Re: Carcinoid / Neuroendocrine Tumors Did I act too hastily

As a genuine old fart I can tell you to give your dad what information you have, and then let him make his own decisions.  Having been through a few difficult diagnostic decisions myself I can tell you there is nothing worse than having friends and family, particularly my children or grand children trying to tell me what to do.  I've lived through more in life than any of them, probably you too, and I'm still here.

"I'm SURE I know more than the doctor he's seeing who's the head of oncology at Univerisity Seidmans Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio."

With a statement like that I'll bet you think that you know more than your dad (all kids do, and they don't).  And you don't know more than that doctor either.

I've had tumors in my lungs for decades, one grew a cancer and it was removed a couple of years ago and I'm none the worse for wear.  Another tumor in the other lung began growing a few months ago but a recent biopsy revealed that it was neither cancer nor fungus (the only options my doctor originally thought of) and is simply an inflammation that will return to normal size in the near future.

Fear is the  biggest block to healing anything (in fact fear causes disease) and when you go into fear you are not helping your dad at all.   Learn that you are mortal just like your dad and everyone else on the planet and then learn that death isn't a big deal and you'll be able to handle life and family a lot better.

I'm an Essiac Tea supporter, have it, use it, and believe it's one of the best supplements out there for cancer.  You may wish to also look at Pau d'arco (which I also have) and do a Curezone search for Canadian Yoda who has cured herself from stomach cancer with these two items.  You can begin your search for her story here:

http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=336927#i