The Starfish Project

Well, we’re still here in the hospital.  We’re trying to coordinate her release – but there are so many things that have to be arranged that we’re kind of pulling our hair out.  We need a shower bench so we can bathe her at home.  We need a transfer slide board so we can transfer her from the wheelchair into her bed and into the car for doctor’s appointments, and we need a rolling commode that can be rolled over the toilet.

We are trying to arrange a special transport home for her so she can ride in her wheelchair rather than having to transfer between the wheelchair and car seat.

Her doctor ordered some home nursing and physical/occupational therapy so she can get back to her old self within a few weeks.  As the Decadron gets out of her system, she’ll be able to do more and more – until she’s 100% again.

She’s had her lunch and she’s just awaiting her chariot so we can go home.

I’ll let you know when she’s home.

Tracey

Mom is doing well today.  Several doctors came by and looked at her thumb and they all agreed that it looked better to them.  Still, we need prayer because we’re not out of the woods on this yet.

Everything is looking pretty good for Mom except her platelets are still a bit low.  No one is really sure why.  They’ve cut back on her meds and we’ve stopped giving her any of her “at home” alternative meds and we’re just waiting to see what happens with that.

However, they feel comfortable discharging Mom tomorrow and have scheduled her Gamma Knife surgery for next Tuesday.  So, while we’ve waited a very long time for this, we’re very excited to finally have it happen next Tuesday.  Better late than never, huh?

One of Mom’s fantastic nurses, Sarah, brought in a water-heated pad to keep under Mom’s arm and hand to keep her thumb warm.  It’s working great and so much better than just changing out warm blankets every hour or so.  This works all the time to keep her thumb warm all day long.  I’m not sure why no one thought of it before Sarah came on shift.  But, we’re grateful to her for bringing it in and letting Mom use it.  It’s helped a lot.

[Note to Judie:  Mom's vascular surgeon didn't come in today, so I couldn't ask about the hot/cold treatments.  I've used it in other things when I've needed to move the blood along, but I'm not sure it would work in this instance.  They don't want her thumb to get cold ever.  Even when she showered today they didnt' even want cold water to touch it.  But, I will ask him when we see him next about the alternativing hot/cold treatment.  Thank you so much for the suggestion.  I hope you're doing well and your hand is healing up nicely.]

Mom’s main doctor said he thought it would be okay to bring her home tomorrow and let her recover a bit more at home until her Gamma Knife surgery on Tuesday.  We are all very excited to have her back home again.

Her neurosurgeon has also lowered her Decadron dosage to 4 mg every 8 hours (it was at 4 mg every 6 hours).  This will continue to be lowered until she’s off of it completely in 5 weeks.  We are most thrilled about that.  I’m convinced that Decadron is the most insidious drug I’ve ever seen.  It’s probably really great for short-term usage, but being on it this long (which was caused by her primary care doctor’s delay with getting the referral cleared with the insurance company) has devaastating effects on a person and on their family.  If you’re out there and you’re reading this and considering taking Decadron, please make sure to move quickly to resolve your brain issue so you can start to wean off of it quickly.  You definitely don’t want to be on this stuff long-term.  I’ve heard it referred to by spouses and children of patients taking it as “The Boss Pill,” the “Insidious Drug,” and “THE DRUG.”

Mom’s wonderful physical therapist, Al, came in and saw Mom today and recommended some equipment we can get for the house that will make it easier for us to care for Mom during her recovery.  He was really encouraging and said he’s seen this type of steroid-induced myopathy before and that Mom should have significant improvement in 3 or 4 weeks and could be fully recovered in 6 weeks.  So, that was very exciting to hear.

Mom is very weak right now, so I know it probably seems impossible to her that she could be up and around again in just a few short weeks.  But, hospital stays definitely take their toll on the physical body and we often feel worse just being here than we do once we get home and start to recover.  This will be an 11-day hospital stay for her and that has certainly taken its toll on her.  However, I think Mom is going to make a wonderful recover and I believe her thumb is going to completely heal, as well.

Mom is an anomaly here.  Everyone who cares for her asks her questions about her treatment.  They can’t believe she’s never done any conventional cancer treatment.  Many of them have loved ones who have cancer, so they’ve been extremely interested in getting information from Mom about what she’s doing and who her Naturopathic Medical Doctor is.  If you’re in the Phoenix area, Dr. Jason Porter is Mom’s doctor and you can see his website at: www.eastvalleynd.com.  He’s fantastic and even called me back last Sunday when I had a question about Mom.  If you’re looking for a good Naturopathic doctor to treat cancer and you’re out of state (and not in a state with good Naturopaths or any) he would be a great choice.  We have nothing but wonderful things to say about him and the treatment he’s given Mom.

So, as it stands right now, we’re looking at busting Mom out of here sometime tomorrow.  If that happens, I’ll post tomorrow night once we have her home and situated.

We’re so excited to have her home for Superbowl Sunday so we can watch the big game (Go Cardinals) at her house instead of in the hospital!!

Thank you all so much for leaving her comments on the blog.  She has really enjoyed me reading them to her here in the hospital.  I have my laptop here and the hospital has wireless – so I’ve been able to keep up with the blog while I’m here.

I think that’s all the pertinent stuff.  Until tomorrow…

Tracey

Well, Mom is still having some fits with her thumb.  They came in and did a Doppler ultrasound of her right neck and all the way down her arm to her thumb.  The blood flow was really good up top and even below the elbow.  but as soon as they got to the wrist and thumb, the blood flow was pretty poor.

So, again, the mad scramble was on and doctors were called, nurses were rushing around, and I was getting pretty concerned.

First, she saw her internal medicine doctor.  He was very nice, but didn’t really know much about the thumb issue.  Then, the vascular surgeon came in to see her and he was very nice.  He basically told us that it’s a wait and see situation.  He didn’t feel that doing an additional surgery would benefit her at this point and that we needed to wait and see.  The tip of her thumb is still warm (meaning it’s getting some blood flow) and it’s not a solid black color.  It’s kind of a mix of purple shades.

Here are some pics of her thumb and hand so you can see what she’s dealing with right now:

So, we’re going to be doing a lot of praying and a lot of visualization exercises about the blood flowing into Mom’s thumb all the way to the tip.  If you’re one of our prayer warrior friends, we ask that you please pray for this too.  Now, we just get to stand back and watch God work.

Until next time …

Tracey

I just spoke with Dad and he said the vascular surgery was a success.  The color has returned to her thumb (except for the very tip), but the doctor thinks that will heal up too.  They found one large blood clot and several smaller ones and removed them.  Her hand is a little swollen, but she’s doing so much better.  Dad said she’s resting comfortably and they’ve been giving her a little bit of morphine for the pain.

Man, we just never saw this one coming.  We noticed that her thumb was a little discolored yesterday and mentioned it to the nurse.  But, her nurse said it was just from poking her fingers to check her blood sugar.  The Decadron makes your blood sugar go up and she’s had to receive insulin a few times.  Her blood sugar was 240 on Monday night and they gave her six units of insulin.  And, it was 146 yesterday afternoon and they gave her 2 units of insulin.

But, when we thought about it, they never poked her thumb to take her blood sugar.  I’m just glad they were able to do the surgery right away and save her thumb.

Okay, I’m getting in the shower and getting ready to go back to the hospital and relieve Dad.  Our plan is for her to have a wonderful and restful nights sleep so she’ll be ready for the Gamma Knife surgery in the morning.  She’s on the schedule for 7:00 AM.  It takes a while because there are many different steps they have to complete for the procedure.  They have to bolt the frame onto her skull.  She will have four screws that go into her skull.  They say this doesn’t hurt – it just feels like pressure when they’re doing it.  Then she has to have an MRI done of her brain while the frame is attached to her head.  Then the doctors will look at the MRI and make a plan for the actual Gamma Knife procedure.  They have to have a scientists on the team who will determine the angles of the gamma rays.  Then, she will be put into the Gamma Knife machine and the frame will be attached to the machine.  The actual procedure takes about an hour – about the same amount of time as an MRI.  Then, they remove the frame from her head and she’ll be under observation for a few hours.  Then, she’ll be sent over to their rehab part of the hospital to work on some physical therapy.

So, that’s our day for tomorrow.  I hope and pray everything goes according to schedule.

I’m bringing my laptop with me to the hospital this time, so I can update you all much more quickly.

Tracey

Dad just called me from the hospital a few minutes ago and told me that Mom’s right thumb has turned black and she’s in a lot of pain with it.  The doctor sent her down for an MRI and it was determined that she has several blood clots in her arm blocking the blood flow into her thumb due to the arterial line they placed in her arm.

As we speak, they are prepping her for surgery with a vascular surgeon to get rid of these blood clots and open up the blood flow into her thumb.  The doctor said he thought there was a 60% chance he could save her thumb.  We know that with prayer, those chances go up significantly!

As you can see, this is very serious.  So, our family is asking everyone who reads this to please pray for my Mom that the surgery is a success and the circulation is restored into her thumb.  We have not come this far with her cancer treatment to be derailed by something like this. 

As always, thank you so much for your prayers and positive thoughts.  You guys are the best!

Tracey

Mom is still in the hospital, however she has been moved from the Neuro ICU up to the regular Neuro floor.  Her new room is very nice and is much more conducive for the rest of us.

Since she’s not on the telemetry floor, she’s lost most of the tubes and wires that have been connected to her since last Wednesday.

Her Gamma Knife surgery is on the schedule for Thursday (1/29/09).  So, she’s working with physical therapy to get a little stronger before her Gamma Knife treatment.  She’s still having a difficult time using her legs and she seemed particularly tired today.  I’m not sure why.  Maybe just changing floors late last night and being in a different room has thrown off her schedule and increased her fatigue.  I’m not sure, though.

She’s eating well, but her sodium is running a little low so she’s not been able to drink any water, coffee, or tea for the past six days or so.  Apparently, drinking these things reduces your sodium.  She is drinking orange juice and V8, but is really hoping to have some herb tea soon.  She’s missing that a lot.

I think that’s about it for today’s update.  She’s looking and sounding great.  We just can’t wait until the Gamma Knife surgery is done so she can get back to normal again and start living life to its fullest.

Again, thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers for Mom.  We all really appreciate them.

Well, I think we’ve come through the valley and are coming out on the other side.  I just got back from the hospital and Mom is doing just great.

When I go there yesterday morning around 9:15 AM, they had just removed the ventilator tube and she was breathing on her own again.  She was very alert and said she was hungry.  So, the nurses said we could order up some food for her from the hospital kitchen.

Trying to eat a proper “cancer diet” in the hospital has been difficult in the past, but with Barrow Neurological Institute they allow you to order what you want from a menu.  So, Mom has been getting lots of fruits and veggies and some chicken and fish too.  She hadn’t been eating much meat, but since it’s a little too difficult for us to try to make protein shakes for her in the intensive care unit, we decided to just go with a little chicken and fish.

Mom ate a good lunch and dinner last night.  I think that made a world of difference for her.  Plus, Dad had cut up some organic pears and some organic veggies and brought them for her from home.  She gobbled those up while waiting for lunch yesterday.

She was slightly anaemic yesterday afternoon, so the doctor ordered two units of blood and she received those during the afternoon and evening yesterday.  Her color did “pink up” a little bit after that.

Her nurses have been the best we’ve ever had.  They are all so caring and nice to Mom (and to the rest of us too).

Mom had a great night’s sleep last night.  She took little cat naps throughout the day yesterday, and then slept for six hours straight last night.  That might not seem like a big deal – but getting a stretch of sleep that long in the hospital can really be a miracle.

She wasn’t aggitated at all during the night and she slept like a baby until 6:00 AM this morning when one of the doctors came in to do a neurological evaluation of her.  She passed with flying colors.

She’s been in good spirits all day today.  The doctors are a little concerned about the platelets in her blood and are changing her anti-seizure medicine to see if that will correct the problem.

She’s slated to be moved out of the Neuro ICU and into a regular room later today – that is if the doctor feels that the platelet issue is resolved.

At this point, we’re going to believe that Mom is going to be right on schedule for her Gamma Knife treatment next Thursday – so she can be home in time for the Cardinal’s SUPERBOWL game!!  Go Cardinals!

I’m going back to the hospital tomorrow – so, I’ll post a new update when I get home.

I just walked in the door from being at the hospital with Mom since last night.  So, excuse my writing right now.  I did want to write and get some news out to everyone who’s praying for her and thinking about her.

I went back to the hospital last night and relieved Dad so he could go home and get some sleep.  Mom had a very rough night.  The Decadron is really doing a number on her mind and last night was the first time she became delusional and extremely irritated.  She only really got cat naps all night and I spent most of the night trying to calm her down.

At one point, her blood pressure soared to 182/97 and we aren’t really sure (still) what caused it.  I’m guessing it was a panic attack.  She was very freaked out and paranoid.  These are all symptoms of long-term Decadron usage.

About 5:00 AM, she suddenly went from being very talkative and irritated to lethargic.  The nurse initially thought it was because they had given her a small dose of morphine to help calm her down.  But, after a while, it became apparent that it was more than that.  At one point, she became completely unresponsive.  The Critical Care Unit was called and they told me that she either had a seisure or a stroke.  They would need to run some tests to determine what happened.

After looking at all the symptoms, their preliminary diagnosis is that she had a seizure this morning.

Because of the risk of another seizure, she was intubated – which was really difficult for her.  They were concerned about sedating her too much, because it would lower her blood pressure too much.  But, if they didn’t give her enough of a sedative, she would be awake and really uncomfortable with the breathing tube.  So, after a while, her wonderful nurse, Joe, found the perfect amount to make her comfortable (mostly).

Later in the afternoon the neurosurgeon, Dr. Porter, came in to update on what the options are.  He said after reviewing the MRI, he was very excited to see that the tumor in her brain shrunk from 2 cm to 1.3 cm.  It was actually even smaller than he initially thought.  He said “It’s either the Decadron, the Low Dose Naltrexone, or the Vitamin C.  I don’t know what is working, but something is.”  That was really, really cool.  It’s so nice to have a doctor who isn’t trying to convince her that natural and alternative medicine doesn’t work.  In fact, I think he’s very fascinated with her treatment and how well it’s worked.  I got the impression he doesn’t see this type of thing very often.

So, because the brain tumor is so small now, he’s definitely wanting to do the non-invasive Gamma Knife surgery.  He’s trying to get it set up tentatively for next Thursday.  The issue is —- guess —- an insurance holdup again!!!  That’s probably okay this time, as Mom needs time to recover from the seizure and get a little stronger.

When I left the hospital tonight, they were getting ready to take Mom for her MRI.  Dad and Gretchen were still there.  Dad is planning on staying overnight.

I’ll update you whenI get any more info.  Sorry if it’s a little rambling, but I’m really, really tired.

“I had this terrible bone pain in my head, spine, ribs, and all over. Then the doctor told me he had discovered holes in my skull the size of nickels and dimes. I felt just terrible pain and needed to sleep all the time to escape it. I took pain pills and sleeping pills. It turned out – the final diagnosis offered by my newly acquired oncologist – that I had been struck by multiple myeloma,” states 67-year-old clergyman Kenneth Walker of Fox Island, Washington. “On March 19, 2001 he told me the diagnosis and in June he advised that because my anemia was so severe, ‘The cancer is ravaging your bone marrow – you have less than three months to live unless you undergo chemotherapy.’”

Also referred to as malignant plasmacytoma or plasma cell myeloma or myelomatosis, multiple myeloma is a disseminated neoplasm of marrow plasma cells. The disease infiltrates bone to produce osteolytic lesions throughout the skeleton (particularly in the flat bones, vertebrae, skull, pelvis, and ribs). Standard treatment is cytotoxic chemotherapy using cyclophosphamid or melphalan – both administered with prednisone to suppress plasma cell growth and control pain. The medical profession considers this disease incurable. According to a respected reference source, within three months of diagnosis 52% of patients die; within two years, 90% die.¹

“Today, this same oncologist advises me that if I was visiting him for the first time, he would not suspect cancer had ever been present. The treatment I researched and adopted on my own saved me,” affirms Reverend Walker. “At the doctor’s request I have documented what he describes as ’such a fantastic result.’”

Illustrative of the “fantastic result” for Ken Walker is that no symptoms of multiple myeloma remain. He is now retired and enjoying a leisure life to the fullest. During the late summer of 2001, for example, the retired clergyman and his wife spent six weeks circumnavigating Canada’s Vancouver Island in their sailboat. During the week just prior to Thanksgiving 2002, he flew to Aruba to engage in scuba diving with dive master and Oriental medicine specialist Carlos Viana, OMD, who practices holistic medicine in Aruba and throughout the Netherlands Antilles.

Reverend Ken Walker (no relation to the author) is utilizing the newest concept in nutritional supplements, an organic “metallovitamin” and amino acid produced under three patents first issued by the US Government in October 1995 to electro-biochemist and former US Navy dentist Merrill Garnett, PhD, DDS, of Islip, Long Island, New York. This metallovitamin derived from a lipoic acid and palladium complex, will be described in detail.

Breast Cancer Remission for Sarah J. Jones

“During February 2002, I discovered a lump in my left breast that seemed pretty big,” says Sarah J. Jones of Denver, Colorado. “Because I could not get an evaluation appointment at the Sally Jobe Diagnostic Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado for several weeks, I researched the holistic medical literature on my own and took a number of nutritional supplements,” Sarah says. “When finally I was seen at the Sally Jobe Center, their multiple Doppler ultrasound films confirmed my breast lump as potentially cancerous. The radiologist browbeat me to have a biopsy, which I refused because of what I had learned from my reading about the spread of cancer from biopsies.

“With hands on hips and challenge in her voice, the head nurse at Sally Jobe Center announced to me, ‘From their star shape, I guarantee that the cells in your breast lump are cancerous.’ “If that be true,” I wondered, “why do I need a biopsy?”

Sarah is married to cancer researcher Bob Jones, inventor of the Cavitat®, a sonogram diagnostic device for detecting neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis (NICO) arising from implanted root canal teeth. The Cavitat® is renowned for its diagnostic endodontic excellence among holistic, biological, mercury-free dentists such as those who are members of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, the Environmental Dental Association, the American Academy of Biological Dentistry, and the Holistic Dental Association. The enlightened dentists who are members of these professional organizations consider Sarah and Bob Jones holistic dental visionaries.

“Not then or now do I receive physician-administered cancer treatment. The physician who is supervising my Doppler-ultrasound evaluations, Ob-Gyn specialist Asela C. Russell, MD, keeps insisting that I must undergo biopsy, chemotherapy, and radiation,” Sarah Jones says. “The radiologist at the Sally Jobe Center’s Invision Department, Virgini Stefanoudakis, MD, notes about me: ‘Due to her strong beliefs in holistic medicine, she [the patient] may or may not agree to biopsy.’

“I have never undergone biopsy. Near the end of May 2002, after speaking on the phone about my breast cancer to Emmy McAllister, the director of Health Solutions Now!, Bob learned from her about the same anticancer substance containing minerals, vitamins, and amino acids used successfully by Reverend Ken Walker. Then my husband did his own literature search on the substance, Poly-MVA. Consequently, I added this liquid amino acid metallovitamin to my nutritional supplementation, two teaspoonfuls four times a day taken in purified water,” confirms Sarah. “I’ve continued this supplementation on my own without help from any oncologist, except that Sally Jobe Center Ob-Gyn Associate Asela C. Russell, MD, monitors the size of my tumor.”

Sarah Jones concludes, “After she performed an examination of me on November 8, 2002, Dr. Russell wrote on her prescription pad: ‘Sarah Jones’ left breast mass is significantly smaller. [Now reduced to] approximately 1.5 by 1.4 centimeters [2.1 cm³] maximum dimensions.’”

Within six months of beginning her program of nutritional supplementation with Poly-MVA, this most recent oncological measurement for the patient’s cancerous breast lump shows a reduction from her original March 15, 2002 tumor measurement of 5.382 cm³. The malignant breast tumor of Sarah Jones had shrunk by 67 percent.

Both Sarah and Ken Walker are experiencing dramatic results from their use of the inventor’s Poly-MVA anticancer concept. The Poly-MVA name comes from the combined terms Poly meaning “many, much, more than one”; M indicating “minerals”; V signifying “vitamins”; and A symbolizing “amino acids.”²

The PolyMVA Anticancer Concept

A new principle in the nutritional healing of most cancer types is being presented here in the form of Poly-MVA™, the enzymatic complex of polynucleotide reductase which assists in correcting malfunctional nucleic acids in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of genes.³

To explain: the nucleotide component is a single building block or step up the “spiral staircase” of DNA. Nucleotides show up as vital units in DNA because they are the basic molecular structures that control cell division and replication. The reductase enzyme catalyzes oxidation/reduction by which any substance gains one or more electrons; and this enzyme invariably assists in bringing about DNA repair. Subsequently, the polynucleotide reductase that is part of the Poly-MVA molecule biochemically affects multiple units of DNA by functioning as a gene-restoring nutrient.⁴

As stated, the Poly-MVA molecule is a lipoic acid palladium (LAPd) complex, which accomplishes such therapeutic restoration in several ways:

1) Its vitamin complex portion improves synergy with other essential nutrients inside the errant gene.

2) Its metallic components activate cyanocobalamin (vitamin B₁₂).

3) Its alpha lipoic amino acid component aids in energy transfer within cells, which characteristically is highly specific for transferring electron energy from a normal metabolic hydrogen carrier to nucleic acids.

Poly-MVA’s inventor, Merrill Garnett, DDS, PhD, emphasizes that he chose to bind palladium (Pd) to alpha lipoic acid (ALA) because this amino acid is both water and fat-soluble and able to travel everywhere in the human body, even through the blood-brain barrier, taking the palladium molecule with it.

Dr. Garnett, whose Garnett McKeen Laboratory is located in Islip, New York, has produced a self-published book, First Pulse: A Personal Journey in Cancer Research. In it, the author-scientist offers a philosophical, highly technical but interesting anecdotal-filled discussion of how he came to create his invention. Dr. Garnett searched for singular substances for binding together the various ingredients which make up Poly-MVA. He found the therapeutic component in the platinum-derived palladium mineral, poisonous in the hands of an allopathic dentist, but life-saving for someone suffering from cancer. Yet Pd would be poisonous to cancer patients too, if it were not bound tightly to alpha lipoic acid and “sequestered” in the molecule as cobalt is sequestered in vitamin B₁₂. Thus, Pd forms an organic metallovitamin-lipoic acid complex that joins with cobalt (Co), a part of the vitamin B₁₂ (cyanocobalamin) complex.⁵

Dr. Garnett created Poly-MVA based on knowledge unknown before he discovered the Second Genetic Code, a huge scientific breakthrough and probably the crowning achievement of his career. (See the Garnett book for details about the highly complicated Second Genetic Code discovery.)

Dr. Garnett discovered that palladium acts as an excellent catalyst for combining oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H); the metal absorbs over 900 times its volume of hydrogen. He adapts Pd for strengthening the actions of other molecules too; e.g., iron (Fe) holds together the active parts of hemoglobin, and its holding action is reinforced in the presence of palladium. Other amino acids besides alpha lipoic acid make up some part of the Garnett formulation.

Poly-MVA Eliminates Brain Cancer for Mark Olsztyn

Now 38 years old, Mark Olsztyn, the son of Stanley R. Olsztyn, MD(H), popular holistic and homeopathic physician of Phoenix, Arizona, was diagnosed in 1993 with a Stage IV frontal lobe brain tumor the size of a walnut. After excision it was judged to be a low-grade pilocynic astrocytoma. Recommended follow-up was merely with periodic diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The imaging was done for five years until Mark decided he was in wonderful shape with no more need for diagnostics.

“While working in Boston, Mark eventually visited his local physician for a routine checkup and a second tumor was found to have grown in the same location of his brain. Surgery turned up that my son now was affected by glioblastoma multiforme, a much more serious condition than the first,” explains Dr. Olsztyn. “The tumor showed as unencapsulated, highly malignant, growing rapidly, and infiltrating extensively. In Boston, he took a full course of radiation therapy and then started on chemotherapy. Realizing that he was not going to live very long, Mark decided to return home to Phoenix expecting to die with his loved ones around him.

“When he came back to Phoenix in early 1998 I became an active participant in his care,” states Dr. Olsztyn. “I put him on a nutritional program, carried on discussions with oncologists about chemotherapy, and acquired Poly-MVA for Mark’s daily use. I invited both Dr. Merrill Garnett and Dr. Albert Sanchez, Sr., to lecture about it at our monthly Arizona Homeopathic Medical Association meeting.

“While simultaneously taking Poly-MVA and chemotherapy, my son decided to discontinue the chemotherapy altogether because of severe side effects he was experiencing. He therefore uses only his regular large daily doses of Poly-MVA,” Dr. Olsztyn says. “From mid-1998, the only contact Mark has had with conventional oncological medicine is for diagnostic MRIs. Poly-MVA is the only treatment he has taken, and for nearly five years there remains no visible evidence of tumor regrowth. My son is asymptomatic and semi-annual MRI examinations are negative for brain cancer.

“I have recommended Poly-MVA to many people because of my extremely favorable impression of the Garnett concept from several viewpoints: First, the theoretical explanation of how it works makes sense,” states Dr. Olsztyn. “Second, the product is completely safe and definitely effective for healthy tissue. Third, it is highly selective for malignant tissue, by influencing oxygen, water, and electrical inputs to the malignancy.

“Patients I’ve observed taking Poly-MVA have thrived. Numbers of them are following its protocol now. In my opinion Dr. Garnett and Dr. Sanchez are providing a really well thought out, safe treatment for all types of malignancies. They should be commended,” affirms Dr. Stanley R. Olsztyn.

The Poly-MVA Mechanism of Action

As reported in An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer, “A major factor in the success of Poly-MVA has been to provide an electron energy transfer mechanism from normal metabolic hydrogen carriers to nucleic acids. Poly-MVA induces energy-dependent changes in the shape of DNA or RNA [ribonucleic acid] as a result of the new reduced state it induces in the nucleotides.”⁶

Dr. Garnett’s newly conceived molecule of lipoic acid palladium (LAPd) complex repairs the abnormally altered gene that sets potential cancer mechanisms in motion by following the recommended protocol for PolyMVA. The now deceased oncology therapist Rudy Falk, MD, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada, had repeatedly stated, “The greatest use of Poly-MVA is as a cancer prophylactic.”

Dr. Falk experimented with Poly-MVA for several years at the University of Toronto; he was one of the first physicians worldwide to investigate the new anticancer remedy. After years of research he firmly believed that ingesting 1/2 tsp. daily of Poly-MVA would prevent cancer. Today there is an important ongoing Practioners’ Study of Poly-MVA to see if Dr. Falk was correct; that it’s a preventative. The volunteer practitioners and their families are participating in this 20-year study to see if they can beat the odds against cancer, because as high as malignancy statistics are among the general population, they are even more elevated among health practitioners.

A general surgeon from the Dominican Republic, Ahmad Nasri, MD, took over the late Dr. Falk’s Barrie, Ontario practice nearly two years ago. Continuing to utilize Poly-MVA onward from 1997 in his own country, Dr. Nasri advises: “Going back almost fifteen years, Dr. Falk had combined the Palladium Lipoic Complex with hyaluronic acid as a targeting agent and applied them together for their anticancer effects, both intravenously and orally. [Hyaluronic acid is a glycosaminoglycan found in lubricating proteoglycans of human synovial fluid, vitreous humor, cartilage, blood vessels, skin, and the umbilical cord.]

“Dr. Falk and I also had added low dose chemotherapy, high dose vitamins, H₂O₂, other minerals, and vaccines to Dr. Garnett’s organic mineral complex. Poly-MVA was one of our most important cancer remission tools,” continues Dr. Nasri. “With Dr. Falk working in Canada and me in the Dominican Republic, we achieved excellent results against most cancers. We observed tumor shrinkage, cancer down staging from Stage 4 to Stage 2, pain reduction, and additional therapeutic effects. Cancer patients we had started on this protocol even eight years ago remain in good health by self-administration of the oral liquid and periodically receiving intravenous booster injections of Poly-MVA. My practice today involves following the patients’ progress with tumor markers, and resuming their IV treatment if necessary. Today I can definitely offer at least six cancer case histories of patients who stay in good shape from their taking Poly-MVA.”

Poly-MVA is manufactured as a liquid mostly for oral ingestion, although some physicians administer it intravenously.

Dr. Falk’s original anticancer usage protocol strictly for cancer prevention consisted of only 1/2 teaspoonful a day of Poly-MVA. For therapy, a new and updated Poly-MVA protocol is now enthusiastically recommended by the Advanced Medicine and Research Center (AMARC) of Chula Vista, California. The protocol is presented in a publication written by Albert Sanchez, Sr., PhD, EdS, and made available by AMARC.⁷

Recognized Poly-MVA Therapeutic Benefits

From the established therapeutic effects of its alpha lipoic acid/palladium complex, Poly-MVA provides at least 13 recognized anticancer benefits. The benefits are reproduced here from observations described by Dr. Merrill Garnett in a series of reports published on his animal studies conducted at the Garnett McKeen Laboratory in Islip, New York. One by one over time, he has advised that the lipoic acid/palladium complex (LAPd) does the following:⁸

1. LAPd causes an indefinite variety of immune system responses, but with specific manifestations as indicated in the twelve additional attributes listed below.

2. LAPd seeks out and destroys cancer cells anywhere in the body by stealing their electromagnetic energy.

3. LAPd invigorates normal cells and helps to repair any damage the invasive cancer may have left behind.

4. LAPd reduces tumor size or causes the tumor to shink.

5. LAPd produces an idiosyncratic set of effects which include a pattern of lag-arrest-slow death of cancer cells from an inhibition of their energy metabolism.

6. LAPd prevents sterol biosynthesis, thereby preventing new cancer cell plasma membrane synthesis.

7. LAPd shows a very large fraction of sensitive cancer cells as a morphological feature.

8. LAPd promotes the growth of proliferating normal cells surrounding a core of central tumor necrosis consisting of dead cancer cells.

9. LAPd stimulates the infiltration of leukocytes for the removal of cancer cell debris.

10. LAPd has absolutely no toxic reaction – no adverse side effects.

11. LAPd accomplishes its therapeutic benefits in both animals and humans.

12. LAPd works against cancer of many types not only as an orally administered liquid but also perhaps even more effectively as an intravenous injection.

 13. LAPd reduces the incidence of cachexia with a potential for increased body weight of the frail cancer patient.

Being aware of the LAPd actions in Poly-MVA, Robert D. Milne, MD, Medical Director of the Milne Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, has employed the metallovitamin complex for a family member and for the adjunctive nutritional healing of cancer in numbers of patients. He does not treat cancer but offers his patients nutritional support for their cancer. Poly-MVA is one of the more vital nutrients that Dr. Milne recommends.

“After undergoing a full oncological evaluation, my father-in-law at age 69 asked me to help him with a potentially deadly 14-cm by 2.5 cm-size Stage 3 transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder producing right-ureter obstruction,” explains Dr. Milne. “Hospitalized in a critical care unit for ten days with acute respiratory distress syndrome from his adverse reaction to chemotherapy, my father-in-law was no longer a candidate for cytotoxic therapy. Upon my educating him about Poly-MVA, he undertook a therapeutic trial of this nutritional agent. With the Poly-MVA, I also recommended that he take 500 mg daily of coenzyme Q₁₀ and 25 tablets daily of pancreatic enzymes. The treatment proved successful for him.

“His original tumor biopsy taken July 2001 was reported by the pathologist as ‘invasive carcinoma Grade 2 with invasion into the muscularis propria.’ Using just the nutritional program I had recommended,” says Dr. Milne, “a report on the six-month followup biopsy of my father-in-law’s tumor on January 11, 2002 stated, ‘There is no cancer.’ And his CAT scan showed, ‘No evidence of the tumor in this patient’s bladder.’

“I believe that the Poly-MVA adjunct for this patient was exceedingly helpful, and the work of Dr. Merrill Garnett is truly remarkable. It’s different from any other therapy that has ever been done against cancer,” says Dr. Robert D. Milne. “Based on my father-in-law’s excellent result and the results experienced by many others, I truly believe that Poly-MVA is worth trying by any person who has cancer or wants to prevent its onset.”

Resources

Further information about Merrill Garnett, PhD, DDS, and his work in the field of bio-energetics may be found on Dr. Garnett’s website at www.electrogenetics.com

People wanting additional information about Poly-MVA should visit the particular website at www.polymva.com

Anyone requiring a contact list of cancer survivors who have benefited from Poly-MVA and for a second list of over 150 health professionals who provide patients with Poly-MVA, should visit the survivors’ website at www.polymvasurvivors.com

Health professionals and others seeking information about how to participate in the Practitioners’ Study on Poly-MVA, may acquire a complimentary practitioners’ informational packet, which includes Dr. Garnett’s published book, First Pulse, plus more general material about the LAPd molecule of Poly-MVA. Make your request to Emmy McAllister at Health Solutions Now!, P.O. Box 1177, Snohomish, Washington 98291; 425-334-9644; Fax 425-334-9834; Email: HealthSolutionsNow@earthlink.net

Ms. Emmy McAllister is the information agent representing the charitable organization responsible for supporting Dr. Merrill Garnett’s metallochemical research, the Advanced Medicine and Research Center (AMARC), Albert Sanchez, PhD, EdS, President, 539 Telegraph Canyon Road, #281, Chula Vista, California 91910; 619-628-4751 or 619-628-4745; Fax 619-628-4749; Email: answers2cancer@hotmail.com.

Health professionals having more technical biochemical/physiological questions may telephone the inventor/creator of Poly-MVA, Dr. Merrill Garnett, directly at his office in Islip, New York at 631-774-3821.

Persons wishing to acquire a supply of oral Poly-MVA and other nutritional substances may contact the primary commercial source in North America, AMARC Enterprises, Inc., Albert Sanchez, Jr., President; 866-Poly-MVA i.e. 866-765-9682; Email: info@polymva.com.

For further information about his multiple myeloma remission experience, contact Reverend Ken Walker, 221 Bella Vista Drive, Fox Island, Washington 98333; 253-549-7676; Email: kwalk@centurytel.net

For further information about her breast cancer reduction experience, contact Sarah Jones, Cavitat Medical Tech Inc., 10691 East Bethany Drive, Suite 900, Aurora, Colorado 80014-2670; 303-755-2688.

For further information about therapy for his son Mark or other patients taking the Poly-MVA, contact Stanley R. Olsztyn, MD, 4350 East Camelback Road, Suite B-220, Phoenix, Arizona 85018; 602-840-8424; Email: srolsztyn@aol.com

For further information about his experience administering Poly-MVA and the adaptation of Dr. Rudy Falk’s original protocol, contact Ahmed Nasri, MD, 730 Essa Road, Barrie, Ontario, Canada L4N 9E9; Tel. 705-735-2354; Email: ncim@hotmail.com.

For his summary judgement about the anticancer qualities of Poly-MVA, contact Robert D. Milne, M.D., Medical Director of the Milne Medical Center, 2110 Pinto Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89106; 702-385-1393; Email: mmc@ivcm.com.

Source:   Townsend Letter