colonoscopy showed precancerous polyp...please help

March 21, 2007

Hi everyone, my mom recently had a colonoscopy and the results are

raising family concerns, especially since we just lost her sister to

breast cancer 2 years ago. The letter stated that 2 small polyps

were removed. These were completely benign. One of the polyps was

of the variety, which is considered potentially precancerous. The

Doctor recommended a repeat colonoscopy in 3 years. My anxiety has

lots to do with our previous experience of the " wait and see "

approach that the doctors took with my aunt's cancer. Therefore, I

wanted to know what other things we should do given the results. Is

this real serious or normal results? Should we wait 3 years or be

doing something right now and if so, what? The doctor did not do any

type of follow up consultation and discuss diet with my mom or any

life style changes, which is frustrating. However, she is a very

health conscious person, walks 3 miles everyday, doesn't smoke or

drink, takes vitamins, and eats lots of vegetables and fruits. I

also did some research on colon cancer and found calcium, Folate,

Vitamin C, E, B6, D, Onions, curry, olive oil and grape seed are

beneficial in decreasing cancerous polyps. But I really don't know

where to begin or what quantity of everything to start with. It is

very overwhelming and I really want to make sure that we are placing

her health in our own hands and doing everything right from the

start, verses leaving it all up to one doctors opinion. Thanks for

any help, we appreciate it dearly!

Betheney

March 21, 2007

Tell your mother not to worry. Polyps are normal at her age. Pre cancerous

is the doctors way of making sure you come back in 3 years. I read a study

(sorry, don't have the information anymore) that stated they followed a

group of people for 20 years that had polyps. In the 20 years the people

that had them removed and then waited 10 years before having another test

showed the same amount of new polyps that the other group had (given age and

health problems) when they went in every 3 years. The doctor's newsletter

that I read this in said that most doctors use to routinely say come back in

3 years (originally it was every 5 years but then they switched to 3 years),

but that now, because of the money to be made on these tests many doctors

are having their patients come in every year!!! So the newsletter article

said that every 10 years is fine for a checkup of the colon. My brother had

gone for a test and had 3 polyps removed, went back 3 years later (as the

doctor had recommended) and had one removed. He said the doctor told him

well, the bad news is that you had one precancerous polyp but the good news

is that you only had one instead of 3 like before " . And recommended him to

come back in one year!! I sent my brother the article and he read it and

said that he would not keep the one year appt, switching instead to the 10

year checkup.

So, if it will make your mom feel better, she can go back in 3 years or even

wait till 5 years. It was good that her doctor wasn't already recommending

the yearly exam, which is very unnecessary--just a money maker for the

doctor. But with her good physical health and health awareness, she shouldn

t worry at all. Colon cancer comes from not having regular bowel movements

so she should just be sure to go at least once a day. Twice a day is better

Lots of water and fiber will assure her of good colon health. Also, she

needs to make sure she continues to have good digestion, which helps the

colon eliminate properly.

Samala,

Renee

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Hi everyone, my mom recently had a colonoscopy and the results are

Raising family concerns, especially since we just lost her sister to

Breast cancer 2 years ago. The letter stated that 2 small polyps

Were removed. These were completely benign. One of the polyps was

Of the variety, which is considered potentially precancerous. The

Doctor recommended a repeat colonoscopy in 3 years. My anxiety has

Lots to do with our previous experience of the " wait and see "

Approach that the doctors took with my aunt's cancer. Therefore, I

Wanted to know what other things we should do given the results. Is

This real serious or normal results? Should we wait 3 years or be

Doing something right now and if so, what? The doctor did not do any

Type of follow up consultation and discuss diet with my mom or any

Life style changes, which is frustrating. However, she is a very

Health conscious person, walks 3 miles everyday, doesn't smoke or

Drink, takes vitamins, and eats lots of vegetables and fruits. I

Also did some research on colon cancer and found calcium, Folate,

Vitamin C, E, B6, D, Onions, curry, olive oil and grape seed are

Beneficial in decreasing cancerous polyps. But I really don't know

Where to begin or what quantity of everything to start with. It is

Very overwhelming and I really want to make sure that we are placing

Her health in our own hands and doing everything right from the

Start, verses leaving it all up to one doctors opinion. Thanks for

Any help, we appreciate it dearly!

Betheney

March 21, 2007

I don't know anything at all particularly about polyps, but I kept

getting precancerous cells on scars. Scary.

Uh-oh, I think this is going to turn into a long rant... doctors, and

why I've seen enough of them.

I started drinking aloe vera juice every day, and since then, haven't

seen any precancerous cells. May or may not have anything to do with

it, but my mother had a melanoma (or whatever it is -- cancerous) cut

off her nose surgically, it came back, and she would dab a drop of

aloe on it a couple times a day. It went away. I had a really ugly

flat brown spot develop on my nose, put fresh aloe on it for a few

days, and it went away.

Also, I started to do more visualization, meditation, like any way I

could think of to " look " inside my body, check on any things going

haywire, clear them out, just try to release any " knots " or anything

(seems like I'm clearing out some emotional stuff, too).

I was a hypochondriac there for awhile, running to the dr. every time

something seemed like it might be going awry. Maybe the turning point

was when I had what may have been migraine symptom, and the dr. was

extremely sarcastic and dismissive. Like it couldn't POSSIBLY have

been anything real, like cancer -- not in ME. It didn't matter that I

had just recently had two immediate family members die of cancer.

Asthma runs in my family; we tend to get it around 30 years of age. I

staved it off 'til about 40, undoubtedly by eating better food. Then,

stupidly, I started giving in to the delicious-greasy-hamburger urges,

and whoop-- there it is. Asthma. This same dr. that I went to waaay

too many times totally ignored what I said about sometimes having to

struggle hard for breath. After all, I was sitting still in his office

and not having any problem at that moment. Went to another doctor

(after answering their question about the name of another dr. I had

seen about this), and this dr. actually snickered and said " it won't

hurt anything " if I use the Albuterol inhaler when I need it. No tests

of any kind.

After trying all kinds of natural remedies, none of which seemed to do

any good at all, I hit upon magnesium. Took several pills of it,

during a particularly bad struggle for breath, and within the hour, I

was hyperventilating, it was so easy to breathe. Works every time.

I was pissed about these drs. ignoring me, but it finally occurred to

me that I just did not need to play their game any more. No reason for

me to have an official diagnosis of asthma or anything else. The

doctors weren't doing me any good at all (except the one that actually

noticed that I had a lupus mask, which let me know what to research

and fix), and there are plenty of stories of people, for example,

whose bellies suddenly started getting really big, they weren't

pregnant, dr. told them they were a hypochondriac, and a few months

later, they died of now-inoperable ovarian cancer... (but before they

died, their insurance company paid many thousands of $$$$ for the

" heroic " attempts to save their life)

I have to be responsible for my own health. The vast majority of the

doctors now are just pill-pushers, disseminating " information " and

" cures " directly from the pharmaceutical mega-corporations, and they

are far too busy to bother with what's really going on with people.

Fortunately (heh -- not always...) for me, I have always been overly

attuned to my body; now I'm learning how to listen accurately. I will

put more faith in my knowledge of my body than in uncaring doctors.

Seem to have two choices: put my (and my child's) health and

well-being totally in the medical industry's hands, and just wait

patiently for things to go wrong-enough that they can sweep in with

their surgeries and pills, and take all my money, and then when I run

out of money, they just let me rot, or, take responsibility for

everything that goes on in my body, and find good and healthful ways

to support it. Maybe occasionally go to a doctor to see if they can

figure out something that I can't, then I take it from there.

And when the drs. told your mom to just wait, that reminded me of the

first time I started thinking there was something wrong in this

medical racket. At 30, I was having discomfort around the stomach

area, so went to the dr. He did a little push-and-release test, and

went " hmmm! " when it caused a lot of pain. He asked if I'd ever had

gallbladder problems (no), then said if it gets really bad, to go to

the emergency room, then he left. I called later, asked if he thought

I was starting to have gallbladder problems. " I didn't say that!! " and

pretty much hung up on me. What the hell?! I'm not allowed to know

what's going on in my body?! Why would he say that?

But I think I figured it out. You have all these aches and pains, you

go to the dr. The doctor pretty much ignores them, makes you feel like

a hypochondriac. You worry. " I know there's something wrong. " So you

go to the dr. again when something else comes up. You never get

answers, but you keep worrying, and you get obsessed, because you know

something's wrong, but the dr. won't tell you anything at all. So you

make more appointments, give them more of your money... Then, when

things finally progress to the correct point -- voila, " we can cure

you, with a $100,000 surgery and hospital stay " .

I thought it was just me until I started talking to other people about

it. Then I finally decided enough was enough. The medical industry is

not doing me any good at all.

here's positive thoughts for your mother

Joy

, " bairdy23 " <bairdy23

wrote:

>

> Hi everyone, my mom recently had a colonoscopy and the results are

> raising family concerns, especially since we just lost her sister to

> breast cancer 2 years ago. The letter stated that 2 small polyps

> were removed. These were completely benign. One of the polyps was

> of the variety, which is considered potentially precancerous. The

> Doctor recommended a repeat colonoscopy in 3 years. My anxiety has

> lots to do with our previous experience of the " wait and see "

> approach that the doctors took with my aunt's cancer. Therefore, I

> wanted to know what other things we should do given the results. Is

> this real serious or normal results? Should we wait 3 years or be

> doing something right now and if so, what? The doctor did not do any

> type of follow up consultation and discuss diet with my mom or any

> life style changes, which is frustrating. However, she is a very

> health conscious person, walks 3 miles everyday, doesn't smoke or

> drink, takes vitamins, and eats lots of vegetables and fruits. I

> also did some research on colon cancer and found calcium, Folate,

> Vitamin C, E, B6, D, Onions, curry, olive oil and grape seed are

> beneficial in decreasing cancerous polyps. But I really don't know

> where to begin or what quantity of everything to start with. It is

> very overwhelming and I really want to make sure that we are placing

> her health in our own hands and doing everything right from the

> start, verses leaving it all up to one doctors opinion. Thanks for

> any help, we appreciate it dearly!

> Betheney

>

March 21, 2007

Dear Bethney,

You are on the right track,

Our diet is the main problem.

Cut out all the sugar, soda and sugar supplements. No processed

meats, no processed anything.

Read the diet guidelines at www.cidpusa.org

Eat more wholefoods, molasses is place of sugar, whole wheat , whole

brown rice. (No vitamin supplements) No supplements.

Lots of vegetables AND FRUITS RAW IF POSSIABLE.

DRINK GREEN TEA 4-5 TIMES A DAY.

No MSG FOODS FROM THE CHAIN STRORE FRONTS. MSG is in everything, ice

cream to lipstick. Read the lables.

No water in plastic bottles , its the plastic that causes these

growths.

No non sticky cooking pans which are laced with cancer causing PTFE.

IKHAN

www.cidpusa.org