Breast Cancer: Critical after chemotherapy

Dear Dr Chris,

My name is O, I am from Indonesia.  I am a lecturer at Singapore. My mother is now under very critical condition.  She had breast cancer and carried out surgery and had several chemotherapy. She is having a very painful on her back and cannot move her legs, thus she can only lay down on bed.

Now she refused to take any medication.  I have read your website regarding the CA Care. And I am thinking whether you can help my mother, however she is not able to fly to Malaysia due to her condition.

Kindly advise how to seek your help in this case.

I am waiting your reply. Best regards.

Reply: I really don’t know what I can do. If you think I can help, come and see me with all medical reports. Chris

Singapore: Breast Cancer Spread to Bone and Lung?

Dear Dr. Chris Teo,

I was introduced to you by Danny Ching. He was a former cancer patient. I learnt from him that you can advise cancer patients.

Three weeks ago, my mother, Mdm, aged 70, was diagnosed with lung cancer. The lung cancer spread to the lymph node on the neck, spinal bone, heart. She was a former breast cancer patient in 2003. Since that time, she undergone radiotherapy to treat the breast cancer after surgery. Now she had tumor on another breast. But the doctor says that it is not related to the lung cancer.

According to the oncologist, through the CT scan, the doctors found that she has EGFR + Exon 19 mutation. Currently, she is on oral chemo drug. She has completed her radiotherapy to kill cancer of the lymph node.

Would you recommend her to Cancer Care? Hope to hear from you soon.

Best regards, AT

Reply: You have to come and see me with all the medical reports etc.
Go to www.cacare.org for more details. Chris

Breast Cancer from Jakarta: Which surgeon to go to?

Dear Dr Chris,

We thank God that we find your CA Care website in the internet.

We watched the video titled “Different Doctor Different Treatment”, and we really want to visit you and the third doctor in that video.

We would really appreciate if you could let us know when we can meet you and who the third doctor is, and in which hospital we can meet him.

Fyi, my sister, EC (38 yo) had a mammografi test 2 days ago. The result is she had a suspected malignant tumour in her right breast, about 3 cm.

We visited an oncologist, at Dharmais Hospital in Jakarta yesterday. His advised is to take out the tumour as soon as possible, check whether the tumour is dangerous or not.

If the tumour is not dangerous (that is what we are praying for right now), then the doctor will only take out the tumour.

But, if the tumour is dangerous, than the doctor’s plan is to take out all of the right breast together with the tumour.

What we would like to do now is to find a second opinion and to have the surgery in a good hospital in Penang.

That is why we really need your help to advise us who is the right doctor that we can meet in a hospital in Penang. A doctor with a tender heart, listening ears, easy to discuss with and of course, can give us his best advice.

We believe you can help us on this, please let us know when can we meet you, either after meeting the doctor in question, or after meeting him/her.

Thank you and God bless you.

Best regards.

Reply: Come and see me with all your medical reports and I shall tell you what to do. Chris

Hi Chris,

Can we meet you tomorrow at 1 pm?

Reply: Go to my website: www.cacare.org and you know that Saturday is always closed.  Come and see me on Sunday night from 7 pm to 9 pm or Monday morning at 10.30 am. Chris

 

Breast Cancer: After Chemo She Went In Coma

My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago and she had the right breast removed. After that she underwent chemotherapy as well as bone supplementation. At the end of the sessions,  .the doctor recommended six more sessions of chemotherapy. This she started late last year but after the second session, she had sepsis and went into coma.

At the moment she is awake but still bed ridden. We’ve been informed that the cancer has spread to her bones. I would like your advice on what options do we have.

Reply: I really don’t know what to say after reading this. Go to website and read what I wrote. If you need help come and see me.

From Bandung, Indonesia: Breast Cancer that Had Spread

Dr. Chris,

I have read about your treatment and I interested to try it for my mother. My mother has diagnosed with breast cancer which has spread to adrenal glands and to liver. At the moment my mother condition is very weak, the liver has very swollen and her face becomes a little yellow. The oncologist who handled her before has given up. Even at the moment we face difficulty to bring her into hospital with so many hospital procedures and bureaucracy. I hope you could help my mother and tell us what to do. I am waiting for your reply. 

Reply: You are from New Zealand? I can’t help those living for far away. Chris

Hi Chris,

I am at Bandung Indonesia at the moment for my mother lives in Bandung. I am living in New Zealand but at the moment I am with my mother in Jakarta. It’s only 2 hrs flight to Penang, what are the chances of my mother getting treatment from you? I can send all the test data. Can you please help us treat our mother as this needs to be done urgently. Kind regards,

Thank you for responding to my email. I have sent you a reply but in case it did not reach you. I am currently in Jakarta with my mother. My mother really needs your help as there’s no one here able to help her. Can we take our mother to your clinic? I can arrange the ticket to Penang from Jakarta as soon I received your OK to bring her to see you. Do you need me to send the results of her tests? Kindest regards,

 

Breast Cancer Came Back Again

Dear Dr Chris,

I need an advice from you for my mother-in-law.

I was originated from Indonesia and working in Singapore.

My mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer (April 2011) and the breast has been removed on the same month. She’s been doing well since then only to relapse from September and diagnosed with lymph node cancer that spreads to her bone and lungs.

During these two months we’ve gone for local herbs treatment (does not seem to work),and a special herb from the mountain of Sulawesi.

I know that this is incurable, and she’s a born again Christian.

I need your advice on how can I give her a meaningful life like able to do things she usually done instead of bed-ridden.

We are now looking for radiotherapy, but I know that it might prolong her life but not the quality of life itself.

Will your herbs help?

 

Doctor Said Breast Cancer Cured but Two months Later Spread to Lung and Bone

Dear Dr Chris’

In 2005 my mother was received left breast cancer surgery and chemotherapy treatments for six time in Surabaya, and has been declared cured by the doctor here.

But two months ago, the doctor said that the cancer cells have spread to other body parts in the left lung, right breast, lymphs and spine and also got pleura effusion in the left lung.

The doctor suggest to us to get another chemotherapy cycle and radiotherapy treatment in the bones, but we refuse to take the chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, because we heard that the chemotherapy treatment can make secondary cancer.

Kindly alternative medical treatment advice from you.

Thank you’

Breast Cancer from KL

Hi Chris,

I am a 35 years old mother of 2 young boys. I have been diagnosed with breast cancer after a biopsy done on the lump on my right breast. I have not done any surgery or treatment but have talked to a few surgeons who recommend the same treatment including radiotherapy and chemotherapy possibly.  Can we come and see you and start on the herbs or we need to do the surgery first in order to assess the actual type cancer that I have before seeing you? Appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

Regards.

Reply: Where are you from?

We are based in KL and are willing to travel to see you. What is your contact number? Maybe we can talk to you on the phone. My number is 012xccvbnnn.

Reply:  Thank you for writing to CA Care. If you wish to know more about cancer or what we do for cancer, go to: www.cacare.com   or   www.cacare.org  If you wish to know what patients say, go to: www.CancerCareMalaysia.com    or   www.CancerCareIndonesia.com  (in Bahasa Indonesia).

Sorry, NO consultation through the phone or internet, please.  If you think we can help you, come and see me personally with all the medical reports on the day and time stated in the above websites.

Thank you.

Chris Teo

 

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Hi,
I am in the process of fighting metastatic breast cancer. I have mets to bone, liver, and brain. Since May, I have undergone gamma knife for brain tumors. I am scheduled for my first MRI since the procedure on August 20. I had the TACE procedure on both lobes in July, and will find out those results on the 20th as well.

I was first dx with breast ca in June of 2001. I received a mastectomy with 1 out of 16 nodes positive. ER+PR-HER2-. I was dx 7 years later with mets to bone. Two years later (1/2011) mets to liver. April 2012, mets to brain.

It is hard to stay positive when I am so tired.Thank you reading my post.
Warmest regards, Terry

Comment: There goes the proven, scientific cure for cancer

 

 

 

Breast Cancer from Jakarta

Excuse Me, Dr. Chris K.H. Teo,

My name is Wi from Indonesia. My mother had a breast cancer on her right breast. She already got biopsy, and told that her cancer is grade 3 and the diameter is 3cm. But her body and psychology looks great. Her breast structure looks still good, only a little bit bigger than before. Doctor in here recommended that my mother should take a surgery, chemotherapy, and so on.

Questions :

1. What i want to ask is, can my family come to your place (CA Care as I know) and get a better solution for    my mother’s problem beside taking a surgery and chemotherapy stuff?
2.  And then, when we can meet in your place? Are you in holiday right know? (because its holiday in Indonesia right know).
3.  If it is possible, we will go to your place (CA Care) this week.

Breast Cancer from Indonesia

Dear Sir,

My mother has breast cancer and she already in medication process for the last one year in Peking TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Pekan Baru – Indonesia. This Peking TCM use traditional herbal medication and it quite popular in our place. However, now my mother already do this medication for about more than one year and as per now, the bump on her breast already almost gone, but there is new bump on her armpit. We assume the bump on her armpit is due to the spread of her breast cancer.

Actually she already has bump on her breast since long time ago, probably more than 20 years. It just for about one year ago, she felt this bump was quite annoying, therefore she finally took medical check up on this bump.

As instruct by Peking TCM, about one month ago, my mother took blood test and monograph test in private hospital at Pekan Baru, and then gave this test to Peking TCM which sent this report to their head quarter in Malaysia. However, unfortunately the report feedback was not clear for us, and we didn’t get clear explanation whether my mother already totally cured or not yet.

We heard about your medical operation in Penang, and here we would like to be advised from you as below:

1. Will it be enough shall we only send the blood test and monograph test to you for checking?
2. Shall it is compulsory for us to go there, what is your operation time there? Should we take stay over there for a while? or will it be enough to do the trip in one day only ?
3. Could you advise how much will be the approximate cost for checking and medication there (based on my mother case) ?

Shall there is any other information which compulsory for us to know, kindly inform us as well for our reference. Regards.

 

Stage 4 Breast Cancer

Hi,

I got your e-mail online.  A relative of mine is near the end, with VERY advanced stage IV breast cancer.  If there is any chance you might be able to help? I will fax over her latest med records.  I am Sha and my phone# is xxxxx  in the United States. Thank you very much.

Reply: The way your story goes, it looks like it is extremely hard for anyone to help.

Breast Cancer from Singapore: 10 percent Benefit of Chemo?

Hi Dr Chris Teo,

I am J from Singapore, I was recommended by my cell group leader M to seek your advice on my Breast Cancer treatment. I had 2 tumors on my right breast and had it remove on 28 June 2012 by mastectomy. The 2 tumors are sizes 2.3cm and 1.9cm grade 1 and 2 .The 2.3 cm is Neuroendocrine Carcinoma. The tumor cells show dissuse, strong immunoreactivity for synaptophysin and focal positivity for chromogranin. The 1.9cm is Invasive ductual carinoma, NOS. Negative for synaptophysin and chromogranin.

The doctor says both are Estrogen receptor CloneSP1): Postive >95% strong nuclear staining. Progesterone receptor (Clone 1 E2) Positive>95% strong nuclear staining. and CerbB2 (Clone 4B5) Negative Score 0 another one is Equivocal, score 2+.

My Question is that my doctor advised me to do a course of Chemo and to take pill to lower my hormone level for 5 to 7 yrs to stop the cancer recurring for the next 15 years. If I choose to take the oral pill than chances of recurring will be 65 to 70% instead of 75% or more. I think for another 10% increase chances of recurring I do not want to go thru the Chemo.

Dr Chris Teo, I want to take the oral pills and plus take the natural herbs ways- is it possible. I am already 50 yrs old going to meonopause and believe that my hormone level should come down.

Please advise me, do you come down to Singapore or I must travel to Penang to meet you. If you need details of the tumors result I can email it to you.

Thanks. Regards

 

Breast Cancer form Kuala Lumpur – window shopping on line?

Hi, Dr. Teo,

Please find the report from my wife Surgeon from Columbia Asia. We are from KL  She has a left breast mastectomy on May 25. and the tumour is diagnosed at stage 3. The Oncologist from SJMC says 25 sessions of Radio and 6 session of Chemo, plus 17 doses of Herceptin

Is there a way to avoid doing Radio and Chemo and Herceptin? As I read from the net that a lot of side effects including possible long term damage to heart and brain using Herceptin?

Can we do concurrent treatment or just based on your treatment. Also, what is the frequency that we need to travel to Penang for treatment, method at each stage, total duration and the cost of treatment.

Breast Cancer from Indonesia – a recurrence

Dear Prof. Chris Teo,

I am a sister of a cancer patient. I am from Indonesia. Last year, in February 2011, my sister (36 years old) got a surgery to cut the tumor in her breast. But several months ago, she got another tumor (that’s
what the doctor said). Doctor recommended she has to go to another surgery. But because it is costly and we worry a lot that the cancer may come again later, we haven’t sent her. She consumes herbs but they haven’t worked. Today, her breast turns red, its skin is like orange skin but she is not really in pain yet.  Then I found Ca Care, it gives us hope.

Prof. Chris Teo, We need your help. Would you be so kind as to give us some advice?  I am looking forward to your reply.Thank you very much.

Reply: If there is a tumour in her breast. Get it removed!