Terminally illed cancer woman incurable by Western medicine, life prolonged and passed away painlessly
English
I have great confidence in cancer treatment, usually being able to bring the dying back to life. However, there are also times when the hopeless situation cannot be turned around, where I can only prolong the patient’s life for a period of time and reduce the pain. This medical case is a good example. Although I tried my best to treat the patient, unfortunately she still passed away. Her son did not complain about that, but sent me a letter to thank me for my attentive care for his mother when she was ill.
The female patient was diagnosed in the beginning of 2011 when she was 65 years old. She suffered from terminal liver cancer. With two tumours in her liver, one 14cm in diameter and the other 3cm, Western doctors claimed she was incurable and refused to conduct any surgery or chemotherapy on her. Her complexion was very poor, being greenish-yellow, grey-black and very pale. She already lost spirit in her eyes, and was lethargic and fatigued. From looking at her alone, I knew her life was near the end and I could only do my best and submit to her fate, hoping she could overcome the disease, or I could at least prolong her life and reduce her pain.
After taking the medicine for the first time, the patient’s body was hot, but there was no sweating. She slept poorly at night, getting up frequently for urination, with large urine volumes for three times. The pain in her right lower back increased due to two possible reasons. One, it was caused by the antihypertensive drugs which she had taken for three or four years. Two, the increased in size of the tumors pressing against the nerves near her waist. She defecated three times a day, each time she spurted black and sticky stool, which should be a sign of detoxification. Blood tests confirmed that all her four liver enzyme indexes (SGOT, SGPT, ALP and GmGT) exceeded the normal levels. Her three cancer indicators were also beyond normal. Her carcinoembryonic antigen indicator (CEA) and pancreatic cancer indicator (CA 19.9) were too high, and her liver cancer indicator (AFP) reached 895.4, greatly exceeding the normal level of below 10, showing her liver was already very bad.
During the second week of medicine taking, the patient’s appetite was very good. Her complexion improved with the appearance of radiance and she was energetic. Her family said her mental and physical fitness both became better than before that she went out for shopping like an ordinary person, indicating her heart, liver and kidneys had slightly improved. She told me after drinking the medicine, there was often a slight pain in her liver area (where the tumours were located), while the pain in her lower back had almost disappeared. I explained to her that the mild pain should be caused by the medicine clearing up the blockages when it reached the affected area, which was caused by the tumors. There was nothing to be afraid of. The disappearance of her lower back pain was attributable to the strengthening of her kidneys or the shrinking of her liver tumors, which no longer pressed against her nerves. These were good changes. Western doctors had previously diagnosed her lower back pain as fasciitis, but why had it disappeared after only one week of my treatment? That diagnosis must have been wrong. The urine samples brought in at the second follow-up visit were dark orange-brown, close to purple-red (indicating stagnant blood and toxins were brought out from her liver), while the rest were light yellow-brown, light orange-brown and light yellow-green, etc.
Cancer Indicators continued to rise
The patient regained energy after taking the medicine. She travelled to Panyu and felt very happily. She had followed my instructions and drank fried rice and ginger water every day since the start of the treatment, so by the third follow-up visit, there was no more abdominal distension which she had had before the treatment. When she did housework, she sweated heavily, but she did not sweat when she was sleeping. When she squatted down, her lower back only felt sore, but there was no pain. She still had nocturia every night, so it was difficult to sleep soundly. The situation of spurting stool had improved greatly, and her stool had become strip shaped. She brought in her latest blood test report, which showed upward movements in her three cancer indicators, while her four liver enzymes recorded some ups and downs, which were caused by the discharge of a large amount of toxins after taking the medicine.
At the fifth follow-up visit, the patient said she had a severe headache, and there was also a pain in both her thighs, but now they had eased. Due to poor appetite recently, she often belched and farted, and her waist had got half an inch smaller. There was some pain in her liver before, but sometimes it would disappear, which was a phenomenon that occurred when the medicine was opening up various blockages. The patient said she was going to the public hospital for a follow-up visit the following week. I urged her not to take X- rays or contrast agent injection, which were very harmful for critically ill patients. Based on my treatment experience, condition of patients with terminal cancer would always suddenly deteriorate after taking these examinations.
By the sixth follow-up visit, there seemed to be some ups and downs in her conditions. The patient felt her liver and stomach swollen and pressed, which made her very uncomfortable. She had a poor appetite and she often felt nauseated and stuffy. Fortunately, her complexion was very good, and the pain in her thighs had become very mild or even non-existent sometimes. Soon after, the symptoms had completely disappeared.
At the seventh follow-up visit, the oxidized urine samples that the patient brought the previous week had different colors, including purple-red, orange-brown, purple-red with a hint of black and light yellowish-brown. All the bottles contained a lot of cholesterol precipitates, transparent crystals and other substances. Few bottles had a thin layer of fat on the surface. Toxins were constantly discharged from her body. The patient said her headache, which hurt so much previously and lasted for more than a week, had not recurred. I told her this stage was inevitable during the process of detoxification. All the toxins would go up to the brain and when they passed through the cranial nervous system, different degrees of pain would appear in body parts where there were blockages. After that, the pain would disappear and the conditions would improve again. The patient had had a frozen shoulder on her right side, an old symptom which had eased, but for some unknown reason, her left shoulder started to feel pain. During the previous week, she had a poor appetite and did not feel like eating or drinking. She frequently belched and nauseated. These were the signs of her problematic liver’s invading her spleen and stomach.
Black stool spurted with yellow mucus
Nearly two months after the treatment started, the patient felt a piercing pain all over her body and on both sides of her head. Later, the condition improved. However, her defecation was still not good, she even had incontinence with black and watery stool constantly spurted with yellow mucus in it. This might be the discharge of liver toxins which flowed back into her large intestine through her vein, or the discharge of dissolved fat in her mesentery. The patient lost two pounds to only 120 pounds, while her waist also lost an inch and a half to 32 inches. At the eleventh follow-up visit, the white of her eyes turned yellow. Her appetite became better. She had more meals a day but less food at each to avoid being too full, which would cause distention in her abdomen. Over the week, she had been experiencing a dull pain in her liver area, with constant belches and more than ten times of stool spurting a day, making her very uncomfortable.
The excretion of liver toxins intensified, and her urine began to turn black. At the thirteenth visit, three bottles of her urine were black, indicating the discharge of cancer toxins, while the rest were all orange-brown and orange, with a lot of cholesterol inside. Stool spurting became slightly less frequent, with the colour of her stool changing from dark to light. Due to the frequent need to use the toilet, she could not sleep well day and night, so she became very tired. The same piercing pain that was in her liver previously could be felt behind her stomach, which was her pancreas, recently. I believed the medicine had reached there and was opening up the energy channels in her pancreas.
I told her the real cancer pain had not yet started. That pain was so intensely excruciating you would not want to live. Most people would need morphine to relieve it. Her current pain was still mild. With constant diarrhea and stool spurting, she should feel very tired and her limbs should be cold. However, her energy condition was still not bad and her limbs were warm, so I told her not to worry too much. She said she had swollen feet before, but it disappeared quickly. At the fourteenth follow-up visit, I looked at her feet in particular and everything was normal.
The patient was worried, so I tried to comfort her. In a few days, she would have been treated for four months. According to Western doctors, she should have passed away already but I had prolonged her life. In addition, she had no ascites and no feet swelling, so her situation was not bad. I told her about my treatment of a female cancer patient in the United States in 2003. She was 80 years old and she had four types of cancer. After chemotherapy, her abdomen was distended and her feet were swollen. She needed to inject morphine to relief her pain. After three weeks of my treatment, her ascites, pleural effusion and feet swelling had completely subsided. She could fly back to Hong Kong for further treatment. I showed her the before-and-after photos of this woman and pointed out that her conditions were actually better, with no swollen feet and ascites. A lot of time, seriously ill patients need constant encouragement from doctors to motivate the will to live.
At the sixteenth follow-up visit, the patient’s abdomen experienced a change. Originally, her liver was protruding, but recently it had caved in, with the protuberance shifting to the middle. I suspected her liver tumors had shrunk, causing the protuberance to become flat, appearing to have moved to the middle, creating an illusion. In addition, she felt a piercing pain in her pancreas again this week. Due to diarrhea all day, it was not suitable to go out, and she had to use diapers in case of incontinence. She felt fatigue with weak breath, so I suggested her to drink ginseng water. At the eighteenth follow-up visit, the patient’s feet swelled up, with the skin in her heels sinking when pressed. A day later, the swelling had largely subsided and there were cramps in her calf.
The patient had an ultrasound examination. In addition to the particularly large liver tumor, the small tumor grew from 3cm to 7cm, and ascites also began to appear. Blood tests showed that her red blood cell and hemoglobin counts were lower than normal, her white blood cell count was higher than normal, her thrombin was normal and her cancer indicators surged. The patient wanted to eat more to keep her blood normal, but unfortunately she was unable to do so. I told her she had reached the final stage of her life. If she didn’t get better, she would experience difficulty in eating, become weak and eventually lose consciousness and pass away.
Soon after, the swelling in her feet extended to her knees and her abdomen was seriously bloated. The situation was not looking good, but I still tried my best to maintain her life. Five days after the last follow-up visit, her son emailed me and said, “hello, I am the patient’s son. Unfortunately, my mother was admitted to Eastern Hospital this morning. In the afternoon, she suffered from acute liver failure and she passed away painlessly at 8 pm. I would like to thank you for your attentive care for my mother when she was ill. Finally, I and my family would like to thank you again wholeheartedly and wish you good health and success at work.” Although I was saddened after learning about it, I felt comforted that I had extended the patient’s life for half a year, so that she could enjoy the time with her children during her last moments, and her family could have enough time for preparations. She passed away without pain, which was already a blessing and a fortune.
The patient was first diagnosed on 6 December 2011 and the treatment ended on 31 May 2012, spanning a total of six months with 27 consultations.
This article was written by Dr. Sik-Kee Au
October 3, 2017
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Medical case number: 111206