Complementary & Alternative Medicine

September 29, 2010

Has anyone tried complementary or alternaive medicine? I'm going to fess up and

tell you that I did try it, because a friend of mine sent me all kinds of

literature that looked good and followed up by giving me the name of an Indian

doctor who worked at the U of Washington. He was an .D. in India, but did not

have a license to practice medicine here, but taught other subjects and did

research. He has now moved to another hospital on the east coast, but I only

remember his last name as Singh. He called me the next morning at 7:00 a.m and

told me exactly where to buy the purest (the name of the company was Pure) and

best as far as he was concerned. I don't even remember the name of it now. I

think it came from China (used for centuries) and was made of some kind of

straw, but that was a long time ago, so I don't recall all the details. Here

are some references:

" Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products

and practices that are not part of standard medical care. " Complementary

medicine " refers to treatments that are used with standard treatment.

" Alternative medicine " refers to treatments that are used instead of standard

treatment. "

" Alternative medicine means treatments that you use instead of standard ones.

Complementary medicine means nonstandard treatments that you use along with

standard ones. Examples of CAM therapies are acupuncture, chiropractic, and

herbal medicines. CAM treatments do not work for everyone, but some methods such

as acupuncture might help with nausea, pain and other side effects of cancer

treatment. In general, researchers know more about the safety and effectiveness

of standard cancer treatments than they do about CAM. To make sure nothing gets

in the way of your cancer care, talk to your doctor before you try anything

new. "

I will say this, my friend had CML and she died because I think she turned up

her nose at conventional medicine. She didn't want my Gleevec eyes and weight

gain. If you have tried anything that is not considered conventional, let us

know what you tried and was it useful to you? No one will prejudge you, we just

want to know what works and what doesn't. There is a doctor in Houston who uses

urine to treat for brain cancer, so nothing is off limits here. We have covered

everything, including sex. What I want to know is, how does a man " fake it " ?

Carpe diem,

Lottie Duthu

Something I never knew existed, a book about CML by Drs. Talpaz & Kantarjian

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