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tie back surgery, recovery time after hospitalization? I used to work at the OSU medical center and noticed alot of race horses and draft horses got a surgery that had a laymens name of tie back, it consisted of tieing back the flaps of the trachea so the horse could breath better, I'm guessing the opening of the trachea gets paralized during hard work? What causes the problem that requires this kind of surgery and how long doe sit take the horse to heal up conpletely? they don't seem to notice the surgery and behave normally dispite a nasty looking hole in the throat.

back surgery recovery time? I may have to get surgery on my back due to spinal stenosis and a slipped disk. I am 27 years old, not sure if I would consider myself completely healthy due to the back, and also the fact that I have celiac disease. I'm wondering how long the surgery is, is it inpatient, and about how long is recovery? I went to my back doctor today who said that if physical therapy (which I have been doing for 2 months) doesn't start to help, he'll recommend me to a surgeon.

What is the recovery time for back surgery? I will likely have a fusion at this point, i am only 37 but my MRI looks like i am 99. I have already had laminotomy,microdiscectomy, and now i will probably have a fusion. L5S1. constant tingling in feet, spasms regularly in legs, bowel spasms all the way to the butt hole.embarrasing but true. hit by a car when i was ten, fell off a waterfall, hyperflexed the back in football sent to hospital, and landed on ass attemtping a huge broken Bike Ramp. last surgery i needed in emergency because fragments were visible in MRI. no pain meds, maybe a little cali weed for sleeping better.

just had back surgery,360 spinal fussion what is my recovery time to get back to work? I am a truck driver,after all is said and done I dont know if i will be able to continue to drive. has any one been through a similar situation? right now Im on workers comp. what kind of settlement should i expect

knee surgery: recovery, hospital time, down time and back to normal time! HELP!!!!!? I am scheduled to have knee surgery in two weeks. Does anyone know what the down time is for this? How long is the hospital time? How long before I am able to go out and do the things I used to do? Please~ someone who has had this preseizure done before! Thank you in advance! more details: I am also having the scope surgery done. It is also for a torn cartilage. I jumped off a cliff about 10 yrs ago and tore everything. I work in construction and am on my knee's daily! So I would say it is also from wear and tear!!! I am just really nervous about the whole procedure!

What recovery time from hip surgery can I expect? After just being diagnosed with Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) with probable labral tears, and facing surgery in the coming months, I'm obviously interested in what sort of post-operative treatment and rehabilitation will be involved, as well as the recovery time on being back to full mobility, and what effect it will have on my sporting activities.. Any ideas?

can someone share their recovery time after spinal fusion back surgery? I am six weeks today .?

How long will recovery take for back surgery? I soon will be going into surgery because I have fat tissue in my back. This is my second time doing it, because the first time I did it, I was little and it has grown since then. I wanna know how long the recovery process will take. Does this count as liposuction? Please answer !

Why was her surgery recovery time shorter? I'd like to have gastric bypass surgery but am very very nervous. My mother had it and was hospitalized for a month. A coworker had it done however and was back at work in 4 days. She's on vacation so I havent been able to find out why her's was done so quickly. Does anyone know? Also I'm wondering is it possible that she had a differnet type of surgery? What type of gastric bypass surgeries have the fastest recovery time?

Lasik Surgery recovery time? What is the recovery time for lasik surgery? When can you go back to work? Does you vision improve right away?

what is the recovery time for brain surgery? If a person has a braini tumor and had it removed, how long is the recovery time physically, mentally, and emotionally? thanks Please give me a time period... the person is in their mid twenties and had two surgeries.... the tumor grew back after the first surgery. thanks

Ganglion cyst surgery recovery time? I have a ganglion cyst on my left wrist about a size of a nickel for 3 years now. Ive had it removed by aspiration last year but it came back. Now my doctor said that im going to need surgery since im having pain radiating to my ring finger. Im just wondering how long will the recovery time be before i proceed with the surgery. And is it painful?

What is involved in a breast reduction surgery? Pain level? Recovery time? My girlfriend is a 42DDD. At 5'5" she looks matronly and overly top heavy. She'd look SO much better with a reduction. She's scared that even though she always has back pain that insurance won't cover this surgery, and that the recovery time and pain level with be excessive. Anyone that has had this surgery, can you advise on this?

back surgery? Has any one had back surgery ; IF so how long was your recovery time; Had a laminectomy on my lower back and has been almost 5 weeks and can not tell that much improvement.Back is still sore and still having pain down my leg and into my foot .

Has anyone had lower lumbar fusion surgery on their back, and how was the recovery for it? I havent had the surgery yet. I have a disk that corrioded, and it is bone to bone now and very painful. I have been told that the recovery time is 6-8 months. Is this true?

my 6 month old kitten has to have surgery whats the recovery time? the other day i posted a question about my cat 'missy-lee' who hurt her back leg and it was dragging behind her. i took her to the vets today as she was still in severe pain and not moving. unfortunatley she had a break in her femur that was too severe to fix, so the vets reccomended amputation of that leg. as euthinasia was not an option for her.or for me to let them put her to sleep. i gave the green light for them to amputate her leg on monday, shes on pain releivers until then and shes on 24 hour watch at the vets. how long does a kitten take to recover from this surgery? and do i need to make special preperations for her arrival home on tuesday? and whats the best after care i can give her post surgery? as i only want the best of care and comfort for her when she comes home.

How long is the recovery time for endometrosis excision surgery? I'm looking into surgical excision of endometriosis and amd wondering how long the recovery time is? How long should I expect before I can go back to work? (My job can be modified so I sit all day)

Shoulder surgery recovery time? My shoulder has been operated for humerous fractrure 2 months back with a plate inside. Now I can lift my hand for only 90 degrees. 1. Does full hand movement is restricted because of plate inside? 2. How much time will it take me for full recovery?

What is the realistic recovery time for gall bladder surgery? I am having gall bladder surgery at the end of this month, it is not the open surgery, but the 4 small cuts in the abodomen. I would like to know how long it takes to get back to work. I don't have a hard job, but may require standing for 2hrs at a time. How long should I be prepared to be out of work for, if anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.

How long is recovery time for gallbladder surgery? I had mine removed laproscopely on Wednesday. I am still sore. I was wondering how long it will take for me to be back in school.

Recovery time for Diabetics going under surgery? This is going to be my second surgery for the year with in 9-10 months apart. I take insulin as part of my diabetis and I know that being diabetic recovery time takes long. My first surgery took 8 to 10 weeks to recover to be ready to go back to work but my wound of the surgery is still recovering. Now my second surgery is going to be in the same place as the first one, will it take even longer to recover or just about the same time as my first?

Kidney Stone Laser Surgery - Recovery time? I recently had laser surgery to remove a kidney stone. Everything was done with a camera/laser inserted up through my bladder into the ureter. The surgery went well and I actually felt great afterwards. I had the stent removed yesterday which I was really nervous about. But after 2 1/2 viocodin I didn't feel much. I was hoping to ween myself of of the viocodin but my back hurts too much. I am assuming the uerter is still healing from stone and stent. Has anyone had laser surgery to remove a kidney. How long was it before you felt no back pain?

what is the recovery time for brain surgery (tumor)? If a person has a braini tumor and had it removed, how long is the recovery time physically, mentally, and emotionally? thanks Please give me a time period... the person is in their mid twenties and had two surgeries.... the tumor grew back after the first surgery. thanks

how long is the recovery time for lower lumbar surgery? i injured my back in march and the pain has been full-time non-stop. when i sit stand walk and do anything.

uterine cancer surgery recovery time? diagnosed with uterine cancer had surgery (historectomy) in october, got radiation from late feb to early april. Is it ok to go back to work? (healthcare field)

What is the recovery time after Hallux Rigidus/Bone Spur Surgery? I'm a 33 yr old female who had the hallux rigidus surgery on 07/11/08 on my right foot. The surgeon said it would be about 3-4 day recovery and I would be back on my feet, even playing tennis!!!! It is going into WEEK 5 and still in a lot of discomfort and pain. I am able to get my foot into a tennis shoe barely. My experiences are swelling and pain whenever I have my foot down for more than a few minutes. It is painful to put weight on my foot, mostly on the ball of my foot, my other toes and the inside of my foot. Doing simple things like the dishes, taking a shower and driving is just terrible. If I'm not doing any of the simple household things, I have my foot elevated. The worst is in the evening because it seems to swell more often. Sometimes, it also feels like my circulation has been cut off. This was my first week back to work and was pretty challenging getting around. I'm hobbling around without crutches. I'm not sure if it is getting better or worse. I'm doing the exercises of bending my toe back hoping this will help. Please let me know if anyone has had similar experiences. How much more time it is going to take to be able to walk without limping and feeling pain???? Is there anything I can do to speed up the recovery time? Please help!!!

How long will recovery take for back surgery? I soon will be going into surgery because I have fat tissue in my back. This is my second time doing it, because the first time I did it, I was little and it has grown since then. I wanna know how long the recovery process will take. Does this count as liposuction? Please answer !

Average time for recovery from surgery to place plate and screws in ankle? I fell Nov 22 and broke 2 bones in my right ankle, and pulled all the muscles and tendons. Dec 3 I had surgery to put a plate and screws in since it wasn't healing properly. I still can't bear any weight on the ankle, although this may happen after I go back to the doctor this week. Anyone who has had experience with this - about how long before you could walk again? Or drive? Just want to know what I'm looking at - it seems like its been forever already! Thanks.

How long is surgery recovery time for throat surgery? Has anyone ever had an ulcer in their throat? Something similar? What is the recovery time? Is it inpatient or out patient? Thanks SO much!

What are an individual's special needs during recovery from back surgery? My friend wil be undergoing back surgery soon. He has asked me to help him during his recovery. What should I expect?

How long is PRK surgery recovery time? I am still experiencing fluctuating and blurred vision occasionally. I had my surgery 19 days ago. The doctors cannot give me a clear answer (liability reasons). Thanks

What is the procedure and recovery time for laser surgery for stage 0 cervical cancer? I have recently been told that i need to have laser surgery and I have tried searching it on the web to find out exactly what goes on, do u feel pain, the recovery time? (all the important stuff that my ignorant doctor neglected to inform me of) and I am coming up with nothing just the same answers as its a high beam of light. So if anybody knows could u please help me out.....

Heat Quad By-pass Surgery Recovery Time? Recentyly I underwent and quad bypass, October 4, Next week I expect to be released by my doctor to re-enter the real world. Anyy good suggestions on how to gain back my athletic ability and information on heart rehab programs?

What is the recovery time for laparoscopy surgery on a shoulder? I've dislocated my shoulder twice and I think I'm going to be getting the surgery soon to re attach the tissue. I'm super worried about it and am curious from anyone who's had the surgery done due to a dislocated shoulder what is the recovery time? what was it like? pain afterwards? I'm only 14 and I've dislocated my shoulder twice. The first time was because i fell and the second time was because I was playing volleyball.

Does having a high agstigmatism affect your post-LASIK surgery recovery time? Basically I just have a high agstigmatism and nothing else. Will my vision stabilize more slowly because of this after LASIK or should I expect the same recovery time as other patients?

oral surgery recovery time (till swelling goes down)? i'm getting my wisdom teeth out on thursday and i was hoping that i wouldnt be a complete chipmunk 5 days later because i have to go back to school. really i dont have to but i'm a junior in highschool and i need classes. how long did it take your swelling to go down considerably? will i have to take antibiotics or is that just for infection (i have bad reactions to antibiotics) what will make the swelling go down faster, because i have a complex and it's really hard to go anywhere looking bad, it makes me have panic attacks

What is the Lap Band (Weight-loss surgery) Post-op recovery time? I have been cleared for surgery and am only waiting for the Doctor's scheduler to call me. This is expected to occur in a week or so. Recently I have come to find out that the post-op recovery time is between 2-4 weeks! I am an accountant and have a pretty sedentary job (obviously) Do I really need to be off that long? I am not getting bypass so I thought that the time comittment would be far far less. I was expecting to be out perhaps 2 days after surgery. Can anyone please forward to me their experience?

What is the recovery time for a fused back? I visited my neurosurgeon today and he said my last option is fusion, L4-L5,and L5-S1. I am 27 and cant afford to be out of work for too long. The only thing left is Cortisone shots that I have been getting, then surgery. What is the earliest I could return to a labor intensive job, but not push it?

Recovery time for arthroscopic shoulder surgery? I am wondering about both immediate recovery time and the long term recovery. Basically my boyfriend is planning on having the surgery a few days before we are supposed to go to a wedding. So I am wondering if two days after the surgery if he'll be feeling well enough to enjoy himself at the wedding or if I should plan on going by myself? In addition a month later we are supposed to go on a vacation, and I was wondering if there are any activities he may not be able to do only a month after his surgery? Anyone with personal experience with this would be a great help. Also any other tips for the recovery both long a short term would be helpful.

I have dislocated my shoulder 6 times and need to have surgery to fix it. Success? Recovery time? It mostly happens when I am sleeping on my stomach with my arms under the pillow.(Obviously I try not to do this but sometimes I do!) Doc says the ball is too small for the socket. Now after so many times they will do surgery. It is extremely painful and I have a lot of numbness in my forearm. (Bottom) Also some numbness back of the shoulder. How long is the recovery? (Time off work?) What is the success rate? Will I ever be able to swim the butterfly again? I am a 37 year old female. Thanks for any input.

What is the recovery time for ankle ligament surgery? Based on the swelling and bulge on my ankle, I would say that my ATFL is torn, but I dont know for sure. I may have to have surgery to repair it and was wondering what the approximate recovery time was.

Laser surgery for Hemorrhoids - what is the recovery time? How long after a laser surgery for hemorrhoids and fissure before I can get back to normal day-to-day activities without too much discomfort?

What is the recovery time for sinus surgery? I am about to have sinus surgery but need to know more on the recovery . When will I be able to return to work?

How long of a recovery time should I expect on a discectomy surgery? I am 21 years old and I have a bulge in my L4 disc, I have had severe sciatica issues for the past 6 months I have been to a chiropractor, and a physical therapist... I have to sit down most of the day because I am a college student so neither of these methods have been effective. I am meeting with a surgeon and I am hopeful that he will be performing a discectomy. Has anyone had this surgery before? Would this be something I could have done and be back to school within a few days? Also if I was to have the surgery would it be possible to continue with the chiropractic care (for preventative damage)?

How long is the hydrocephalus surgery recovery time?

When is it time for bunion surgery and how long is the recovery? I have lived with a bunion on my left foot for many years. Recently it has become increasingly uncomfortable, sometimes painful. I still jog on the treadmill and walk alright, but I know it will only worsen. Is surgery something I should do now, or later? How long is the recovery time before I can work, seated, and how long before I can work, standing? How long before I can jog and do everything else?

If I decide to get surgery that will require extensive recovery time, during active duty, will I get? discharged and a dishonorable one? LIke, let's say it wasn't absolutely necessary but would help me perform and live my life better. Is there there such thing as putting active duty on hold while the process of surgery is present then going back in to complete the contract length of service?

Is recovery time shortened with surgery on a dual fracture clavical? Doctors said 8 to 10 weeks before he can return to work without surgery. He has been told that recovery time is less if he goes ahead and had the surgery they want to do. He has a physical job and will not be alowed to work until he has been released to do so by doctors associated with his work place.

Recovery Time for my ACL Surgery? Hey whats up i have a question, I had ACL Reconstructive Arthroscopic Autograph Surgery on my Knee on September 3rd 2009. I was wondering how long it would take me to get back into action? I was hoping to get back for baseball season. Tryouts are March 1st 2010. Will i be able to be back in time for these tryouts? Also im not sure if this matters or not but im: Age:15 Weight:180lbs Height:6,0 Thanks

Osteochondritis Dissecans Surgery cost/recovery time for dogs.? Has anyone's dog had to have this surgery? Im curious of the cost and recovery time. My dog hasn't been diagnosed by the Ortho-vet (the appt is tues), but our regular vet seems to think that is the problem. I know everywhere is different with prices and such, but if anyone could give me a ballpark figure? Recovery time?

How long was recovery time after your spinal fusion surgery? I had spinal fusion surgery 12 days ago, L4, L5. I was up and walking within one day, and out of the hospital in less than two. I'm wearing a brace, and have some pain, but manageable. Walk about a mile a day, but that's about only activity I can do now. Can anyone share their experience on recovery time?

Recovery time and what to expect after Rotator Cuff surgery? They say that my boyfriend has only a bit of scar tissue holding it, so its pretty bad. What should we expect pain wise after surgery, how long was your recovery time? He works at General Motors so his job is physical.

A friend of mine is having Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. What was the recovery time for you? If you had the procedure what was the recovery time for you?

What is the standard recovery time after surgery for an ectopic pregnancy? I just found out yesterday that I have an ectopic pregnancy. I need to schedule surgery and make plans for my family and work. How long will it take for me to recover?

Curious about the recovery time for having carpal tunnel release surgery? Hi, I am having carpal tunnel relase & de quervains release surgery soon and I was wondering if anyone out there is familiar with this and the recovery time, and were you in a lot of pain. Good thing is that I am right handed but surgery is being done on my left. Thanks in advance

Is there an over the counter drug that reduces recovery time after surgery? I am having a septo/rhinoplasty in December and would like to recover as fast as possible. Is there an over the counter drug/vitamin/supplement that speeds up recovery time? thanks

What is the recovery time for surgery to put plate and screws for lower leg fracture? My sister has a 'radial fracture' in one of her lower leg bones. Basically there were hairline fractures from a jump and they spiderwebbed across the bone. The doctor isn't sure it will heal properly and strongly with just a cast. He put her in a cast and will x-ray it again in a week to see how the healing progresses. If it isn't sufficient then he says he will do surgery to put in a plate and screws. If he just leaves the cast, she will only have it 6 weeks. If she has to have the surgery, how much longer than that could she be off work? She's an LPN doing home health care. Would she have to have physical therapy that could prolong her return to work even longer? The fracture is about 3 inches above her ankle and I'm not sure which lower bone it is in. She is obese, abt 325lbs.

Herniated disc? Surgery? Recovery time? I have herniated disc on L4 and L5 for about a year already. I experience numbness and pain on my right thigh, calf, and foot. Recently, the pain had just gotten worse. I am usually okay in the daytime. However, during the night time, the pain is unbearable. Lack of sleep causes fatigue and worsening of the pain. I am planning considering about having a surgery. I'm wondering about how it feels and how long I have to stay in bed for recovery after the surgery.

What is the normal recovery time from orthoscopic knee surgery for a 60 year olod male? I had orthoscopic kinee surgery approximately two weeks ago. Since the surgery I have placed very little pressure on the knee however the pain is not subsiding as quickly as I had hoped. Yesterday, i went to the grocery store at which time I developed a cramp in my ankle. When should I start experiencing relief without the help of pain medication, and when will i sleep like a normal human being again?

if plastic surgery had no recovery time,risks or side effects at all would you get it done? What would you get done? Id have a breats reduction tomomrow if it wasnt for the recovery time!!!

ACL surgery. What kind of recovery time are you looking at? If you have a badly sprained ACL that requires minimum surgery, how much time would you be looking at for recovery?

How do you speed up post surgery recovery? I jut had foot surgery and I have to start school in september. my recovery time is 6 weeks but i want to do sports in the fall! can anyone help?

What type of foods to eat during gallbladder surgery recovery? I will be having gallbladder surgery on the 22nd of October, and I am wondering what types of foods I should prep my house with during the recovery. Soups? Jell-o? I just want to be 100% prepared.

What are some of the good brands for post-surgery recovery exercise machines? My grandma (Age 83) will have a hip replacement surgery next week. I am searching for some good recovery workout machines that might help her to get up and walking again sooner but I am no fitness expert so I don't know what brands out there are good. Anyone has any good and reliable brand names for exercise machines?

What is the recovery time for bladder sling surgery? I was told that the procedure was outpatient and would take about an hour. The Dr didn't mention what the recovery time would be.....I'm guessing a week or two?

recovery time after being shot in the shoulder? would you also need surgery? How long would the recovery be the bullet didn't hit any major arteries If you need surgery how long is the recovery? its for a book i am writing, the main character gets shot and in the shoulder and i'm not sure how long the recovery time is or if she would need surgery since it didn't hit any major arties. and what the lasting effects of the shot are. thanks for your help =]

What is the average recovery time after surgery for a torn ACL ligament? My ACL ligament was completely torn last November while I was pregnant with twins and I will have surgery in about 4 months to reconstruct it. I was wondering how long I should expect to be out of work to heal from the surgery.

What is the typical recovery time from surgery to correct an inquinal hernia...? Can it be done as an outpatient? or, is hospitalization required. If so, how long? How much bed confinement at home? When may normal activities be resumed?

In June I will be having Micro fracture knee surgery, can anyone give me advise about recovery & success? Back in 2003 I injured my knee playing soccer, that same year I had a patella realignment surgery. Then in 2004 I had the screws removed. Then when I moved to New York, I had an arthroscopic in summer 2006 and Winter 2006, both of these surgeries were because my cartilage was breaking down. Now I am 27yrs old and my doctor wants to do this micro fracture procedure. I have read many mixed reviews about this type of surgery my doctor will be doing a combination of cartilage plugs as well as the micro fracture technique. I am wondering if anyone out there has had this done? I would like to know graphic details on the surgery, recovery time, & success rate. Like how painful is recovery etc. Please help, I have very mixed emotions regarding this procedure. Thanks to all who help....

I need to have foot surgery, but with muliple procedures. What's recovery time and what am I dealing with? I have to have surgery on my right foot. Derotating my little toe, cutting out a ganglion cyst on top of foot, a small bunion off the little toe side (what the podiatrist called a bunionette), a planter's wart and a corn removed from the baby toe, a rhuematoid nodule cut out from the middle toe and a corn cut out from the 4th toe.. The wart and corn is from pressure from the little toe curving under 4th toe. Am I kidding myself to gave a goal to be back to normal by the 6th week after? How bad will the pain be? Or should I go with just a few procedures? I was prepared to have surgery on the derotation of the baby toe, but the rest is too overwhelming. I am scared to death and have 2 kids......I don't feel that I have time to be laid up for 2 months and not be able to walk. Any help, information, past experiences, opinions would be helpful. I do have rheumatoid arthritis and have been treating it for 5 years now.

Anyone know the recovery time for Sliding Hiatal Hernia Surgery? Although I know surgeries are usually safe but depends on the patient's reaction as to how well they take the surgery. The surgeon has informed us that our mom will need to move her stomach back in place and fix the hernia as well as do a open lung biopsy to get a sample out of there to see what is infiltrating her lungs. Other info: Non smoker, normal weight 67 year old woman, no diabetes, just high blood pressure.

Leg pain during long recovery time after surgery?? I have had a couple of surgeries in the past two months so I have not been moving alot since, last week my calves started hurting, and now the pain is progressing faster it keeps me up at night, and I have to massage it to take the pain from it. What else can I do for this? Will stretching and excersize help or is this something more serious? I know in the hospital they put boots on your calves that pump your legs so I am worried its something worse. The pain in one leg is also now in the back of one of my thighs. Any idea whats wrong or what I should do? Help it HURTS!

Does anyone know the average recovery time for a groin area hernia surgery? I know I have it and am just wondering what the average recovery time is. My regular family doctor wasn't sure.

Adult-Onset Hydrocephalus, shunt surgery, recovery time? The Dr's think my 58 yr old mother has this. She 'had' a non cancerous brain tumor 9 years ago, and now her brain ventricles are swollen, so they suspect water on the brain. The Dr said she may need a shunt put in. What is the surgery like in an adult? Recovery time? She lives alone so I'd have to fly in to help and I'd like a ball park idea of how long I'd be there. Thanks.

What is the maximum recovery time for Rhinoplasty surgery? I can only get about two weeks off from work. Is that enough? I am just trying to get rid of that ugly bump off my nose.

What does a surgery to remove the thyroid consists of, recovery time, is it an outpatient procedure? I noticed a pea sized nodule on my throat, thyroid. I have had an ultrsound and needle biopsy. The biopsy showed abnormal cells so I am going to have surgery to remove the thyroid. What takes place in this surgery? Don't know what to expect!! Kinda scared too!

My bf is having rotator cuff surgery Thursday, how long is recovery time for an operation like this? I know it is very painful and there is alot of physical therapy involved, but I was curious about a time frame. Sharing some of your experiances would be welcome as well. Thanx

Nasal surgery recovery time? ? what is the typical recovery time for nasal surgery?

What can I expect for a recovery time for knee surgery? I apparently have a complete tear on my acl, a high grade tear on my mcl and some other damage that i can't remember. When could i expect to return to training in martial arts?

ARTHROSCOPIC Knee surgery recovery time? I had arthro knee surgery one week ago and still have alot of problems with knee. How long before the swelling goes away. I have three incisions and it almost looks like the knee is worse now than before surgery. I can't bend it hardly at all without bad pain. Very stiff and almost looks like it is retaining fluid on the knee again. Anyone been through this please help me if you have any answers or suggestion or even a times frame of how long this post swelling will continue.Thanks you!

What is the typical recovery time after breast augmentation surgery? Time away from work, exercise, etc? I am curious as to how much time I would be off from work or the gym if I had this done.

whn getting laser surgery for cervical cancer, stage 0 what is the recovery time and procedure? ive researched everywhere and i cant find a typical recovery time and procedure. i dont have it but im trying to learn on my own about it, anyone have any idea?

What is the recovery time of surgery to remove a ganglian cyst in the elbow?

Surgery Recovery Time? My dog will eventually need surgery that will have a 6 week recovery period. I am unsure of when she will need it - could be this year, might not be. It depends on how quickly her knee condition degrades. I am just trying to plan ahead and keep vacation time open for this. How long should I stay home with her after her surgery? I only have a little over 2 weeks (combo personal and sick time) and was unsure if I should keep it all open, or just a week or so? She is a year old

Labrum repair surgery, recovery time? What to expect.? I've dislocated my shoulder 20+ times in the past year, having surgery July 3. I've done all my research and talked to the surgeon, just wondering what people's experience has been with the recovery process. How long in the sling? What kind of movement is allowed in the sling? How long is rehab? Is it hard to shower, change in the morning with the sling? Are you bed ridden or can you live a somewhat normal life. I will be very bored during the recovery, what did you do to pass the time? I know these seem like dumb questions but any help would be appreciated. I have always been active and want the surgery, i just don't look forward to it.

What is the typical recovery time of gallbladder surgery? How many days will I be away from work...estimate? Just from your experience.

What is the average recovery time for gall bladder surgery? It's an arthroscopic procedure. What, if any, work restrictions should I expect? For how long?

Women who have had breast reduction surgery? What can I expect for recovery time, pain level? I have a 2 year old son, how long after surgery should I plan for help with him until I can care for him by myself again.

What is the recovery time for hip replacement surgery? I am a healthy 50 year old woman.

How long after back surgery can i hopefully feel better? I had a disc removed and a titanium plate put in my lower back June 11th. I feel better as far as the incision goes but am curious how long until I can hope for some relief in my back. What is normal for surgery recovery on a back surgery to feel if the surgery worked.

What is recovery time after a "vitrectomy" for eye to well enough to be lens in after a cataract surgery? Looking for time frame after a vitrectomy for eye to be healed to do other possible lens surgery.

After heart surgery recovery - What is the BEST way to treat the patient? My dad just had a quintuple bypass. He had it about 4 weeks ago. He is still in pain and very irritable. I want to be sure to try and not say the wrong things to him. I just want him to recover with as little stress as possible. Asking how he is - is getting really old. He is SICK and TIRED of getting all the phone calls and well wishes - He feels like total CRUD. *For those of you who have had open heart surgery* How should I handle him/ talk to him in this rough time?

How long is the recovery time after a uterine lift surgery? How long should I expect to stay at the hospital? When's the soonest I can start having sex again? How long until I am fully recovered? I'm young (21) and have never had children if that makes a difference.

How long is the recovery time for galbladder reomval surgery?

arthroscopic shoulder surgery recovery time? i am have shoulder surgery on wed of this week. how long did it take you to recover also did the surgery worke for you?? and i am also 15.

Bucket-handle meniscus tear. Surgery recovery time.? I'm gettin surgery tommorow fora bucket-handle meniscus tear. I was wondering if anyone knew how long it takes to be able to get off crutches and walk without them. Also what can speed up recovery. nurtition? execrise/? ?????

Does anyone know the recovery time from neck surgery? Does anyone know that has had neck surgery? I broke c-5 & c-6

What is the recovery time for meniscus tear surgery and what is the rehab?

What is the purpose of each: a cold pack and a warm pack for surgery recovery? My husband just had surgery on his eyelids. I was told to use cold pack and also warm packs on his eyes. What is the purpose of each? Does one reduce swelling and bruising and the other heal? I'm thinking the ice packs must be for reducing swelling and bruising-because when I stopped, the swelling came back. I'm just not sure why I'm supposed to use the warm pack? Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks!

I am facing surgery to replace my shoulder, both ball and socket. How much recovery time am I looking at? Taking into consideration I also suffer from Fibromylgia with trigger points in the upper arms, neck and shoulder areas. Also how many weeks of therapy will I be looking at. Anyone who has had this surgery please respond.

Breast Reconstruction Surgery Recovery Time? I am a breast cancer survivor, last year i had a double mastecomy, this last week i just started my breast reconstruction. Can anyone tell me how long recovery time is? I had expanders put in and i go Monday to have the bandages and drains removed -How long before he can start expanding and will i be able to lift and go out and not be in pain?? please tell me if you have had breast augmentation, or implants...anything like that

Breast Reconstruction Surgery Recovery Time? I am a breast cancer survivor, last year i had a double mastecomy, this last week i just started my breast reconstruction. Can anyone tell me how long recovery time is? I had expanders put in and i go Monday to have the bandages and drains removed -How long before he can start expanding and will i be able to lift and go out and not be in pain?? please tell me if you have had breast augmentation, or implants...anything like that

Open shoulder surgery - Info/Recovery Time? I am going to have open shoulder surgery in May for snapping scapula and need to have scar tissue and/or a bursa removed from the area near my scapula. My doctor has said he want to perform open surgery because he feels this is the best option for my condition. Some questions:... 1. He said I would need to be out 6 weeks from work.. Have others been out that long? How bad is the recovery? 2. What kind of therapy is given? 3. How much pain should I be expecting? I am soo scared to get this done and need to feel prepared for whatever is going to happen. Any help is very appreciated!

Back surgery? How long is the recovery for surgery to remove a ruptured disk. Will I be able to live a normall life after that or will I have to worry about my back givivg out in the future

hernia surgery recovery time? i had a hernia surgery 2/13/06 on the left groin area. i was told that i was going to have just stitches, not the mesh. since my surgery my right groin area were i had the repair done the skin feels numb and gets swelled up like a golf ball. so i went to a urologist i was told it's ok. i feel that this is not normal for a hernia surgery. it's been one year and a month since my surgery and i still feel pain on the cut.

Hernia surgery recovery time? I am 14 i have a wierd type of hernia, it is so low it cant gett lower but the wierd thing is that the doctors said that i should wait for the hernia to get bigger so that the operation could be done, and told me to do EVERITHING that i usualy do. The interestnig thing is that i usualy do parkour :) and wrestling. I can do most of the parkour moves with no pain but wrestling is too dangereus becouse it uses the lower abdomen the most and when i trie to lift my friend a strange pain comes forme the hernia. I so want to have that operation done the hernia is getting worse! But i am afraid that i would never be able to wrestle or do parkour again after the surgary. how long does the recovery take since I am 14 i figure that it would take less? now i dont mean recovery but TOTAL recovery so that i could lift my own waight again.

shoulder surgery recovery time? my husband just had labrum repair surgery. Outpatient, athroscopic to fix it, he is in a sling and on percoset (sp?) for the pain. It has only been 6 days since the surgery and he still has discomfort and pain. Anyone go thru this- how long before he might not have any pain ??? He has a f/u with Dr on monday

Anal Wart Surgery Recovery Time? Has anyone had this procedure, or known anyone who has had this procedure? I'm just wondering how long it will take for total recovery. It's obviously a very sensitive area and is contantly moist anyways which is going to prolong the recovery period. I had this done about 2 1/2 weeks ago and while the pain is completely gone (except for sometimes during bowel movements) the wound has definately not gone away. I had alot of small warts over an area about the half the size of your pinky finger so the doctor basically just burned that entire area off. My question is how much longer is the wound going to take to heal? Thanks

Microdisectomy (prolapsed disc surgery) recovery time? I have 2 prolapsed discs (L4/5 and L5/S1) that I am having surgery for. I have been told that I can't drive for 6 weeks after surgery, but was wondering if anyone knew how long it would be before I could think about starting to work etc again.

Surgery recovery time? My sister has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and is scheduled for a hysterectomy in early June. I'll be her carer when she gets out of hospital and I'm wondering how much time I should take off work? She'll also be starting IV chemotherapy while she recovers, what can I expect her reaction to be? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

inguinal hernia post surgery recovery time? how long does it take to recover from a open inguinal hernia surgery, because i can't skip alot of days of school

Surgery recovery time? My sister has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and is scheduled for a hysterectomy in early June. I'll be her carer when she gets out of hospital and I'm wondering how much time I should take off work? She'll also be starting IV chemotherapy while she recovers, what can I expect her reaction to be? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Anal Surgery Recovery Time? I had some perianal warts removed about 2 1/2 weeks ago. The pain is almost completely gone, but unfortunately the wound still remains. I had alot of small warts in an area about half the size of your pinky finger so the doctor basically just burned that entire area off. It seems like its going to take a long time to heal since the anus is a mucus membrane and all. Kind of hard to let the air get at it. Anyone had this procedure, or a similar procedure - say removal of hemroids, or anal fistulas - or known someone who has had this done? How long was it before their wound was completely healed? Thanks

would like to hear from someone who has had hemmroid surgery...recovery time, tiredness...? had hemmroid surgery 2 wks ago today still very tired (trouble sleeping), sore (getting better), nausea's, weak, no appetite, a little depressed...

whats the recovery time i don't know the surgery name? i got in a accident about 9 months ago and i shattered my growth plate in my right knee im all healed now but the docter says that half of the growth plate has stopped growing and wants me to see a specialist, they have surgery where the take fat and put it in the growth plate to hopefully re activate the growth plate but the thing is i have to do this over my summer break from school and during that time i want to get some serious exercise and dieting in because im over weight but i want this surgery because i dont want to be short so if anyone knows the name of this surgery and the recovery time came you please leave me a line it would be greatly appreiciated. thanks>

my daughter has ulnar nerve damage & needs surgery, whats the recovery time on this type of surgery? need info my daughter was diagnosed with a pinched ulnar nerve doing damage to the nerve, after a emg. the dr. recommends her to see a nero surgeon. I would like to have as much info on this as I can if anyone can please send some. such as what is this surgery what is done, recovery time ect.

hemorrhoid surgery recovery time? my mum has jus had surgury, when will she be out of hospital?

laparascopic surgery recovery time, specifically how long?

Back Surgery? I am having a 360 lumbar fusion of the L4-L5 and L5-S1 surgery coming up on April 29th and I'd like to know if anyone has had this particular surgery and what the recovery period is and did it help with your back problems. I am currently taking 15 mg morphine tablets twice a day and 5 mg oxycodone 8 a day and i worry about addiction and organ damage,but as of right now i have no choice but to take it as my back hurts so bad,so that's why I'm opting for surgery

Recovery time for wrist surgery radius fracture? broke radius next to thumb jan 23, surgery feb 6. they put volar plate in. had 3 casts and a brace. last saw doc on 4/17. wrist is frozen and bent, can move thumb and first finger, but that is all. my wrist especially where the incision is and my thumb feel like the skin is being ripped off all the time and my elbow and shoulder hurt, but that is from the lack of movement. they never gave me any nutrition info, told me to squeeze a ball that i could not do because of the height of the cast. got pain meds and finally a referral to do PT - which is going to hurt like heck - any info on how i can get thru that without wanting to kill myself? i was never told how long any of my recovery would take or what i could expect! i really need help ASAP! the only time i was "allowed" to talk to the dr was at a appointment(usually2-3 wks apart). only talked to his assistants after bugging the office for a couple of days for every concern i had! right now i am waiting for a answer about the fact that it has healed? crooked - 2 days still waiting! i feel a law suit coming on! i have a appt for a 2nd opinion in 2 weeks - but it's already too late i think! i dont understand the lack of concern from this surgeon or his assistants - if he has even heard any of my problems, they wouldnt even fill out my disabiliy forms! - is it the fact i am a hmo patient?

Recovery time for carpal tunnel surgery? Experiences? I am considered having surgery for carpal tunnel surgery. I have had it in both hands since the 1970s, but the nerve conduction test didn't show any abnormalities until 1997. I have it in both hands. If anyone has had this surgery, I would like to know how long was the recovery time? How bad was it? Were you totally unable to use your hands during the recovery? That's what I was afraid of. Being unable to use my hands for three weeks sounds horrible. I have it in both hands. Maybe I can get it done in on only the right hand (which bothers me more than the left).

Recovery time from ACL revision surgery. This will be 5th surgery on knee, microfracture 5 month's ago.? I had an ACL Patella Tendon graft done in 1996, Microfracture in 2000 with meniscus repair. Then Feb 2007 microfracture, now need acl revision. How long am I looking at for recovery and time out of work. I have a very physical job lot's of bending heavy lifting, up and down steps etc. I have read 4 months is that correct. Also sorry to be long winded, after surgery when do you start rehab, I have read anywhere from 4-6 weeks is that correct? Thanks for all your help.

back surgery? I just got back my CT scan and the Dr. wants me to go to a neurologist. My L4 and L5 is messed up pretty bad. It has pinched my nerve. Has anybody had surgery on this and if so, what is it like,does it help, and what is the recovery time. I am going to a chiropractor tomorrow to see if he might can help me.

anyone have laparoscopic surgery? and what was the recovery time? has anyone had laparscopic hernia surgery and how long did it take for a full recovery? will i beable to go on a vacation within 10 days? and when will i return to playing ice hockey

back surgery? rite i will give you the question so you can answer it first of all im not a moron as jessica pointed out, im having back surgery and i wanted to know what the recovery period was and what is the after care like, it is a genuine question and i want honest answers please, not stupid ones

Looking for info about have Lap-Band surgery? What recovery time? Cost? I looking at having a gastric bypass done, but would rather have the lap-band. My insurance will only cover the cost of the gastric bypass, but if the lap-band isn't overly priced I would like it done.

question about recovery from back surgery? suggestion to recover from back surgery faster? i had back surgery to remove a herniated disk then was put on bed rest for 6 weeks after the surgery. now my back is super tight and painful. i just started going to rehab therapy and i am a very cooperative patient and want to get better. i am tired of the pain, the muscle cramping is almost as painful as the nerve damage sustained from the injury before the surgery. do you think it would be benificial to add massage therapy even though my insurance company won't pay for it. will it help me get better faster?

back surgery? i am having back surgery in aug this year to remove a damaged disc and have a rod inserted,then filled with bone graft, my consultant has given me 75% chance of recovery,has anyone else had this sort of operation,and if so what was it like after surgery

Baker's Cyst Surgery Recovery? I have a bakers cyst on my left knee and have had for about 2 years now. It was fine for a long time, but I have had more problems with it recently. It has been drained and had a steroid injected, and after time it still comes back. I think my last option now is surgery. Has anyone had surgery on a bakers cyst, and if so, what was your recovery like? How long did it take, and after the inital recovery time, did you have to go to rehab? Thanks for the help.

What's a good "recovery time" gift for my 6 year old niece having surgery? My 7 year old niece with physical disabilities (not mental) is going through very serious surgery next month to correct some conditions she's had since birth. during her recovery, she won't be able to speak or use her jaw much. I'd love to get her something special to occupy her time during the recovery time! She's a big reader (already reading "Chapter books" and loves disney, princesses (especially ariel), crafty things and anything girlie! She does have a game boy, but parents limit her time on that, so i don't necessarily want to encourage that. Any help for a well-indending-but-out-of-touch-with-kid-stuff auntie? Thanks!! Thanks to all for great suggestions and wonderful well-wishes!!

surgery recovery? Back in October I seperated my shoulder playing soccer (a GK at my university). I loosened the ligaments in my shoulder, tore my labrum (cartiledge), and tore my rotator cuff slightly. I'm scheduled for surgery soon and I'd like to know how long I should expect it to take before I'm back at 100% and doing pull-ups again. The doc said he'll be tightening the ligaments and repairing the cartiledge but will most likely do very little, if anything, to my rotator cuff. I know I'll be doing rehab for a while and that each person is different when it comes to recovery, but how long did it take any of you to recover from a similar surgery? Thanks for all o the answers. The doc will only be able to do the arthoscopic surgery if my ligaments are completly detached--and we don't think so--so i'tll probably be an open surgery. And I'll be traveling a bit so I'll have 3 physical therapists in a little over 2 months.

what is recovery time from sinus surgery? how long after sinus surgery should you wait to go on a long flight and to scuba dive?

whats the recovery time after surgery for prepatellar bursitis?

Does anyone know the recovery time from neck surgery? Does anyone know that has had neck surgery? I broke c5 &6

Recovery time after PRK laser eye surgery? Hi! A week ago I had PRK eye surgery done. I was -7.6 D in both eyes. In one eye things are going well and I can see great- but in the other things are very very blurred (also dubble.) I can hardly (/not) read in this eye. Is it time to panic and regret the the choice or do I need to wait a lot longer?

I really need some information on the process and recovery time of surgery on golfers elbow? I play tennis but have got golfers elbow!!!

Knee Surgery Recovery? I am about to have knee replacement surgery 12-19. Please let me know what you went through with recovery. I am already aware of the pain, buising, and PT. Please be specific on how long you were hospitalized, how long you had to stay in bed before the doctore told you to start moving. Advice on bathing around the incision. Trips to the bathroom? Thanks for all of your helpful input.

Question about gallbladder surgery recovery? I just had my gallbladder surgery on Thursday, I still am sore.I think my surgery was a little more delicate because I was having like a pain attack before surgery, but I do not know if that makes a difference.What I am wondering is what you think, the doctor recommends at least five days out of work for full recovery, and as of Sunday it will only be three.The doctor thought that I would be able to return to work on Monday after being on recovery for three days, but I am not feeling fully recovered yet.I am trying to decided whether or not to return on Monday because my stomach has been really swollen and also I still have pain and soreness.The doctor did tell me that if I did not think that I would be able to return on Monday just to let her know and she would keep me out for more days, which I really do not need a doctor's note because where I work they are not really strict about that, and I really only answer the telephone and do emails but do have to stand up and attend customers if they come in.What do you suggest?

what is the recovery time after surgery in a boxers fracture?

recovery time with rhinoplasty? how long is the usual recovery time if you want to get your nose straighten out a little bit due to a crooked nose after injury?Not really extensive nose surgery. I imagine the recovery time would just be as long when I got my nose broken since they just going to rebreak the bone back in place. How many days/months will it take so your nose will look normal?

Can I file for FMLA to go to drs appt if I was on comp approved sick leave after heart surgery for 12wks? union comp 80% sick leave pay. Doctors orders to return after 12 weeks. Didn't have to use FMLA due to benefits and contract. Now i need to use FMLA for follow-up drs appt and tests for on-going heart problems. company is in procedure of changing FMLA saying they can go back and pick up used drs approved sick leave time that was used in a 12 month period. Can they legally do this if I never had to previously file for FMLA? I don't know what to do? I don't want to run into absentee problems. I have only missed one day work in two years, except for open heart surgery and recovery time.

is there any way to help speed up post surgery recovery? i am scared.I just had an appendix removal.But I am a large man,So it was considered major surgery.went back to dr. yesterday.He stuck big q-tip in between my 24 staples,and fluid gushed out,I had been swollen and very bloated.I know it looked like a half gallon of the stuff.the dr. said fat does not heal good.he said may have to remove staples readmit me to hosp. open surgical scar and let heal from inside out.he said wiould take long time to do so.he said is long way out of the woods for me.nonetheless it has been a life changing event for me.I have lost about 40lbs. so far.160 to go.does anyone have any safe ways I might be able to help this thing recover to avoid going back into the hospital and going thru more hell?i go back monday to be checked again,i just want to make it thru the weekend without any swelling.Please help me,i am so scared.I am afraid to die.i know is my fault for getting so big.i am paying for it now.

I need info on recovery from shoulder surgery.? I am going to be my friend's caregiver after her shoulder surgery. I want to know if any one knows any thing that I can expect? What is the length of time for recovery? How can I keep her from doing too much too soon? How soon can she get out of bed? She's having surgery the Tues. before Thanksgiving and she wants to have a Thanksgiving dinner like we alwas do. I think it's too much too soon, not just for her but for her daughter and myself. We want her to heal as fast as she can with out any set backs. She also has a 3-legged lab (1 leg in front) that doesn't know his own strength. He is 7 mos. old and still a puppy. I am so afraid that he will hurt her accidently. Any sugestions? Thank you!

Am I expected to postpone my surgery because of jury duty? I have to have a surgery with a recovery time less than one week in the hospital. I got a jury duty notification with the court date the same time I will be in the hospital. It's not an elective surgery, but it's not so critical that I won't be able to move it back a couple of weeks if I have to. I would like to get it over with, though. I have never been summoned for jury duty before. Any help would be great.

Having a huge kidney stone removed through Surgery in my back? What should I expect as far as pain, recovery time etc.? The dr. said I might even go home with a tube in my back! Anyone with this experience who would like to tell me their story? I'm scared!

I am considering eyelid surgery as I have extra skin above the eye.? Two questions really. 1. What is the average cost in the UK (Scotland) for upper and lower lid tightening 2. What recovery time till back to "normal"

My Pekingese is scheduled for Luxating Patella Surgery.? My Pekingese is scheduled to have Luxating Patella Surgery on both back legs at Michigan State University Vet Hospital. Can anyone give me info on what to prepare myself for other than high bills? Recovery Time? How long before she can walk? Level of pain?

estimated recovery time? long question ok i hav a friend who did his back about a yr ago at work and had have surgery to remove his bottom 2 vertabra because trhey were out of place and were squashing a major nerve and then at the start of this week he went to hospital (on monday) because he lost all feeling in his left leg and had to have surgery that nightdoes tht mean it was most likely his spine again and how long would it take for him to recover and leave the hospital???? i only got to talk to him for a little bit before his surgery hence the reason i dont really know whats goin on any help would be greatly appreciated

recovery time. ankle reconstruction? so im a 16 year old girl who plays soccer and runs track at a hiiiighly competitive level. i ruptured two ligaments in my ankle 3 months ago, and will have reconstructive surgery (probably chrisman-snook, but maybe brostrom). i dont care about pain or any of that stuff. all i want to know is, how long before i would be back to sports? i looked everywhere on the internet, and the closest thing to an answer i got was 12 weeks. anyone know from experience?

insurance help with breast reduction surgery? I am a 35 year old woman and I have been considering getting a breast reduction surgery. I am pretty sure my insurance will cover it. I am a size 38K... I have been attending the chiropractor for months now because of back pain. My question is.... how do I go about getting the insurance to cover it. Do I need to get my Primary Care Physician to recommend it? Or do I just go to the plastic surgeon and hope that the insurance does not balk at it? I just dont want to end up with a nasty surprise of a bill of several thousand dollars after it is all over. Secondly... what can I expect with this surgery. I understand for such a drastic change ( I want to go to a C cup) that it will involve remoiving the entire nipple and removing the breast portion and then resewing it back on. But what else can I expect ...i.e. recovery time... potential problems.... etc.

Corrective Jaw Surgery? I was told about a year and a half ago that I needed my lower jaw moved forward to correct the bite. I have had braces for the last year and today I have been back to the hospital to see the surgeon. I was then told that I need to have my upper jaw moved higher. I was a bit taken back by this and now have loads of questions to ask! Does anybody know about this type of surgery or have a personal experience of this. I just really want to know what the procedure is and the recovery time. Also does anyone know how long I would be off of work or sports, (I am a vet nurse and a horse rider) Thanks to everyone who answers. All answers very much appreciated.

Is religion and politics all just a lot of crap for people to argue over till they drop dead if they want .? I think so and am going on a vacation to get away from all this . Let you all argue back and forth week after week month after month and year after year . I have not been out on the yacht in some time now and the surgery and recovery are a complete success .I look 15 years younger feel great and am ready to get back to having some fun again . Took 8 months for the dental surgery and permanent implants I hate dentures ,the hair transplants have grown in well and the facial surgery has removed 15 hard years of marriage that my divorce could not . Free at last its been a long year spent getting my life back in order and I have enjoyed this so much that from time to time I might just pop back in . I have arranged for two escorts to accompany me out on valentines day just to upset some younger women out with their Boyfriends or husbands . These two girls are hot and turn heads . Maybe this will free men from a life of misery . Sure to cause some conflict as these women hang all over me.

spinal for a cesrean? how long does it take from the time the spinal is given until you have feeling back? and how long until u r goin to recovery from the time of surgery

Surgery to remove clacifications in knee? I had surgery on 10/9/06 to remove calcifications from my patella tendon (doctor said something like that) I had them from running a lot on my injured knee. So I was wondering if anyone else had this and when I would be back in top shape... I'm a freshman and although I haven't run in a while my best 400 time from last year was a 59.65 I was the best in middle school but hs is way different I need to be running sub 56 or so by the end of this year so my questions are is this realistic and how long is recovery and are my times good

has anyone had a rotor cuff surgery and 3 mths later had neck surgery? tore rotor cuff surgery in oct of 06 had neck surgery in jan 06 dr. sent back to work in dec but stayed out of work to have neck done think to much at one time now it's feb. and getting inpatient in recovery.

Jaw Surgery vs. Mouthguard? I am a 25 yr. old female with an open bite. I had braces once and it didn't correct my problem. I went to the dentist recently and was told I have significant wear on my back teeth. I was told the only way to "fix" this problem was to have surgery. I went for a second opinion and was told that yes surgery would be the only way to fix it, but I could just wear a night guard while I sleep to keep from experiencing further damage. Since I have no pain in my jaw or clicking/locking I don't know what to do. It is a good time in my life to do the surgery since I have no kids etc....but it is still a surgery and that scares me. Not to mention the recovery is horrid so I hear. Please let me know if you have had something similar.....thank you.

Care/Prep for dog with broken leg? Having surgery done tomorrow? My dog broke his leg somehow today. Took to vet and he's two breaks actually a closed straight fracture and a hairline in same area. He goes for surgery tomorrow to be pinned and wired back together. He is expected to make a 100% recovery (barring any problems) and he's only a year old and good health, thank goodness! Of course I will talk to the vet tomorrow and find out all after care instructions but I was wondering if someone could give any helpful advice, tips or tricks on what to expect and how to prepare the house for him. Also, how to prepare my children (5,9). He's a 50 pounder, English Pointer and the nicest dog! Even in his pain and all he kept wagging his tail the whole time! He does have a cage already (crate trained) but I'm not sure how he's going to work it with the cast. I'm experianced in animal care but wondered how others have delt with this kind of thing to make is easier for dog and family. Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can provide!

Information on exercise post Open Heart Surgery - what is possible? My father had a very difficult time deciding to go ahead with his triple heart by pass as my mother (his wife of 44 years) had been admitted into a hospice after battling melanoma cancer for 8 years. On the morning my father was taken away for surgergy my mother passed away. My father awoke from surgery to be informed Mum had passed. He has always been a very fit man his whole life and is continuing to exercise however the complexity of his situation has meant that he is often lacking energy probably suffering a little depression not that he would ever say that. He also suffered a virus and infection in the lung which delayed his recovery further. He is desperate to find a book that gives you a guide on how far you can push exercise after open heart surgery as he is keen to get back into it but does not feel his body is up for it which I believe is more psychological than physical. Does anyone have any books they could recommend on this subject???

For you gals who have had hysterectomies....? How was your recovery time and how long did you spend in the hospital ? Are you back to normal with no decrease in sex drive ? Any tips you feel compelled to shared since you went through it ? I was hoping for the less abrasive surgery but was told since I have never had a normal birth (c-sec. only) that I will be needing the full incision. I am not looking forward to 4 to 6 weeks of recovery and have informed the doc that I will stay over night ONLY then I am out of there. Hospitals are such a pain... they wake you up to ask if you were resting, that makes no sense to me so my stay will be short ! Anything you can share with me will be appreciated ! Thanks ! : ) WOW thanks gals !! I appreciate all the advice and your stories from experience. I am dreading the recovery but soooooo glad to hear you all are happy to have done it and it is behind you. The sex drive thing was scaring me and MY husband. Having a high drive now would change our lives and not sure if we want to slow down yet. ( we are in our 40's) Since many said it may make it stronger, I will warn my husband that he might be dying with a smile on his face in a couple of months !! ha ha !! Thanks ALL !! : )

Breast Implants: Advice needed from the women that have them.? After having 2 children, nursing them, getting her body back into pre-pregnancy shape, my wife has gone from a B cup to an A cup. She is very self concious and wants implants. It's not a priority to me, I think she is a knock out. I've always been a leg and bum man too. I love her and if it makes her happy so be it. I need suggestions/advice on the following: She is 5'5'' a size 4 Cup size she should go to (currently down to an A)? How much recovery time should she expect to need? (we have 2 in diapers still) How long after surgery should I expect to be hands off? Is submuscular the best way to go? Silicone is out of the question! What else should she consider in the decision process?

Surgery for Crohn's? I've had Crohn's disease for 10 years now, and have never had surgery. That might be changing in the next year or so, however, since my insides have developed a large amount of strictures and scarring over the years. I've been on Remicade for a long time, which has kept things bearable, but not that long ago, the strictures began acting up and causing considerable pain. I started on Prednisone, and it has the symptoms back under control. I have no illusions about the lasting effects of it, though, and fully expect to get cut open at some point. So, I'm wondering if anyone here has had surgery to remove random strictures in their intestines and what it was like, how the recovery period was, the couple months following, and any other pertinent info there is to be had.

Are there common long-term psychological side-effects to open-heart surgery ? Recently my father-in-law (66) had heart surgery to replace valves and put in bypasses (he has Type 2 diabetes and a kidney transplant around 8 years ago). A few days after the operation, in addition to the medication prescribed, he was told to begin exercising to aid recovery. For a couple of weeks he took virtually no exercise at all and spent most of the time asleep. He complained of aching pain and fatigue and would not be motivated to do anything. Routine tests during visits to the doctor could find nothing wrong. After two weeks of this inactivity he began to talk nonsense and suffer hallucinations so we took him back to hospital. Since then (3 weeks ago) it has been a cycle of around 5 days in intensive care, sometimes fed on a drip, after which he seems coherent enough to be moved to a less intensive ward. In a few days, the delerium returns and he goes back to intensive care. The doctors cannot pinpoint the problem but are now saying he may never recover. What to do

Had Gall Bladder Removed but experiencing pain after surgery..? I've had my gall bladders removed about a year ago and after recovery I've notice I've been getting these pain on the right side of my back if I sleep for a long period of time. Is this normal? It feels as if the voided area where the gall bladder used to be somehow causes organs to shift and causes an empty pain there. But once I get up from bed there's no more pain. The pain just won't allow me to sleep in, don't know if this is a good or bad thing....

Why is my dad having such a slow recovery from a spinal fusion.? My dad is 62 years old and is having a hard time recovering from a spinal fusion. He quit smoking cold turkey the day he went in for surgery, which could have something to do with it. Today is day 13 and he is just now able to walk a few steps and will most likely be in the hospital a few more weeks. He is complaining of an unbearable pain in the lower right lumbar area of his back. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? An MRI shows that all the hardware and fusion looks perfect. What could be the problem?

question for any consulars officers or very knowledgeable? i am overseas wating for my wife I130 to be processed ,however i need to return back home to the US for some very delicate surgery spinal cord my recovery is about one year can somehow my wife come with me to care for me during and after my surgery what kind of visa could she request,since her I 130 looks as it will take longer then anticipated if approved whatt the time span she can stay with me in the states would appreciate any answer or comment ,,,,,,,,Semper FI

I had an ACL reconstruction and meniscal repair done on 12/21. Now, I feel new pain ...? ... on the interior of the damaged knee, suggesting that my medial meniscal repair has failed. I haven't come back too soon, staying with my P.T. schedule and taking it easy. I had been right on schedule before this set-back, with range of motion and strengthening (I was feeling great). Now, I'm worried that the stitches have torn in my medial meniscus repair and I will need another athroscopic knee surgery. It felt a little off, worse than the previous two weeks or so, after P.T. yesterday (first time doing lunges, and I'm 6'5, 230 lbs, could that have played a role?). I'm planning on giving it until the end of the weekend before I schedule an ortho. appt. and probably another MRI. I'm only 18, and the recovery shouldn't be as bad as the first time around, but it would still be a costly set-back. Does anyone have any further insight?

A 90% Cancer Cure Diet using Flaxseed Oil & Cottage Cheese? Must Read plz!!! Dr Johanna Budwig diet Cancer, Arthritis, Multiple sclerosis, Psoriasis, Eczema, Acne, ... Flaxseed oil and cottage cheese Six time nobel award nominated doctor says this essential nutrient combination actually prevents and cures cancer! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME - The Cancer Homepage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Flaxseed oil Testimonials : http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1158/MAILBAG.HTM http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1158/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six time nobel award nominated doctor says this essential nutrient combination actually prevents and helps body to cure cancer! by Robert Willner, M.D.,Ph.D. (author of "The Cancer Solution"). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr.Johanna Budwig Mix: Put in your blender: 1 cup Organic cottage cheese (low fat, not too hard one, best make your own)(or yogurt) 2-5 Tbsp. of flaxseeed oil- 1-3 Tbsp. of freshly ground up flaxseed (coffee grinder ($15) works fine) enough water to make it soft little cayenne optional: little garlic little red pepper little champagne Make it very soft. Eat some of it every day. (PS Adjust quantities for your taste !) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BUDWIG FLAX OIL DIET The Flaxseed (Linseed) oil diet was originally proposed by Dr. Johanna Budwig, a german biochemist and expert on fats and oils, in 1951 and recently re-examined by Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP (Oncologist and former cardiologist) in 1990. Dr. Roehm claims: "this diet is far and away the most successful anti-cancer diet in the world". Budwig claims that the diet is both a preventative and a curative. She says the absence of linol-acids [in the average western diet] is responsible for the production of oxydase, which induces cancer growth and is the cause of many other chronic disorders. The beneficial oxydase ferments are destroyed by heating or boiling oils in foods, and by nitrates used for preserving meat, etc. The theory is: the use of oxygen in the organism can be stimulated by protein compounds of sulphuric content, which make oils water-soluble and which is present in cheese, nuts, onion and leek vegetables such as leek, chive, onion and garlic, but especially cottage cheese. Ferments of cell respiration closely connected with the highly unsaturated fatty acids, are also needed for proper oxydation. It is essential to use only unrefined, cold-pressed oils with high linolic acid content, such as linseed, sunflower, soya, poppyseed, walnut, and corn oils. Such oil should be consumed together with foods containing the right proteins otherwise the oils will have the OPPOSITE EFFECT, causing more harm than good. The best combination is cottage cheese and linseed oil. The linseed should be freshly ground. Carbohydrates containing natural sugar, such as dates, figs, pears, apples and grapes, are also included in the diet. Honey is also beneficial. Most of the synthetic vitamin A preparations are bad because they contain oxidation products, but much carotine as provitamin A (from carrot) is consumed. Vitamin B from buttermilk, yoghurt, and natural yeast is beneficial. A person requires daily about 4 oz. of cottage cheese mixed well with 1.5 oz. of linseed oil and 1 oz. of milk. A blender or egg beater works fine. The mixture an be sweeten with honey or otherwise flavoured naturally. Fresh fruits can be added. Every morning 2 spoonfuls of freshly ground linseed oil should be taken in luke warm buttermilk or yoghurt. The diet is indicated for all kinds of chronic diseases, especially heart ailments (corony thrombosis), gall disorders, diabetes, arthritis, and malignancies. It improves failing hearing and sight. It is the ideal nutrient for children and infants. It is suggested that this diet be supplemented with lactic acid ferments (4). "What she (Dr. Johanna Budwig) has demonstrated to my initial disbelief but lately, to my complete satisfaction in my practice is: CANCER IS EASILY CURABLE, the treatment is dietary/lifestyle, the response is immediate; the cancer cell is weak and vulnerable; the precise biochemical breakdown point was identified by her in 1951 and is specifically correctable, in vitro (test-tube) as well as in vivo (real)... " (Roehm, "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990) GENERAL RULES The patient has no nourishment on day ..1 other than 250 ml (8.5 oz) of Flax Oil with honey plus freshly squeezed fruit juices (no sugar added!). In the case of a very ill person, champagne may be added on the first day in place of juice and is taken with the Flax Oil and honey. Champagne is easily absorbable and has a serious purpose here. 1) SUGAR IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN. Grape juice may be added to sweeten any other freshly squeezed juices. 2) Other 'forbiddens' are: - All animal fats. - All Salad Oils (this included commercial mayonnaise) - All Meats (chemicals & hormones) - Butter - Margarine - Preserved Meats (the preservatives block metabolism even of Flax Oil) 3) Freshly squeezed vegetable juices are fine - carrot, celery, apple, and red beet. 4) Three times daily a warm tea is essential - peppermint, rose hips or grape tea - all sweetened as desired with honey. One cup of black tea before noon is fine. DAILY PLAN Before breakfast - a glass of Acidophilus milk or Sauerkraut juice is taken. Breakfast - Muesli (regular cereal) is overlaid with 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Flax Oil and honey and fresh fruit according to season - berries, cherries, apricots, peaches, grated apple. Vary the flavour from day to day. Use any nuts except peanuts! Herbal teas as desired or black tea. A 4 oz (120 g) serving of THE SPREAD (directions below). This is fine to eat 'straight' like a custard, or add it to other foods taken in the day as you will see. Morning tea (10am) - A glass of fresh carrot juice, apple, celery, or beet-apple juice is taken. Lunch - Raw salad with yoghurt-Flax Oil Mayonnaise (directions below). In addition to 'greens' salads, use grated turnips, carrots, kohlrabi, radishes, sauerkraut or cauliflower. A fine powder of horseradish, chives or parsley may be added for flavour. Cooked Meal Course - Steamed vegetables, potatoes, or such grains as rice, buck-wheat or millet may be served. to these add either THE SPREAD or THE MAYO - for flavour and to up your intake of Flax Oil. Also mix THE SPREAD with potatoes for an especially hearty meal. Add caraway, chives, parsley or other herbs. Dessert - Mix fresh fruit other than those used for breakfast with THE SPREAD, this time (instead of honey), flavoured using cream of lemon, vanilla or berries. Afternoon Tea (4pm) - A small glass of natural wine (no preservatives) or champagne or fresh fruit juice with 1-2 tablespoons of honey-coated Fax Seeds. Supper - Have this early, at 6pm. Make a hot meal using buckwheat, oat or soy cakes. grits from buckwheat are the very best and can be placed in a vegetable soup, or in a more solid form of cakes with herbal sauce. Sweet sauces & soups can always be given far more healing energy by adding THE SPREAD. Only honey or grape juice can be used for sweeteners. NO white sugar (or brown!) Only freshly squeezed juices and NOT reconstituted juices (preservative danger) may be used. These must be completely natural. How to prepare 'THE SPREAD' Place 250 ml (8.5 oz) Flax Oil into a mixer bowl and add one pound (450 g) of 1 ottage Cheese (ie low fat eg Quark) and add 4 tablespoons (60 ml) of Honey. Turn on the mixer and add just enough low fat milk or water to get the contents of the bowl to blend in together. In 5 minutes, a preparation of custard consistency results that has NO taste of the oil (and no oily 'ring' should be seen when you rinse out the bowl). Alternatively, you can use Yoghurt instead of Cottage Cheese in proportions of 1 oz (30 g) of Yoghurt to 1 tablespoon (15 ml) each of Flax Oil and of honey and blend as above. NOTE: When Flax Oil is blended like this, it does not cause diarrhoea even when given in large amounts. It reacts chemically with the (sulphur) proteins of the cottage cheese, yoghurt, etc. How to prepare 'THE MAYO' (Mayonnaise): Mix together 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Flax Oil, 2 tablespoons (30 ml) milk, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Yoghurt. Then add 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Lemon juice (or Apple Cider Vinegar) and add 1 teaspoon (2.5g) Mustard plus some herbs such as marjoram or dill. Next add 2 or 3 slices of health food store pickles (no preservatives! - read label!) and a pinch of herbal salts. (The above mayonnaise plus lots of mustard and a few bananas is very tasty!) Concluding remarks by Dr. Roehm - "I only wish that all my patients had a PhD in Biochemistry and Quantum Physics to enable them to see how with such consummate skill this diet was put together. It is a wonder. The champagne vehicle IS easier to assimilate and get someone almost on their death-bed going again. A retention enema of 250 ml (8.5 oz) of oil is another route to get this precious life-furthering, ELECTRON-RICH oil into the body. It can also be applied to the skin for transdermal absorption. I'll answer your questions and give you "special orders" for you particular case. You will have to remain on this diet for a good 5 years, at which time your tumour may have disappeared. Persons who break the rules of this diet, Dr Budwig reports, (ie eating preserved meats, candy, etc) will sometimes grow rapidly worse and cannot be saved after they come back from their spree (bon-bons mean bye-bye). In 1967, Dr Budwig broadcast the following sentence during an interview over the South German Radio Network, describing her incoming patients with failed operations and x-ray therapy": "Even in these cases it is possible to restore health in a few months at most, I would truly say 90f the time". "This has never been contradicted, but this knowledge has been a long time reaching this side of the ocean, hasn't it? Cancer treatment can be very simple and very successful once you know how. The cancer interests dont want you to know this. May those of you who have suffered from this disease (and I include your family and friends in this) forgive the miscreants who have kept this simple information from reaching you for so long". (signed) Dan C. Roehm, M.D. FACP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best, purest, most carefully prepared Flax Oil in America is, in my opinion", said Roehm, "is Omegaflo. Arrowhead mills label is most often seen in Florida (USA). Look for the Omegaflo". "FLAX (LINSEED) OIL is readily denatured by oxygen, heat, and light. That's why it is used in paint. Rancid oil is bad for health, so oil MUST be carefully produced, packed under nitrogen in light-proof containers, refrigerated until used, used as fresh as possible, and stabilised with protein (THE SPREAD, etc) promptly once the container is opened..." Flax Seeds may also be used. Seeds need only be cracked in a food blender, or they may be ground in a coffee grinder. One needs three times the amount of seed to get the oil equivalent. Seeds are high in calories, so one may gain weight. The seeds are also high in soluble fibre, so blending with liquid tends to produce ever-hardening "jellies". Fresh-cracked seed sprinkled on muesli & eaten promptly tastes great. ------- Ed McCabe (p85, "Oxygen Therapies") discusses his point of view on essential fatty acids: "The red blood cells in the lungs give up carbon dioxide and take on oxygen. They are then transported to the cell site via the blood vessels, where, they release their oxygen into the plasma. This released oxygen is "attracted" to the cells by the "resonance" of the pi-electron" oxidation-enhancing fatty acids. Otherwise, oxygen cannot work its way into the cell. "Electron rich fatty acids" play the decisive role in "respiratory enzymes, which are the basis of cell oxidation...". "Dont eat anything hydrogenated like (like margarine, or fried foods) as it defeats oxygenation. Avoid products that say "hydrogenated". "We should eat essential polyunsaturated fatty acids to enhance oxygenation. They can be found naturally in Carotene, Saffron, and Flaxseed oil." REFERENCES 1. "Promotion and Prevention of Tumour Growth Effects of Endotoxin, Inflamation, and Dietary Lipids", by Raymond Kearney, Ph.D, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia. International Clinical Nutrition Review, October, 1987 Vol. 7, No. 4. 2. Roehm, "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990 3. Ed McCabe, "Oxygen Therapies" 4. "The natural way to better health and longer life", Bullivant. 5. Arlin J. Brown, "March of Truth On Cancer", (seventh edition). Summary of 79 nontoxic cancer treatments. Available from the Arlin J. Brown Information Centre Inc., P.O. Box 251, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060. Ph: 1-703-752-9511. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who is Dr. Johanna Budwig? Dr. Johanna Budwig is known and highly respected around the world as Germany's premier biochemist. In addition, Dr. Budwig holds a Ph.D. in Natural Science, has undergone medical training, and was schooled in pharmaceutical science, physics, botany and biology. In all courses, this brilliant scientist excelled. She is best known for her extensive research on the properties and benefits of flaxseed oil combined with sulphurated proteins in the diet, and over the years has published a number of books on the subject, including "Cancer--A Fat Problem," "The Death of the Tumor," and "True Health Against Arteriosclerosis, Heart Infarction & Cancer." Dr. Budwig has assisted many seriously ill individuals, even those given up as terminal by orthodox medical practitioners, to regain their health through a simple regimen of nutrition. The basis of Dr. Budwig's program is the use of flaxseed oil blended with low-fat cottage cheese. In the mid 1950's, Dr. Budwig began her long and meticulous research on the importance of essential fatty acids (linoleic and linolenic) in the diet. Her subsequent discoveries and announcements sparked mixed reactions. While the general public was eager for this astounding information, German manufacturers of commercial dietary fats (margarine, hard shortening, vegetable oils) went to extremes to prevent her from publishing her findings. Fortunately, while Dr. Budwig's vital announcements were initially met with resistance backed by those with financial stakes in the commercial fats industry, her persistence paid off. Today, Dr. Johanna Budwig is world renowned for her important discoveries on the benefits of flaxseed oil. Her fame precedes her as she lectures all over Europe. Fats-Good and Bad Dr. Johanna preaches against the use of what she calls "pseudo" fats. In order to extend the shelf life of their products, manufacturers use chemical processes that render their food products harmful to the body. These harmful fats go by a number of names, including "hydrogenated," "partially hydrogenated" and even "polyunsaturated." The chemical processing of fats destroys the vital electron cloud within the fat. Once the electrons have been removed, these fats can no longer bind with oxygen, and they actually become a harmful substance deposited within the body. The heart, for instance, rejects these fats and they end up as inorganic fatty deposits on the heart muscle itself. Chemically processed fats are not water-soluble when bound to protein. They end up blocking circulation, damage heart action, inhibit cell renewal and impede the free flow of blood and lymph fluids. The bio-electrical action in these areas slows down and may become completely paralyzed. The entire organism shows a measurable loss of electrical energy which is replenished only by adding active lipids to the diet. These nutritional fats are truly vital for man and beast alike. Science has proven that fats play an important role in the functioning of the entire body. Fats (lipids) are vital for all growth processing, renewal of cells, brain and nerve functions, even for the sensory organs (eyes and ears), and for the body's adjustment to heat, cold and quick temperature changes. Our energy resources are based on lipid metabolism. To function efficiently, cells require true polyunsaturated, live electron-rich lipids, present in abundance in raw flaxseed oil. True polyunsaturated fats greedily absorb proteins and oxygen and pump them through the system. Lipids are only water-soluble and free-flowing when bound to protein; thus the importance of protein-rich cottage cheese. When high quality, electron-rich fats are combined with proteins, the electrons are protected until the body requires energy. This energy source is then fully and immediately available to the body on demand, as nature intended. Proven Benefits Still Pouring In Since Dr. Johanna Budwig's findings on the benefits of flaxseed oil have been widely publicized, scientists around the world have eagerly jumped on the bandwagon. Studies conducted using flaxseed oil on numerous disorders have been pouring in from all over the world, showing impressive results, including anti-tumor activity, increased metabolism, greatly boosted immune system, reduced cholesterol levels, normalized blood pressure levels and inhibition of cancer cell growth. Books research reports, articles and testimonials abound, all touting the healthy benefits achieved by supplementing the diet with organic, raw, cold-pressed flaxseed oil with low-fat cottage cheese. Dr. Budwig's research was based on using the ratio of 2 tablespoons flaxseed oil mixed with one-quarter cup of low fat cottage cheese. Backed with all this extensive research, the indisputable fact is: Supplementing your diet daily with flaxseed oil combined with sulphurated proteins could very well be the most important thing you do for yourself every day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A top European cancer research scientist, Dr Johanna Budwig, has discovered a totally natural formula that not only protects against the development of cancer but people all over the world who have been diagnosed with incurable cancer and sent home to die have actually been cured and now lead normal healthy lives. After three decades of research Dr. Budwig, sixtime nominee for the Nobel Award, found that the blood of seriously ill cancer patients was always, without exception, deficient in certain important essential ingredients which included substances called phosphatides and lipoproteins. (The blood of a healthy person always contains sufficient quantities of these essential ingredients. However, without these natural ingredients cancer cells grow wild and out of control.) Blood analysis showed a strange greenish-yellow substance in place of the healthy red oxygen carrying hemoglobin that belongs there. This explained why cancer patients weaken and become anemic This startling discovery led Dr. Budwig to test her theory. She found that when these natural ingredients where replaced over approximately a three month period, tumors gradually receded. The strange greenish elements in the blood were replaced with healthy red blood cells as the phosphatides and lipoproteins almost miraculously reappeared. Weakness and anemia disappeared and life energy was restored. Symptoms of cancer, liver dysfunction and diabetes were completely alleviated. Dr. Budwig then discovered an all natural way for people to replace those essential ingredients their bodies so desperately needed in their daily diet. By simply eating a combination of just two natural and delicious foods not only can cancer be prevented but in case after case it was actually cured. (These two natural foods, organic flax seed oil & cottage cheese) must be eaten together to be effective since one triggers the properties of the other to be released.) After more than 10 years of solid clinical application, Dr. Budwig's natural formula has proven successful where many orthodox remedies have failed. Dr. Budwig's formula has been used therapeutically in Europe for prevention of: Cancer! Arteriosclerosis, Strokes, Cardiac Infarction, Heartbeat (irregular), Liver (fatty degeneration), Lungs (reduces bronchial spasms), Intestines (regulates activity). Stomach Ulcers (normalizes gastric juices), Prostate (hypertopic), Arthritis (exerts a favorable influence), Eczema (assists all skin diseases), Old age (improves many common afflictions), Brain (strenghthens activity), Immune Deficiency Syndromes (multiple sclerosis, autoimmune illnesses) Thousands have flocked to hear Dr. Budwig lecture all over Europe. The many people Dr. Budwig's formula has helped testify to the benefits of her remarkable discovery. Following are a few examples: In one of my interviews with Dr. Budwig I was introduced to Siegried Ernst, M.D.. He is a rare and dedicated man who counts among his personal friends the current Pope as well as many other dignitaries. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Testimonials : Dr. Ernst Seventeen years ago Dr. Ernst had developed cancer for which he had major surgery requiring removal of his stomach. Two years later he had a recurrence of the cancer and was offered chemotherapy as the only available remedy. There was little hope for survival as virtually all individuals with recurrence of this type of cancer rarely last a year. Dr. Ernst knew that chemotherapy was not only ineffective for his type of cancer but completaly destructive of the quality of life, so he refused. He turned to Dr. Budwig and her formula for help. He religiously followed Dr. Budwig's formula and fifteen years later has not had any recurrence of cancer. As a matter of fact he seemed to me to be in perfect health and is tireless for a man in his late seventies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria W. Maria W. tells her story in her own words: "I was told by the most expert of doctors that I would have to be operated on to cut out the cancerous tumor that was causing a swelling under my eye. They explained that the size of the tumor was much greater inside and that there was very serious bone involvement. The malignancy was too far advanced to respond to radiation treatment. The doctors planned to remove considerable facial tissue and bone. I was afraid for my life, but being a young woman, couldn't bear the thought of such disfigurement. When I heard about Dr. Budwig's natural formula, I was skeptical but desperate for help. After four months on this regimen, the swelling under my left eye completely disappeared. The doctors at the University hospital gave me many exhausting tests. One told me, 'If I didn't have your previous x-rays and medical history in front of me, I wouldn't believe that you ever had cancer. There is hardly any indication of a tumor remaining.' I never thought using Dr, Budwig's formula would be so successful. My whole family and I are very grateful." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandy A. An examination of Sandy A. revealed arachnoidal bleeding due to an inoperable brain tumor. The doctors informed Sandy that he was beyond medical help. At his expressed wish, Sandy was discharged from the hospital and sent home to die in peace. A friend brought Dr. Budwigs formula to Sandys attention. Sandy writes. Since I went on the Budwig regimen, the paralysis is of my eyes, arms, and legs has receded daily. After only a short period of time, I was able to urinate normally. My health improved so rapidly that I was soon able to return to my work part-time. Shortly after that, I was again examined at the Research Center and my reflexes were completely normal. The Budwig diet saved my life! Ten years later, I was given a thorough examination at the Center as a follow-up. My incredible recovery has been written up In many medical journals and I have become what they call a 'textbook case,' and all because of Dr. Johanna Budwig's simple diet." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timmy G. Seven years ago Timmy G. was diagnosed as having Hodgkins disease. The child was operated on and underwent 24 radiation treatments, plus additional experimental therapies that the experts hoped would be of some small help. When Timmy failed to respond favorably to these heroic measures, he was discharged as incurable, and given six months to live and sent home to die. The desperate parents contacted specialists all over the world. A famous newspaper took up Timmy's cause and ran editorials pleading for someone to come forth who could offer hope for the life of a child. All the specialists who replied confirmed the cruel prognosis: There was no hope or help for Timmy. At this dark hour the miracle the family had prayed for happened! Timmy's mother told her story to the press: "A friend sent me a printed piece about one of Dr. Budwig's speeches. This material gave us hope and I contacted Dr. Budwig. In just five days, (on the Budwig regimen) Timmy's breathing became normal for the first lime In almost two years. From this day on, Timmy began to feel good again. He went back to school, started swimming and by winter he was doing craft work. Everyone who knows him says how well he looks." At age 18 Timmy is showing great promise in his university work. He knows he owes his life to Dr. Budwig and thanks her daily in his prayers. One of the two foods in on Budwig's formula, cottage cheese, is available in nearly every grocery store in America. The other, pure organic linseed oil, however comes primarily from Europe and can only be found in certain health food stores throughout the United States. By simply mixing these two delicious foods together and eating them you will be providing yourself and your family with the optimal preventive nutritional protection against cancer and other disease. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, fresh expeller pressed flaxseed oil is available in most countries in the world, including USA and Europe. Books to read: "Flax Oil As a True Aid Against Arthritis Heart Infarction Cancer and Other Diseases" by Johanna Dr. Budwig Amazon Price: $5.56 Read more about this title... "The Breuss Cancer Cure" : Advice for the Prevention and Natural Treatment of Cancer, Leukemia and Other Seemingly Incurable Diseases by Rudolf Breuss Amazon Price : $11.00 "A Cancer Therapy" : Results of Fifty Cases and the Cure of Advanced Cancer by Diet Therapy : A Summary of 30 Years of Clinical Experimentation by M. Max Gerson Amazon Price: $24.95 Read more about this title... Flax Oil by Dr Budwig http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0969527217/9789-9510244-200272 http://www.oxytherapy.com/mail-archive/oct96/165.html Flax Oil and Cancer -A Tape Transcription by Clifford Beckwith http://www.public.usit.net/spinner/Flax1.html Links to Other Flaxseed Oil & Health Sites http://www.public.usit.net/spinner/Flaxlink.html Dr. Budwig and The Healing Power of Flaxseed (Commercial site) http://www.barleans.com/budwig.html Essential Fatty Acids for Kids Superimmunity http://www.healthychild.com/efa.htm Flaxseed and the Immune System @ http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/flaxnut16.htm The Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Adults and Children http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/flaxnut11.htm Essential Fatty Acids: Are You Deficient In These Key Nutrients? http://www.barleans.com/deficient.html Other Pages On This Site About Cancer: What Doctors say about Chemo Therapy here What Doctors say about Radiation Therapy here What doctors say about Breast cancer ? here Cancer cause : Dental Risk ? here Govallo http://home.earthlink.net/~emptherapies/vginet.html Burzynski http://catalog.com/bri/bri.htm Cancer & Nutrition Articles http://drcranton.com/nutrition.htm Nutrition In The News Diet Gerson http://www.gerson.com/history.html http://www.1999.com/gerson/ http://www.gerson.com/cnb104.html http://gerson.org/booklist.html..acancertherapy Gerson Institute http://www.gerson.org/index.html ******************************************* .. Tibetan Buddhist Monks - Sacred Healing Chant EFAs, Oxygenation and Cancer Prevention Cancer as well as heart disease can be prevented by taking a ratio of at least 1:1 up to 2.5:1 unadulterated parent omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids plus specific vitamins and minerals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extracted from Nexus Magazine, Volume 14, Number 1 (December 2006 - January 2007) PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560 Australia. editor@nexusmagazine.com Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax: +61 (0)7 5442 9381 From our web page at: www.nexusmagazine.com © 2006 by Prof. Brian Scott Peskin, BSEE (MIT)1 Website: http://www.BrianPeskin.com Based on his book, co-written with Amid Habib, MD, FAAP, FACE, The Hidden Story of Cancer (Pinnacle Press, Houston, USA, 2006) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The prime cause of cancer is not genetic Cancer was once an uncommon disease affecting a small percentage of Americans. In 1900, only 3% of the population died of cancer.2 But now, cancer has become so common that virtually everyone knows someone afflicted with this terrible disease. In fact, for the average American, contraction of cancer isn't the exception; instead, it has become the rule.3 We've come to accept cancer as unstoppable, incurable and even a natural part of life. This perception is a tragedy, since cancer is not a natural disease for man and is preventable. What is shocking to most people, is the scientific fact that cancer is genetically recessive, not dominant. In fact, the human body is highly resistant to cancer. In 1969, Professor Henry Harris of Oxford University shook the cancer research community to its core when he proved these previous theories wrong. Professor Harris took normal tissue cells and fused three types of cancer cells to them. Surely, he thought, the cancer cells would take over the normal cells and "convert" them into cancer. Surprisingly, they grew normally.4 Contrary to popular opinion, cancer takes several decades to develop in humans.5 Given this long incubation period, science can show us the way to destroy any initial pre-cancerous cells and keep the cancerous ones from causing widespread damage. If you think cancer has a genetic basis, then think again. Dr Robert A. Weinberg of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the world's leading cancer researchers and discoverer of the so-called oncogene (cancer-causing gene), reversed his previous conclusions after discovering that "fewer than one DNA base in a million appears to have been miscopied". It's not enough of a defect! His exact words: "Something was very wrong. The notion that a cancer developed through the successive activation of a series of oncogenes had lost its link to reality." He called the genetic discoveries made thus far "sterile".6 The prime cause of cancer is therefore not genetic. This was announced in 1998. Did you hear about it? Probably not. In 2006, the heads of the world's largest cancer research centre in Houston, Texas, announced that cancer's prime cause isn't genetic: "'If it could have happened [solving cancer with genetics], it would have already happened with genetic mutations,' said William Brinkley, a senior vice-president at Baylor who says other research should take precedence over the cancer genome project� Dr John Mendelsohn [president of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center] states, 'Any claims that this [genetic research] is going to be the key to curing cancer are not appropriate.'"7 Thus, the prime cause of cancer is not a genetic mutation. Even if cancer "runs in your family", there is real hope. Unfortunately, the geneticists have it backwards, attempting to force the facts to fit their genetics-based theories when they don't fit the facts, because, as Professor Harris demonstrated many years ago, cancer isn't genetically dominant. Where does this leave us? Where can we look for solutions? What about the popular nutritional solutions to fighting cancer? The popular anti-cancer "solutions" don't work Most people diligently follow the experts' recommendations in the hope of winning the war on cancer. Unfortunately, virtually nothing of what we are told is based on scientific facts. Consider the following list of supposed "solutions", along with the date of their published failures as reported in the world's leading medical journals. Many of us never hear of the retractions and consequently keep following methods that don't protect us from contracting cancer. (a) Fruits and vegetables: Even the green leafy vegetables don't protect against contracting breast cancer (JAMA 2001; 285:769-776).8 (b) Fibre: This worsens colon cancer rather than helping prevent it (Lancet 2000; 356:1286-7).9 (c) Mammography: Samuel S. Epstein, MD (chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition), Rosalie Bertell and Barbara Seaman published an article exposing truths about mammography that most women have never been told (Int J Health Sci 2001; 31(3):605-15): "Contrary to popular belief and assurances by the US media...mammography is not a technique for early diagnosis. In fact, a breast cancer has usually been present for about eight (8) years before it can finally be detected..."10 (d) Fish oil: Most fish oil supplements are worthless in preventing cancer and may be hazardous to your health (articles: 1995�2006). The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) 4th Congress, which met on 4�9 June 2000 in Tsukuba, Japan, reported the following:11 "...[S]tudies indicate that at the levels used, fish oil [comprised of omega-3 derivatives] decreases a wide range of immune cell responses (natural killer cell, cytotoxic T lymphocyte activities, lymphocyte proliferation and production of IL-2 and IFN-y (1,2))..." "...Recent studies have indicated that relatively low levels of the long chain omega-3 fatty acids (EPA or DHA)...are sufficient to bring about some of the suppressive effects..." "...This decrease (of inhibited lymphocyte proliferation and natural killer cell activity) causes increased cellular bacteria [infection] and impaired tumor cell killing." Any substance causing impaired tumour cell killing ability is cancer-causing�the opposite of what we desire. With so many of us consuming fish oil, could this be another reason that cancer contraction rates are increasing instead of decreasing? Fish oil is also worthless in preventing heart disease, and Harvard Medical School warned us about this years ago but too few Americans listened.12 Consuming whole fish instead of fish oil failed, too.13 The Japanese have greater cancer rates and greater heart disease rates than Americans. Cancer has been Japan's number-one cause of death since 1981.14 The popular media don't often disclose these startling facts. In January 2006, the omega-3 anti-cancer fallacy was exposed (JAMA 2006; 295(4)): "A large body of literature spanning numerous cohorts from many countries and with different demographic characteristics does not provide evidence to suggest a significant association between omega-3 fatty acids and [lack of] cancer incidence. Dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids [is] unlikely to prevent cancer."15 The most comprehensive analysis to date, published in the British Medical Journal of 24 March 2006, reviewing 96 trials including 44 trials with supplements and five trials consisting of mainly ALA (parent omega-3) from plants like flax with the remainder being fish oil, confirms the anti-cancer failure: "We found no evidence that omega-3 fats had an effect on the incidence of cancer and there was no inconsistency... This systematic review assessed the health effects of using omega-3 fats (together or separately) on total mortality, cardiovascular events, cancer and strokes in a wide variety of participants and found no evidence of a clear benefit of omega-3 fats on health."16 Unfortunately, in spite of these facts, most physicians around the world still recommend fish oil to prevent both cancer and heart disease. (e) Soy: Soy products won't protect you against contracting cancer, either. The properties of soy are still touted by nutritionists, physicians and popular health and beauty publications, all ignorant of the scientific facts. There is a very hazardous side to soy that you need to know about. For example, the article "Soybean Goiter: Report of Three Cases" (NEJM 1960; 262(22):1099-1103) details three cases of infants developing goitre when they were consuming soybean "formula". The condition was rapidly eliminated in two of the infants when the soy "formula" was terminated. The third child was cured when iodine was added to the diet.17 What did soy formula have to do with thyroid (goitre) problems? Soybeans are a source of isoflavonoids, including genistein and daidzein. Contrary to popular belief and what is often reported in the media, they are both hazardous to your health. The following comes from Biochemical Pharmacology 1997; 54:1087-96): "Soybeans contain compounds (genistein and daidzein-the 'active ingredients') that inhibit [interfere with] thyroid peroxidase (TPO) which is essential to thyroid hormone synthesis [production]." Soybeans are not good for the thyroid! The popular so-called phyto-oestrogens genistein and daidzein are actually endocrine disruptors. Women around the world have been misled. What does soy "formula" have to do with the iodine deficiency? Soy contains phytates which "magnetise out" essential nutrients like iodine. Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services, lists 288 records of soy at its "FDA Poisonous Plant Database" (March 2006 revision). Their website will shock you as you discover that soy is anything but a health food (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/pltx.cgi?QUERY=soy).18 Soy harms your immune system, too. Back in 1975, the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry reported that soybeans actually weaken your immune system:21 "Soybean trypsin inhibitor was found to inhibit transformation of human lymphocytes..." Here's why this happens. Trypsin is an enzyme produced by your pancreas and used in digesting protein; it is critical for antibody production. An inhibitor is something that disables. Think of it like having one foot on the gas and another on the brake of your automobile at the same time. Your car's engine would blow up. So a trypsin inhibitor will irritate your pancreas, stressing it to produce hormones when it can't, leading to decreased oxygenation from the irritation. Soy prevents the protein you eat from being fully utilised and digested. Your immune system can't get fuelled with proper antibodies and lymphocytes--a double whammy. Therefore, soy is cancer-causing to your pancreas, and cancer of the pancreas is typically a death sentence. Because of bad advice, many women especially have decreased the amount of cancer-fighting animal-based protein they consume in favour of soy. Resist this incorrect advice and minimise your chances of contracting both thyroid and pancreatic cancer. Dr Otto Warburg's anti-cancer research Many of my physician colleagues were shocked to discover these truths. How many of us saw these important medical journal findings reported in the popular press? Unfortunately, not enough of us. Don't despair, because there is an anti-cancer answer. It was discovered back in 1925 by Otto Warburg, MD, PhD. Dr Warburg has been referred to as the greatest biochemist of the 20th century; the sheer number and magnitude of his discoveries qualify him as the most accomplished biochemist of all time.22 In the 1920s, Dr Warburg carried on the research on respiratory enzymes, certain vitamins and minerals that the body requires for the utilisation of oxygen in the cells, which eventually earned him the Nobel Prize in 1931. (Today, these vitamins and minerals are termed "co-enzymes".) The Nobel Committee clearly expected the medical world to benefit through Otto Warburg's vital discoveries about cancer. Unfortunately, politics intervened and cancer wasn't eradicated. Despite his early successes and honours, Dr Warburg continued to make major fundamental discoveries throughout his later years as well, capping off an amazingly fruitful 60-year career in research. In addition, Dr Warburg often created new tools for his research. For example, he discovered how to measure the pressure of oxygen in a living cell by developing a special manometer�a very important development that led to his discovery that low oxygen concentration and pressure always presaged the development of cancer. The importance of Dr Warburg's achievement is that he isolated the functional prime cause of cancer. Rather than working on a theoretical level too far removed from the physiological realities of cancer to be able to provide practical therapies and preventive programs, he described the actual conditions in the cells that set up and cause cancer, and by doing this made it possible for others later to develop functional, practical ways to inhibit the development of cancer. It is appalling that no significant principle out of his numerous discoveries has been utilised by the US medical research community for cancer prevention, treatment and remission retention. Despite the expression of opinions disputing the direction and validity of Warburg's work, no scientist or researcher has ever disproved the validity, correctness or applicability of these important discoveries to the prevention and cure of cancer. Even today, medical consensus often has little to do with science. Politics has squandered the efforts of many cancer researchers. The prime cause of cancer We have become so accustomed to being told that "some day" we might discover what causes cancer and that cancer is the major medical mystery of our modern time, that the following might be hard to believe. Dr Otto Warburg discovered and clearly stated that the prime, most basic, cause of cancer is too little oxygen getting into the cell. "We find by experiment about 35% inhibition of oxygen respiration already suffices to bring about such a transformation during cell growth," he stated at a 1966 conference of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany.28 That's it! It sounds very simple, doesn't it? Just one-third less oxygen than normal and you contract cancer. Based on meticulous experiments that he and many others verified numerous times, Dr Warburg discovered and stated that the prime, number-one cause of cancer is simply too little oxygen getting into the cell (hypoxia). It gets worse because once a cell becomes cancerous, it can't return to normal; it must be destroyed (Science 1956; 123(3191)).29 When I first encountered this information, I didn't believe it. Even now, there is still no one who is more shocked than I am! To my amazement, this cancer-oxygen connection information has been published numerous times in recent cancer journals, e.g., Radiotherapy and Oncology 1993; 26(1):45-50 and 1999; 53:113-17.30 However, the practical solution to solving the oxygen deficiency problem has evaded researchers�probably because they haven't known where to start. Taking hydrogen peroxide, calcium supplements, fish oil supplements, massive amounts of omega-3, ozone or so-called "oxygenated water" won't solve the cellular oxygen deficiency. No one has been able to advance Dr Warburg's discovery until now. This lack of understanding explains many of the misunderstood biochemical activities related to cancer that waste precious time and lead virtually nowhere. Only Dr Warburg's anti-cancer discovery predicts so many never-before-explained real-life results.31 Dr Warburg's discovery has been verified numerous times both in turning normal cells cancerous and in showing that cancer doesn't develop in highly oxygenated areas. Surprisingly, it was American physicians who conclusively proved it in 1953 and confirmed it in 1955! Goldblatt and Cameron noted (p. 535) (J. Experimental Medicine 1953; 97:535-552) that once damage is too great to the cell, then no amount of oxygen will return the cell's respiration back to normal: it is forever doomed to a cancerous life. This is why prevention is the ultimate solution to never contracting cancer. However, they confirmed it is possible to prevent a "respiration-impacted" precancerous cell from becoming permanently cancerous if oxygen deficiency is stopped early enough.32 Secondary causes of cancer Virtually every supposed cause of cancer mentioned today in the health and nutritional media is a secondary cause. Secondary causes include things such as environment, chemical carcinogens, environmental and medical radiation, trans-fats, food additives, the chemicals in tobacco smoke, viruses and even genetic mutations. There are innumerable secondary causes of cancer, and minimising them and their harmful effects can be helpful in preventing cancer. But endlessly pursuing new secondary causes, like smoking, without explaining specifically what common effect they have on the cells, has never led, and will never lead, researchers to a real cancer cure. Dr Warburg cautioned us again and again about wasting precious time pursuing secondary causes. Make no mistake about this: the thing every secondary cause of cancer has in common with every other one is that it leads, directly or indirectly, to insufficient oxygen in the cells. Therefore, if we directly address the question of how to get sufficient oxygen into the cells, we will have minimised the danger from every type of secondary cause. Exercise is not the solution to remaining cancer-free I know what many of you are likely thinking: "I exercise a lot, therefore I am oxygenating my blood. I've got cancer beat!" No. All that exercise didn't stop world champion cyclist Lance Armstrong from contracting cancer. It is true that by exercising you are increasing oxygenation to your blood. However, by doing so, you still haven't guaranteed that this oxygen will be transferred effectively to each cell in each organ in your body. Dr Warburg made it quite clear that oxygen alone is not sufficient: "To be sure, cancer development takes place even in the presence of free oxygen gas in the atmosphere, but this oxygen may not penetrate in sufficient quantity into the growing body cells, or the respiratory apoenzymes of the growing body cells may not be saturated with the active groups."34 There are many factors that promote the lack of cellular oxygen, including certain deficiencies we will talk about shortly. Exercise, by itself, is therefore not the solution to remaining cancer free. Many people, including athletes, who exercise regularly still get cancer. Furthermore, a person breathes at least 17,000 times a day (12 breaths a minute). Do you really think that you aren't breathing in enough oxygen with 17,000 breaths a day? You are. The problem lies elsewhere. Essential fatty acids and EFA-containing oils The body requires special fats that, among other important functions, make it possible for sufficient oxygen to reach the cells via the cellular membranes, which are the key. These special fats are highly oxygen-absorbing. Called essential fatty acids, or EFAs, these special fats must be supplied from outside the body every day, from foods and certain oils, because your body can't manufacture them on its own. There are two "parent" forms of EFAs that allow your body to make whatever it needs from them, i.e., various types of EFA "derivatives". Parent omega-6 is termed linoleic acid (LA), and parent omega-3 is termed alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). For tables of EFA-containing oils, shown with their percentages of parent omega-6 to parent omega-3, as well as of some EFA derivatives, see http://www.BrianPeskin/Nexus.com. With all the hoopla about olive oil, I want you to know that it contains mainly omega-9, a non-essential oil that your body itself makes. "Extra virgin" olive oil is traditionally unprocessed and therefore not cancer-causing, but it won't protect you against contracting cancer in the least. Avoid margarine: it won't go bad even when kept out of the fridge. This is the proof of hydrogenated oil's failure to oxygenate. If it still could oxygenate when eaten, it would turn rancid when left unrefrigerated--just like fish does. Canola and soy oils are not recommended; neither was ever meant for human consumption but as food for farm animals or for industrial applications. Many foods, especially salad dressings, now contain canola oil. You should try to avoid it. The oils must be uncooked, or at the very least only slightly heated, to retain their important nutritional properties. Also bear in mind that some supplement manufacturers' labels fail to separately identify and distinguish the parent EFAs from the EFA derivatives. It may be impossible to tell whether you are getting the parent EFAs or the EFA derivatives. Make certain of what you're getting before you purchase it. Make sure the oils are raw, unprocessed and organic and that they do not contain fish oil or any hydrogenated oils. Omega-6 versus omega-3 ratios in the body We must look at the tissue content of our bodies to determine what oils contain the best anti-cancer EFAs. It is known from pathology studies that the brain and nervous system have a ratio of one part omega-6 to one part omega-3 (1:1). Some nutritionists suggest that this ratio is best, but they are wrong. Here's why. Most organs contain a 4:1 omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. However, the brain, nervous system and organs comprise only about 12% of body weight. Skin is 100% parent omega-6 and contains no omega-3;35 it comprises about 4% of body weight. The muscles comprise at least 50% of total body weight and are the prime factor to account for in determining the required parent omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. A key fact about muscle structure is that muscle contains from 5.5 to 7.5 times more omega-6 than omega-3, depending on the degree of physical condition.36 We are warned about "overdosing" on omega-6 in our diets and told that we must take lots of oils containing omega-3 to compensate. We are told that we are ingesting upwards of 20 times too much omega-6. This is wrong, and there is much more to the analysis. Scientifically, you need an organic supplement with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 of 1:1 up to 2.5:1. With this powerfully effective ratio, you only require a minimum amount of 3-4 grams on a daily basis. This ratio is significantly different than your physician, health practitioner or writers on popular nutritional publications will likely suggest: they simply don't know and understand the basis of it. Their analysis consists of a significant number of errors, and I hope you will review the paper "The Scientific Calculation of the Optimum Omega 6/3 Ratio" at http://www.BrianPeskin.com (click on "EFA Report") so you will understand this as well as the science behind the calculation of the ideal omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. Today, people automatically think of fish oil or flax oil as the anti-cancer solution. Following these incorrect recommendations is a significant factor in why America's cancer rates continue to skyrocket in spite of millions of people taking these oils. Fish oil, with an overdose of omega-3 series derivatives, can actually be cancer-causing-the opposite of what we desire--and flax oil contains far too much parent omega-3. Most parent omegas do not get converted to derivatives; they remain in the cell membranes and tissues in original parent form. Few scientists understand this and few medical texts explain it.37 Furthermore, commercial food processing destroys a significant amount of these EFAs, along with their oxygenating ability. EFA-containing foods in the diet Here's a representative listing of categories of foods containing these essential oils. It is imperative to understand that these foods must be grown organically and, if necessary, processed with low heat and no artificial preservatives-otherwise the EFAs will be ruined, like the trans-fat, hydrogenated, cancer-causing oils you've heard about. Compare your diet and these EFA-containing foods. Are you getting enough of them? Dairy/eggs/cheese: "Raw milk" cheeses and organic eggs are excellent sources of EFAs. Pasteurised (heated) milk is deficient in EFAs and is detrimental to infants. Meats: Organically raised and processed chicken, beef (grass-fed is best38), lamb, pork, etc. are rich sources of EFAs. Animal-based protein is also important for obtaining anti-cancer vitamins and minerals and for producing strong haemoglobin which enables oxygen transportation. Nuts: Organic, unprocessed raw almonds, walnuts, peanuts, cashews, etc. Seafood: Shrimp (prawns), fish, lobster, crab, clams, oysters, etc. It is important to understand that consuming lots of seafood is not the anti-cancer answer. Seafood is overly abundant in both parent and derivative omega-3 EFAs. Fish, especially farmed fish, contains mostly omega-3 derivatives; farmed fish and oil from farmed fish are to be avoided. Seeds: Organic sunflower, sesame, flax, pumpkin, etc. The following foods do not contain usable EFAs for humans: Fruits and vegetables: Animals with multiple stomachs can extract EFAs out of plant-based cellulose like grass, but humans, with only one stomach, cannot. Even if we could extract the EFAs, we could never eat the volume required to get enough. Grains/cereals: Humans cannot extract the EFAs from them. The miracle of EFA "oxygen magnets" Think of these polyunsaturated EFAs as "oxygen magnets". The proof of this fact is buried in the world's leading medical textbooks and medical journals such as Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 26th edition,40 and Human Nutrition Clinical Nutrition, July 1984.41 EFAs are integral to the structure and function of cellular respiration. Without high respiration efficiency, cancer is soon to follow. These EFA oxygen magnets in the cell membrane attract the oxygen that's in the bloodstream and transfer it into the cell, just like little oxygen sponges. This process is supposed to be happening in each of the body's 100 trillion cells. So, no matter how much you breathe or exercise, if you don't have the proper functional EFAs at the cellular level then your cells will not absorb enough oxygen from your bloodstream and you will be that much more susceptible to cancer. Remember that the cancer "threshold" is a 35% decrease in cellular oxygen. Without a continuing new supply of these EFAs from food, cellular oxygen transfer is significantly reduced. Imagine what would happen if you had 100 trillion cells that were all deficient in a vital substance they required to be able to absorb oxygen. Here's an example showing how these essential fats absorb oxygen. At the supermarket, fish goes bad in only a few days because the oil in the fish is highly oxygen-absorbing-it reacts rapidly with the oxygen in the air. Fish spoils rapidly because the EFA-containing oil has the capacity to absorb lots of oxygen. This chemical process is called oxidation. This is also true with other types of essential fats. They do their job of absorbing oxygen, but because of it they have a limited life. They simply won't work after a short period. EFAs become "spent", i.e., rancid. That's why they need to be replaced every day from our food-Nature designed us this way. There are many ways to add additional oxygen to the bloodstream, such as by exercising, drinking "oxygenated" water or breathing purer air. However, these partial solutions are insufficient for maximum anti-cancer protection. When the EFA deficiency is solved, every organ becomes its own "oxygen magnet", just as Nature intended. Breast cancer and oxygen deficiency Breast cancer is the number-one cancer plague to women worldwide. The growing incidence of breast cancer can be explained for the first time in light of Dr Warburg's discovery about lack of oxygen to the cells. The breasts consist of an exceptionally high amount of fatty tissue. A typical cell membrane in muscle tissue is half-fat and contains about one-third EFAs (oxygen transferors). However, fatty tissue like the breast contains areas of 80-95% fat concentration. These fatty components of breast tissue require and should have high EFA concentrations, but because of modern food processing they don't. Because important organs such as the brain, heart, lungs and kidneys require EFAs on a priority basis, there may not be enough left over to ensure that breast tissue receives an adequate amount of EFAs. Therefore, oxygen deficiency in the breast tissue will be very significant. Given this premise, we can deduce that breast tissue should and would be the number-one expected cancer site in women worldwide, and it is. This conclusion makes so much sense in explaining the massive rise in breast cancer rates. Harvard's Dr W. C. Willett gives us the proof. In a study on the intake of parent omega-6 involving over 80,000 nurses, it was shown that the group with the lowest intake of linoleic acid (parent omega-6) exhibited the highest incidence of breast cancer (NEJM 1987; 316(1):22-28).42 Has your ob-gyn told you that you need this miraculous anti-cancer nutrient? I doubt it; he or she probably doesn't know. Fish oil won't stop heart disease Surprisingly, it was known back in 1979 that diet influenced EFA composition of the cell membrane; this finding was published in Cancer Research (1979; 39:1726-32).43 In 1990, a masterpiece of research conducted by William E. Lands found that the amount of critical parent omega-6 in the tissues was dependent on diet (Lipids 1990; 25(9):505-16).44 To gain the best in scientific research, in 2002 I attended the world's 1st Essential Fatty Acids and Human Nutrition and Health International Conference in Shanghai, China. There I discovered a shocking and unexpected discovery that fish oil lowers immunity. I nearly fell out of my chair! Overdosing on fish oil supplements can significantly decrease the effectiveness of your immune system, increasing your risk of contracting cancer. The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) June 2000 Congress in Tsukuba, Japan,45 had reported this startling fact, as noted earlier. And don't think that fish oil prevents heart disease. It doesn't. Cardiovascular Research (2002; 54:183-190) reported on a study where both the fish oil group and the control group showed close to equal atherosclerotic progression (arteries getting more clogged in spite of taking fish oil supplements). Nor did fish oil stop thickening of the artery. On the contrary, the artery wall got thicker (worsened) with fish oil ingestion! A mere 1.65 grams per day of fish oil supplement was taken-a great enough dose to cause adverse immunity and excessive internal bleeding, too.46 These results showing the failure of fish oil were published in 2002. Did this stop "experts" in the nutritional and medical fields and even in our governments from declaring how great fish oil supplements are? No! Harvard Medical School was involved in a study, published in 1995, titled "Controlled Trial of Fish Oil for Regression of Human Coronary Atherosclerosis" (Am Coll Cardiol 1995; 25(7):1492-8).47 The daily dose was six grams of fish oil versus six grams of olive oil in the control group. Their conclusion? "Fish oil treatment for two years does not promote major favorable changes in the diameter of atherosclerotic coronary arteries" (author's emphasis). This means that arterial clogging was not decreased with the fish oil supplements. Omega-6 derivative AA prevents blood clotting Dr Warburg understood that slow blood speed allowed cancer to metastasise. Later, other researchers showed that if you can keep a localised cancer from metastasising, your risk of dying from cancer decreases by an amazing tenfold! Even though you may have cancer, you won't die from it. Blood speed and viscosity have a connection to the spread of cancer. This is a surprising, seldom-mentioned fact that was pointed out by world-renowned molecular biologist Robert Weinberg.49 What causes metastasis? Blood clots, and this is known, too.50 What prevents blood from "sticking together" and is also Nature's natural blood-thinner that prevents blood clots? No, it's not omega-3, like you are constantly told. Parent omega-6 is much more powerful. Arachidonic acid (AA) is a critical omega-6 derivative and major biochemical component which occurs in virtually every cell we have. It is the building block of the most potent anti-aggregatory ("helps blood thinning") agent known, termed prostacyclin. AA also inhibits platelet adhesion, making it a natural "blood thinner". AA even helps solve vascular problems as a response to injury.51 Heart attack victims often have depleted EFA levels, especially the EFA derivatives AA from parent omega-6 and EPA from parent omega-3.56 We need some parent omega-3 because EPA is one of its important derivatives. The problem is that fish oil supplements overdose us with far too much. What's really clogging the arteries Contrary to what we have heard for decades, it is not the saturated fat that clogs the arteries and impedes blood flow: it's the adulterated parent omega-6. A groundbreaking Lancet article (1994; 344:1195-96) reported investigating the components of arterial plaques. Felton et al. measured the individual components, and in an aortic artery clog they found over 10 different compounds but no saturated fat.57 There was some cholesterol in

A 90% Cancer Cure Diet using Flaxseed Oil & Cottage Cheese? Dr Johanna Budwig diet Cancer, Arthritis, Multiple sclerosis, Psoriasis, Eczema, Acne, ... Flaxseed oil and cottage cheese Six time nobel award nominated doctor says this essential nutrient combination actually prevents and cures cancer! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME - The Cancer Homepage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Flaxseed oil Testimonials : http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1158/MAILBAG.HTM http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1158/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six time nobel award nominated doctor says this essential nutrient combination actually prevents and helps body to cure cancer! by Robert Willner, M.D.,Ph.D. (author of "The Cancer Solution"). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr.Johanna Budwig Mix: Put in your blender: 1 cup Organic cottage cheese (low fat, not too hard one, best make your own)(or yogurt) 2-5 Tbsp. of flaxseeed oil- 1-3 Tbsp. of freshly ground up flaxseed (coffee grinder ($15) works fine) enough water to make it soft little cayenne optional: little garlic little red pepper little champagne Make it very soft. Eat some of it every day. (PS Adjust quantities for your taste !) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BUDWIG FLAX OIL DIET The Flaxseed (Linseed) oil diet was originally proposed by Dr. Johanna Budwig, a german biochemist and expert on fats and oils, in 1951 and recently re-examined by Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP (Oncologist and former cardiologist) in 1990. Dr. Roehm claims: "this diet is far and away the most successful anti-cancer diet in the world". Budwig claims that the diet is both a preventative and a curative. She says the absence of linol-acids [in the average western diet] is responsible for the production of oxydase, which induces cancer growth and is the cause of many other chronic disorders. The beneficial oxydase ferments are destroyed by heating or boiling oils in foods, and by nitrates used for preserving meat, etc. The theory is: the use of oxygen in the organism can be stimulated by protein compounds of sulphuric content, which make oils water-soluble and which is present in cheese, nuts, onion and leek vegetables such as leek, chive, onion and garlic, but especially cottage cheese. Ferments of cell respiration closely connected with the highly unsaturated fatty acids, are also needed for proper oxydation. It is essential to use only unrefined, cold-pressed oils with high linolic acid content, such as linseed, sunflower, soya, poppyseed, walnut, and corn oils. Such oil should be consumed together with foods containing the right proteins otherwise the oils will have the OPPOSITE EFFECT, causing more harm than good. The best combination is cottage cheese and linseed oil. The linseed should be freshly ground. Carbohydrates containing natural sugar, such as dates, figs, pears, apples and grapes, are also included in the diet. Honey is also beneficial. Most of the synthetic vitamin A preparations are bad because they contain oxidation products, but much carotine as provitamin A (from carrot) is consumed. Vitamin B from buttermilk, yoghurt, and natural yeast is beneficial. A person requires daily about 4 oz. of cottage cheese mixed well with 1.5 oz. of linseed oil and 1 oz. of milk. A blender or egg beater works fine. The mixture an be sweeten with honey or otherwise flavoured naturally. Fresh fruits can be added. Every morning 2 spoonfuls of freshly ground linseed oil should be taken in luke warm buttermilk or yoghurt. The diet is indicated for all kinds of chronic diseases, especially heart ailments (corony thrombosis), gall disorders, diabetes, arthritis, and malignancies. It improves failing hearing and sight. It is the ideal nutrient for children and infants. It is suggested that this diet be supplemented with lactic acid ferments (4). "What she (Dr. Johanna Budwig) has demonstrated to my initial disbelief but lately, to my complete satisfaction in my practice is: CANCER IS EASILY CURABLE, the treatment is dietary/lifestyle, the response is immediate; the cancer cell is weak and vulnerable; the precise biochemical breakdown point was identified by her in 1951 and is specifically correctable, in vitro (test-tube) as well as in vivo (real)... " (Roehm, "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990) GENERAL RULES The patient has no nourishment on day ..1 other than 250 ml (8.5 oz) of Flax Oil with honey plus freshly squeezed fruit juices (no sugar added!). In the case of a very ill person, champagne may be added on the first day in place of juice and is taken with the Flax Oil and honey. Champagne is easily absorbable and has a serious purpose here. 1) SUGAR IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN. Grape juice may be added to sweeten any other freshly squeezed juices. 2) Other 'forbiddens' are: - All animal fats. - All Salad Oils (this included commercial mayonnaise) - All Meats (chemicals & hormones) - Butter - Margarine - Preserved Meats (the preservatives block metabolism even of Flax Oil) 3) Freshly squeezed vegetable juices are fine - carrot, celery, apple, and red beet. 4) Three times daily a warm tea is essential - peppermint, rose hips or grape tea - all sweetened as desired with honey. One cup of black tea before noon is fine. DAILY PLAN Before breakfast - a glass of Acidophilus milk or Sauerkraut juice is taken. Breakfast - Muesli (regular cereal) is overlaid with 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Flax Oil and honey and fresh fruit according to season - berries, cherries, apricots, peaches, grated apple. Vary the flavour from day to day. Use any nuts except peanuts! Herbal teas as desired or black tea. A 4 oz (120 g) serving of THE SPREAD (directions below). This is fine to eat 'straight' like a custard, or add it to other foods taken in the day as you will see. Morning tea (10am) - A glass of fresh carrot juice, apple, celery, or beet-apple juice is taken. Lunch - Raw salad with yoghurt-Flax Oil Mayonnaise (directions below). In addition to 'greens' salads, use grated turnips, carrots, kohlrabi, radishes, sauerkraut or cauliflower. A fine powder of horseradish, chives or parsley may be added for flavour. Cooked Meal Course - Steamed vegetables, potatoes, or such grains as rice, buck-wheat or millet may be served. to these add either THE SPREAD or THE MAYO - for flavour and to up your intake of Flax Oil. Also mix THE SPREAD with potatoes for an especially hearty meal. Add caraway, chives, parsley or other herbs. Dessert - Mix fresh fruit other than those used for breakfast with THE SPREAD, this time (instead of honey), flavoured using cream of lemon, vanilla or berries. Afternoon Tea (4pm) - A small glass of natural wine (no preservatives) or champagne or fresh fruit juice with 1-2 tablespoons of honey-coated Fax Seeds. Supper - Have this early, at 6pm. Make a hot meal using buckwheat, oat or soy cakes. grits from buckwheat are the very best and can be placed in a vegetable soup, or in a more solid form of cakes with herbal sauce. Sweet sauces & soups can always be given far more healing energy by adding THE SPREAD. Only honey or grape juice can be used for sweeteners. NO white sugar (or brown!) Only freshly squeezed juices and NOT reconstituted juices (preservative danger) may be used. These must be completely natural. How to prepare 'THE SPREAD' Place 250 ml (8.5 oz) Flax Oil into a mixer bowl and add one pound (450 g) of 1 ottage Cheese (ie low fat eg Quark) and add 4 tablespoons (60 ml) of Honey. Turn on the mixer and add just enough low fat milk or water to get the contents of the bowl to blend in together. In 5 minutes, a preparation of custard consistency results that has NO taste of the oil (and no oily 'ring' should be seen when you rinse out the bowl). Alternatively, you can use Yoghurt instead of Cottage Cheese in proportions of 1 oz (30 g) of Yoghurt to 1 tablespoon (15 ml) each of Flax Oil and of honey and blend as above. NOTE: When Flax Oil is blended like this, it does not cause diarrhoea even when given in large amounts. It reacts chemically with the (sulphur) proteins of the cottage cheese, yoghurt, etc. How to prepare 'THE MAYO' (Mayonnaise): Mix together 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Flax Oil, 2 tablespoons (30 ml) milk, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Yoghurt. Then add 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Lemon juice (or Apple Cider Vinegar) and add 1 teaspoon (2.5g) Mustard plus some herbs such as marjoram or dill. Next add 2 or 3 slices of health food store pickles (no preservatives! - read label!) and a pinch of herbal salts. (The above mayonnaise plus lots of mustard and a few bananas is very tasty!) Concluding remarks by Dr. Roehm - "I only wish that all my patients had a PhD in Biochemistry and Quantum Physics to enable them to see how with such consummate skill this diet was put together. It is a wonder. The champagne vehicle IS easier to assimilate and get someone almost on their death-bed going again. A retention enema of 250 ml (8.5 oz) of oil is another route to get this precious life-furthering, ELECTRON-RICH oil into the body. It can also be applied to the skin for transdermal absorption. I'll answer your questions and give you "special orders" for you particular case. You will have to remain on this diet for a good 5 years, at which time your tumour may have disappeared. Persons who break the rules of this diet, Dr Budwig reports, (ie eating preserved meats, candy, etc) will sometimes grow rapidly worse and cannot be saved after they come back from their spree (bon-bons mean bye-bye). In 1967, Dr Budwig broadcast the following sentence during an interview over the South German Radio Network, describing her incoming patients with failed operations and x-ray therapy": "Even in these cases it is possible to restore health in a few months at most, I would truly say 90f the time". "This has never been contradicted, but this knowledge has been a long time reaching this side of the ocean, hasn't it? Cancer treatment can be very simple and very successful once you know how. The cancer interests dont want you to know this. May those of you who have suffered from this disease (and I include your family and friends in this) forgive the miscreants who have kept this simple information from reaching you for so long". (signed) Dan C. Roehm, M.D. FACP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best, purest, most carefully prepared Flax Oil in America is, in my opinion", said Roehm, "is Omegaflo. Arrowhead mills label is most often seen in Florida (USA). Look for the Omegaflo". "FLAX (LINSEED) OIL is readily denatured by oxygen, heat, and light. That's why it is used in paint. Rancid oil is bad for health, so oil MUST be carefully produced, packed under nitrogen in light-proof containers, refrigerated until used, used as fresh as possible, and stabilised with protein (THE SPREAD, etc) promptly once the container is opened..." Flax Seeds may also be used. Seeds need only be cracked in a food blender, or they may be ground in a coffee grinder. One needs three times the amount of seed to get the oil equivalent. Seeds are high in calories, so one may gain weight. The seeds are also high in soluble fibre, so blending with liquid tends to produce ever-hardening "jellies". Fresh-cracked seed sprinkled on muesli & eaten promptly tastes great. ------- Ed McCabe (p85, "Oxygen Therapies") discusses his point of view on essential fatty acids: "The red blood cells in the lungs give up carbon dioxide and take on oxygen. They are then transported to the cell site via the blood vessels, where, they release their oxygen into the plasma. This released oxygen is "attracted" to the cells by the "resonance" of the pi-electron" oxidation-enhancing fatty acids. Otherwise, oxygen cannot work its way into the cell. "Electron rich fatty acids" play the decisive role in "respiratory enzymes, which are the basis of cell oxidation...". "Dont eat anything hydrogenated like (like margarine, or fried foods) as it defeats oxygenation. Avoid products that say "hydrogenated". "We should eat essential polyunsaturated fatty acids to enhance oxygenation. They can be found naturally in Carotene, Saffron, and Flaxseed oil." REFERENCES 1. "Promotion and Prevention of Tumour Growth Effects of Endotoxin, Inflamation, and Dietary Lipids", by Raymond Kearney, Ph.D, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia. International Clinical Nutrition Review, October, 1987 Vol. 7, No. 4. 2. Roehm, "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990 3. Ed McCabe, "Oxygen Therapies" 4. "The natural way to better health and longer life", Bullivant. 5. Arlin J. Brown, "March of Truth On Cancer", (seventh edition). Summary of 79 nontoxic cancer treatments. Available from the Arlin J. Brown Information Centre Inc., P.O. Box 251, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060. Ph: 1-703-752-9511. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who is Dr. Johanna Budwig? Dr. Johanna Budwig is known and highly respected around the world as Germany's premier biochemist. In addition, Dr. Budwig holds a Ph.D. in Natural Science, has undergone medical training, and was schooled in pharmaceutical science, physics, botany and biology. In all courses, this brilliant scientist excelled. She is best known for her extensive research on the properties and benefits of flaxseed oil combined with sulphurated proteins in the diet, and over the years has published a number of books on the subject, including "Cancer--A Fat Problem," "The Death of the Tumor," and "True Health Against Arteriosclerosis, Heart Infarction & Cancer." Dr. Budwig has assisted many seriously ill individuals, even those given up as terminal by orthodox medical practitioners, to regain their health through a simple regimen of nutrition. The basis of Dr. Budwig's program is the use of flaxseed oil blended with low-fat cottage cheese. In the mid 1950's, Dr. Budwig began her long and meticulous research on the importance of essential fatty acids (linoleic and linolenic) in the diet. Her subsequent discoveries and announcements sparked mixed reactions. While the general public was eager for this astounding information, German manufacturers of commercial dietary fats (margarine, hard shortening, vegetable oils) went to extremes to prevent her from publishing her findings. Fortunately, while Dr. Budwig's vital announcements were initially met with resistance backed by those with financial stakes in the commercial fats industry, her persistence paid off. Today, Dr. Johanna Budwig is world renowned for her important discoveries on the benefits of flaxseed oil. Her fame precedes her as she lectures all over Europe. Fats-Good and Bad Dr. Johanna preaches against the use of what she calls "pseudo" fats. In order to extend the shelf life of their products, manufacturers use chemical processes that render their food products harmful to the body. These harmful fats go by a number of names, including "hydrogenated," "partially hydrogenated" and even "polyunsaturated." The chemical processing of fats destroys the vital electron cloud within the fat. Once the electrons have been removed, these fats can no longer bind with oxygen, and they actually become a harmful substance deposited within the body. The heart, for instance, rejects these fats and they end up as inorganic fatty deposits on the heart muscle itself. Chemically processed fats are not water-soluble when bound to protein. They end up blocking circulation, damage heart action, inhibit cell renewal and impede the free flow of blood and lymph fluids. The bio-electrical action in these areas slows down and may become completely paralyzed. The entire organism shows a measurable loss of electrical energy which is replenished only by adding active lipids to the diet. These nutritional fats are truly vital for man and beast alike. Science has proven that fats play an important role in the functioning of the entire body. Fats (lipids) are vital for all growth processing, renewal of cells, brain and nerve functions, even for the sensory organs (eyes and ears), and for the body's adjustment to heat, cold and quick temperature changes. Our energy resources are based on lipid metabolism. To function efficiently, cells require true polyunsaturated, live electron-rich lipids, present in abundance in raw flaxseed oil. True polyunsaturated fats greedily absorb proteins and oxygen and pump them through the system. Lipids are only water-soluble and free-flowing when bound to protein; thus the importance of protein-rich cottage cheese. When high quality, electron-rich fats are combined with proteins, the electrons are protected until the body requires energy. This energy source is then fully and immediately available to the body on demand, as nature intended. Proven Benefits Still Pouring In Since Dr. Johanna Budwig's findings on the benefits of flaxseed oil have been widely publicized, scientists around the world have eagerly jumped on the bandwagon. Studies conducted using flaxseed oil on numerous disorders have been pouring in from all over the world, showing impressive results, including anti-tumor activity, increased metabolism, greatly boosted immune system, reduced cholesterol levels, normalized blood pressure levels and inhibition of cancer cell growth. Books research reports, articles and testimonials abound, all touting the healthy benefits achieved by supplementing the diet with organic, raw, cold-pressed flaxseed oil with low-fat cottage cheese. Dr. Budwig's research was based on using the ratio of 2 tablespoons flaxseed oil mixed with one-quarter cup of low fat cottage cheese. Backed with all this extensive research, the indisputable fact is: Supplementing your diet daily with flaxseed oil combined with sulphurated proteins could very well be the most important thing you do for yourself every day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A top European cancer research scientist, Dr Johanna Budwig, has discovered a totally natural formula that not only protects against the development of cancer but people all over the world who have been diagnosed with incurable cancer and sent home to die have actually been cured and now lead normal healthy lives. After three decades of research Dr. Budwig, sixtime nominee for the Nobel Award, found that the blood of seriously ill cancer patients was always, without exception, deficient in certain important essential ingredients which included substances called phosphatides and lipoproteins. (The blood of a healthy person always contains sufficient quantities of these essential ingredients. However, without these natural ingredients cancer cells grow wild and out of control.) Blood analysis showed a strange greenish-yellow substance in place of the healthy red oxygen carrying hemoglobin that belongs there. This explained why cancer patients weaken and become anemic This startling discovery led Dr. Budwig to test her theory. She found that when these natural ingredients where replaced over approximately a three month period, tumors gradually receded. The strange greenish elements in the blood were replaced with healthy red blood cells as the phosphatides and lipoproteins almost miraculously reappeared. Weakness and anemia disappeared and life energy was restored. Symptoms of cancer, liver dysfunction and diabetes were completely alleviated. Dr. Budwig then discovered an all natural way for people to replace those essential ingredients their bodies so desperately needed in their daily diet. By simply eating a combination of just two natural and delicious foods not only can cancer be prevented but in case after case it was actually cured. (These two natural foods, organic flax seed oil & cottage cheese) must be eaten together to be effective since one triggers the properties of the other to be released.) After more than 10 years of solid clinical application, Dr. Budwig's natural formula has proven successful where many orthodox remedies have failed. Dr. Budwig's formula has been used therapeutically in Europe for prevention of: Cancer! Arteriosclerosis, Strokes, Cardiac Infarction, Heartbeat (irregular), Liver (fatty degeneration), Lungs (reduces bronchial spasms), Intestines (regulates activity). Stomach Ulcers (normalizes gastric juices), Prostate (hypertopic), Arthritis (exerts a favorable influence), Eczema (assists all skin diseases), Old age (improves many common afflictions), Brain (strenghthens activity), Immune Deficiency Syndromes (multiple sclerosis, autoimmune illnesses) Thousands have flocked to hear Dr. Budwig lecture all over Europe. The many people Dr. Budwig's formula has helped testify to the benefits of her remarkable discovery. Following are a few examples: In one of my interviews with Dr. Budwig I was introduced to Siegried Ernst, M.D.. He is a rare and dedicated man who counts among his personal friends the current Pope as well as many other dignitaries. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Testimonials : Dr. Ernst Seventeen years ago Dr. Ernst had developed cancer for which he had major surgery requiring removal of his stomach. Two years later he had a recurrence of the cancer and was offered chemotherapy as the only available remedy. There was little hope for survival as virtually all individuals with recurrence of this type of cancer rarely last a year. Dr. Ernst knew that chemotherapy was not only ineffective for his type of cancer but completaly destructive of the quality of life, so he refused. He turned to Dr. Budwig and her formula for help. He religiously followed Dr. Budwig's formula and fifteen years later has not had any recurrence of cancer. As a matter of fact he seemed to me to be in perfect health and is tireless for a man in his late seventies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria W. Maria W. tells her story in her own words: "I was told by the most expert of doctors that I would have to be operated on to cut out the cancerous tumor that was causing a swelling under my eye. They explained that the size of the tumor was much greater inside and that there was very serious bone involvement. The malignancy was too far advanced to respond to radiation treatment. The doctors planned to remove considerable facial tissue and bone. I was afraid for my life, but being a young woman, couldn't bear the thought of such disfigurement. When I heard about Dr. Budwig's natural formula, I was skeptical but desperate for help. After four months on this regimen, the swelling under my left eye completely disappeared. The doctors at the University hospital gave me many exhausting tests. One told me, 'If I didn't have your previous x-rays and medical history in front of me, I wouldn't believe that you ever had cancer. There is hardly any indication of a tumor remaining.' I never thought using Dr, Budwig's formula would be so successful. My whole family and I are very grateful." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandy A. An examination of Sandy A. revealed arachnoidal bleeding due to an inoperable brain tumor. The doctors informed Sandy that he was beyond medical help. At his expressed wish, Sandy was discharged from the hospital and sent home to die in peace. A friend brought Dr. Budwigs formula to Sandys attention. Sandy writes. Since I went on the Budwig regimen, the paralysis is of my eyes, arms, and legs has receded daily. After only a short period of time, I was able to urinate normally. My health improved so rapidly that I was soon able to return to my work part-time. Shortly after that, I was again examined at the Research Center and my reflexes were completely normal. The Budwig diet saved my life! Ten years later, I was given a thorough examination at the Center as a follow-up. My incredible recovery has been written up In many medical journals and I have become what they call a 'textbook case,' and all because of Dr. Johanna Budwig's simple diet." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timmy G. Seven years ago Timmy G. was diagnosed as having Hodgkins disease. The child was operated on and underwent 24 radiation treatments, plus additional experimental therapies that the experts hoped would be of some small help. When Timmy failed to respond favorably to these heroic measures, he was discharged as incurable, and given six months to live and sent home to die. The desperate parents contacted specialists all over the world. A famous newspaper took up Timmy's cause and ran editorials pleading for someone to come forth who could offer hope for the life of a child. All the specialists who replied confirmed the cruel prognosis: There was no hope or help for Timmy. At this dark hour the miracle the family had prayed for happened! Timmy's mother told her story to the press: "A friend sent me a printed piece about one of Dr. Budwig's speeches. This material gave us hope and I contacted Dr. Budwig. In just five days, (on the Budwig regimen) Timmy's breathing became normal for the first lime In almost two years. From this day on, Timmy began to feel good again. He went back to school, started swimming and by winter he was doing craft work. Everyone who knows him says how well he looks." At age 18 Timmy is showing great promise in his university work. He knows he owes his life to Dr. Budwig and thanks her daily in his prayers. One of the two foods in on Budwig's formula, cottage cheese, is available in nearly every grocery store in America. The other, pure organic linseed oil, however comes primarily from Europe and can only be found in certain health food stores throughout the United States. By simply mixing these two delicious foods together and eating them you will be providing yourself and your family with the optimal preventive nutritional protection against cancer and other disease. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, fresh expeller pressed flaxseed oil is available in most countries in the world, including USA and Europe. Books to read: "Flax Oil As a True Aid Against Arthritis Heart Infarction Cancer and Other Diseases" by Johanna Dr. Budwig Amazon Price: $5.56 Read more about this title... "The Breuss Cancer Cure" : Advice for the Prevention and Natural Treatment of Cancer, Leukemia and Other Seemingly Incurable Diseases by Rudolf Breuss Amazon Price : $11.00 "A Cancer Therapy" : Results of Fifty Cases and the Cure of Advanced Cancer by Diet Therapy : A Summary of 30 Years of Clinical Experimentation by M. Max Gerson Amazon Price: $24.95 Read more about this title... Flax Oil by Dr Budwig http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0969527217/9789-9510244-200272 http://www.oxytherapy.com/mail-archive/oct96/165.html Flax Oil and Cancer -A Tape Transcription by Clifford Beckwith http://www.public.usit.net/spinner/Flax1.html Links to Other Flaxseed Oil & Health Sites http://www.public.usit.net/spinner/Flaxlink.html Dr. Budwig and The Healing Power of Flaxseed (Commercial site) http://www.barleans.com/budwig.html Essential Fatty Acids for Kids Superimmunity http://www.healthychild.com/efa.htm Flaxseed and the Immune System @ http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/flaxnut16.htm The Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Adults and Children http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/flaxnut11.htm Essential Fatty Acids: Are You Deficient In These Key Nutrients? http://www.barleans.com/deficient.html Other Pages On This Site About Cancer: What Doctors say about Chemo Therapy here What Doctors say about Radiation Therapy here What doctors say about Breast cancer ? here Cancer cause : Dental Risk ? here Govallo http://home.earthlink.net/~emptherapies/vginet.html Burzynski http://catalog.com/bri/bri.htm Cancer & Nutrition Articles http://drcranton.com/nutrition.htm Nutrition In The News Diet Gerson http://www.gerson.com/history.html http://www.1999.com/gerson/ http://www.gerson.com/cnb104.html http://gerson.org/booklist.html..acancertherapy Gerson Institute http://www.gerson.org/index.html ******************************************* Tibetan Buddhist Monks - Sacred Healing Chant EFAs, Oxygenation and Cancer Prevention Cancer as well as heart disease can be prevented by taking a ratio of at least 1:1 up to 2.5:1 unadulterated parent omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids plus specific vitamins and minerals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extracted from Nexus Magazine, Volume 14, Number 1 (December 2006 - January 2007) PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560 Australia. editor@nexusmagazine.com Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax: +61 (0)7 5442 9381 From our web page at: www.nexusmagazine.com © 2006 by Prof. Brian Scott Peskin, BSEE (MIT)1 Website: http://www.BrianPeskin.com Based on his book, co-written with Amid Habib, MD, FAAP, FACE, The Hidden Story of Cancer (Pinnacle Press, Houston, USA, 2006) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The prime cause of cancer is not genetic Cancer was once an uncommon disease affecting a small percentage of Americans. In 1900, only 3% of the population died of cancer.2 But now, cancer has become so common that virtually everyone knows someone afflicted with this terrible disease. In fact, for the average American, contraction of cancer isn't the exception; instead, it has become the rule.3 We've come to accept cancer as unstoppable, incurable and even a natural part of life. This perception is a tragedy, since cancer is not a natural disease for man and is preventable. What is shocking to most people, is the scientific fact that cancer is genetically recessive, not dominant. In fact, the human body is highly resistant to cancer. In 1969, Professor Henry Harris of Oxford University shook the cancer research community to its core when he proved these previous theories wrong. Professor Harris took normal tissue cells and fused three types of cancer cells to them. Surely, he thought, the cancer cells would take over the normal cells and "convert" them into cancer. Surprisingly, they grew normally.4 Contrary to popular opinion, cancer takes several decades to develop in humans.5 Given this long incubation period, science can show us the way to destroy any initial pre-cancerous cells and keep the cancerous ones from causing widespread damage. If you think cancer has a genetic basis, then think again. Dr Robert A. Weinberg of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the world's leading cancer researchers and discoverer of the so-called oncogene (cancer-causing gene), reversed his previous conclusions after discovering that "fewer than one DNA base in a million appears to have been miscopied". It's not enough of a defect! His exact words: "Something was very wrong. The notion that a cancer developed through the successive activation of a series of oncogenes had lost its link to reality." He called the genetic discoveries made thus far "sterile".6 The prime cause of cancer is therefore not genetic. This was announced in 1998. Did you hear about it? Probably not. In 2006, the heads of the world's largest cancer research centre in Houston, Texas, announced that cancer's prime cause isn't genetic: "'If it could have happened [solving cancer with genetics], it would have already happened with genetic mutations,' said William Brinkley, a senior vice-president at Baylor who says other research should take precedence over the cancer genome project� Dr John Mendelsohn [president of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center] states, 'Any claims that this [genetic research] is going to be the key to curing cancer are not appropriate.'"7 Thus, the prime cause of cancer is not a genetic mutation. Even if cancer "runs in your family", there is real hope. Unfortunately, the geneticists have it backwards, attempting to force the facts to fit their genetics-based theories when they don't fit the facts, because, as Professor Harris demonstrated many years ago, cancer isn't genetically dominant. Where does this leave us? Where can we look for solutions? What about the popular nutritional solutions to fighting cancer? The popular anti-cancer "solutions" don't work Most people diligently follow the experts' recommendations in the hope of winning the war on cancer. Unfortunately, virtually nothing of what we are told is based on scientific facts. Consider the following list of supposed "solutions", along with the date of their published failures as reported in the world's leading medical journals. Many of us never hear of the retractions and consequently keep following methods that don't protect us from contracting cancer. (a) Fruits and vegetables: Even the green leafy vegetables don't protect against contracting breast cancer (JAMA 2001; 285:769-776).8 (b) Fibre: This worsens colon cancer rather than helping prevent it (Lancet 2000; 356:1286-7).9 (c) Mammography: Samuel S. Epstein, MD (chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition), Rosalie Bertell and Barbara Seaman published an article exposing truths about mammography that most women have never been told (Int J Health Sci 2001; 31(3):605-15): "Contrary to popular belief and assurances by the US media...mammography is not a technique for early diagnosis. In fact, a breast cancer has usually been present for about eight (8) years before it can finally be detected..."10 (d) Fish oil: Most fish oil supplements are worthless in preventing cancer and may be hazardous to your health (articles: 1995�2006). The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) 4th Congress, which met on 4�9 June 2000 in Tsukuba, Japan, reported the following:11 "...[S]tudies indicate that at the levels used, fish oil [comprised of omega-3 derivatives] decreases a wide range of immune cell responses (natural killer cell, cytotoxic T lymphocyte activities, lymphocyte proliferation and production of IL-2 and IFN-y (1,2))..." "...Recent studies have indicated that relatively low levels of the long chain omega-3 fatty acids (EPA or DHA)...are sufficient to bring about some of the suppressive effects..." "...This decrease (of inhibited lymphocyte proliferation and natural killer cell activity) causes increased cellular bacteria [infection] and impaired tumor cell killing." Any substance causing impaired tumour cell killing ability is cancer-causing�the opposite of what we desire. With so many of us consuming fish oil, could this be another reason that cancer contraction rates are increasing instead of decreasing? Fish oil is also worthless in preventing heart disease, and Harvard Medical School warned us about this years ago but too few Americans listened.12 Consuming whole fish instead of fish oil failed, too.13 The Japanese have greater cancer rates and greater heart disease rates than Americans. Cancer has been Japan's number-one cause of death since 1981.14 The popular media don't often disclose these startling facts. In January 2006, the omega-3 anti-cancer fallacy was exposed (JAMA 2006; 295(4)): "A large body of literature spanning numerous cohorts from many countries and with different demographic characteristics does not provide evidence to suggest a significant association between omega-3 fatty acids and [lack of] cancer incidence. Dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids [is] unlikely to prevent cancer."15 The most comprehensive analysis to date, published in the British Medical Journal of 24 March 2006, reviewing 96 trials including 44 trials with supplements and five trials consisting of mainly ALA (parent omega-3) from plants like flax with the remainder being fish oil, confirms the anti-cancer failure: "We found no evidence that omega-3 fats had an effect on the incidence of cancer and there was no inconsistency... This systematic review assessed the health effects of using omega-3 fats (together or separately) on total mortality, cardiovascular events, cancer and strokes in a wide variety of participants and found no evidence of a clear benefit of omega-3 fats on health."16 Unfortunately, in spite of these facts, most physicians around the world still recommend fish oil to prevent both cancer and heart disease. (e) Soy: Soy products won't protect you against contracting cancer, either. The properties of soy are still touted by nutritionists, physicians and popular health and beauty publications, all ignorant of the scientific facts. There is a very hazardous side to soy that you need to know about. For example, the article "Soybean Goiter: Report of Three Cases" (NEJM 1960; 262(22):1099-1103) details three cases of infants developing goitre when they were consuming soybean "formula". The condition was rapidly eliminated in two of the infants when the soy "formula" was terminated. The third child was cured when iodine was added to the diet.17 What did soy formula have to do with thyroid (goitre) problems? Soybeans are a source of isoflavonoids, including genistein and daidzein. Contrary to popular belief and what is often reported in the media, they are both hazardous to your health. The following comes from Biochemical Pharmacology 1997; 54:1087-96): "Soybeans contain compounds (genistein and daidzein-the 'active ingredients') that inhibit [interfere with] thyroid peroxidase (TPO) which is essential to thyroid hormone synthesis [production]." Soybeans are not good for the thyroid! The popular so-called phyto-oestrogens genistein and daidzein are actually endocrine disruptors. Women around the world have been misled. What does soy "formula" have to do with the iodine deficiency? Soy contains phytates which "magnetise out" essential nutrients like iodine. Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services, lists 288 records of soy at its "FDA Poisonous Plant Database" (March 2006 revision). Their website will shock you as you discover that soy is anything but a health food (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/pltx.cgi?QUERY=soy).18 Soy harms your immune system, too. Back in 1975, the Canadian Journal of Biochemistry reported that soybeans actually weaken your immune system:21 "Soybean trypsin inhibitor was found to inhibit transformation of human lymphocytes..." Here's why this happens. Trypsin is an enzyme produced by your pancreas and used in digesting protein; it is critical for antibody production. An inhibitor is something that disables. Think of it like having one foot on the gas and another on the brake of your automobile at the same time. Your car's engine would blow up. So a trypsin inhibitor will irritate your pancreas, stressing it to produce hormones when it can't, leading to decreased oxygenation from the irritation. Soy prevents the protein you eat from being fully utilised and digested. Your immune system can't get fuelled with proper antibodies and lymphocytes--a double whammy. Therefore, soy is cancer-causing to your pancreas, and cancer of the pancreas is typically a death sentence. Because of bad advice, many women especially have decreased the amount of cancer-fighting animal-based protein they consume in favour of soy. Resist this incorrect advice and minimise your chances of contracting both thyroid and pancreatic cancer. Dr Otto Warburg's anti-cancer research Many of my physician colleagues were shocked to discover these truths. How many of us saw these important medical journal findings reported in the popular press? Unfortunately, not enough of us. Don't despair, because there is an anti-cancer answer. It was discovered back in 1925 by Otto Warburg, MD, PhD. Dr Warburg has been referred to as the greatest biochemist of the 20th century; the sheer number and magnitude of his discoveries qualify him as the most accomplished biochemist of all time.22 In the 1920s, Dr Warburg carried on the research on respiratory enzymes, certain vitamins and minerals that the body requires for the utilisation of oxygen in the cells, which eventually earned him the Nobel Prize in 1931. (Today, these vitamins and minerals are termed "co-enzymes".) The Nobel Committee clearly expected the medical world to benefit through Otto Warburg's vital discoveries about cancer. Unfortunately, politics intervened and cancer wasn't eradicated. Despite his early successes and honours, Dr Warburg continued to make major fundamental discoveries throughout his later years as well, capping off an amazingly fruitful 60-year career in research. In addition, Dr Warburg often created new tools for his research. For example, he discovered how to measure the pressure of oxygen in a living cell by developing a special manometer�a very important development that led to his discovery that low oxygen concentration and pressure always presaged the development of cancer. The importance of Dr Warburg's achievement is that he isolated the functional prime cause of cancer. Rather than working on a theoretical level too far removed from the physiological realities of cancer to be able to provide practical therapies and preventive programs, he described the actual conditions in the cells that set up and cause cancer, and by doing this made it possible for others later to develop functional, practical ways to inhibit the development of cancer. It is appalling that no significant principle out of his numerous discoveries has been utilised by the US medical research community for cancer prevention, treatment and remission retention. Despite the expression of opinions disputing the direction and validity of Warburg's work, no scientist or researcher has ever disproved the validity, correctness or applicability of these important discoveries to the prevention and cure of cancer. Even today, medical consensus often has little to do with science. Politics has squandered the efforts of many cancer researchers. The prime cause of cancer We have become so accustomed to being told that "some day" we might discover what causes cancer and that cancer is the major medical mystery of our modern time, that the following might be hard to believe. Dr Otto Warburg discovered and clearly stated that the prime, most basic, cause of cancer is too little oxygen getting into the cell. "We find by experiment about 35% inhibition of oxygen respiration already suffices to bring about such a transformation during cell growth," he stated at a 1966 conference of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany.28 That's it! It sounds very simple, doesn't it? Just one-third less oxygen than normal and you contract cancer. Based on meticulous experiments that he and many others verified numerous times, Dr Warburg discovered and stated that the prime, number-one cause of cancer is simply too little oxygen getting into the cell (hypoxia). It gets worse because once a cell becomes cancerous, it can't return to normal; it must be destroyed (Science 1956; 123(3191)).29 When I first encountered this information, I didn't believe it. Even now, there is still no one who is more shocked than I am! To my amazement, this cancer-oxygen connection information has been published numerous times in recent cancer journals, e.g., Radiotherapy and Oncology 1993; 26(1):45-50 and 1999; 53:113-17.30 However, the practical solution to solving the oxygen deficiency problem has evaded researchers�probably because they haven't known where to start. Taking hydrogen peroxide, calcium supplements, fish oil supplements, massive amounts of omega-3, ozone or so-called "oxygenated water" won't solve the cellular oxygen deficiency. No one has been able to advance Dr Warburg's discovery until now. This lack of understanding explains many of the misunderstood biochemical activities related to cancer that waste precious time and lead virtually nowhere. Only Dr Warburg's anti-cancer discovery predicts so many never-before-explained real-life results.31 Dr Warburg's discovery has been verified numerous times both in turning normal cells cancerous and in showing that cancer doesn't develop in highly oxygenated areas. Surprisingly, it was American physicians who conclusively proved it in 1953 and confirmed it in 1955! Goldblatt and Cameron noted (p. 535) (J. Experimental Medicine 1953; 97:535-552) that once damage is too great to the cell, then no amount of oxygen will return the cell's respiration back to normal: it is forever doomed to a cancerous life. This is why prevention is the ultimate solution to never contracting cancer. However, they confirmed it is possible to prevent a "respiration-impacted" precancerous cell from becoming permanently cancerous if oxygen deficiency is stopped early enough.32 Secondary causes of cancer Virtually every supposed cause of cancer mentioned today in the health and nutritional media is a secondary cause. Secondary causes include things such as environment, chemical carcinogens, environmental and medical radiation, trans-fats, food additives, the chemicals in tobacco smoke, viruses and even genetic mutations. There are innumerable secondary causes of cancer, and minimising them and their harmful effects can be helpful in preventing cancer. But endlessly pursuing new secondary causes, like smoking, without explaining specifically what common effect they have on the cells, has never led, and will never lead, researchers to a real cancer cure. Dr Warburg cautioned us again and again about wasting precious time pursuing secondary causes. Make no mistake about this: the thing every secondary cause of cancer has in common with every other one is that it leads, directly or indirectly, to insufficient oxygen in the cells. Therefore, if we directly address the question of how to get sufficient oxygen into the cells, we will have minimised the danger from every type of secondary cause. Exercise is not the solution to remaining cancer-free I know what many of you are likely thinking: "I exercise a lot, therefore I am oxygenating my blood. I've got cancer beat!" No. All that exercise didn't stop world champion cyclist Lance Armstrong from contracting cancer. It is true that by exercising you are increasing oxygenation to your blood. However, by doing so, you still haven't guaranteed that this oxygen will be transferred effectively to each cell in each organ in your body. Dr Warburg made it quite clear that oxygen alone is not sufficient: "To be sure, cancer development takes place even in the presence of free oxygen gas in the atmosphere, but this oxygen may not penetrate in sufficient quantity into the growing body cells, or the respiratory apoenzymes of the growing body cells may not be saturated with the active groups."34 There are many factors that promote the lack of cellular oxygen, including certain deficiencies we will talk about shortly. Exercise, by itself, is therefore not the solution to remaining cancer free. Many people, including athletes, who exercise regularly still get cancer. Furthermore, a person breathes at least 17,000 times a day (12 breaths a minute). Do you really think that you aren't breathing in enough oxygen with 17,000 breaths a day? You are. The problem lies elsewhere. Essential fatty acids and EFA-containing oils The body requires special fats that, among other important functions, make it possible for sufficient oxygen to reach the cells via the cellular membranes, which are the key. These special fats are highly oxygen-absorbing. Called essential fatty acids, or EFAs, these special fats must be supplied from outside the body every day, from foods and certain oils, because your body can't manufacture them on its own. There are two "parent" forms of EFAs that allow your body to make whatever it needs from them, i.e., various types of EFA "derivatives". Parent omega-6 is termed linoleic acid (LA), and parent omega-3 is termed alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). For tables of EFA-containing oils, shown with their percentages of parent omega-6 to parent omega-3, as well as of some EFA derivatives, see http://www.BrianPeskin/Nexus.com. With all the hoopla about olive oil, I want you to know that it contains mainly omega-9, a non-essential oil that your body itself makes. "Extra virgin" olive oil is traditionally unprocessed and therefore not cancer-causing, but it won't protect you against contracting cancer in the least. Avoid margarine: it won't go bad even when kept out of the fridge. This is the proof of hydrogenated oil's failure to oxygenate. If it still could oxygenate when eaten, it would turn rancid when left unrefrigerated--just like fish does. Canola and soy oils are not recommended; neither was ever meant for human consumption but as food for farm animals or for industrial applications. Many foods, especially salad dressings, now contain canola oil. You should try to avoid it. The oils must be uncooked, or at the very least only slightly heated, to retain their important nutritional properties. Also bear in mind that some supplement manufacturers' labels fail to separately identify and distinguish the parent EFAs from the EFA derivatives. It may be impossible to tell whether you are getting the parent EFAs or the EFA derivatives. Make certain of what you're getting before you purchase it. Make sure the oils are raw, unprocessed and organic and that they do not contain fish oil or any hydrogenated oils. Omega-6 versus omega-3 ratios in the body We must look at the tissue content of our bodies to determine what oils contain the best anti-cancer EFAs. It is known from pathology studies that the brain and nervous system have a ratio of one part omega-6 to one part omega-3 (1:1). Some nutritionists suggest that this ratio is best, but they are wrong. Here's why. Most organs contain a 4:1 omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. However, the brain, nervous system and organs comprise only about 12% of body weight. Skin is 100% parent omega-6 and contains no omega-3;35 it comprises about 4% of body weight. The muscles comprise at least 50% of total body weight and are the prime factor to account for in determining the required parent omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. A key fact about muscle structure is that muscle contains from 5.5 to 7.5 times more omega-6 than omega-3, depending on the degree of physical condition.36 We are warned about "overdosing" on omega-6 in our diets and told that we must take lots of oils containing omega-3 to compensate. We are told that we are ingesting upwards of 20 times too much omega-6. This is wrong, and there is much more to the analysis. Scientifically, you need an organic supplement with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 of 1:1 up to 2.5:1. With this powerfully effective ratio, you only require a minimum amount of 3-4 grams on a daily basis. This ratio is significantly different than your physician, health practitioner or writers on popular nutritional publications will likely suggest: they simply don't know and understand the basis of it. Their analysis consists of a significant number of errors, and I hope you will review the paper "The Scientific Calculation of the Optimum Omega 6/3 Ratio" at http://www.BrianPeskin.com (click on "EFA Report") so you will understand this as well as the science behind the calculation of the ideal omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. Today, people automatically think of fish oil or flax oil as the anti-cancer solution. Following these incorrect recommendations is a significant factor in why America's cancer rates continue to skyrocket in spite of millions of people taking these oils. Fish oil, with an overdose of omega-3 series derivatives, can actually be cancer-causing-the opposite of what we desire--and flax oil contains far too much parent omega-3. Most parent omegas do not get converted to derivatives; they remain in the cell membranes and tissues in original parent form. Few scientists understand this and few medical texts explain it.37 Furthermore, commercial food processing destroys a significant amount of these EFAs, along with their oxygenating ability. EFA-containing foods in the diet Here's a representative listing of categories of foods containing these essential oils. It is imperative to understand that these foods must be grown organically and, if necessary, processed with low heat and no artificial preservatives-otherwise the EFAs will be ruined, like the trans-fat, hydrogenated, cancer-causing oils you've heard about. Compare your diet and these EFA-containing foods. Are you getting enough of them? Dairy/eggs/cheese: "Raw milk" cheeses and organic eggs are excellent sources of EFAs. Pasteurised (heated) milk is deficient in EFAs and is detrimental to infants. Meats: Organically raised and processed chicken, beef (grass-fed is best38), lamb, pork, etc. are rich sources of EFAs. Animal-based protein is also important for obtaining anti-cancer vitamins and minerals and for producing strong haemoglobin which enables oxygen transportation. Nuts: Organic, unprocessed raw almonds, walnuts, peanuts, cashews, etc. Seafood: Shrimp (prawns), fish, lobster, crab, clams, oysters, etc. It is important to understand that consuming lots of seafood is not the anti-cancer answer. Seafood is overly abundant in both parent and derivative omega-3 EFAs. Fish, especially farmed fish, contains mostly omega-3 derivatives; farmed fish and oil from farmed fish are to be avoided. Seeds: Organic sunflower, sesame, flax, pumpkin, etc. The following foods do not contain usable EFAs for humans: Fruits and vegetables: Animals with multiple stomachs can extract EFAs out of plant-based cellulose like grass, but humans, with only one stomach, cannot. Even if we could extract the EFAs, we could never eat the volume required to get enough. Grains/cereals: Humans cannot extract the EFAs from them. The miracle of EFA "oxygen magnets" Think of these polyunsaturated EFAs as "oxygen magnets". The proof of this fact is buried in the world's leading medical textbooks and medical journals such as Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 26th edition,40 and Human Nutrition Clinical Nutrition, July 1984.41 EFAs are integral to the structure and function of cellular respiration. Without high respiration efficiency, cancer is soon to follow. These EFA oxygen magnets in the cell membrane attract the oxygen that's in the bloodstream and transfer it into the cell, just like little oxygen sponges. This process is supposed to be happening in each of the body's 100 trillion cells. So, no matter how much you breathe or exercise, if you don't have the proper functional EFAs at the cellular level then your cells will not absorb enough oxygen from your bloodstream and you will be that much more susceptible to cancer. Remember that the cancer "threshold" is a 35% decrease in cellular oxygen. Without a continuing new supply of these EFAs from food, cellular oxygen transfer is significantly reduced. Imagine what would happen if you had 100 trillion cells that were all deficient in a vital substance they required to be able to absorb oxygen. Here's an example showing how these essential fats absorb oxygen. At the supermarket, fish goes bad in only a few days because the oil in the fish is highly oxygen-absorbing-it reacts rapidly with the oxygen in the air. Fish spoils rapidly because the EFA-containing oil has the capacity to absorb lots of oxygen. This chemical process is called oxidation. This is also true with other types of essential fats. They do their job of absorbing oxygen, but because of it they have a limited life. They simply won't work after a short period. EFAs become "spent", i.e., rancid. That's why they need to be replaced every day from our food-Nature designed us this way. There are many ways to add additional oxygen to the bloodstream, such as by exercising, drinking "oxygenated" water or breathing purer air. However, these partial solutions are insufficient for maximum anti-cancer protection. When the EFA deficiency is solved, every organ becomes its own "oxygen magnet", just as Nature intended. Breast cancer and oxygen deficiency Breast cancer is the number-one cancer plague to women worldwide. The growing incidence of breast cancer can be explained for the first time in light of Dr Warburg's discovery about lack of oxygen to the cells. The breasts consist of an exceptionally high amount of fatty tissue. A typical cell membrane in muscle tissue is half-fat and contains about one-third EFAs (oxygen transferors). However, fatty tissue like the breast contains areas of 80-95% fat concentration. These fatty components of breast tissue require and should have high EFA concentrations, but because of modern food processing they don't. Because important organs such as the brain, heart, lungs and kidneys require EFAs on a priority basis, there may not be enough left over to ensure that breast tissue receives an adequate amount of EFAs. Therefore, oxygen deficiency in the breast tissue will be very significant. Given this premise, we can deduce that breast tissue should and would be the number-one expected cancer site in women worldwide, and it is. This conclusion makes so much sense in explaining the massive rise in breast cancer rates. Harvard's Dr W. C. Willett gives us the proof. In a study on the intake of parent omega-6 involving over 80,000 nurses, it was shown that the group with the lowest intake of linoleic acid (parent omega-6) exhibited the highest incidence of breast cancer (NEJM 1987; 316(1):22-28).42 Has your ob-gyn told you that you need this miraculous anti-cancer nutrient? I doubt it; he or she probably doesn't know. Fish oil won't stop heart disease Surprisingly, it was known back in 1979 that diet influenced EFA composition of the cell membrane; this finding was published in Cancer Research (1979; 39:1726-32).43 In 1990, a masterpiece of research conducted by William E. Lands found that the amount of critical parent omega-6 in the tissues was dependent on diet (Lipids 1990; 25(9):505-16).44 To gain the best in scientific research, in 2002 I attended the world's 1st Essential Fatty Acids and Human Nutrition and Health International Conference in Shanghai, China. There I discovered a shocking and unexpected discovery that fish oil lowers immunity. I nearly fell out of my chair! Overdosing on fish oil supplements can significantly decrease the effectiveness of your immune system, increasing your risk of contracting cancer. The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) June 2000 Congress in Tsukuba, Japan,45 had reported this startling fact, as noted earlier. And don't think that fish oil prevents heart disease. It doesn't. Cardiovascular Research (2002; 54:183-190) reported on a study where both the fish oil group and the control group showed close to equal atherosclerotic progression (arteries getting more clogged in spite of taking fish oil supplements). Nor did fish oil stop thickening of the artery. On the contrary, the artery wall got thicker (worsened) with fish oil ingestion! A mere 1.65 grams per day of fish oil supplement was taken-a great enough dose to cause adverse immunity and excessive internal bleeding, too.46 These results showing the failure of fish oil were published in 2002. Did this stop "experts" in the nutritional and medical fields and even in our governments from declaring how great fish oil supplements are? No! Harvard Medical School was involved in a study, published in 1995, titled "Controlled Trial of Fish Oil for Regression of Human Coronary Atherosclerosis" (Am Coll Cardiol 1995; 25(7):1492-8).47 The daily dose was six grams of fish oil versus six grams of olive oil in the control group. Their conclusion? "Fish oil treatment for two years does not promote major favorable changes in the diameter of atherosclerotic coronary arteries" (author's emphasis). This means that arterial clogging was not decreased with the fish oil supplements. Omega-6 derivative AA prevents blood clotting Dr Warburg understood that slow blood speed allowed cancer to metastasise. Later, other researchers showed that if you can keep a localised cancer from metastasising, your risk of dying from cancer decreases by an amazing tenfold! Even though you may have cancer, you won't die from it. Blood speed and viscosity have a connection to the spread of cancer. This is a surprising, seldom-mentioned fact that was pointed out by world-renowned molecular biologist Robert Weinberg.49 What causes metastasis? Blood clots, and this is known, too.50 What prevents blood from "sticking together" and is also Nature's natural blood-thinner that prevents blood clots? No, it's not omega-3, like you are constantly told. Parent omega-6 is much more powerful. Arachidonic acid (AA) is a critical omega-6 derivative and major biochemical component which occurs in virtually every cell we have. It is the building block of the most potent anti-aggregatory ("helps blood thinning") agent known, termed prostacyclin. AA also inhibits platelet adhesion, making it a natural "blood thinner". AA even helps solve vascular problems as a response to injury.51 Heart attack victims often have depleted EFA levels, especially the EFA derivatives AA from parent omega-6 and EPA from parent omega-3.56 We need some parent omega-3 because EPA is one of its important derivatives. The problem is that fish oil supplements overdose us with far too much. What's really clogging the arteries Contrary to what we have heard for decades, it is not the saturated fat that clogs the arteries and impedes blood flow: it's the adulterated parent omega-6. A groundbreaking Lancet article (1994; 344:1195-96) reported investigating the components of arterial plaques. Felton et al. measured the individual components, and in an aortic artery clog they found over 10 different compounds but no saturated fat.57 There was some cholesterol in the clog. This is explained by the fact t

Whats A girl to do ? (Do I need help?) Do I ? Hey,� Yes, I'm alright. I have alotta trouble w/my cell here since I live�across from the hospital. I think that some of their equipment interferes w/reception on my phone. I know I need 2 take some time 2 listen 2 my voice msgs. Its kinda a pain N the azz cuz I gotta sit outside N my car, & on sum dayz I gotta walk all the way ovr 2 the S-------- City Park, 1/4 mi. or so dwn the rd. There's an outside�stage there where they sometimes have concerts & stuff & it shelters me from the wind. It's bn cold & wet here 4 the past wk or so, 2 yucky 2 B sitting outside on the phone. I cld use Dick's ph N his office cuz its the only 1 w/long distance N the house, but I hate 2�cost him $� checking�my msgs. I'll try & take a few min. 2morrow while he is @ work 2 sit N my car or walk 2 the park 2 listen 2 them. � I'm VERY happy w/Dick cuz he treats me better'n any1 I've ever bn w/has. He does so much 4 me w/o expecting�much N return, only my love, companionship, & friendship. He's very unselfish w/me & doesnt try 2 possess me, he isnt jealous, doesnt mind me having friends, male, or female, going out 2 have lunch w/them, karaoke, or parties, w/them, even if I want 2 go alone. He trusts me. He doesnt play games, put me dwn, make me feel bad, or guilty. He doesnt chide me 4 being myself,�LOVES the way I am & doesnt want, or expect me 2 change 2 suit his needs, cuz I make him more than happy being myself. He tells me he loves me�EVERYDAY & that I'm beautiful. He encourages me. He doesnt take back the gifts he gives me, or�tries 2 stop me from sharing them w/others. He allows me 2 have my own personal life w/o feeling threatened, or that I have 2 hide anything. He respects my privacy & doesnt try 2 pry or snoop if there R�things I dont want 2 share w/him & the fact that he does makes me even more willing 2 share my most inner deepest�secrets w/him. He�NEVER, or nor�will he ever, as he's promised, not 2 hold ANYTHING from my paast against me, even when we argue. He never belittles me or hurts me, even N those times. � He's a real dream come true 4 me. I think bout my life & what I had 2 go thru 2�find him & it still doesnt�seem real. Sometimes I think I'm having the most beautiful dream when he's holding me, kissing me, making love 2 me, being the kindest, most compassionate, loving, selfless, sweetest friend I could ever have,�saying the most beautiful things 2 me a wounded heart has ever heard. His love 4 me isnt shallow. He cant C that I'm overweight, have acne, bad hair days, or summa the strange things I wear, & that I'm far from ever looking like a celebrity.He could care less bout all that. � He LOVES my singing & encourages me 2 take it 2 the limit. He doesnt resent my talents, he appreciates them, nor does he try 2 exploit them. � We go dancing, shopping, walking, 2 karaoke, & out 2 eat, we like most all the same kinda movies, music, foods. We both love cows & share a past working w/them & being raised on a farm & the plethora of fun farm stories 2 exchange w/each other. We both love the computer & enjoy our e-mail accts, we e-mail each otr a lot, & share things otrs have sent us w/each otr. We have no secrets, whatsoever. We horse around & play like kids all the time & joke & laff alot. He is so crazy & silly that sometimes he makes me laff til I cry. We love garage sales & going 2 Flea Markets, they call garage sales 'Rummage Sales' here. We have fun going on curbside scavenger hunts the nite B4 trash pick up & go nuts ovr all the neat stuff we find. We like camping, having & going 2 bonfires, grilling, cooking,�hiking, fishing, swimming, boats, & jet skis. He's going 2 buy me 1 this summer, so I can take him out on it. He NEVER tells me things & then not do them. � Sometimes I find him 2 good 2 B true, so much so that I'm taken aback & try 2 pull away, talking bout going back 2 TX & that I dont feel like I'm right 4 him, that he deserves so much better'n me, cuz I'm a lost, confused, misdirected mess. The truth is, he gives my life more purpose that its ever had. He treats me as his = & refers 2 me as such when we go out. � I'm so proud of him & amazed by his talents & fervor 4 life. Everyday's a true gift w/him cuz there's always some new little suprise. He hurts when I hurt, holds me when I cry, & become overwhelmed. He cuddles me when we sleep w/o smothering me. He tries so hard, sometimes 2 hard, & sometimes I think he loves me 2 much... � He sent me this e-mail Wed. nite after a bad day when I was upset ovr the situation w/his fam & wanted 2 come back 2 TX.... � From: R--------.net]Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:00 PM To---------�(t------------------@--------oo.com)' Subject: Lost in Your Heart Dear Sarah, � This is the one person that thinks the most of you.�I don't know if I will ever get across to you that a person can care for a person so much that It really hurts inside on how you talk sometimes. Bob and Tara will be moving out of the house in the near future. If you want to go back to Texas that bad I will leave you alone. I had that feeling that I was just a fill in until got over�Kirby anyway, but was willing to accept that just to get to know a person that that I fell in love with. I do not want to be your wayside for your recovery. I want to be in your LIFE. You bring me very much Happiness that I have not had in a long time. You make me laugh like I have not in a long time. I live and breath Sarah Like nobody has not done before. I know this can be over whelming to you because you think I am being to over you that I am smothering you, but that is far from the truth. I want US to have a good life� and to become a unit of one or be SOUL MATES that I could shit. Sarah, I hope that you find what ever you are looking for because I have but Sarah does not know that Yet. I will do ever you want me to do.� I DO LOVE YOU. I hope that you will LOVE ME the same some day... � I cried when I read those words & got teary just now as I went thru the process of getting it N2 this msg as I reread it 2 myself. As 4 the kids, he IS finally beginning 2 C that allowing 2 live w/him as he's done has bn a mistake & has bn very detrimental 2 him having his own personal life. He does respect & often acts on my advice & opinions. He never tells me things like its not my place, any of my business, or 2 leave it alone that they were here 1st. Bob took off couple days ago & we've got 2 enjoy the house 2 ourselves & he's gotten 2 C just how nice that really is. I thing that's made a tremendous difference N this situation w/the basement brats. � I did start an e-mail that I never got completed & sent out 2 U bout a wk ago. I did save as draft & copied & pasted it N2 this 1. Here it is: � Hey! Nice pic, but my GOD it just doesnt seem like her!!! She looks so different 2 me! How did U get that PIC?!?! WOW!!! Iz that her prom date? Cool! How did she get away w/that w/Melinda??? � Well, 2day it's N the 50's, kinda chilly out 4 my new denim mini skirt, tank top, & flip flops I just got @ Kohl's the otr day. Went shopping there w/my new friend Lori & had grilled tilapia & mega mudslides @ Applebees 4 lunch, it wuz pretty fun. Drank both mudslides tho cuz it upset Lori's tummy. She has a very sensitive system from the gastric bypass surgery she had lil ovr a yr ago. Went from sz 20 somethings 2 7's now!!! Ovr 100lbs lost! Wow!!! But adjusting eating habits 2 it's hard tho. Got a pretty good buzz on from 2 of those, but nothing like that nite after U & I talked last!!! Janet, 1 of Dick's employees, has these bonfires bout every wk that R pretty fun. We all gather round & BYOB & get more n' just toasty from the fire!!!-LOL!!! I kinda got outta control & got pretty sick that nite, massive upchuck bigtime!!! 4 Jaegerbombs, 4 glasses of my fav Martini&Rossi Asti wine, 3 Malibu&Cokes, a few chugs of some1's beer, lotsa diff things 2 eat & there U got 1 helluva boiler maker!!! I wuz�ABSOLUTELY sick as a dog, could hardly walk, & redecorated the taxi Dick & I had 2 take home, Janet's backyard, myself, Dick, his driveway, the bathroom dwn stairs, but made it N 2 the sink, luckily, but the smell wuz really bad, cuz of course, it wuz all ovr me, N my hair, every freakin' ware!!!-LOL!!! Really kinda embarrased w/myself ovr that 1, but am still laffn' bout it 2!!! Last nite's bonfire I really took it easy. I couldnt even get dwn 1 glass of Asti B4 I had flashbacks of that horrible nite & got queasy. Now that $11 a bottle wine is N the fridge 3/4 full�locked away N Dick's office so his�alcoholic son doesnt get @ it, w/wax paper & a big rubber band wrapped round the top 2 keep it from going bad. Think I kinda reached the point of diminishing return on booze 4 awile-LOL!!! Well, there's bn a revolution N�the house which may work out N my favor!!! Tara, the alcoholic son's live N WHORE�left Tues B4 last 2 B N Indiana w/her mom. The next day, Dick & I R walking N town past Doc's bar, the WHORE's fav hangout, a nasty thuggy coke & methhead bar, & we got confronted by the owner, Vicky, as we happened 2 B airing our dirty laundry N public having a bitchout fest ovr the situation back home w/the basement brats & she heard N on it,�cuz she started N on me rite�away, like this is who ur w/Dick?!?! She thrusts out the palm of her hand N my face, wrinkling her face N disgust. Dick wuz like, Vicky, she's�NOT a this, her name is Sarah, & she's a wonderful person! I unloaded on her bout everything, even the basement brats, & it wuz then we knew EXACTLY what had bn going on. Bob&Tara hang out there & trash me every chance I�they get telling every1 stuff like how they take care of Dick, playing themselves off as martyrs, when they do ABSOLUTELY nothing 4 him, except�TAKE every chance they get. They buy absolutely�NO groceries, pay NO rent, or bills!!! 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Can someone give me an encouraging story of brain injury with a puppy? How does recovery go for a dog with Cerebal Edema? Someone will have to report me as a pest pretty soon because I have asked several questions on my puppy. But I am torn apart and am looking for stories of encouragement or reasons to really hope. Our puppy's heart stopped during routine neutering from Anesthesial reaciton. This was 6 days ago. We beleive he suffered Cerebal Edema (brain swelling). He has been making baby steps in improvement, but he is still vomiting, and very lethargic. He was only completey out for several hours after the surgery. He was really "out of it" but awake for about 24 hours. Now he sleeps most of the time. We tried to take him home on Friday, but he was vomiting too much and we took him back to our Vet to be put back on an IV. I would like to know how long it can take for recovery from Cerebal Edema, (if that is what it is), and when I should be giving up hope? I went to Barnes and Noble yesterday and Read a Vet Tech Book that was a little more encouraging. It reported this: The prognosis for recovery depends. When a dog remains in a coma for more than 48 hours, the outlook is poor. DOGS that steadily improve throughout the first week, the outlook is good. (that fits our puppy) It reported that the dogs that do reocver sometimes go through post traumatic syndrome, that can include seizures, behaviour changes, head tilt, and blindness. But most of thes are temporary. , I have heard of recoveries, I hope someone else has a story. he is only 17 weeks old.

why the lie? i like this guy friend of mine. we're pretty close. one time, he had four of his wisdom teeth pulled out at the same time. he asked me if i could accompany him to the dentist's office and back home. i was there when he was in pain. we got even closer during his recovery period as i made him copies of notes of the classes that he had missed. (we're classmates). lately, i haven't been doing well. my parents got divorced and now my life is pretty messed up. i am grumpy all the time. i didn't say hi to people-- not even to my guy friend-- even if i see him at school. i secluded myself from everyone, cancelling my e-mail and cellphone accounts. earlier today, i saw him in classroom and smiled at him. he just looked at me. i offered him cookies (we both love cookies). he said no for he still could not chew due to the oral surgery. during our break, i saw him chewing some biscuit. why the lie? i haven't told him about my problems. we often exchange letters over www.myspace.com. i am on his TOP 3 friends list. when i cancelled my account that deletes my name on his list as well. do you think that adds up to his being upset?

Do you like One Life To Live? Starr expresses contrition for Marty having been gang-raped at the instigation of her father Todd back in college. However! Starr has a bone to pick with Marty for suddenly turning up as Spencerâ??s #1 defender. Spencer hits a nerve with Todd by bragging about infanticide. Organically incensed, Todd goes for Spencerâ??s jugular. Around this time, Blair shows up, one thing leads to another, and Spencer ends up taking her with him off the roof. Todd walks over Spencerâ??s fallen body and rushes Blair to the ER, worried sick. Blair comes to long enough to bless him with news of their pregnancy. Todd gapes at Blair, shortly before she disappears into the OR. Marty takes Starr and Cole to be with Todd at the hospital. Michael does his doctorly best to keep Blair on this earth. Bo is the one who has Spencer rushed to ER. Bo puts Todd under severe interrogation for kidnapping Spencer. Todd and Starr are joined by Dorian in the hospital waiting room, on pins and needles about Blairâ??s surgical outcome. Todd takes Starr (or the other way around) to the hospital chapel to have a word with God about saving Blair. Adriana and Rex rush in, making sure Starr is taken care of during the wait. Blair loses her and Toddâ??s baby. Blair comes out of surgery okay but despite the doctorâ??s best efforts, her and Toddâ??s unborn baby suffers. Cole stands by Starr in every way during her interminable wait for her motherâ??s recovery. Itâ??s Spencerâ??s turn, but Marty questions the conflict of interest inherent in Michael taking over surgical duties. Michael does his job, Spencerâ??s fine. Bo drags Todd to the police department for a formal interrogation. Paige taunts Spencer with the knowledge that Blair was carrying Toddâ??s baby. Michael upends Toddâ??s world about the sad fate of the child he and Blair will never see grow up. Cole aches to comfort Starr. Clint and Bo draw battle lines, defending their clan turf before interloper Spencer. Bo and Paige tag-team on Spencer. Todd engages in a bitter dispute with Marty. Rex delivers upsetting news to Adriana about Dorianâ??s intent to put money into her and Laylaâ??s fledgling lingerie company. Layla doesnâ??t see anything untoward about Dorianâ??s kindness, just a gesture of truce. Adriana flies off the handle about Dorianâ??s latest move, full of paranoia. Adriana lets Dorian have it. Viki calms and counsels Adriana down off the hysteria cliff. Adriana relents a little with Dorian, and drops a holiday greeting. Clint takes the mistletoe hint, and busses Viki. Watching Nash with Layla threatens Jessica. Jessica puts Nash on the spot, peppering him with inquiries into what he thinks about Layla, if heâ??s into her. Nash thinks enough of Jessica to present her with a Christmas package. Sheâ??s not sure what to make of this. Jessica celebrates by toasting Christmas with some guys who mean a lot to her. Michael, Marcie and Tommy get to sneak in a little festive cheer, giving each other and John and Natalie presents. Natalie makes a mountain out of a molehill with Johnâ??s present to her. Cristian and Evangeline find out that a house of Vincentâ??s was torched, taking the life of a person residing there. Vincent pinpoints evidence to back up his arson theory. Authorities deem the house fire arson and Tedâ??s death a murder. Vincent alludes to John that Natalie and some guy he knows from back in the day are affiliated. Lindsay does not make Cristianâ??s day at all. When one door closes, another opens. Cristian sees this when a teenager comes to him, like a follower to Jesus, because of his boxing prowess. The encounter with the young boxing fan fills Cristian up with ideas to give back to the community, the poorer community. Cristian rounds up Evangeline and Marcie to be a benefactor to those kids. Nora busts Evangelineâ??s chops on her and Cristian, grinning ear to ear. Cristian and Evangeline love where theyâ??re at now, they are not putting any expectations or pressures on where their relationship should go. Next week: No Christmas showâ?¦ Marty begins to entertain thoughts of skepticism regarding Spencerâ??s innocenceâ?¦ Dorian and Viki gear up to win the hand of Clint.

How can I get "pro bono" dental work or denturesI am single woman unemployed very low income & state won'thelp About 4 years ago I was in an abusive relationship that at the end I was in the hospital in intensive care, beaten with a crowbar,most of my back teeth I had swallowed during the attack the rest had been broken off,cracked or chipped. I have since then been to the dentist one time when I had insurance, a job,and a family member that would help me out during the recovery. Right now I am unemployed,in a town that I truely don't have anyone that I can rely on to truely help if needed,my living situation is I now rent a room in a home that has no real privacy,and my transportation is currently bus,bike,or walk and I can't do that after oral surgery.Medical coverage in this state that I live does not cover "cosmetic" procedures and dentures,or bridges,caps,etc. are considered cosmetic.They will pay to pull all your teeth but they will not help get you new ones!! I like to eat.So..What can I do to get my teeth fixed and looking decent so that I can someday again smile.

"and the pastor collapsed" Try this one LOL? While, I was recovering from surgery and spending most of the day in bed, my seven year old son asked me why I didn't get a boyfriend, since my husband (his Dad) had run off. I told him the television is my new boyfriend, he entertains me all the time. And, even though he sometimes doesn't start, I just give it a few hard whacks on the side and it comes back on and I'm happy as a lark for hours. He was satisfied with the explanation and walked away. Sunday the pastor stopped by to check on my recovery. My son answered the door. The pastor smiled and asked, "Is your Mom busy, son?" My little one looked up at him and replied, "Yes, sir, she's in the bedroom banging her new boyfriend and once she gets him started, she'll be happy for hours!"

Feeling overwhelmed after a traumatic experience. Any advice? My 3 year old son was born with multiple birth defects and has had a dozen or so surgeries to date, all of which were pretty much planned. However, about 6 weeks ago, he had an emergency operation that saved his life. During the hospital stay and home recovery, I was emotionally (and spiriatully) strong and focused. Now that everythingis back to "normal", I am having an extrememly difficult time just doing day to day tasks, not to mention struggling at work and maintaing relationships with family and firends.