Cancer: Fight it or Live with It. Your choice!
About this book
Over the past 25 years, many cancer patients came to seek our help. Some patients came because they did not want to go for medical treatments. They preferred our non-invasive herbal therapy. While some other patients came to us because surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy failed to "cure" them. So, they wanted to find another alternative method to make them well.
In this book I have shared stories of 28 cancer patients. These are true stories. I hope some of you can learn from their experiences. Besides these stories, I also explained what it takes for a cancer patient to get well when following our therapy.
We need to remember that health is our responsibility. Others around us - doctors, our family members - can try to help us but that is not enough. Ultimately, it is the patient himself or herself who needs to put in his/her efforts to get well - that is, to find his/her own healing.
If you wish to follow our CA Care Therapy you need to believe in what we are doing and be fully committed to your own healing. Besides taking herbs, you need to take care of your diet and lead a stress-free life. This requires you to change your lifestyle and thinking. We encourage you to go for exercise, meditation, yoga, etc. Learn to calm your mind and cultivate love, forgiveness and gratitude. By doing all these, you will find that living with your cancer would be a rewarding and different experience rather than trying to "fight" your cancer. Cancer is yours. It is not an enemy. Let us learn to live with it.
About the author
Chris K. H. Teo. Ph.D. was a former Professor of Botany. In May 1995, he and his wife Beng Im started CA Care. Our mission is to help the hopeless and helpless cancer patients find their healing. When you are told that you have no hope, we believe that there is still hope. To know more click these links:
https://cancercaremalaysia.com/ (English)
https://cancercareindonesia.com/ (Bahasa Indonesia)
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people. Gal. 6:10
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
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Contents
Preface It Does Not Pay To Be Ignorant
Chapter 1 Learning From Life’s Experience 1
Chapter 2 What Is Cancer? 24
Chapter 3 Medical Treatment for Cancer 30
Chapter 4 War Against Cancer 60
Chapter 5 The CA Care Therapy 78
Chapter 6 Case Study 94
Preface
It Does Not Pay to Be Ignorant
CANCER! This word strikes fear in every patient. To most people, the mere mention of this word by the doctor is like receiving a “death” sentence. The irony is that today, this disease is a common disease, especially in the developed countries. According to the Medical News Today (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/288916):
· In the United States, 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will develop cancer in their lifetime.
· Similarly, in the United Kingdom, 1 in 2 men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives.
Today, cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the world.
For those of us living in a developing country, cancer is not an uncommon disease either. Most of us do know of people, friends or family members, who suffered from this dreadful disease. For some cancer patients, they may end up being happy survivors after treatments while others suffered a peaceful or horrible death. They died either because of the disease or the treatment!
Over the past 25 years, my wife and I have been involved in helping cancer patients. We have written many books about our work. This book is yet another one added to the series of many others.
Why do I write this book?
Our experience showed us that most cancer patients and their family members are often ignorant of what they are facing. For most patients, after being diagnosed with cancer, their initial reaction is to panic as their world turns upside down. This is understandable. But let me tell you: Your world has not ended yet. There is still hope if you want to help yourself.
The late Bill Henderson, in the foreword of the book, Killing Cancer - Not People wrote:
· In my 12 years of helping cancer patients heal themselves, I become more convinced every day that there is only one reason people die of cancer. It is the lack of information. There is no more important message to learn and teach your loved ones that only you can heal yourself.
In the years of helping cancer patients, I come to understand that it does not pay to be ignorant. It does not help to say I don’t know. It is good and helpful if you can spend some time to learn to know. The new knowledge that you gain may even save your life or at the very least make your life better when confronting your cancer.
Unfortunately, from our experiences dealing with many cancer patients and their loved ones, we come to learn that most of them do not want to read and do not want to learn more on how to help themselves. More often they like to be spoon-fed with instant information without having to do anything themselves.
Yes, we fully understand that if you already have cancer, you may feel you don’t have time to read anymore! Reading is not your priority. Getting yourself treated as soon as possible is what you thought is most important. While this reasoning is reasonable, sometimes it may turn out to be a mistake! Most patients have this idea, I have the experts to advise me. They should know better. So there is no need for me to waste my time or energy to learn. Some other patients would say, I can go to the best doctor in the best hospital. So I am in good hands. Why do I need to read?
Hear what Dr. Edward Creagan, an oncologist at Mayo Clinic said (in How Not to Be My Patient):
· Too often, medical decisions fall into a gray area where the best choice for any individual maybe unclear and where reasonable people might choose differently. If you are to become an empowered patient, you must go into the medical arena armed with information because you simply cannot expect to get that from your doctor.
· The goal is to make an informed choice yourself and not rely solely on the doctor to get you there, because the doctor simply can’t.
· Some patients still believe that the doctor knows best. We don’t. Doctors can make mistakes. You can guard against being an innocent victim.
So, this is why I write this book! We hope you can learn and benefit from what I wrote, especially from the experiences of cancer patients who came to seek our help.
Acknowledgement: Many grateful thanks to Khadijah Shaari and Johan Yeong Sek Yee for their help in proofreading this manuscript. A big thank you to all patients who allowed us to share their stories, photos and videos.
God Bless.
Our hands but God Heals.
Chris K H Teo
Chapter 4
War Against Cancer
Will this lead to cruel or unnecessary treatment?
Healing and Living with Cancer
I cannot forget a man who came to our centre on behalf of his father who was in the ICU dying due to his lung cancer that had spread to his brain. The father was in a semi-conscious state - not being able to even open his eyes and mouth. He had received radiation to his head.
In a “heroic” voice his son told me he wanted to fight to the end! To all patients and their family members, if that is what you want to do, that is okay! Be a hero if you like. From my experience no one wins when fighting a war against cancer! What do you expect to achieve by giving 5 shots of radiation to his head? It is better to learn how to face reality. If there is still a chance, learn how to live with your cancer.
A cure is a successful medical treatment that removes all evidences of the disease. A cure is what the doctors and patients want to achieve. For example: the liver is resected. The tumour is gone. But is that a cure? For a while it seems the cancer is cured. If you live more than 5 years, the doctors will say you are cured. But know the reality, the cancer can come back even after you have lived a normal life for some years. No one can tell or guarantee that the cancer will not recur. Often honest doctors use the word “remission”. It means the cancer symptoms have gone away.
Curing addresses the disease. Healing goes beyond curing. It is not about the absence of disease. Even when curing is not possible, there is an opportunity for healing.
Healing means different things to different people.
· Healing comes from deep inside an individual.
· Healing takes place at physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels.
· Healing is an inner process through which a person becomes whole.
· Healing can bring a transformation resulting in a difference in the quality of life.
· Healing brings inner peace and a sense of connectedness with the Absolute or Higher Being.
· You can access healing regardless of internal or external circumstances.
· There are cancer patients for whom curative treatment ultimately proved impossible, yet inner-healing process takes place. When it happens even if there is pain, there is no suffering.
Go for Healing!
Chapter 6
Case Study
In this chapter I only give you a brief outline of some selected cases. These are stories of patients who had been on our therapy for more than 5 years (except lung cancer). Generally, a patient is supposed to be "cured" if he/she survived more than 5 years. We know this "definition" is not true!
Case Study 1: I can easily cure you! The cancer spread to her brain. The patient died.
Rose was 30 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her husband (Jack) brought her to Singapore for treatment by one of the best oncologist there. The oncologist told them, No problem at all. It’s just a Stage 2 cancer. I can easily cure you. There is no need to worry. The lump is very small.
Jack said. I had full confidence and faith in this oncologist. I felt in my heart that I have found the right doctor. In fact, I believed it is not God who is going to cure my wife but this great oncologist.
The oncologist said, Do chemo immediately. This very day. So, Rose underwent chemotherapy as told - on that very afternoon.
· Initially Rose received 4 cycles of chemotherapy. The tumour shrunk.
· Rose then underwent a mastectomy.
· After surgery, Rose had 6 cycles of chemo.
· Rose had a third round of chemotherapy - another 4 cycles.
· After Rose was done with chemotherapy, she had 30 sessions of radiotherapy.
· The cancer spread to her brain.
After this shocking discovery, Jack confronted the doctor, I kept asking him, why, why and why.
The oncologist blared out, I am not Jesus. How do I know why there is a recurrence.
· Rose was continued with more chemo, using more expensive drug combinations.
Jack and his wife came to seek our help. But it was too late. All in all, the cost of the treatments in Singapore (from August 2012 to November 2013) came to about RM500,000. The result? Rose died a few months after the couple came to consult us.
Case Study 2: After 5 years she was cured! One year later the cancer spread to her bones.
MT was 44 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. She underwent the following treatments:
· Mastectomy,
· Six cycles of chemotherapy.
· Thirty radiation treatments.
· Took tamoxifen for 5 years.
The promise: The doctor said it was an early stage cancer. MT had a 90% chance of complete cure if she was to undergo all the recommended treatments.
MT believed her doctor and did exactly as she was told. Each year she went back to her doctor for a routine check-up. At every visit she was told that she was fine.
Five years - cured! After 5 years, MT was told to stop tamoxifen because she was already cured.
Barely a year later. In April 2011, MT started to have pains in her tail bone and shoulder blade. She ignored the problem and did not go back to see her doctor. In February 2012, MT returned to her doctor. Examination indicated the cancer had spread to her bones.
Why the recurrence? MT asked the oncologist how could this happen – she had done all the treatments required of her. On top of that he, the oncologist, had told her (a year earlier) that she had been cured.
The oncologist’s replied, I do not know why. But don’t blame yourself. It is your fate. Also the recurrence has nothing to do with what you eat. It is just your fate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Hfi2-ngN0
Case Study 3: If there is only a one percent chance of recovery, I will tell you.
Siew was a radiographer, working in a hospital in Hong Kong. At the age of 44 she was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma in August 1993. The cancer had spread to the bones. She received the following treatments:
· Total right mastectomy.
· Twelve chemo-injections, given over a period of 6 months.
· At the same time, radiation was given to the spine and ribs.
· Two doses of Strontium, given after completion of chemotherapy.
· Tamoxifen and Orimeten (oral medication), taken daily all these years.
In August 2001, the cancer spread to both lobes of her liver.
· She had chemotherapy – FAC, 6 injections followed by 8 doses of Taxotere.
· Started on oral chemo – Xeloda on 10 July 2002.
I received a fax from Siew in August 2002 with this message:
· Now both my lower limbs are swollen. I suffer from pleural effusion at the same time. My limbs feel numb. I feel tired easily and my heart sometimes beat irregularly. I feel short of breath at times. I hope Dr. Teo will help me.
Siew was started on our therapy.
In mid-2008, after communicating with Siew for 6 years, we flew to Hong Kong and met up with her for the first time. We had a long chat. The following is the transcript of our conversation that day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0ujtlDmmRY
C: Are you feeling good?
Siew: Yes, healthy – because I trust you! When I felt there was something wrong, I said to myself, No, I am quite good. I have been taking the herbs properly you know!
C: Do you live a normal life? Is there any pain or anything?
S: My heart – still there is palpitation. That was after my chemo.
C: Can you roughly remember, before you started the herbs and now – how are you in terms of your health? Are you much better?
S: Of course, I am much better.
C: It was a long journey for you – it was already 13 years?
S: No, 15 years!
C: In those 15 years of journey, were there times when you felt that you were sinking? That there was no more hope?
S: When I first got it (cancer) that time. I went to see the doctor. He told me: You already got bone mets (metastasis) you know. Then I had chemo. It (cancer) spread and spread very fast. Every month I had bone scan and there were spot here and spot there. I was so worried. So I asked the doctor: Is there a hope that I would survive or recover? The doctor told me: If there is only a 1% chance of recovery I will tell you.
C: What?
S: If there is a 1% chance of recovery, I will tell you!
C: He was telling that you were hopeless?
S: Ya, I was so stunned and did not know what to do then. I felt really sad. My youngest daughter was only 2 years old. I was so worried. I cried.
C: After that you took the herbs. Did the herbs help you?
S: I think so! They had already stopped my Xeloda. I was on drug holiday. No improvement after all those chemos.
C: Did they give you any more medication?
S: No, no. They were very surprised. One fine day the doctor saw me walking in. He said: Oh, I am so surprised you can walk in after so many years. I was so sad about that comment instead of giving me some encouraging words!
After 20 years: 8 January 2013.
Dear Dr. Chris,
I have been doing fine all along except for having vertigo and headache on and off. Once I developed headache I cannot even drink and keep on vomiting till the following day. I will be alright after about 2 days without any medication. But sometimes, I have got to be admitted due to serious vomiting. Recently I went for a PET scan and luckily the result turns out okay. I also went for MRI before PET scan and my doctor told me that my left middle ear is the cause of my giddiness and it may be due to the side effects of the chemo years back. Thanks again Dr. Chris for treating me all these years.
After 25 years: 13 August 2018.
Oh, I just visited Singapore and came back. I turned down PET scan a number of times. My last blood test was in May this year. It is all normal. So far I am doing well. Thanks a lot for seeing me years ago and if you ever drop by Hong Kong, do contact me.
Case Study 26: My friends were asking why I didn’t die yet!
Guat was a 53 years old lady. In October 2007, she was diagnosed with malignant tumour metastatic to lung. The doctor told Guat that her condition was very serious. The doctor also said, In my15 years of experience, this is the only case that I have seen. According to the doctor this cancer originated from a mole but Guat searched her entire body and could not find any mole. Surgery is not indicated. However, the doctor stressed that it is better to start treatment with radiation. Without radiotherapy the cancer may spread to her brain. Currently, modern medicine is very much more advanced and Guat might benefit from this treatment.
Guat refused radiotherapy. She came to seek our help on 2 November 2007 and was started on our therapy.
Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtMQgOE1N_g
After one year on herbs.
Chris: It has been more than a year since you first came.
Guat: It is about one year now. There was always this fear. People around me kept saying, Haven’t die yet, haven’t die yet. (laughing happily). Do I need to go and have a scan?
C: No, there is no need to. What is the point? If it were smaller, you would still need to continue taking the herbs. If it were bigger, what do you want to do? Still continue taking the herbs. The important thing is this. How do you feel now compared to one year ago when you came to see me?
G: Better. Last time, I could not sleep well. Now, I can sleep better.
C: When you first came, you complained of a fiery feeling in your chest. How is it now?
G: Now, I am much better. This feeling comes only once in a while. Last time, it was almost a daily occurrence. Now, I get it only once or twice a week.
C: Can we say it is better by 50%.
G: Certainly, more than 50%.
C: You used to feel lethargic and breathless.
G: Much less lethargic now. When I walk, only sometimes do I become breathless.
C: Looks like there is improvement.
H: Yes, there is a lot of improvement.
Five years later: August 2013.
Ten years later: December 2017.
A gentleman walked into our centre one morning on December 2017. I could not recognise him. He reminded me that he is Guat’s husband. He told me Guat is doing fine.
The last time I met Guat was 4 years ago - in August 2013. After that Guat was out of our radar, not until this morning when her husband suddenly appeared!
Chris: How many years already?
Husband: Since, 2007. Already 10 years.
C: Aiyo, you are very lucky – very lucky, ha, ha.