Infrared
Saunas
Building Immunity
One of the long-term
cancer survivors I met in Bad Aibling is Friedhelm, a former schoolteacher
who couldn't wait to tell me his story. We talked on a couch in "Professor"
Dr. Douwes' waiting room. Friedhelm was diagnosed in May 1993 with a non-small-cell
lung tumor 12 centimeters by 6 centimeters (about 4.7 inches by 2.4 inches)
in size. This type of cancer usually has a five-year survival rate of only
10%. Doctors told Friedhelm: "Go for chemo tomorrow. If you're very lucky,
you'll survive six months. He knew of Dr. Douwes' reputation and effectiveness
of his therapeutic protocols because his brother had gone to university with
the doctor. In Friedhelm's words, his immune status at the start of treatment
was "nothing, absolutely terrible." Dr. Douwes told him he couldn't start
chemotherapy right away. He could not withstand the poisons. Like most patients,
he had to build his body up first. Thus, for two weeks, he was given nutritional
supplements and natural immune system modulators. From May to September 1993
Friedhelm had two cycles of low-dose chemotherapy with hyperthermia. Then
in October he had radiation in Munich, nothing more. Buy the end of treatment
he was cancer-free, and has been ever since. His other medical doctors are
astonished and consider the case unexplainable. He suffered no hair loss from
the chemotherapy, no nausea. In fact, except for a mildly reduced white blood
cell count that his doctors attribute to the radiation in Munich, he had no
side effects whatsoever. "Most people call it a wonder. I think it's a result
of this therapy." Says Friedhelm. He points out that he now has more hair
than he did ten years ago. He also observes that "in the past, before health
insurance, if you were poor, you died soon. Now, if you're not informed, you
die". Dr. Douwes says that killing malignant tumors is usually not difficult,
and a synergy of treatments works best for that. The biggest challenge comes
about afterwards, to keep tumors from coming back once patients leave the
clinic and resume a normal lifestyle. To prevent their reoccurrence one must
keep the immune system strong with diet, exercise, nutritional supplementation
and especially a positive mental attitude. Friedhelm has taken this advice
to heart. He is on a regular supplementation program and visits Dr. Douwes
faithfully four times a year for reassessment and cancer screening (early
detection). He says he retired from teaching and fulfilled a life-long dream
of riding his motorcycle down Route 66 in the U.S. While in Bad Aibling, I
met patient after patient who would not have considered undergoing more chemotherapy
unless it was low dose chemo in combination with hyperthermia or electrotherapy.
Not only do these treatments reduce the amount of chemotherapy needed, but
also they markedly reduce side effects from chemotherapy and radiation, and
they allow for achieving much greater results. Dr. Douwes backs this bold
statement by referring to many oncology studies, both in the laboratory and
in actual patients.
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