The first evening
we arrived, we met a couple from Alaska. He was the patient, she was the
companion. He had tried other, conventional therapies, but landed here &
will now continue with this treatment program as long as he lives. This has
been the most successful treatment they have found. This is not a one-time
visit, this is a lifelong commitment. There’s a follow-up week which occurs 12
weeks after the initial 3 week intensive - which is what we’re currently doing.
These return visits continue in order to boost & even tweak the basic
treatment plan. We met a gentleman from Australia who’s been returning to this
hospital for many years. Obviously, he swears by it! So, there are fellow
patients who are in residence for 3 weeks, & others who are here for just
one week. Regardless, the treatments are basically the same.
Next, we
befriended a young couple from Oklahoma. Although they’re just 30’ish,
she’s completely immobilized &
wheelchair bound. Apparently, she had undetected cervical cancer for a long
time - even through the birth of their 18 month old son! They spent a large
fortune in conventional treatments, including chemo & radiation, before
they discovered this place. In fact, a cancer facility in Arizona recommended
that they come here. They were told that this is her only hope for recovery.
Truly an inspiration
is a woman from the U.K. who arrived here in April of 2016 for her first 3-week
intensive. She had breast cancer which had metastasized to her spine. She was
wheelchair bound & in agony due to muscle spasms & spinal pressure.
Within a couple of months after her initial trip here (wellness is not
immediate!), she was considerably better. She returned for the follow-up visit
12 weeks later, & has continued with that schedule of returning throughout
the next year. She’s now fully functional; she sits, stands, everything -
unassisted & unaided. She, also, swears by the program!
I could go on
endlessly... Israel, lung cancer which spread - he tried chemo with no results.
Denver, prostate cancer that spread to lymph nodes - previous treatments
failed. Southern California - lung cancer that spread to liver & lymph
(just like mine). North Carolina - prostate cancer that spread to bone. Yes,
the “first week of the 3 week intensive” patients have a kind of “deer in the
headlights” look, but that seems to fade quickly & everyone is eager to
share their knowledge of procedures in order to make the newer patients feel at
ease & comfortable.
We run the
complete gamut of functionality! Quite a few are perfectly healthy & appear
to be fine - like me! In that case, it’s a challenge to determine just who the
patient is - even for the medical staff! (Quick story: a nurse popped into our
room to do vital signs & approached Christian as he was hunched over on the
side of the bed & ignored me while I moved furniture on the other side of
the room!) Of course, as the disease progresses, it becomes more apparent due
to frailty & dependence on others. Demographics? Hmm... at first, I thought
that there were more women than men patients.; but I’ve JUST changed my opinion
with the arrival of 2 more Eastern European males over the past 24 hours. When
I asked Christian, he said that he felt like there were more men than women to
begin with! I guess it depends on your perspective! That being said, let’s
assume that the genders are equally represented!
- Gayle -
