New plan for my life

Today after consulting the doctor, I realize all this while she is just trying to prolonged my life till one day I die. But this is not what I want. I want a solution. To me this is already like gambling. If I buy chemo, I might die immediatelly or may have 3 years of life. Coz my money can cover 3 years. If I go chinese medicines, I might also die immediately or have longer live Span.

Then to go continue chemo seem not a very good choice as the prop ability of living the most is only 3 years. She tell me my tumor will not have chance to disappear. We can only control the size and spread.

So many cases in Malaysia that people live even thought doctor tell them they have 3 months left. Doctor did not tell me how ling is my life but so I should be in better position than those who doctor say only got 3 months left.

Today is my last day of chemotherapy. After 9 cycle, I finally felt like being cheated. Even without the 9 times chemotherapy I might still be living for this 6 months. Is never too late.

Next week once my white blood cells are back to normal, I will follow the new live. Chinese medicine here I come.

Sabah Snake grass progress

I have start consume the sabah snake grass in tea bag since 18th Aug 2011. As this is my chemotherapy rest week, I will usually feel the pain of the tumour at my L3 bone. 1 day after consume the Sabah Snake grass the pain from my L3 become lesser. Less from level 1 to 0.5. After 2 days, the pain drop to 0.3.

22nd August - whole day chemotherapy so I stop taking SSG

23rd August - discharge, and i continue taking SSG - but I feel itchy on my skin but no redness.

24th August - I did not take SSG, but still litter itchy on my skin

maybe I should considering taking the SSG only during the rest week.

New diet from blog

I found a blog yesterday which I think it is pretty good. The blog help me to overcome drinking milk and eating protein issue. According to the blog, cancer patient can actually prevent the cancer cell from eating the food they need by adding the anti cancer fruit or vegetable to the meat and milk. For example: instead of drinking milk you can drink carrot milk juice. Or when eat pork, you can cook with plenty of tomatoes. You can add any kind of anti cancer vege to it. Such as onion, garlic, tanglad, broccoli and etc.

Socso Pencen ilat for Cancer patient

If you are diagnose with cancer. I would advice you not to work as the doctor advice to. I stop working since then but still got income coming in. For your info, socso will help you during this critical period. If you are still working, you cannot be getting this pencen ilat from socso.

Why you should not be working?

1. To prevent infection
2. To eat healthy food at home
3. To eat your supplement and traditional medicine at home
4. stress free - so that you can cure fast
5. You will have time to do Qi Gong twice a day. at 6 am and 6pm

Although socso will help you but the maximum is 65% of RM 2950. if your average salary is above RM 2950. Whereby on the % is base on how many years of contribution to socso. It is easy to apply. So, for those who are diagnose with cancer I think you should apply.

if unfortunately really cannot live on for those with children, Socso will pay till your children 21 years old.

Porcupine Date for Cancer

Porcupine date is a rare "stone" that found in the stomach of a porcupine.
Porcupine is a mammalian that live in forests. It has a coat of sharp spines
that defend them from predators. It is herbivore. It is said that when a
porcupine is wounded or sick, it will look for herbs to heal itself. As the
healing progress, stone may form in the stomach.

As the body system, genetic build up, and the environment where the porcupine
get herbs for healing are different from each other, hence the outlook, the
smoothness, the size, the quality, and the colours of the porcupine dates that
formed are different.

The porcupine date that stay longer in the body of the porcupine may has
bigger size, much more medicament properties, and hence better quality.
However, not all porcupines produce porcupine date in their bodies, and if it
does one porcupine only can form one porcupine date each. This is why
porcupine dates are of precious price.

There are 3 types of porcupine dates, namely,

1. "Blooded",

2. "Powdery", this type of porcupine date is found in much stronger
porcupine. It is of the best quality among all types and hence it
is the most expensive type of porcupine dates. It has smooth surface
and it is much more harder when compared to other types of porcupine
dates.

3. "Grassy", this type of porcupine date has more coarser surface when
compared to the other two types. It is of greenish brown colour.
Although it is among the cheapest porcupine date it is of good quality
as well.

The differences depend on the regions where the porcupines are found. Nowadays,
the "blooded" is not common. The "powdery" and the "grassy" types are as good.

In tradition, porcupine date had been used as medicine by hill tribes in the
Southern China and South-East Asia. Olden Chinese medical text had recorded the
uses of porcupine date. It is used as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, natural
antibody, immunization booster, and body-detox.

Today, the porcupine date is well-known in Chinese society in South-East Asia.
It is widely used by the Chinese Malaysian as an alternative medicine in the
treatment of cancer, dengue fever, meningitis, herpes, throat infection,
pneumonia and others.

Dosage:

Children  :  0.1-0.2 g
Adult   :  0.3-0.4 g

Take one to three times a day, depend on individual health conditions.

Administration:

Dissolve the powder in the mouth directly, or dissolve it in a table spoon
with water. It is best taken with an empty stomach.

DIET For cancer patient with Chemotherapy

My 1st session of chemo therapy experience are really bad. I don't ever have the energy to walk. Then I begin to take Chinese medicine at the same time. My 2nd chemotherapy are far more easy. The more I do the less side effect on me. However, my blood cell report are not that good. It is dropping and very difficult to increase. At first is the red blood cell, then now is the white blood cell. What when wrong with my diet that resulted my blood test result so bad.

Breakfast

• I have 2 slide of bread with peanut butter
• 1 cup of milk with nestum added in
• Shark liver oil, Evening primrose, zinc and fish oil

Lunch

• Rice or noddle with beef or pork (It is steam or mild fry)
• Soup (To enhance my stomach strength)
• Vegetable
• Shark liver oil, Evening primrose, zinc and fish oil

Teatime

• Fruit
• Milk

Dinner

• Rice or noddle with beef or pork (It is steam or mild fry)
• Soup (To enhance my stomach strength)
• Vegetable
• bladder black sesame dessert

Drink

• I drink the 500ml boil "Li Zing with fungus" everyday

Before sleep

1/2 teaspoon of porcupine pills

As chemo patient, I'm not allow to eat raw vegetable as it will increase the risk of infections. Therefore I decided to start the raw vegetable program once I stop chemotherapy.

CT SCAN RESULT

Lung CT Scan

17th Feb 2011  measuring 2.6cm x 2.5cm (CT scan at sunway hospital - did not indicate on full size)
29th Apr 2011  measuring 4.5 x 2 x2 cm and 4 x 1.5 x 1.5cm
1st July 2011 measuring 3.2 x 1.8 x 2.2 cm and 4 x 1 x 1.2cm, size are smaller by 29.6% and 46.6% compare to 29th Apr 2011

Tumour at L3 
14th Feb 2011 measuring 1.5 x 1 x 0.5cm
29th Apr 2011 size unchange but shows more sclerosis
1st Jul 2011 size unchance but further increase in sclerosis and can indicate healing.

CEA & CA 19.9 TEST RESULT

                          CEA                            CA 19.9
23/2/2011       2432.9                            No test done
16/3/2011       1491.6                            257
21/3/2011        1581.3
11/4/2011        1354.8                           202
4/5/2011          1066                              196
25/5/2011         677.7                            112
13/6/2011         647.2                              87
4/7/2011           552.9                              72
25/7/2011         321                                  42
15/8/2011         360                                  37

Chemotherapy medicine

The doctor recommended me to take the below medicine.

a) Avastin - To stop the blood vessel to continue supply food to the cancer cell
b) Gemjar and Cisplatin - To kill the cancer cell

The cost for the above medicine are very expensive. It cost about RM 12,000 per cycle.

Cost of chemo treatment

At first I thought is just 6 chemo plus avastin maintaining for 1 year. End up after interview with some patient I might need to do up to 12 times. Every time I'm spending RM 18,000 - RM 22,000. Depending on if with Ct scan or not.

Now I have spent RM 200,000. Should I continue?

Western or Chinese

To continue or to change. I'm in the dilemma, should I try Ssg or continue my treatment. It remind me my mum. At that point of time, I have never ask my mum "how are you?" how is your treatment? I did not even know how to care my mum. I really regret when she past away. I have never thought that my mum diagnose at the age 45 and I diagnose at 31.

I have discuss with my husband and we decided to do both together. The chemo and SSG. I try to search on web for a similar case with me, but could find one.

Low white blood cell

Today I'm suppose to do my 9 th chemotherapy but the blood test result is bad. The white blood cell are way behind. I'm so happy as I don't need to do treatment today. But next week have to go also.