jdeangelo

Tony,

Thank you so much for your post!! My daughter has been recently diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma, with 11 of 31 lymph nodes being positive. Although she initially mentioned the ketogenic diet, has passed it by since her oncologist did not recommend this as a viable action to take, mentioning instead an intense vitamin C therapy. I keep pressing to take control of whatever portion you can, leave the chemotherapy to the Doctors, but leave no stone unturned in what you are willing to do to get well. Only a Mother or parent could possibly understand. If ketogenics only increases your chance of survival by 1% take that 1%  and add whatever else you can find. When you are done perhaps you will have changed the margin enough that you are in the winning standards. If green tea is touted as a possible curative for cancer drink green tea, what can it hurt. If Mistletoe or shitake mushrooms have a curative effect on cancer per the NCI but no significant trials can give a definative % to their effectiveness, what do you loose by trying it? It would be so interesting to find Doctors that would actually take the time to put this in their patients history & try to do statistics base on this, in addition to the clinical trials. 

I have been trying to find support groups, helpful for us at this stage of my daughters cancer. Drug expectations, diet therapies & clinics used specifically geared towards melanoma, but keep finding the same websites with the same outdated data. Please continue to post about your progress, this is the only way we have to stay on top of treatments, drugs and alternative options that could be the 1% that puts you on the winning edge If your oncologist can not tell you that it will interfere in your treatment than why should you not make these changes in your dirt?

Am still trying to find the best place to opinion on my daughters total treatment, at this time she is being treated at the Kimmel Cancer Treatment in Philadelphia. Would so appreciate any feedback on the ketogenic diet, 11 positive lymph nodes or the center.

Thank you

Judy

Tony,

Thank you so much for your post!! My daughter has been recently diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma, with 11 of 31 lymph nodes being positive. Although she initially mentioned the ketogenic diet, has passed it by since her oncologist did not recommend this as a viable action to take, mentioning instead an intense vitamin C therapy. I keep pressing to take control of whatever portion you can, leave the chemotherapy to the Doctors, but leave no stone unturned in what you are willing to do to get well. Only a Mother or parent could possibly understand. If ketogenics only increases your chance of survival by 1% take that 1%  and add whatever else you can find. When you are done perhaps you will have changed the margin enough that you are in the winning standards. If green tea is touted as a possible curative for cancer drink green tea, what can it hurt. If Mistletoe or shitake mushrooms have a curative effect on cancer per the NCI but no significant trials can give a definative % to their effectiveness, what do you loose by trying it? It would be so interesting to find Doctors that would actually take the time to put this in their patients history & try to do statistics base on this, in addition to the clinical trials. 

I have been trying to find support groups, helpful for us at this stage of my daughters cancer. Drug expectations, diet therapies & clinics used specifically geared towards melanoma, but keep finding the same websites with the same outdated data. Please continue to post about your progress, this is the only way we have to stay on top of treatments, drugs and alternative options that could be the 1% that puts you on the winning edge If your oncologist can not tell you that it will interfere in your treatment than why should you not make these changes in your dirt?

Am still trying to find the best place to opinion on my daughters total treatment, at this time she is being treated at the Kimmel Cancer Treatment in Philadelphia. Would so appreciate any feedback on the ketogenic diet, 11 positive lymph nodes or the center.

Thank you

Judy

Tony,

Thank you so much for your post!! My daughter has been recently diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma, with 11 of 31 lymph nodes being positive. Although she initially mentioned the ketogenic diet, has passed it by since her oncologist did not recommend this as a viable action to take, mentioning instead an intense vitamin C therapy. I keep pressing to take control of whatever portion you can, leave the chemotherapy to the Doctors, but leave no stone unturned in what you are willing to do to get well. Only a Mother or parent could possibly understand. If ketogenics only increases your chance of survival by 1% take that 1%  and add whatever else you can find. When you are done perhaps you will have changed the margin enough that you are in the winning standards. If green tea is touted as a possible curative for cancer drink green tea, what can it hurt. If Mistletoe or shitake mushrooms have a curative effect on cancer per the NCI but no significant trials can give a definative % to their effectiveness, what do you loose by trying it? It would be so interesting to find Doctors that would actually take the time to put this in their patients history & try to do statistics base on this, in addition to the clinical trials. 

I have been trying to find support groups, helpful for us at this stage of my daughters cancer. Drug expectations, diet therapies & clinics used specifically geared towards melanoma, but keep finding the same websites with the same outdated data. Please continue to post about your progress, this is the only way we have to stay on top of treatments, drugs and alternative options that could be the 1% that puts you on the winning edge If your oncologist can not tell you that it will interfere in your treatment than why should you not make these changes in your dirt?

Am still trying to find the best place to opinion on my daughters total treatment, at this time she is being treated at the Kimmel Cancer Treatment in Philadelphia. Would so appreciate any feedback on the ketogenic diet, 11 positive lymph nodes or the center.

Thank you

Judy