The Diary of A Healer: A Letter To My Oncologist

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About a month ago I got good news from one of my oncologists and also some advice that made no sense to me.

After tests and X-rays, I was told that the bladder cancer cells that had invaded my lungs and the tumors associated with them had shrunken.

This was great news. It meant that the chemotherapy was working.

As part of my conversation with this oncologist, I asked if she might recommend any nutritional supplements to help build my natural immunity.

Her answer surprised me. She said, “You're wasting your money buying nutritional supplements for any reason. You can get everything you need nutritionally from a well-balanced diet.”

Now it’s not my job to teach my oncologist about nutrition, but the advice seemed very strange to me. It also flew in the face of all current science. That experience motivated me to write the following letter I sent this morning to the chief of my oncology team.

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Hello Dr. “F”,

I wanted to update you on my situation. I am doing well. I have few side effects from chemotherapy except for occasional nausea and getting stronger every day doing my exercises and I generally feel healthier every day. Unfortunately, I have no idea what's happening with the cancer diagnoses from your team. I am not getting any update reports from your Oncology team either.

I would very much like to have the Oncology team update me on my situation. It would be very much appreciated if I could be treated more like a partner in this entire process, rather than just a clueless patient going along for the ride and praying for a good result.

 After my next Chemotherapy session, I would like to begin taking some immune-building nutritional supplements. I know that these are likely to increase my T-cells count in the short run. I know you are concerned about this and I respect that. However, I cannot just be a passive patient knowing that other remedies could potentially improve my situation. Therefore, I want to let you know that I'll be taking those as well. I will stop taking any of these supplements at least, seven days before taking a blood test for my chemotherapy.

These are not folk remedies. They are specific products that have been peer-reviewed in studies. I have listed these studies as well to give you information to make you more aware of what I'm doing.  I have done this before, where my T-cell count was high, and I did not have an infection causing that. The high T-cell count was likely a result of some of the supplements I was taking. My life is on the line here and I can't be theoretical. I deeply and profoundly respect your expertise. But I am willing to take these extra risks.

Again, other than the one doctor telling me that my lung tumor had shrunk and the fact that the pain in my left leg disappeared apparently because of the shrinking of a tumor above my sacrum, I have no clue what's happening inside my body concerning these cancers. I wish I was told more.

My own goal in this process is to build my immunity. My immunity is depressed after chemotherapy. I understand that by building my immunity in any way I can not interfere with what you and your team are doing for me. None of this should get in the way of your treatment while at the same time, I am maximizing my healing process.

The primary goal here is to end the cancer cells’ growth as rapidly as possible: to remove dead cancer cells from my body while creating an environment that's hostile to cancer cell growth, and at the same time, enhancing what supports healthy cell growth.

As I said I am doing well, and I am emotionally in a very good place and have a tremendous support system of friends and peers as well as from my wife.

Here are a few places I am studying daily as I organize my own regime:

i)                 The Journal Of Nutritional Oncology

https://journals.lww.com/jno/pages/default.aspx

ii)                A review of nutrition and dietary interventions in oncology

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2050312120926877

iii)              Nutrition and Cancer

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hnuc20

iv)              The Library Of The National Cancer Institute

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 In my next e-mail I will list a number of the products I want to begin taking, some resource materials on wellness, and studies that have been done showing why they have efficacy.  I don't believe any of these products will interfere with chemotherapy, or, any of your protocols. In fact, it seems clear to me that they will actually help them to be more effective.

Thank you so much for you and your team, and for all you are doing for me. It is deeply appreciated.

Best wishes,

Lewis Harrison

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About the creator of this series: Lewis Harrison, is a public intellectual and has been mentoring and coaching visionaries, spiritual seekers, world-class athletes, thought leaders, billionaires, and individuals seeking to become more effective, efficient, productive, and self-aware for over half a century. He has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic cancer. He is healing and presently intends to survive and prosper.

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Here is what Jack Canfield, who wrote the introduction to Lewis’ book “Healing Depression Naturally” and who is the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series, has to say about Lewis and his work.

“Lewis is amazing…. I recommend him to anyone who wants less stress and more energy.”
Jack Canfield, Co-author of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul “ books and star of the movie “The Secret”

“Lewis, your program was one of the first steps I took in the process of defining my interest in alternative medicine and for that I thank you. It has been over 45 years and I am continually amazed when I look back upon how easily and quickly one step has led to the next. Thank you for being there to assist in laying the foundations for all my future studies.”
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