November 2015.
How many people do you know that would travel around the world with you to embark on the craziest trip of your life? How many would give up their regular life for three weeks to go to a cancer clinic in Germany to care for you, translate for you, cook for you and still work full-time through it all? For me, that friend is Krista. From the moment that I spoke about Germany as an option, she was all in. How many people are as lucky as I am? Through all of this bull-crap, I never lose sight of this. My life is full of gratitude.
When I starting researching clinics in Germany, I naturally tried to connect to Kelly’s doctor there. After two months of being frustrated while waiting for a response, I contacted Marinus am Stein and Dr. Axel Weber. They were very quick to respond with a thorough treatment plan. The plan will include hyperthermia (heating the tumours), ozone blood therapy (removing the blood, adding ozone and returning the blood to the body through IV), magnetic field therapy (supporting the body’s cells in absorbing nutrients and oxygen and removing waste), high-dose vitamin IVs, supplements injections etc. This plan is all about boosting the immune system and making it healthy again. Totally makes sense. I am operating on a wing and a prayer at this point because I am flying blind. I book my time at the clinic to start treatment on November 8th.
Enter Anthony. I heard about him through another friend who battled with cancer and chose a more natural approach to treatment. Anthony is a cancer slayer and a patient advocate with background in biology. Krista and I meet with him on the Tuesday before we leave for Germany. Our first meeting lasts for three hours. During that time, he explained to us that I had a refractory cancer - one that does not respond to allopathic treatment. He rattles off numerous simple things that I should be doing. Sprouted, ground flax seed daily. Get my vitamin D checked immediately. There is a direct correlation between vitamin D deficiency and breast cancer. Take curcumin daily – a lot of it. Eat blended berries – raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, the cracked seeds in berries have the anti-cancer properties. Work towards a vegan diet – no meat, no dairy, help the body to maintain alkalinity. Drink Pau D’arco tea. Anthony also advises me to get a full body MRI before I leave so that we have a baseline to work from. No more PET scans for this girl. Cancer stem cells feed off of the radiation from these scans. It’s like poking a hornet’s nest with a stick. You pretty much do NOT want to do it.
Anthony moves quickly. Before I know it, he has a referral in hand and an appointment booked for the MRI. We do the scan on the Friday before I leave. There was nothing new to report but there were a lot of tumours in various places. Most importantly, my brain is clear which was a worry to me considering what happened to Kelly.
Krista’s aunt and uncle, Chris and Christine, arrange a lovely apartment for us on a farm minutes away from the clinic. We will be close to Krista’s family which gives me comfort. Not to mention Krista speaks German. Seriously, who gets that? The stars are aligning as we get ready to make the trip. While we are waiting for our flight, we Facetime with Erica (our bestie from Santa Barbara) and she is giving me a great pep talk. I start to cry knowing that if these treatments don’t work, I am in big trouble.
- Kim
Tumour Marker CA-15-3 = 85.3
Tumour Marker CEA = 11.0
photo: Krista McKeachie