Dear Clerky,
You may want to look into the homeopathic protocol used by Dr. P. Banerji of India. He has had great success with gliomas, all stages, as well as other very serious conditions, including heart disease. His protocols and methods have been studied and adopted by M. D. Anderson cancer center in Texas and the University of Maryland. He's treated thousands of patients, with detailed results and imagings done. He's very inexpensive and treats many as charity cases. The medicines are very inexpensive, too, especially when you compare to the costs of surgery, rehab, radiation and chemo. Best of all, there are no side effects. Here is his website with pertinent information:
www.drpbanerji.com/braintumor.htm
Do a search on him and you can read many discussions and unbiased testimonials on him. Brain tumors and lung cancers have seemed to respond the best to his treatments. He does not follow classical homeopathy, which is individualized for each patient, but rather, uses a specific protocol of medicines, dependingupon the type of tumor, location, whether it's metastasized, other concurrent conditions, etc. This method seems to work for many cases. It has worked extremely well for my FIL, who has end stage lung cancer which metastasized to his pancreas, as well as end stage emphysema. He chose to do all the usual radiation, chemo and such and was on oxygen 24 hr/day. The cancer was eating into and destroying his ribs and he could no longer lie down, so was sleeping in a chair. He was so weak, he could barely speak. A huge skeptic of anything alternative and openly scornful, in fact, he finally got to the point where he asked me if I could help him (I am a homeopath myself). The doctors had said there was nothing further to be done, and we were called to say our final good-byes, several times. As he was too weak to talk, I really couldn't take his case anyway, so instead started him on the Banerji protocol and a few other palliative remedies. Frankly, I had very little confidence that much could be done for him, especially since he's been a smoker since age 8! And his lifestyle has not been the healthiest.
Within just a few days after the protocol, he was feeling so much better that he was able to call me and reported that he had been able to go off his oxygen for 30 min at a time. Over the next few weeks he was able to be without his oxygen for 6 hours qt a time. He bcame stronger and was able to walk again, instead of being confined to his scooter. He FELT good for the first time in a couple of years and regained his appetite. He could lie down in bed again, as the cancer began reducing. The difference was remarkable to all. Unfortunately, once the doctors saw he was better they pushed him to start up with the chemo again. He's a veteran, old and expected to die soon, so these are the "expendable" patients they like to use their experimental drugs on. That's what they're giving him, a very powerful new chemo drug that they're researching.
Since he's started it back up again, he's rapidly declined, losing almost all he had gained. Now that he's through that, not sure if he has enough vital force remaining or not. Since the chemo, he's had to go from independent living, into the full-time nursing facility. So it's not just one's longevity, but also the quality of life factor that should be looked at. not to mention that this end stage treatment wipes out one's life savings as well as the family that may have to take that over.
I urge you to not just dismiss this as some form of quackery and do your own research into it. There are many people who have recovered from cancer using alternative medicine and/or diet. Believe me, cancer is a HUGE industry. You don't hear about the natural cures as they are a threat to a lot of peoples and corporations livelihood.
Best of luck in your difficult decision!
April