My husband is a cancer patient. He has also had a Quad Cabbage with Grafts x 4. He has arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, hemoroids, double torn right rotor cuff surgery. Doctors want him to take medicine for high blood pressure, high cholestrol, and his heart but he takes nothing but pain meds, which are awful.

He was diagnosed with NHL in the Spring of 2001 and told he had 6 months to live if he refused Chemo. He refused all treatment at that time.

I researched online, located Dr. Hulda Clark information and placed orders for several of her recommended products. I devoured the book while he continued to work. He daily used the Zapper, took the parasite cleansing herbs, and made what diet changes could be done at the time.

From her website I was able to obtain the name of an N.D. in Houston. We did a follow-up with her after completing Dr. Clark's protocol. The N.D. did a parasite test, iridology, etc and said that my husband had one remaining fluke which had moved into the chest area but not the lung. We obtained specific herbs from her, treated him following her suggestions, retested at a later date and he was fine....for years.

In hindsite, We should have remained on a maintenance type program of herbs, but failed to do so for a variety of reasons, ignorance being the first; extreme financial crisis being the second.

About 4 years ago he was diagnosed as having Diffused Large B Cell Non Hodgkins Lymphoma by a small town hospital. A scan then a biopsy was done to confirm. He was admitted to the hospital but only to manage the pain. That hospital did not offer cancer patient care specialized enough and transferred him to M.D. Anderson in Houston.

We spent the evening of our arrival in the emergency room waiting for a room to become available. The only room that night was one in ICU. We were moved to ICU and told that my husband was not a high risk patient, he had no heart health history, wouldn't die that night from cancer and was what they called a low maintence patient. He was told to rest well, get a good night's sleep. The doctor turned off the light, closed the door and left. That night he had a heart attack unbeknownst to anyone until the next day when yet another heart test was done and it showed up on the results.

The chemo dose was reduced to half on the first cycle of chemo then we were sent to another hospital which was to see if he needed stints. We went on a Friday morning at 6 a.m. to Memorial Hermann Hospital. At about 4 p.m. the doctor took me to a room with a computer monitor to show me the results of the tests performed on him.

He was still in a hospital bed hooked up to all the life support machines and monitors, waiting in the hallway nearby. The doctor informed me that he had not had any procedure performed, no stints put in. He then went on to explain what we were looking at on the computer. The heart specialist said that my spouse was not a candidate for stints, that he required open heart surgery because he had blockage on 4 main arteries. Not only that, but that he did NOT know that he had nothing done.

We then proceeded to explain it all to him, he began immediately having severe chest pain and was rushed into an emergency operating room. The hospital called surgeons back to the hospital to perform the emergency procedure. It was after Midnight when I saw him again. He was given several pints of blood.

One week later we were taken by ambulance from Memorial Hermann Hospital back to M.D. Anderson to resume chemotherapy but it was full strength.

Including the first reduced dosage of chemo, he has taken 19 seperate 'rounds' of various types of chemo. The hospital stays have varied in length from one week to a month.

Perhaps I should also let you know that during that time he lost his job because he couldn't return to work. The employee health insurance monthly rate was raised from a managable amount to over $1200 monthly which could not be continued with no income.

He then began using his VA Benefits for health care because he was still in horrific pain, still had cancer and was by then told that he was no longer a stage 2 but was now a stage 4.

The last chemotherapy was as recent as this month, February. The doctor had him take a 2 drug cycle which lasted a total of 2 days with the entire hospital stay of 12 days. We discharged February 19. The doctor made it clear that they have nothing more to offer him and will no longer try to save his life. He is to enjoy 'quality time with his family.' This is NOT QUALITY TIME!!

He has lymphs in the left linguinal area and the abdominal area. There is no cancer nor enlarged lymphs in any organ nor bones. A PET Scan was done during this last hospital stay, the doctors were instructed to make a hard copy of the findings for us but did not ever do it. It is my understanding that the lymphs have increased dramatically in the groin area but only slightly in the abdomin area. There was only one new lymph which is near the colon but not on nor in it. That lymph was said to be small in size.

He must use something which does not cause swelling when die off ocurrs. So many of the alternative methods of healing cancer causes swelling or are much too slow to be of assistance in our situation.

The prescription meds being used are 60 mg morphine, twice daily and 100 mcg fentanyl patch also for pain. I understand that also complicates the issue of finding something that will work well, quickly, and with no die off swelling.

The other unfortunate factor is that we are now living on a fixed income which makes it nearly impossible to buy most products and supplements to do the majority of alternative cancer protocols.

We have been married 44 years. I can't imagine living life without him.

Is there anything that can be obtained that will work quickly, not cause swelling as die off happens that we might afford?

Thank you for allowing me to post, taking your valuable time reading it, and for any suggestions you might offer.