One day at a time

Disney World - Feb. 2010

    Mason is doing really well by all visible accounts. He is full of energy and has recuperated from his dreadful surgery. He had a slight cough when he returned from Toronto but that has cleared up. He is under the care of Dr. Jonathan Bablad, a naturopathic doctor in Regina: http://www.ndaccess.com/HeadToHeal/Page.asp?PageID=22  Check out his webpage and see what you think. A special prayer for Dr. Bablad wouldn't hurt either.
    Mason is on quite an extensive daily protocol of supplements and a high nutrition diet. It takes some getting used to but Mason, like always, is such a happy trooper. He really is quite amazing. No one would know that a little over a month ago he had 40% of his left lung removed! Dr. Bablad is really pleased with the progress that Mason has made. Mason had a blocked pineal gland that has become completely unblocked in the last few weeks. This would normally take an adult six months or more to accomplish. Dr Bablad is also treating Mason for a virus which he says has been in Mason's system for a long time. In order for the cancer to be conquered this virus must be erradicated first and Mason is receiving virus fighters for this purpose. He is also receiving supplements which are intended to improve the functioning of his kidneys and liver.
    One of the difficult things about starting on naturopathic treatments is the absence of CT scans which we believe really do give a pretty good indication of tumor activity. Even though there are additional concerns about CT scans and the effects of the additional radiation, one can't help but want to see! Jade and Mason are presently in Calgary for a meeting with his doctors a CT scan which happened yesterday. The CT scan shows some small growth of the tumor in Mason's right side and the left side, where the surgery occured, is inconclusive.....probable scar tissue.
    There have been two previous teleconferences with the doctors from Calgary and Toronto. Yesterdays meeting also presented the Calgary doctors suggestions for further treatment......revised chemo, special radiation options, more surgery, etc. We don't understand why conventional medicine refuses to join forces with naturopathic medicine in the building of the immune system......we can't see how this approach would hurt and continue to learn that this approach is having more success than conventional medicine.
    A lady that we have been blessed to meet, Gai Robinson in Nipawin, Sask., 71yrs. old, diagnosed with terminal bone cancer in the right hip, three vertebrae and both lungs, in January of this year, refused any conventional treatment. With her husband, they did home-research and with nutrition and supplements alone, she is cancer free today...........and she feels great and goes to work everyday with her husband, renovating a home which they intend to sell!
    Another lady that we have also been blessed to meet, an RN, who had breast cancer 16 years ago, refused conventional treatment and did the "Gerson Clinic" in Mexico, obviously beating the cancer. She had a "relapse" not long ago and at the urging of a close friend, went to Saskatoon for a lumpectomy. As is so often the case, cancer cells were found to be still active, so she went back on the "Gerson Diet", at home, and is once again cancer free!
    Literally thousands of these stories are being told when you start to do the research. We don't understand why these stories don't get the attention that they deserve. Suzanne Somers new book "Knockout - Interviews With Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer" was a Godsend!
    One of the problems with digging into research of alternative/naturopathic treatments is "information overload" and we did that to ourselves.......in spades! There's no such thing as absolutely knowing the right or the wrong ways. So, how does one choose????? I believe that this is where faith comes in and tells us to trust in our good instincts. Still, because we are so damned "human", all manner of doubts creep into our minds. So what's the answer to that???? My grandmother had a wonderful saying that is often repeated in our family............"We'll just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings". She was one of the calmest people I have ever known.
    So, we'll "stay the course" for now and try to keep you informed as this story unfolds.

Take good care, and we thank you for your continuing love and support.