Posted by FACR
Post Date : Wednesday March 10 2010

In June of 2000, at the age of 49, I had a lumpectomy and 5 weeks of radiation for ductal carcinoma insitu. I was told that the percentage of survival rate with this treatment was very high, so I went on merrily with my life. In July of 2002, a mammogram showed that the cancer had returned in the same place of my left breast. It was diagnosed as invasive ductal carcinoma. Following a medical procedure, I had a mastectomy followed by 6 months of chemotherapy. I had 4 treatments of adriamycin and cytoxan which made me very sick. They call adriamycin the ‘red devil’; my nurse told me they used to call it the ‘red death.’ It looks like red kool-aid. Later I had 12 treatments of taxol. It didn’t make me sick, but I experienced numbness in my feet, which I still have.

At the time of the mastectomy, it was found that I had HER2/neu. My oncologist told us that not even bone marrow transplants worked for women with HER2/neu. When I asked him what my percentage rate of survival was at the present time, he responded by declining to answer. I say kindly, because as I realized later, he didn’t want to tell me how bad things were, but wanted to be hopeful as I went through chemo therapy.

I never had a good feeling about radiation or chemotherapy, but I continued because I did not know what to do at the time. I knew there were alternative treatments for cancer, but where to look and who to trust were my questions.

Fortunately, I was referred to Dr. Robert Milne. He has a clinic in Las Vegas, NV. My husband and I met with him in March of 2003, after I finished my chemotherapy treatments. I started taking Poly-MVA immediately. I started with six teaspoons a day. I am now taking two teaspoons a day for maintenance. Along with the Poly-MVA I take coral calcium to keep my system alkaline.

I turned 60 last July. I have enjoyed many blessings I would have not have had, had we not learned about Poly-MVA I am extraordinarily grateful for the hard work of Dr. Garnett and all the people at AMARC who have been so kind to me when I have called with questions. I am also grateful to Dr. Milne who shared his wisdom and caring.


Sincerely,

Barbara Jones