The Battle Continues

    My last communication to the entire “Friends and Family for Mason” was on December 3rd when we learned that Mason had a new tumour on his left knee. Mason had been complaining about a sore knee even as far back as last summer when he was still on chemo in Calgary. We believe that the tumour had been growing in spite of all the chemo and certainly while Mason was taking oral chemo after leaving Toronto.
    There has been much activity surrounding Mason’s treatment and Mason has taken all of these adjustments in stride and is doing really well. There have been a few ups and downs and scary times but we get through them and Mason stays strong.
    Jade and Mason and I met with a naturopathic doctor in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 10th. The purpose of this trip was to purchase a “Rife” machine and get some training on its use as well as to have Mason assessed by the doctor. The “Rife” machine is an electric frequency generator that was invented in the 1920’s and has been used with varying degrees of success since then. The doctor in Michigan has been using a new generation of the machine and has been experiencing a 90% success rate on patients who have not undergone chemo first. Mason has been on this machine since it arrived on about November 20th. The regimen is 2 treatments per day lasting about 1-1/2 hrs. each plus it goes under his bed for 7 hrs. while he sleeps. 3 days of this and then 1 day off.
    A special 12 hour urine sample was mailed to the States and the results indicated high levels of mercury and lead and a couple of other heavy metals which are attributed to the chemo and the bone scans. Mason had 6 amalgam (mercury alloy) fillings removed in December and has been on an oral chelation medication in recent days. Chelation is the term used to describe the “flushing of heavy metal toxins” from the body.
    Mason is still seeing Dr. Bablad in Regina as well and has been prescribed quite a number of supplements. About 48 supplements per day right now, plus 2 eight ounce glasses of freshly prepared green organic vegetable juice. A couple of the supplement doses are combinations of a number of ingredients that have to be prepared daily.
    Mason has also spent a few days with Sister Theresa Feist in Lebret, Sk., just a short way from Fort Qu’Appelle. Sister Theresa has run a care home in Lebret for about 30 years and is trained in orthomolecular medicine. We had a special prayer meeting there on December 18th.
    We had a very good family Christmas. Mason had been asking for a puppy. Jade and Justin found a beagle puppy from a breeder near Saskatoon and Justin made the trip on December 23rd to pick him up. Uncle Jordan kept him until Christmas morning. What a wonderful suprise it was for Mason and Kale. Rocco, their twelve year old American Eskimo/Lhasa Apso cross was a little put out by this new frenetic ball of skin, but he has adjusted well and they will undoubtedly become inseperable.
    We continue to struggle to achieve an alkaline pH with Mason. From the sheer numbers of alternative treatments, which stress the importance of achieving an alkaline state, we are convinced that this has to be achieved as soon as possible.

Christmas 2010

    I know that I have promised to do a better job of keeping you all informed and I haven’t done that by any means. I don’t exactly know what has kept me from doing this writing. Much of it has to do with not knowing what to say and, no doubt, the stigma of turning to alternative treatments, but I feel badly about the amount of time that has transpired with little news. I can only say once again that I will try to improve.
    We know that we are not “out of the woods” yet. It is too soon to state with an absolute degree of certainty that this battle is being won. If faith were the only measure, then we would already know that we have won. There is simply no doubt.
    We continue to value your prayers and concern for Mason and expect to announce wonderful news in the very near future.