Wednesday, October 28, 2009

I have damage in the lower intestines/colon from radiation cancer treatment 5 years ago. Any help

I have damage in the lower intestines/colon from radiation cancer treatment 5 years ago. Any help?
I would appreciate any help. Hoping for others who have had the same problem tell me what helped them or anyone with any ideas. Alternative treatments would be greatly appreciated but would consider others. Thanks. The details are that I need to have bowel movements several times a day and may not have good digestion (therefore, the supplements I take may not be working as well as they should be.). Which also causes raw tissue from excessive wiping. Sorry if this is too explicit. I have radiation colitis.
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what about homeopathic treatment
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I'm not sure what kind of damage you're talking about, but you may have heard of Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, MD and his WaterCure protocol which applies to a wide range of health conditions, cancer being among them. Here are some links on WaterCure: http://www.grandtimes.com/Water_Cure.html http://www.watercure2.org/ http://www.watercure.com/ A link to Dr. B's book that hugely deals with cancer in particular: http://www.watercure.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=10 Some cancer testimonials: http://www.watercure2.org/cancer.htm You may also want to visit Dr. Lorraine Day's, MD website at http://www.drday.com Dr. Day is a renowned medical pro who successfully battled terminal stage breast cancer with natural means. You can contact her directly through this site. Hope this helps somehow.



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Saturday, October 24, 2009

How can someone visiting US get funds for breast cancer treatment

How can someone visiting US get funds for breast cancer treatment?
Hi, My mother is visitng USA and noticed a lump in one breast. She does not have any insurance. I am looking for any financial, funding or insurance related help that I can get to pursue her diagnosis here. Kindly post your suggestions to my question and I will greatly appriciate it.
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First of all a prayer to your mom and her family. A very informative website,http://www.breastcancer.org/, and also try Avon (yes the perfume and makeup gurus). They may have a grant that she qualifies for. There are many out there if you are willing to do the work in looking for them.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

What alkaline earth metal is used for cancer treatment

What alkaline earth metal is used for cancer treatment?
Because of it s radioactivity?
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radium (Ra), and wen first discovered, compounds of the metal were used on watch dials for self-luminescence and in early cancer therapy. radium is a source of radioactive rays traditionally used in cancer treatment, though other radioactive isotopes are now more commonly used. A radioactive isotope of strontium, strontium-90, is a component of nuclear fallout. (trust me this is the right answer search it on google or just click the link, hate me 4ever if im wrong, but im pretty sure im write) hope this helps :)
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battery operated microwaves
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Strontium here are its isotopes used for cancer treatment 89Sr is the active ingredient in Metastron, a radiopharmaceutical used for bone pain secondary to metastatic prostate cancer. The strontium acts like calcium and is preferentially incorporated into bone at sites of increased osteogenesis. This localization focuses the radiation exposure on the cancerous lesion. 90Sr is also used in cancer therapy. Its beta emission and long half-life is ideal for superficial radiotherapy. The human body absorbs strontium as if it were calcium. Due to the elements being sufficiently similar chemically, the stable forms of strontium do not pose a significant health threat, but the radioactive 90Sr can lead to various bone disorders and diseases, including bone cancer. The strontium unit is used in measuring radioactivity from absorbed 90Sr. An innovative drug made by combining strontium with ranelic acid has aided in bone growth, boosted bone density and lessened vertebral, peripheral and hip fractures.[4] [5] Women receiving the drug showed a 12.7% increase in bone density. Women receiving a placebo had a 1.6% decrease. Half the increase in bone density (measured by x-ray densitometry) is attributed to the higher atomic weight of Sr compared with calcium, whereas the other half a true increase in bone mass. It means that strontium ranelate creates new, stronger bone. Strontium ranelate (marketed under the trade names Protelos, Osseor, Protos, Bivalos, Protaxos, Ossum) is registered for treatment of osteoporosis in many countries all over the world. Strontium ranelate has been shown to strengthen bones, according presentations given the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis, in June of 2006. It also reduced bone resorbtion. Strontium ranelate is registered as a prescription drug in Europe and many countries worldwide. It needs to be prescribed by a doctor, delivered by a pharmacist and requires a strict medical supervision. Currently, (early 2007) it is not available in Canada or the United States. Several other salts of strontium such as strontium citrate or strontium carbonate are often presented as natural therapies and sold at a dose that is several hundred times higher than the usual strontium intake. Despite the lack of strontium deficit referenced in the medical literature and the lack of information about possible toxicity of strontium supplementation, such compounds can still be sold in the United States under the Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act of 1994. However, their long-term safety and efficacy have never been evaluated on humans using large-scale medical trials. Such compounds should not be administered to humans before further studies are conducted.




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Friday, October 16, 2009

How long after cancer treatment can you drink alcohol

How long after cancer treatment can you drink alcohol?
Im a teen who just finished his last chemo for his leukimia. I know the chemo does damage to your kidny i think? and i was wondering when i could start to drink without any damge to my kidney
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avoid drinking alcohol
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you should not drink, probably ever again because i am sure you know the risks of a relapse, and alcohol does damage to not only you kidney, but mainly your liver, brain, and heart. it also depletes your immune system making opportunistic infections very plausible. if you are a teen you should not be drinking any ways because it is illegal. lastly drinking alcohol will eventually damage your kidneys and liver no matter how healthy you are.



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Monday, October 12, 2009

Admission in your hospital for cancer treatment

Admission in your hospital for cancer treatment?
My relative is suffering from Cancer Lx Phx (Rt.) and he is needed operation. I like to sent him in your hospital for necessary treatment and, if required, operation.
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uhmm,,ok Sands Hospital Tampa Fl.
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what hospital do you want to send him?
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you need to get on the internet and reascearch the place where you wont him to have all of this done them find a doctor to take him to in tennessee the doctors are in nashville that do the cancer work thats where my husband goes




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Thursday, October 8, 2009

What's the best way to quit smoking right before/during cancer treatment

What's the best way to quit smoking right before/during cancer treatment?
I was recently diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma and sometime in the near future I'll be meeting with an oncologist and starting treatment. I want to quit smoking to help my situation, but I don't know the best way to go about it. Quitting cold turkey would obviously be a good idea, but I honestly don't think I'm capable of doing that. I've used patches successfully before, but it took a matter of months to quit that way. I'm not very familiar with nicotine gum, prescription stop-smoking aids, or anything else that may be out there. I'd like to quit a.s.a.p. to avoid becoming sicker during treatment. I'm also concerned about interactions between a stop-smoking aid and chemo/radiation therapy, if my method of quitting did need to take place while I was being treated. Any suggestions or info would mean a lot...
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Chantix worked well for me, but check about interactions. Your doctor will know if you can take it along with chemo. I quit after a week on them, and haven't had one since. Best of luck to you with your treatment, my father was diagnosed with Stage 4b Hodgkins 1 1/2 years ago, and has been in remission after 6 months of treatments.
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Sorry to hear your bad news Start believing in your self. What ever you believe about your self you are right If you believe you cant, you cant but start believing you can and just do it. I believed I cant so I could not, and then I decided my live is worth more than smoking. I start believing I can, and I stopped 5 months ago. And no, its not easy. But every time I want one I think of how valuable I am and all those people around me. And I tell my self every day if I take on Drag I will need to stop smoking all over again and that means I will just end up going throe every thing again. My 1st day went something like this, If I can do one hour I can do 2. 1 day I can do 2 now I'm on I can do 5Months I can do 10 Snack food that I enjoy helps a lot, stay busy, don't worry about picking up wait. Its easier to lose that extra pounds than get your life back. All my luck and best wishes to you. I'm not going to lie to you...It is a hard road
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Ask the oncologist office what they would suggest..here are some links on Hodgkins and some books for info...Stay AHEAD of any nausea with the anti-nausea pills (if given to you). Once you are nauseous, you won't even want to look at a pill. Adult Hodgkins http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_is_Hodgkins_disease_20.asp http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?rnav=cridg&dt=20 http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkinslymphoma http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=7085 http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=8312 http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkinslymphoma 3 books on disease symptoms and treatments you could also get these books on ebay or amazon or a half price book store. (last two are very similar).. 1.Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine 2.Handbook of Diseases (Lippencott) 3.Professional Guide to Diseases (Springhouse)
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Chantix worked amazingly well for me. I quit before my quit date. I really believe it to be a miracle drug. Of course, check with your doctors for interactions first. You may want to try it even if you can only take it for a short time. It's recommended that it be taken for 3 months. This could interfere with your upcoming procedures and medication. If that's the case, see if you can take it for one month. If you can't use this, my second best recommendation is the patch. It will eliminate most of the physical cravings, although not much for the mental part. It will work if you really want to quit. Best wishes with your treatments. Always talk to your doctor first, before trying anything, even the OTC stop smoking aids.
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I wish you the best of luck with you treatments!! I think kicking the habit will be a wise decision for you in the end!! I was a smoker of 20+ years and a health care provider. I tried quiting a few times, just to find myself at the mercy of Virginia Slims.... After a price hike was approved here in Colorado I decided I wanted the money more than the cigs, so I contacted my doctor who prescirbed Nicotrol Inhaler for me. It is an inhaler loaded with nicotine (not all the chemicals that are put into the tobacco to keep you addicted). Everytime I had a craving I took a puff off of the inhaler and the craving was gone. I have been cigarette free for almost three years now!! Good luck!!!



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Sunday, October 4, 2009

In the USA do you have to pay for your cancer treatment

In the USA do you have to pay for your cancer treatment?
I'm from the UK and our NHS provides treatment through the payment of taxes, I was just wondering if you guys had to pay, and how your system worked? Excuse my ignorance, I'm 16 and want to learn about these kind of things.
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Yes :(
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yes , yes you do . I know EXACTLY how you feel ! i'm from Canada ~still living there~ , and everyday , i wonder what kind of cruel,evil people out there would make you pay for something you might die for . Like seriously , how do hey pay for it if they have cancer ? What if they are poor ? And can't afford to pay for these kind's of treatment . It's very sad thinking how people arre like this . Dont YOU think ? and when i grow up , i will do something to stop this ! I will try and try , until it would be free ! all over the world . ^.^ . just like XxX- Martin L. King did !-XxX blue bird: Yeah , you are right , i will start a campaign at my school for this . something so little , could turn out to be soo big! thank youu !
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That is why Pres. Obama just got a health bill passed requiring all americans to buy health ins. If they cant afford it the government will buy it for them like it already does through Medicaid/medicare. If you have no money in the US and are out of work the government will provide very good basic medical coverage called Medicaid.
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2ND ANSWER I COMPLETLY AGREE . WHY WAIT WHEN U GROW UP DO SOMETHING NOW
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You're not ignorant,you just didn't know. You better believe we have to pay for it! If you have a steady job ,working hard to make a living you pay for everything. If you're from other countries you have it made,come to the usa,work,send money back home.I had a man tell me once he came here and is working,and he is ten yrs younger than myself.When he retires he can go back where he is from and live like a king.Luckily, I had a cancer policy which paid for my chemo but I had to pay other bills.
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The majority of people in the US have health insurance provided through large group plans at their place of employment. Employers offer workers 'benefits' to come work for them which includes different types of health care packages, bonuses, and/or retirement funds. It is just a small minority of people . . mostly those who for different reasons are not employed. When you are unemployed, self employed, or employed by a company that does not offer health insurance benefits than most people can not afford to pay for their own private health insurance. These are the people you hear about in the news . . the ones who fall through the health care cracks . . they can't afford health insurance (which can be around $500 a month or more). There are programs in the Federal gov and State gov that will cover the low income patient . .but there is nothing to help out the self employed or person with a modest income but no health insurance. These people must pay full price for their medical care. Most of them will not buy health insurance because it is too expensive and as long as they don't get sick or get in an accident than they are fine . . it is when they get a major disease like cancer or break bones or need critical medical care that there is a real problem with 'paying for their health care'. Those are the people the US needs to find an affordable plan for (an example would be my oldest son who graduated from college, was hired by a company before he left school but would not start work for four months . . he was no longer covered under our families health insurance because he was too 'old' and he had no health insurance coverage until he actually started to work. So he went without health insurance for that period of time. But what can happen is that those people who do graduate from college and cannot find a job . . do not qualify for low income and cannot find affordable health insurance either. But once they get a job they are usually covered. So . . what you need to know is that the overwhelming majority of people in the US are covered under health insurance. Their health insurance pays in many cases up to 100 percent of their health care costs for any major medical crisis and/or pharmacy . . it also pays for routine eye and dental care in some policies. There are wide ranges of offerings depending on the employer. The very poor people are covered under Federal medical programs such as Medicare or Medicaid. And children and the elderly are also routinely covered under these programs. The people who are not covered at all tend to be the unemployed, the self employed (fisherman, loggers, independent laborers) and/or people employed by small businesses who can not provide adequate health insurance benefits. As an example, we have family medical insurance coverage under my employer . . my son had cancer. His entire medical care was completely covered by our insurance (they were a pain to deal with but they paid every rotten dime) . . his bills totaled over a million dollars and we probably paid less than a few hundred for what is referred to as 'co-pay' and 'deductibles'.
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No unless you are poor then you get everything for free. As a women you should look into the susan komen fund. They are a $5.5 billion dollar charity dedicating to raising 'awareness.' Im thinking with all that money they should help with your cancer treatment instead of setting up little jogs in the park for fat women to do.




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Thursday, October 1, 2009

What is the cost of breast cancer treatment in the United States

What is the cost of breast cancer treatment in the United States?
I am specifically looking for current per patient data.
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From http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/healthtopics/breast_cancer.cfm * Breast cancer treatment costs nearly $7 billion a year in the United States. * Almost $2 billion is spent on late-stage breast cancer treatment. When the cancer is found in the early stage, treatment is much less costly. Also http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119414384/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 But if you want per patient information, that depends entirely on the stage and the treatment. Some women with very early stage disease require only lumpectomy with no radiation or chemotherapy. But for advanced disease, we can spend an absolute fortune fighting a breast cancer in one person with all of the new treatments available. Some patients have even gone for bone marrow transplantation to allow for more aggressive chemotherapy. It will also vary in different parts of the country - since you are asking about the USA. It could vary from $10,000 to $500,000 or more. If you just want a very rough guess - take $7 billion and divide by the expected cases of breast cancer in 2009 which is 194,280 by ACS data. That comes to $36,000 per person with a breast cancer diagnosis. About half of these 194,280 are early stage disease.
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Medical care is not dispensed on a bid basis - there are no quotes. You could type the request in your search line. I found this: http://www.ehow.com/way_5481021_cost-breast-cancer-treatment-insurance.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art




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