Saturday, April 16, 2011

My friend just found out his dad his has prostate cancer AND skin cancer and is looking at me for advice

My friend just found out his dad his has prostate cancer AND skin cancer and is looking at me for advice?
What should i tell him. I mean i have known this kid since the day i was born, and it is really sad. When he told me, i was just speechless and almost cried. I dont know what to tell him. He said he doenst know if his dad is going to be able to recover.
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just be there for him it'll mean more then you know also be willing to just listen!!!!
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Be as encouraging as possible both cancers are treatable. If his dad just found out it is probably too soon to know how advanced they are. The best thing for you to do is be there for him.
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this link may help.....it's to a cancer support group/ondex http://www.cancerandcareers.org/women/strength/cancer_support_groups/
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Yogis say that cancer derives from internal conflict. If medicines aren't likely to work, I'd suggest that your friend's father stop thinking about the usual concerns in his life, and take up something more peaceful. --- Otherwise, there's always religion to fall back on, and the hope of meeting loved ones again.. in the meantime, your friend should try to make the remaining time with his father as happy and free of arguments as possible, so that they'll at least have happy memories.
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Wow that's heavy. He can beat this! He needs to be very positive and change his diet completely. Cancer thrives in an acidic body so the first thing to do is get alkaline. Raw apple cider vinegar and 1/8 T. baking soda 3 times a day will do amazing work in your body. He also needs A LOT of vitamin D. This is a serious deficiency in the American culture. Tell him to get direct sunlight for at least 10 minutes a day. I could go on forever but there are two sites that can give him a lot of help and hope and good health! Mercola.com and earthclinic.com Good luck and God Bless
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I wouldnt dig a grave just yet. Both of those are survivable with good percentages. The fact he has both? shortens the hospital stay. You can doom and gloom later if things go poorly, but I would not advise it. All you need to do is be there when your friend is freaking out after taking his dad to chemo if its even needed (probably it wont). Just be there. You are the friends you always were, you can get through this, you cant take the burden but you can make it lighter. He doesnt have it, he is just broken up in worry. You can answer that with a handshake, a hug, if needed a good cry.
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Dont look up for big hospitals for his treatment, just come to jagdalpur,chattisgarh where ayurvedic treatment may help your uncle.
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u neeed to offer ur ear to him and not judge him or say "oh taht was a week ago get over it..." that is just plain wrong! u need to offer ur ear to him like just ask him wanna talk about it etc. U know teh biggest complaint ppl have wheather its teh sick person or the family friends of them is that ppl don't seem to be tehre when tehy really need or want them to! plz be there for ur friend and his dad by visiting him if u know him even if he is healthy or not. Just be there to talk and stuff! :)
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be there for him and especially when he needs it the most. a little bit longer by jonas brothers this song, i guarantee it will make u better since that song was written about a sickness(diabetes) nick is trying to overcome.
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honestly, there is not much you can say. My dad is dying from cancer. this is still so hard for me to believe and i am a HUGE mess. i know theres nothing my friends can say and they dont know what to say.. what you need to do is make sure he knows u are there for him. for anything, at any time. just knowing i have the greatest friends helps me alot. make sure he knows u will always be there for him. there is nothing you can say or do that will take away his pain, but it will help to know he has such an amazing friend by his side thru the whole thing.
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I had prostate cancer in 2005 and had proton radiation treatments for it and am fine now. Proton radiation is the very best treatemnt available today in my opinion... The treatments have little to to side effects and a90% cure rate... I had my treatments in Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda California. I was not sick one single day during or after my treatments. It was like being on a 10 week vacation...My Prostate cancer is gone ..Im fine.. There is a book just out written by Robert J. Marckini called YOU CAN BEAT PROSTATE CANCER. It is a great book and anyone with Prostate cancer should have it.. It tells about prostate cancer and then describes all of the treatment options that are avaialbe today...including the good and bad points of each trype of treatment. There is also a website caled PROTON BOB... (bob stands for brotherhood of the balloon) that tells alot about Proton Radiation.. Your friend should look at the website and read the Patient Testimonial section concerning Proton Radiation... Its great.. I have also had pre cancerous skin places and had them removed.. I dont think the skin problems or prostate cancer either one will kill me.. Both can be taken care of if your friends father gets the right kind of medical treatment.. As far as chosing Proton Radiation for treatment ... thats a no brainer choice.. no side effects and a 90 % cure rate compared to other treatments... Proton Radiation is very different from conventional radiation in that 85-90% of the treatment energy is delivered or released exactly at the point being treated so therefore there is no additional tissue or organ damage as in convention radiation... so therefore ...no side effects...THe Proton Bob website tells all the places that Proton Radiaition is available.. Loma Linda Calif, MD Anderson in HOuston, Tx, Mass General in Boston,mass, a hospital in Indiana and one in jacksonville florida, I think.. It is a fairly new treatment.. and many doctors are not that familiar with it and wont recommend it.. but read the testimonials on Proton Bob and you will see that any one who has ever been treated with it is totally sold on it... Its the best... If your friend would like additional information on the treatment please have her email me... at email deal on here. .. I will be glad to share my experience with prostate cancer with her.//// Its really no big problem.. if her dad can get proton radiation treatments for it..




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