[gawlerites] The Gawler diet and our new oncologist
- From: "bja" <moo-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gawlerites@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:10:25 +1000
Hi Guys,
This is just a general query to see if anyone has had any success with the
diets and meditation so far.
Debbie meditates daily and has been sticking to the diet reasonably well (at
least 98% - she misses the occasional juice), but all her markers have been
going up and her recent PET and CT scans show she has numerous instances of
new growth along with additional growth in her previous tumours. As a
result, she will be starting her second batch of chemo soon (this time using
Caelyx).
As such, the diet and meditation do not appear to be working for Deb so I
guess I am asking, is it worth continuing? Deb wants to but she is now down
to 49kg so I am worried.
Also, we have been dissatisfied with our oncologist for some time (Geraldine
Goss) so we sought a second opinion from Patti's oncologist and he referred
us to a Prof. Michael Leyden at Maroondah hospital. We have now seen him
twice and he seems OK, but I am worried about 'changing ships during a
storm' particularly since we actually had a small ray of sunshine last
Wednesday when Goss was away for our clinic and the head of oncology at
Monash, Peter Briggs, saw us instead.
He seemed far more competent that Goss and it was actually he that
recommended the CT scan and Caelyx so maybe things are turning at Monash.
This, however, leaves us with a very difficult, and potentially life
changing decision as to whether to change oncologists or not. We can't keep
having a foot in both camps now that Deb is about to start chemo again.
As such, I would appreciate any advice if you know of these oncologists, or
the chemo day ward at Maroondah hospital etc.
TIA.
Cheers,
Bruce
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