Contacting friends and listening to both the information the media is presenting and the information that is direct from the Gulf I am making the following predictions for the next year:

1. We are going to find that more than 100,000 gallons per day have been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deep Horizon BP Oil Rig.

JUNE 13 GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL

2. As the oil spill foot print moves down the coast and starts dominating the environment it enters people are going to have to evacuate the area for an extended time.

3. Home owners within five miles of the beach will be forced to leave due to the overwhelming fumes and therefore will become a class action against BP, BP will be forced into bankruptcy as thousands of homeowners will seek direct and indirect costs of carrying their existing debts and cover the costs of temporary housing as well as punitive damages.  This is going to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

4. As the spill continues down the coast of Florida the scenario above will replay itself over and over with some of the most expensive communities in America devastated.

We are looking at three or four years of clean up initially and an impact lasting fifteen to twenty years.

Originally published in August 2002 icon, updated in October 2003 icon

Building An Integrated Cancer Treatment Program

Through The Best Use Of Orthodox, Complementary And Alternative Cancer Therapies

In one of the first editions of icon, we ran a centrefold entitled “Cancer – Your 15 First Steps”. We received hundreds of telephone calls from people eager to build themselves an integrated treatment programme that gave them the best odds of survival. Some of the steps had been unknown to them or their advisors.

Remember, on average, three out of four people win the battle with cancer

We continue to receive phone calls at icon from people who want to do more than simply rely on ‘orthodox’ treatments, however excellent these may be. But right up front we wish to make two points crystal clear:

1. We are advocates of well-researched, integrated Complementary and Alternative Treatments in order to give patients the very best chances of beating this terrible disease. On this website you will find objective comment on a variety of therapies, with research evidence if it exists. We will always try to separate fact from mythology, research evidence from overclaim and speculation. Cancer patients (and their supporters and advisers) need information sources they can trust.

2. We aim merely to lay out the options, not to pass judgement on which you should choose. Our view is that there is so much information and knowledge about what can work, but that a great deal of it is neither collected properly nor passed on. We feel that an important part of this magazine is to pass on the facts about what can help you in your quest to increase your chances of survival

Accordingly, we decided to build a service for cancer patients in two parts:

(a) A book of no more than 100 pages that would give them a simple guide on how to plan such a programme.

(b) A consultancy service of doctors, nurses, biochemists, nutritionists plus complementary therapists, purely to explain the options available in an objective way and provide information with reference to its sources.

The former is called “Cancer - Your First 15 Steps” and includes the Active8 programme; eight practical things every cancer patient must focus on.

The latter is a unique service we have launched in 2006 – a personally tailored information service for you and your cancer. It is called a Personal Prescription and it will provide you with the information you need to build your own integrated programme of Complementary therapies around your doctor’s expertise. And it will give you access to all manner of relevant information saving you months of searching around the net.

Be determined. Don’t be a victim. Be
a victor.

But our grandest long-term scheme is that ideally we want all doctors in the country to give out the book “Cancer – Your First 15 Steps” at the moment of diagnosis – that’s a mission of CANCERactive. Who knows? One day perhaps, we can only hope.

You’ve been diagnosed with cancer, amidst the fear, the unknown and even the cold panic you need to give yourself the best chance of winning the battle.

Remember, on average, three out of four people do.

Don’t be average. Be much better than that.

Be determined. Don’t be a victim. Be a victor.

Research shows that those people who build a total, holistic programme, have good support, people who fight – these people build themselves a 60 per cent extra survival advantage.

A: The Basics

Get a buddy

Do not tackle this problem alone; find a fit healthy caring family member or friend you will help you throughout. Someone you can talk with, who will help find out things for you; someone who wants the best for you. Someone who will ensure you go to all your treatments.

Seek knowledge

There’s a saying ‘knowledge is power’. In cancer, it can be the difference between life and death. Seek information and knowledge.

Have an open mind and look for hard data on effacacy.

Recommended links -

http://www.gersonplus.com Dr. Dan Rogers

http://www.cancerdecisions.com Dr. Raplh Moss

http://www.icrpstudy.com Researcher Fred Bishop

Work with your doctor

Your doctor should be your best ally as you seek the very best programme of treatment for yourself. Tell him what you want to achieve, and ask him to participate fully – if he doesn’t know the facts and benefits of a complementary therapy, ask him to be honest with you, not dismissive of it.

Get a second opinion

It’s your life and there is never one way of treating the cancer. Maximise your information and your options.

Research shows that those people who build a total, holistic programme, have good support and who fight build themselves a 60% extra survival advantage

Write a plan

Start to prepare a good plan. What treatment and when – the best course of action? Write it down and discuss it with your buddy and your doctor. When you are happy with it – give it 110 per cent commitment.

Be prepared to change

Something about your lifestyle, diet or living habits may well have ‘triggered’ this cancer. If you don’t vow to change, there is no reason why the cancer will not return at some stage. Also, how can you find the solution if you don’t address the problem?

Find out if your cancer is hormonally driven

Men (yes really) and women often have solid tumours that are hormonally responsive. Prostate, breast, colon cancers and melanoma are examples.

At the root is excess oestrogen – even in men – and much can be done to cut oestrogen and its mimics out of your life. You can find out more with another of our mini books ‘Oestrogen – the killer in our midst‘

Oxygenate your cells

Exercise and deep-breathing fresh air will get oxygen to your cancer cells. And they hate it!

Detoxify your cells

Look for the possible cause of your cancer; Smoking, diesel fumes, radon, radiation, viruses, parasites, mercury, pesticides, herbicides, sunshine etc.

Stop poisoning your cells. Cut salt and dairy; build potassium and magnesium foods. Alkalise your body.

Control your weight

Fat stores toxins, and fatter people are more toxic. Research shows clearly that being overweight is linked to more illness, more cancer and a shorter life.

Love your immune system

• Your white cells – boost them with antioxidants; herbs, MGN-3 and Carctol; exercise andyoga.
• Clean up your liver – the biggest detox machine in the body.

Kick out the parasites

Top clinics in Britain and America are adamant. Cancer patients always have a parasite; it could be a fluke, but more likely a microscopic microbe, a virus, bacterium or a yeast especially candida – and that goes for men or women.

There’s so much information out there – don’t die of ignorance

Boost your body energy

The Russian, Kirlian, has taken pictures of individual human auras, and NASA scientists have done endless research, yet your doctor may be totally ignorant, or dismissive of chakras and body energy.

Acupuncturists and Cranial Osteopaths can help you, healers and Reiki masters too. Your body energy is totally linked to your brain, your hormones and the physical state of your cells. Ignore it at your peril.

Surround yourself with warmth and happiness

Surround yourself with positive people – lose the negative ones. This is your new support group. Watch comedy shows and your favourite programmes. Laugh. Make 5 new friends.

Tufts Cancer Centre noticed that patients with a God survived seven times longer – does this fact need explaining?

Find the real you

Change your mind set. Be true to yourself. What do you want to do with your life when you’ve beaten the cancer? OK. So go on and do it. What are you waiting for?

Be true to yourself. Be true to your soul - the real you.