Subject: [cancer-testimonials] Advice on THYMUS
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 06:53:04 EST
From: Manu223308@aol.com
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From: Manu223308@aol.com

Hello everybody,

my name is Manuela, I am 32 years old and I am from Germany so please excuse
my strange English language; I hope everybody can understand my e-Mail.

Three years ago my father became ill, he has bowel cancer and in an
operation
they removed the tumor from his bowels and a lymph gland which was cancerous
as well. After the OP he went to a clinic to recuperate for 6 weeks and soon
after that he started chemo therapy. It seemed as if the cancer had stopped
and for about one year his blood count did not show any sign of cancer or
metastases in his body but then the blood count did show that there was
cancer active in his body again, although the doctors couldn't find the
location of the cancer for a long time. For 6 month he had bad pains now and
finally after numerous examinations they havefound out that there is a
metastases in his left lung, in the liver and in a lymph gland; the
cancerous
lymph sits on the AORTA and the doctors said, they cant remove it because it
is too near to the aorta. They also cant do an operation at the liver -
although I dont know why they cant. Now the doctors have decided to implant
a
little pump in my fathers chest which delivers the chemotherapy to his body
to kill the metastases.

Some people, who also have cancer, have told me that they used
THYMUS-Injections to stop the cancer or at least to strenghten the bodies
immune system.  They have all said, that the thymus really helped them. But
we do not know...is it possible to start the Thymus Therapy meanwhile the
chemo therapy is going ???  Or is it better to start the thymus injections
after the chemo is finished. I would be very pleased to hear from people
with
had some experiences with the Thymus Injections or any advice generally.

Thanks very much
                           Manuela