October 1, 2001
Colon CancerGREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS from Arnold's Way!
(There are some terrific new upcoming events listed
below! Don't forget to read about them!)
Marches to victory flanked by terror
An army moves forward while drugs destroy the other side
It was victory in autumn, death by March
A woman is honor without living tomorrow
We cry, we weep, a nation does not understand
Battling colon cancer starts from fighting within
This week's newsletter starts amid the battle, watching the rubble being hauled
away. It was a week that wrenched the whole county. It started with
no one really caring what flags were, what flags meant. It ended with over
5,000 lives lost in 4 terrorist air attacks that were not meant to kill the
enemy but destroy its people. So it is on this note that I begin writing
about colon cancer. This is about tears I shed, the stories I heard, the
survivors I saw, and the victims I didn't see. It's about a city in
turmoil. It's about every day bringing another heartache, another scare,
another one of the surreal atmospheres that life is being played on the mountain
layers of ice. From whenst I begin to whereist I go, colon caner strikes
hard also. There are 56,000 lives lost yearly. The reason I am
writing this letter on this topic is because I read about just one woman dying
this year. There was a big article titled, "Women's group president
loses battle with cancer."
The woman, we'll call her Anita, could have died anywhere from anything, and
nothing could have been said; or she could have died at the young age of 51 in
the twin towers in NYC and everyone would have lauded her a hero, a victim, too
young to die. We see her picture, we see her smile, we see her
determination, and we see her love of life. The headlines haunt me.
"Loses battle with cancer." The article states, "For five
years she was battling colon cancer." I ask why? I ask where
were her guardian angels? Where were her maternal instincts? The
battle she fought wasn't a battle. It was a slow death using was weapons
that were contraindicated for her well-being. "When she was on cancer
fighting drugs." In my mind, all drugs are poison. Dr. George H.
Malkamus states in God's Way to Ultimate Health, "Health cannot be restored
by taking drugs. Drugs cannot rebuild the cells of the body. The
body is self-healing." So I continue writing with a heavy heart,
and my tears are being shed for those who died in NYC. My hands are tied
for that victory is beyond my control. The only thing I can give is
support for those that died, those who are going to die, and those who lost
loved ones, and pray for the wisdom of God to share his eternal bliss to all
those who walk the earth.
My silence stands in salute of those that died. My fury is raised to
battle for those that died of colon cancer. In that battle I have a right
to chose the weapon wisely, to elaborate, to share, to convey heart-felt emotion
to those survivors of Anita who were not given the proper information so cancer
would not only not have conquered, it never would have happened.
So I begin my research starting with, "What is cancer?" In The
Cancer Answer, Albert Carter writes, " Cancer is not a disease. It is
a naturally occurring condition." As explained further, "In
every instance, cancer cells are caused by mutation of the genes in the DNA that
control both cell growth and cell reproduction." At first reading,
that sounds pretty scary, meaning, like you and me can develop this fairly
easily. But the truth, if a truth does exist, as quoted from the Cancer
Answer is that, "In a healthy body it's (cancer) close to
impossible." I hear these words and I see the headlines. I read
the statistics according to the National Vital Statistics Reports Volume 47 no9
of 1996. There were 539,533 deaths due to cancer. In 2000 there were
56,000 deaths due to colon cancer. On August 29 at the age of 51, Anita
died of colon cancer, which, according to Albert Carter, is almost impossible to
get.
So we begin to look at the cancer fighting drugs. The American medical
community's choice for fighting this natural occurrence is not natural.
The death rate upon hearing those words is 95% for all victims of live cancer
died within six months.
That's the good news, for the word drugs in a medical sense means healing. As of
1998, there were approximately 40 cancer drugs of which 26 were commercially
available. Let's make no mistake. Anita had colon cancer for 5
years. She was given only one option - Drug Therapy. If she were
given another more radical approach she may have seen some different
results. Dr. Neal Barnard, author of Food for Life, stated, "People
who include fruits and vegetables in their daily dietary habit lower many forms
of cancer including lung, breast, and colon." Is there an awakening
here? I ask especially because I read at the beginning of the paragraph
where he states, "Oxygen molecules that become unstable are called free
radicals." The question next questions then become, what is a free
radical, what causes it, and how can we prevent it? So like a handshake
that can't stop its momentum, the search for the cure can lead to many levels of
understanding.
By definition, free radicals are unstable, destructive molecules that are found
in vegetable oil, fish oil, and iron. All stimulate the production of free
radicals. Once again, according to Dr. Neal Barnard, "Vegetables and
fruits also provide antioxidants to help neutralize the free radicals that are
produced." Dr. Barnard, as president of the Physician Committee for
Responsible Medicine along with other world renown scientists Dr. Denis Burkitt
(medical pioneer who discovered the value of fiber) and Dr. T. Colin Campbell
(Cornell University biochemist who headed the prestigious China Health Study)
all talk passionately that DIET not drugs is key for dramatic improvement in
health.
So the conflicts begin. Who is right? Who is wrong? In 1955
the search for cancer drugs began its journey. There have been almost
1,500,000 chemical compounds tested. Of these chemical compounds, there
are currently 40 cancer drugs around of which 26 are commercially available as
of 1998. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) criteria for accepting these drug
compounds states, "Any chemical that interferes with the mechanism of
natural cell division is a candidate. Most cancer drugs interact with the
genetic material in a cell, so anything that keeps cells from dividing naturally
might be classed as a cancer drug."
So we review the words of Anita's battle. "Even when she was sick and
even when she was on cancer fighting drugs..." And we close our eyes
and repeat the NCI's criteria for accepting chemical compounds. I sit in
my chair in disbelief for Anita was given the wrong option. She knew the
battle but not the enemy from without. Her battle weapons were her poisons
for worse not better.
Below is a list of chemical compounds that are used to fight cancer approved by
National Cancer Institute as of 1998 (taken from Cancer Answer): Mustard
Gas: A highly toxic gas used in UU2. Its vapor is extremely
poisonous. Some side effects cause cancer of the bronchi, lungs, larynx,
and trachea Nitrogen Mustard: Used for treating malignancies has shown to
cause cancer years after being used to combat cancer 5 Flourouricil:
This chemical interferes with an enzyme that the body requires to build
DNA Methotrexate: An antivitamin that has similar qualities to folic acid.
Eventuall, the cell chooses methotrexate instead of folic acid causing the cell
to die Procarbazine: This drug nicks the DNA and breaks it. When the
DNA chain is destroyed a cell cannot reproduce Bacterial Compounds:
These substances slip between the strands of DNA and prevent its copying
function from working
I could go on, but I won't. These cancer-fighting chemicals, besides being
expensive, take a tremendous toll on the body. As stated in the Cancer
Answer, "The chemicals attack all quickly dividing cells, healthy as well
as malignant." The side effects of these chemicals are devastating
including diarrhea, vomiting, anemia, and hair loss, which explains why Anita
was sick and suffering for 5 years, fighting chemical treatments and surgery.
You would think that all this suffering was necessary, even to extend her life
one extra day or one extra month or one extra year. According to the New
England Journal of Medicine of 1984, "Colon cancer victims don't live
any longer when they receive chemotherapy along with the standard surgical
removal of their tumors."
It's my usual late-night writing time (past 11pm), and I debate to myself
whether or not I should forward this letter to the memorial fund set up for
Anita that is asking for money for colon cancer research headed by NCI. Would
they get mad at me? Should I have used Anita's real name? I ponder.
Dr. Samuel Epstein, The Politics of Cancer, feels, "The entire decision
making process of the NCI is slanted in favor of chemotherapy and basic
research." What does all this information mean? What do these
conflicts in
cancer treatment indicate? Is there a conspiracy that allows for 540,000
cancer deaths a year?
We think about Anita's death. We think about the chemical compounds that
are given in the name of healing. We think about why those in charge of
cancer prevention choose drugs over fruit and vegetable therapy.
Thousands, millions, and billions of dollars are being generated by this system
that is being kept in place for the sake of the pharmaceutical industry.
So Anita dies in a battle, and no on says a word about the identity of the real
killer. No one is even aware that these truths exist.
The truth is being squashed because there is no money to be exchanged. In
the December 1983 issue there was an article that stated, "Too few people
all on intimate and friendly terms with each other are in change of handing out
the large sum of money to each other."
I write, I think while time passes. It's past 12:30am, and there is ever
so much more to say. As we delve into colon cancer, the causes, the side
effects, and the reasons why as years pass statistically it not only doesn't
get any better, colon cancer gets worse. The facts are not being shared.
The causes are not being shared. The treatments are not being
shared. I
sit in silence thinking what words are s allow? What words are powerful?
What words do I have to use in order for people to get it? With each
moment passing, with each moment that this information is not being shared,
another story can be written. A story with a face dying of a failed battle
plan, a brave soul who fought a brave way. And as long as there is the
same battle plan with the same weapons there will be the same story: victims of
life who lose their battle with cancer.
I think not of losing but of winning. I think of George Malkamus who
developed colon cancer 23 years ago. I think that if he had not heard of
the raw food possibilities he too would have chosen the same path as Anita.
So rather than losing his life to cancer he went on to win and reach the good
life. He chose fruits and vegetables over drugs. His DNA did not get
destroyed. He did not develop the side effects, the vomiting, the weight
loss, the low energy, the hair loss, the loss of cells, or the loss of life. In
1976, at the age of 42, George was told he had colon cancer. A tumor was
found the size of a baseball underneath his left ribcage. He chose his
weapons of war. Make no mistake. George was diagnosed with cancer,
in which mutant cells develop by our body's mechanism that have no practical use
by our body other than to destroy other healthy cells. So George went to
war by changing his diet. As he stated in God's Way to Ultimate Health, he
changed his diet to, "Raw fruits and vegetables and lots of fresh carrot
juice." As time passed, so did his colon cancer.
Although I'm excited about continuing this same pattern of thought, although I
just finished eating a pound of grapes and having tons of usable energy
remaining, the clock is approaching 1am. I have to be up early, 6:30am,
for a Saturday morning class on raw food and healing. I too weigh my
options. Put the pen down, turn off the light, and hopefully finish this
tomorrow. Right now sleep awaits me.
It's not the next day, but two days later, for those who keep track. And
believe it or not, there are those who keep track because they ask me what was
so important on Saturday that I couldn't continue. To all those who are
going to ask me that, I'm sorry. I got busy. Tonight is Sunday
around 11:30pm. I continue. It's kind of hard, but it's not an
option. There are truths about life that have to be written. There are
truths about colon
cancer that have to be shared. There are drugs given that are supposed to
help the fight against cancer. But if a truth exists, it stands to reason
that it should be obvious to everyone. But it's not. There are
540,000
cancer deaths and 56,000 colon cancer deaths. There are 26 compound
chemicals whose side effects devastate one's internal organs. There are
fruits and vegetables, which have shown to be effective in not only slowing down
cancer but also preventing it. So we read these facts, we throw them
against the wall, and we pray, for each of us has our own path and our own
choice. There is nothing that I can say or write once somebody makes up
his or her mind to choose the medical option. I, Arnold, having done my
due diligence in researching most of the major diseases, including colon cancer,
will use every means at my disposal to share this information to prevent another
person from suffering for 5 years of trying to win a battle that can 't be won
when using the wrong weapons.
I thank you for your time.
Arnold
References:
Food for Life by Dr. Neal Barnard, M.D.
The Cancer Answer by Albert Carter
Alternative Medicine
God's Way to Ultimate Health by Dr. George Malkamus
"Women's Group President Loses Battle with Cancer," newspaper article
by Merry Eisenstadt
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