropping up in a body that had always been extremely healthy, but nothing that, in my view, pointed to cancer. It's more like a mild cold. The lab at my hospital did tests on the lymph node and couldn't discern what it was, so they sent it on to the lab of a major hospital in a nearby city, and they did further tests, and repeated those already done, and they couldn't make a determination about it, so they sent it on to Mayo Clinic, and they took nearly three weeks of testing to determine that it is ACC. Even then, my pathology report claims that the biopsy shows that my cancer is absent some components??? which are normally part of it, and it didn't follow the pathology precisely for this type of cancer, but was merely more closely aligned with this type of cancer than with any of the others. Science has determined that people with this disease have an 89% chance of surviving five years, but only a 44% chance of surviving 15 years. That just won't do.

As we all know, a lot can be done in five years--with a strong determination. So I began immediately to research diets, exercises, treatments, nutrients, medications, anything whatsoever that might help me reach a complete cure. I didn't begin life as a fighter, but rather as a timid, shy little girl whose feelings could be hurt badly and who could be made to cry within seconds. But oddly enough, life kept putting me into situations in which I had no choice but to fight, and to do it well. When these occasions arose, I wasn't always happy about them, and I have since then complained at times about having to endure such circumstances, but now I am enormously grateful for every one of those times when I had to fight. They were necessary training for what now lies ahead for me. During each of those times, I learned valuable survival skills Some of the most important ones are how to steel myself to be inflexibly determined, to be just as inexorable and relentless as my enemy, to never give up, and to never walk away (or run) from a fight that lands at my feet because, whether I want it or not, it's always mine. So that is how I plan to defeat this enemy.

I won't be able to see the oncologyst until the 18th, so he hasn't given me his opinion, but I have researched this disease, as has my granddaughter, and we know it can be defeated, even if no one else has ever defeated it before. Besides, we are not convinced that no one has ever done it. Surely, throughout all of time and in all of space, surely, surely, surely at least one other person has defeated this kind of cancer, in which case, I will be the second. But if not, then I'll just have to be the first.

And one more thing--science pays little attention to this kind of cancer since it truly is rare, so fewer people would benefit from their research than if it were done on more common cancers, but a breakthrough could come at any moment. We never know when that may happen. I count more on my own prayers and those of my friends, along with the skill and advice of my health practitioners, and my willingness to do whatever is necessary to get though this, and above all, I rely on God, but I will also not discount the possibility of a scientifically proven cure popping up at any time. Besides I need to be well so I can finally spend some money after the RV. I have a list of things I want to buy, and pay cash for, at least once in this lifetime. :)/>

Also, just so you know, God is with me now, and He will be with me at every step along the way. I have asked Him, and I can feel His presence. I also hope you will keep me in your own prayers regularly as I continue this hard fight against a vicious, implaccable enemy. Heaven hears our collective voices, the thrums of our living hearts, and It will answer. Thanks so very much to all of you. I am enormously grateful and very blessed to have found so many truly good and caring friends here. All of you are wonderful beyond measure.

OK, I just wanted to catch you up on the latest news at my end of the Earth. :)/>

One more thing--All those beautiful babies died today at the hands of a shooter. I ask that you also pray for them and their families, as well as for the adults who were also killed, and for their broken-hearted community. They will never be able to completely heal the grief or fill the hole in their town left by these precious children who are now with God. I am now battling cancer, but that is easy compared to what these people will endure in the years ahead. I have never lost a child nor a grandchild. I understand we are only given what we can bear, and I am sure I could not bear their heavy burden. My own prayers will be for these grieving families many times in the days ahead.

Now I return you to your regularly scheduled programming, your discussions, your dinar prognostications, and your Christmas and Hanukkah holidays. I will (if my oncologyst will allow it) spend Christmas with my daughter and her family in Vermont this year. (Sounds very "Currrier and Ives" doesn't it? haha). Be safe, my friends. You have become very important to me. Merry Christmas and/or Happy Hanukkah to all of you!! Be safe.

Meantime, I will talk to many of you again before I leave. I still have about a week before I fly out to spend Christmas with my oldest daughter and her family.

[Alexyn1006]

You're very brave, Francie.

You may want to check out alkaline diets, also probably a good idea to incorporate foods with B-17 in them. Also, no microwaving of food, destroys the molecules, while regular cooking does not. There are many alternative therapies out there you may want to research. Many trial studies in Mexico which have gained some positive results.

All the best to you.

[FlyHi]

Thanks for the in-depth share Francie. I admire your courage and forthrightness in all your postings.

The key to beating the big C is an unwavering faith and a positive outlook on life. Never ever let it get you down, now listen or take on board the negative words of those around you.

I have recently come through prostate cancer. After diagnosis and consultation….the choices were laid out…..I had a biopsy to confirm its presence. I opted initially for radical surgery, this was scheduled for last February, but my faith said no I’m not going to do this the traditional Western way just a week prior to the cutting day. I sought out my specialist and said….. Look I want to postpone this for 6 months ….. I need more time to prepare. He reluctantly agreed….. I am grateful he respected my wishes.

I then embarked on massive research into alternative medicines. I had lived in PNG for 6 years and had come to respect traditional herbal remedies. Typical me I did not stop with a single treatment or method….. I took a whole range of stuff and kept on adding to it as I stumbled across new ideas….

I had 2 follow up visits with my specialist to monitor progress….all the data suggested I was knocking this thing down with my simple belief in the effectiveness of the plants that God has placed on this earth.

A few weeks ago I had a full MRI to gain a 3D picture of the status of the cancer….. it could not be found!! So this is the best Christmas present for me….good health!!

I wish you all the best in your research and endeavours. If you wish to hear some of the stuff I took and why, send me a PM and I’ll email it to you.

Take care

Fly

[fastarnie]

Merry Christmas to you too. You have a good attitude towards this, and I believe you will beat it. I do hope that it doesn't take that long to do it either. Prayers go out for you and yours.

[maverick101]

Hello Francie26, read your post and do feel like you are on the right track, you might want to go to a sight that has a lot of info

about different kinds of cancer and that sight is: cancertutor.com, a lot of info for sure check it out, good luck and certainly a

lot of prayers for you and your family.

[bamagirl]

Francie, you have the most amazing team of healing powers already (your heavenly Father, your incredible faith and courage) even before you see your oncologist.. I have no doubt you will beat this and be the better for it. You are an amazing person that I am blessed to know and you have my prayers and love dear lady.

[genx4me]

Francis, you are a very wise woman. Keep doing the homework on this. Education is power to fight! I admire your strong and brave stance against this. My prayers will be among many. Please keep us updated.

[TexasGranny]

Francie - add the following website to your research http://fucoidanfacts.com/

Will add you to my prayers - my last living Aunt was diagnosed today with stage 4 lung cancer and was told there was no treatment.

I truly believe that if you are diligent in your fight, you will overcome and beat this disease. I also believe that your faith, mind and attitude

are your biggest assets.

Us tough old birds will not go down without a fight - so you go girl!!

[Francie26]

Francie - add the following website to your research http://fucoidanfacts.com/

Will add you to my prayers - my last living Aunt was diagnosed today with stage 4 lung cancer and was told there was no treatment.

I truly believe that if you are diligent in your fight, you will overcome and beat this disease. I also believe that your faith, mind and attitude

are your biggest assets.

Us tough old birds will not go down without a fight - so you go girl!! :wub:/>

:rocking-chair:/>

We may be tough old birds, but you happen to be a real keeper. I laughed when I read your email, but I did it with tears of gratitude in my eyes. I will go to that website, and I am extremely grateful that you sent it to me. I am just now evaluating, and I need all the valid resources I can get. Thanks much, Sweet Girl. I appreciate it very much!! Also my best to your aunt. And thanks again. Merry Christmas, my friend.

Francis, you are a very wise woman. Keep doing the homework on this. Education is power to fight! I admire your strong and brave stance against this. My prayers will be among many. Please keep us updated.

Thank you so much, GenX4me. Yes, I'll keep everyone up on things, but it may take a while to find anything much to report. I guess that, no matter what happens, when it''s cancer, it takes a while. But i have more time than anything else, and I am exploring before I jump into a program. But once I do, I plan to be extraordinarily vigilant about staying with it. Thanks for your good wishes, and especially for your prayers. I believe that prayer is extremely powerful, and I feel comforted about knowing so many people are sending their prayers heavenward on my behalf. Again, thank you!! And Merry Christmas, my friend!!

Francie, you have the most amazing team of healing powers already (your heavenly Father, your incredible faith and courage) even before you see your oncologist.. I have no doubt you will beat this and be the better for it. You are an amazing person that I am blessed to know and you have my prayers and love dear lady.

Thank you so much for your soooo-encouraging words. And you have been pretty amazing, yourself, my sweet friend. Thanks for your encourging words, very much. Merry Christmas, my friend!!

Hello Francie26, read your post and do feel like you are on the right track, you might want to go to a sight that has a lot of info

about different kinds of cancer and that sight is: cancertutor.com, a lot of info for sure check it out, good luck and certainly a

lot of prayers for you and your family.

I have added your website to my list which is just now forming. I am pleased to get all the good information that others have found useful, and it may save my life, as well. Thank you so much for sending this information to me. Merry Christmas!! Fran

[Butifldrm]

Francie, I'm praying for you. My husband died of cancer 3 years ago. During that time I researched every homeopathic treatment I could find. He was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma and given a 20% chance to live 2 years. He lived 8. I juiced him. He drank homeopathic teas. The list went on and on with all kinds of supplements, but I will tell you. There's are simple sugars out there made by Mannatech called Ambratose, which while he was on that product, he was cancer free. My husband because of that went into denial, stopped taking this product, plus the rest of his supplemets and I truly believe it was to his demise. Please look and research this product. I have met and talked so many people who took ambratose, who'm traditional therapies were ineffective, and subsequently they were told to get their affairs in order, and guess what they are still among us. I do believe you are very brave and smart. Never ever go into denial.

[dontlop]

heard this on a talk radio show one recently so i googled it ... https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=3&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=hp&tok=Qp_PwJKjZgRfGU0RnzN_Yg&cp=15&gs_id=1m&xhr=t&q=baking+soda+cancer&pf=p&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=baking+soda+can&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355325884,d.dmQ&fp=e33aff38956288f2&bpcl=39967673&biw=839&bih=677

a doctor has injected baking soda into cancer cells and it kills them .

i hear that cancer cells are surrounded by high acidic cells .. baking soda is concidered an alternative treatment . ph balance . the link is just a google to baking soda & cancer ...

theres a few links to look at ..

[dontlop]

<<<<<good starting point ,,, 8 minute utube

[Francie26]

Thanks for the in-depth share Francie. I admire your courage and forthrightness in all your postings.

The key to beating the big C is an unwavering faith and a positive outlook on life. Never ever let it get you down, now listen or take on board the negative words of those around you.

I have recently come through prostate cancer. After diagnosis and consultation….the choices were laid out…..I had a biopsy to confirm its presence. I opted initially for radical surgery, this was scheduled for last February, but my faith said no I’m not going to do this the traditional Western way just a week prior to the cutting day. I sought out my specialist and said….. Look I want to postpone this for 6 months ….. I need more time to prepare. He reluctantly agreed….. I am grateful he respected my wishes.

I then embarked on massive research into alternative medicines. I had lived in PNG for 6 years and had come to respect traditional herbal remedies. Typical me I did not stop with a single treatment or method….. I took a whole range of stuff and kept on adding to it as I stumbled across new ideas….

I had 2 follow up visits with my specialist to monitor progress….all the data suggested I was knocking this thing down with my simple belief in the effectiveness of the plants that God has placed on this earth.

A few weeks ago I had a full MRI to gain a 3D picture of the status of the cancer….. it could not be found!! So this is the best Christmas present for me….good health!!

I wish you all the best in your research and endeavours. If you wish to hear some of the stuff I took and why, send me a PM and I’ll email it to you.

Take care

Fly

I am incredibly happy for you that you met the enemy and cold-conked it. haha You brave man, you!! But this was right for you. I just can't seem to accept that medicine has all the cures when they do so much harm with their treatments. My daughters raise holy-ned with me if I even mention doing something else, but I am not going to go in the direction of much chemo and radiation without seeing extraordinary improvements. I have to believe there is a better way. I am looking at B 17, in the form of apricot pits, but that's all I had, so I am looking forward to hearing how you did it. Thanks much, my friend. BIG-:)/> Fran

[dontlop]

8 minute utube from stage 4 cancer surviver .. he will explain how ..

[Francie26]

You're very brave, Francie.

You may want to check out alkaline diets, also probably a good idea to incorporate foods with B-17 in them. Also, no microwaving of food, destroys the molecules, while regular cooking does not. There are many alternative therapies out there you may want to research. Many trial studies in Mexico which have gained some positive results.

All the best to you.

Thanks so much, Alexyn1006. An alkaline diet had not occurred to me, but it makes sense, even on the surface. I had already read of B-17, and I found both the pills and the apricot pits on Amazon.com. But I will do a search for this diet, and I will study it closely to see if it is what I can live with. And that's, after all, the key, isn't it?? "Living with it"??? Thanks much for the idea and the heads up on this. I appreciate it very much.

<<<<<good starting point ,,, 8 minute utube

dontlop, I am keeping a list of all suggestions, and I am eager to see the youtube presentation you sent to me. I also wrote down the name of the website you sent, and it will be another one i will research. I am very grateful for the information. People don't tend to send these ideas and websites unless they believe in them, and usually if they believe in them, it's because their suggestions worked for them. When I get something like that from someone I know, even as little as we know each other here, I take them seriously. So thank you very much for adding to my arsonel of ammunition. I'm doing my research now, and will settle into something soon, so I really appreciate your imput. Thanks much, my friend. It was very kind of you to read my comments and to offer me your ideas.

[chess]

I told some of you the other day that I was recently diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, a very rare, slow-growing, but relentless cancer that begins in the adnoids, and travels into various areas of the body. When I say rare, the stats show that normally 566,000 new cancer cases show up each year, and of those, only 1,224 of them are ACC, so this really is quite rare. And even within that "rareness," only 5% of those (approximately 61) go into a lymph node, so I feel extremely fortunate that mine did just that. In fact, we only found it because I set aside October each year to go for my annual physicals, and it was via a mammogram that we found the enlarged lymph node. I had a few other symptoms, a tickle at the back of my throat from the drainage, regular coughing spasms, a couple other new things cropping up in a body that had always been extremely healthy, but nothing that, in my view, pointed to cancer. It's more like a mild cold. The lab at my hospital did tests on the lymph node and couldn't discern what it was, so they sent it on to the lab of a major hospital in a nearby city, and they did further tests, and repeated those already done, and they couldn't make a determination about it, so they sent it on to Mayo Clinic, and they took nearly three weeks of testing to determine that it is ACC. Even then, my pathology report claims that the biopsy shows that my cancer is absent some components??? which are normally part of it, and it didn't follow the pathology precisely for this type of cancer, but was merely more closely aligned with this type of cancer than with any of the others. Science has determined that people with this disease have an 89% chance of surviving five years, but only a 44% chance of surviving 15 years. That just won't do.

As we all know, a lot can be done in five years--with a strong determination. So I began immediately to research diets, exercises, treatments, nutrients, medications, anything whatsoever that might help me reach a complete cure. I didn't begin life as a fighter, but rather as a timid, shy little girl whose feelings could be hurt badly and who could be made to cry within seconds. But oddly enough, life kept putting me into situations in which I had no choice but to fight, and to do it well. When these occasions arose, I wasn't always happy about them, and I have since then complained at times about having to endure such circumstances, but now I am enormously grateful for every one of those times when I had to fight. They were necessary training for what now lies ahead for me. During each of those times, I learned valuable survival skills Some of the most important ones are how to steel myself to be inflexibly determined, to be just as inexorable and relentless as my enemy, to never give up, and to never walk away (or run) from a fight that lands at my feet because, whether I want it or not, it's always mine. So that is how I plan to defeat this enemy.

I won't be able to see the oncologyst until the 18th, so he hasn't given me his opinion, but I have researched this disease, as has my granddaughter, and we know it can be defeated, even if no one else has ever defeated it before. Besides, we are not convinced that no one has ever done it. Surely, throughout all of time and in all of space, surely, surely, surely at least one other person has defeated this kind of cancer, in which case, I will be the second. But if not, then I'll just have to be the first.

And one more thing--science pays little attention to this kind of cancer since it truly is rare, so fewer people would benefit from their research than if it were done on more common cancers, but a breakthrough could come at any moment. We never know when that may happen. I count more on my own prayers and those of my friends, along with the skill and advice of my health practitioners, and my willingness to do whatever is necessary to get though this, and above all, I rely on God, but I will also not discount the possibility of a scientifically proven cure popping up at any time. Besides I need to be well so I can finally spend some money after the RV. I have a list of things I want to buy, and pay cash for, at least once in this lifetime. :)/>/>

Also, just so you know, God is with me now, and He will be with me at every step along the way. I have asked Him, and I can feel His presence. I also hope you will keep me in your own prayers regularly as I continue this hard fight against a vicious, implaccable enemy. Heaven hears our collective voices, the thrums of our living hearts, and It will answer. Thanks so very much to all of you. I am enormously grateful and very blessed to have found so many truly good and caring friends here. All of you are wonderful beyond measure.

OK, I just wanted to catch you up on the latest news at my end of the Earth. :)/>/>

One more thing--All those beautiful babies died today at the hands of a shooter. I ask that you also pray for them and their families, as well as for the adults who were also killed, and for their broken-hearted community. They will never be able to completely heal the grief or fill the hole in their town left by these precious children who are now with God. I am now battling cancer, but that is easy compared to what these people will endure in the years ahead. I have never lost a child nor a grandchild. I understand we are only given what we can bear, and I am sure I could not bear their heavy burden. My own prayers will be for these grieving families many times in the days ahead.

Now I return you to your regularly scheduled programming, your discussions, your dinar prognostications, and your Christmas and Hanukkah holidays. I will (if my oncologyst will allow it) spend Christmas with my daughter and her family in Vermont this year. (Sounds very "Currrier and Ives" doesn't it? haha). Be safe, my friends. You have become very important to me. Merry Christmas and/or Happy Hanukkah to all of you!! Be safe.

Meantime, I will talk to many of you again before I leave. I still have about a week before I fly out to spend Christmas with my oldest daughter and her family.

Please google "eassiac tea"

[Francie26]

Francie, I'm praying for you. My husband died of cancer 3 years ago. During that time I researched every homeopathic treatment I could find. He was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma and given a 20% chance to live 2 years. He lived 8. I juiced him. He drank homeopathic teas. The list went on and on with all kinds of supplements, but I will tell you. There's are simple sugars out there made by Mannatech called Ambratose, which while he was on that product, he was cancer free. My husband because of that went into denial, stopped taking this product, plus the rest of his supplemets and I truly believe it was to his demise. Please look and research this product. I have met and talked so many people who took ambratose, who'm traditional therapies were ineffective, and subsequently they were told to get their affairs in order, and guess what they are still among us. I do believe you are very brave and smart. Never ever go into denial.

I added this information to my growing list. The people here have been incredible in giving me so many resources. This sounds like a really good one, as it could give me another bullet for my gun as I fight this thing. I am sooo sorry your husband died. My own beloved husband died of cancer in 2000, and I still miss him. Thanks, gentle lady, for your ideas, and yes, I will do a search and find them so I can read about this product. Thanks for giving it to me. Merry Christmas!! And thanks again!!

Please google "eassiac tea"

Thank you sooo much, Chess. I have a vague memory of knowing something about this before, so I'll put it high on my list to explore. I appreciate the reminder. Again, thank you, very much!!

[Muleslayer]

You go girl!

We luv ya

[brbrlocke]

You will be in my prayers...God is Good. xoxo

[DinarDana]

I am so sorry to hear of your health. I have a wonderful friend who is now cancer free - here is the link to her Doctor.

My link

Holistic is the best way to overcome this disease.

[UNEEK]

Francie - we have not had much dialogue together but I do remember the very first post from you - It was such a welcomed one as I was just coming out from my year of silent observing here at DV -

Thank you for sharing such an in depth informative post concerning your health -- I do hope that you will explore and research as many alternative therapies as you can find and decide on some that you feel comfortable doing -- I have a bok called the Grape Cure - and it tells how a cancer

It is plain to see that you have a lot of wonderful support here and I am included -- stay positive and know that you are cared for - you are loved - and you are in our prayers -- <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[moose 57]

I am praying to our Lord

[Alexyn1006]

Francie, I'm praying for you. My husband died of cancer 3 years ago. During that time I researched every homeopathic treatment I could find. He was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma and given a 20% chance to live 2 years. He lived 8. I juiced him. He drank homeopathic teas. The list went on and on with all kinds of supplements, but I will tell you. There's are simple sugars out there made by Mannatech called Ambratose, which while he was on that product, he was cancer free. My husband because of that went into denial, stopped taking this product, plus the rest of his supplemets and I truly believe it was to his demise. Please look and research this product. I have met and talked so many people who took ambratose, who'm traditional therapies were ineffective, and subsequently they were told to get their affairs in order, and guess what they are still among us. I do believe you are very brave and smart. Never ever go into denial.

Francie, I've also read very good things about Ambratose. Mannatech is a good product, but my Naturopath and Homeopath say there are companies which make better "grades" of Ambratose. Either way, I also encourage you to check into it.

[securityguy]

All you need to know about curing Cancer is....Bio Medical Center, Tijuana, Mexico. Look up their web site. My wife had Stage 4 Mel. and also given 6 months to live. After a two year herbal treatment she was Cancer free. Totally non invasive and no change of life style, but a strict diet designed to creat a high alkaline body system as apposed to high acid system.

[Bumper64]

Francie26,

I love see all these people trying to help you with this terrible disease

I will be praying for you and a speedy recovery!!