My Father has Lung Cancer

I received a phone call from the respiratory nurse yesterday in response to a request for the PET scan results and white blood cell count and LFT results.

She confirmed that the results were in, but the consultant would like to confer with the other specialists before talking to me. She will call me on Thursday with a view to arranging a face to face appointment during the day clinic on Tuesday.

I’m not sure what to make of this, are results that bad that the consultant requires support as to what decision to take next. On the other hand the results may be good and perhaps the cancer has not spread to the lymph nodes allowing the possibility of surgery.

My experience has shown that having an optimistic approach leads to disappointment. I have to be realistic, we all do but at the same time we must not loose our hope.

My father is following a very strict regime of supplements to boost his well being and condition and revitalize his body. We want to strengthen his immune system and give body the ammunition to fight against the cancer. The foundation of my fathers treatment stems from the Gerson institute of thinking, whilst not as strict, it takes the fundamental principles from the program. I will publish our program soon.

My father has been on this program for over 3 weeks now and has shown improvement in that his day sweats have substantially if not totally reduced. He does not shiver and his temperature is stable. These are the palliative results that were offered by the gentle radiation treatment initially, we are obtaining them through improvement of the diet and supplements. Inshallah I hope to see more improvements as we move forward with the program.

More information can be found with regards to the Gerson Institute here http://www.gerson.org/

abdulazizuk Nutritionist, PET Scan

My brother in law and family came to visit my father today. They travelled from quite far and came with some surprises. Looks like bro in law has been doing a lot of research around the cancer field and being that he is a nutritionist by profession has devised a strict diet for my dad. The only drawback, 4 large heavy boxes of supplements and a stubborn man that loves his food even though he now weighs 11 stone.

We are all going to see the Lung Specialist in the morning. We are pray that inshallah this nightmare ends in a misdiagnosis.

Scrap that last sentence. We have to be realistic, we have to face the bad news and prepare for what lies ahead. That’s the only way to remain in control.

abdulazizuk NSCLC, Nutritionist