Category Archives for Survivors
HyperBaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) as Cancer Therapy
HBOT Stimulates Stem Cells, Heals Radiation Damage and may even Kill Cancer I am a long-term cancer survivor and cancer coach. As a long-term cancer survivor who studies non-conventional healing therapies
Continue readingWhole body hyperthermia aka Sauna as cancer therapy
“Previous work has shown that applying mild hyperthermia — producing temperature increases too small to kill cancer cells directly — could be a more targeted way to specifically sensitize tumours.” Whole-body
Continue readingHead & Neck Cancer- An Integrative Therapy no-brainer-
The Life of a Head & Neck Cancer Survivor is all about Risks. The Risk of Collateral Damage, the Risk of a Relapse of your Primary Cancer or the Risk of a Secondary Cancer. I am both a long-term cancer
Continue readingDeep Vein Thrombosis, Venous Thromboembolism aka Blood Clot in cancer patients and survivors
It is a well-known fact that chemotherapy can induce endothelial dysfunction and contribute to cardiovascular side effects, with both venous and arterial thromboembolism (blood clot) associated with cisplatin Venous
Continue readingCoffee Reduces Cancer, Improves Brain Health, and Smells Great!
“The best part of waking up…is COFFEE reducing your risk of neurodegeneration and depression, and cancer, and cardiovascular disease… Coffee (COF) is good for you!? Ironically, Death
Continue readingExtramedullary Tumors In Multiple Myeloma
Experts have yet to reach a consensus regarding the optimal treatment modality for extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP). Current guidelines stipulate… Dear Cancer Coach- I am a 6 year survivor of multiple
Continue readingFinancial Toxicity- Cancer Survivors Getting Medical Care
A new study led by a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researcher shows that millions of cancer survivors are forgoing needed medical care because of concerns about cost. Published early online
Continue readingChemobrain Coping- my list of 8 after 25 years-
Chemobrain or cognitive dysfunction has been a constant companion of mine since I completed active therapy for my cancer in ’97. I didn’t know it at the time but looking back at certain events,
Continue readingLate effects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation common and often debilitating
“However, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) survivors are at risk of developing long-term complications, such as endocrinopathies, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiopulmonary compromise
Continue readingEnzyme alpha-1-antitrypsin May Reduce Graft-Vs.-Host Disease (GvHD)
“A natural enzyme derived from human blood plasma showed potential in significantly reducing the effects of graft-vs.-host disease, a common and deadly side effect of lifesaving bone marrow transplants.” Allogeneic
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