Lymphoma Turned into Leukemia after Chemo?

Dear Dr Chris,

My sister is getting weak, any possibility to see you earlier then Friday?

Reply: Where are you from? What is the problem? Chris

Dr Chris,

I am from Penang and get to know you through a friend who one of her friend happened to be seeing you before. She was initially diagnosed with lymphoma at the stomach – 6 inches around Aug last year (2012). Going through the chemo process and RT, the Dr say the lymphoma mutated and it is leukemia right now and there is no further treatment the Dr can offer.

I can offer more details once we meet. Thank you for your time and looking forward to hear from you.

Reply: You are from Penang. I don’t think you need to write email. Come and see me. Also please note that I cannot cure any cancer, especially she was been messed her up. Chris

Totally understand your message. I know but we still haven’t give up on her and will go along the way as long as we see hope. I am just wonder any possibility to see you any earlier otherwise we will drop by on Friday.Thank you

 

CML: Can you help BUT on my own terms?

Hi Master Chris,

A very good day to you. I am from Kuala Lumpur. My husband (47yrs) is having this ‘CML stage 1 (chronic myloid leukemia) since last year Aug’12. Since Sept’12 till now ( 6 months ) he has been taking this meds (nilotinib) and every months he has to go back to the hospital to take his blood test.

After taking nilotinib his white blood cell have gone back to the normal range. He only got slight side effect which may be due to the meds such as morning flu and rashes on the body and his head got a few small dots. Once his leg got swollen “gout” and now he has to control his diet. Sometimes he has difficulty  breathing and was told by his previous dr that his liver is not so good.

He does not take any Chinese herbs b’cos his dr told him not to cos it might affect the effectiveness of the meds.

Besides all these minor side effect he is doing okay.

Now and as usual he is still working and often travel overseas every week (this is his nature of work).

Every day he is taking (nilotinib) twice a day and foods 2 hrs before and after meds (means 4pm onwards do not take food = then 6pm eat meds = after 2hrs 8pm onwards can eat)

* 2 capsules ( 2 @ 150mg = 300mg ) in the morning (6am)

* 2 capsules ( 2 @ 150mg = 300mg ) in the evening (6pm)

According to his dr he has to take this meds whole life or until remission. I have been having sleepless nights searching the internet for solutions and have been thinking that my husband needs to built up his immune systems to heal himself rather than controlling it and this is how I stumble on your website.

So master Chris could you help or advice us? He can only take your herbs by capsules/tablets only (due to his nature of work). Thank you so much for your time. May God Bless You Master Chris! Regards, 

Reply: It is very hard to help if you / he wants healing on his own terms. It is just not possible. I am sorry I cannot help. Why don’t you just continue with your doctor? Chris

Lymphoma Turned Leukemia?

8 November 2012

Hi Dr Chris,

I am writing this email to you on my dad case. He is 63 years, Chinese.

Let me simply tell you my dad history. Starting from this year April (2012), my dad had show sickness on sore throat problem for past few months and show the left neck lymph node swollen.

He had went to general hospital and has been told is lymph node infection. He is coming to Singapore for a second opinion on early Aug . A lymph node biopsy was done and was shown angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma and the bone marrow was also performed showed affected.

As a result diagnosis of stage 4 angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma. Due to his condition sudden turn into worse at the point that time, he was unable to swallow at all and the bone was everyday painful and having difficulty walking. In the end, he was started his first chemo treatment at here.

At end of October doctor noted that the WBC bounced back very fast at the same time, they proceeded with bone marrow biospy & flowcytometry test again. This time the finding is showing the development of Acute Myeloid leukimia (AML). In their summary, they concluded he is having angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma and Acute Myeloid leukimia.

He had a long stay at hospital due to various infections and  until today s finally was discharged with left groin wound. Also my dad decided to drop off the chemotherapy, therefore we are come to you. We will bring down all the medical history reports to present on our appointment date with you.

Due to timing is crucial, we’re hoping you can render helps to us and direct us to correct pathway on this illness. We are seeking your kindness and give us a chance to fix appointment with you.

God bless.

9 November 2012

By the way, my dad having low hemoglobin, low platelet & high WBC. Kindly advise me what should I do to increase hb and platelet. Thanks you.

14 November 2012

Chris,We are having problem here. My father been hospitalised again we have not started the herbs.

Leukemia – side effects of chemo

Dear Dr Chris,

I happen to come to know your contact thru my wife’s sister friend recently.  My wife was diagnosed with leukemia on 01 Mar 2012 and since then she had been undergoing chemo treatment in the hospital. Currently she is under stable condition with another 03 to 04 more months chemo treatment to go before it ends. As usual, the side effect from chemo is making her suffer each time and we heard your herbs treatment and thought it would be of help while she is doing her chemo.

As we are staying in KL, would like to seek your advice should we come over to visit you in Penang or what would be the other alternative ways. We sincerely hope that you could help us.

God blessed you, J

Acute Leukemia from Bandung

Dear Chris,

I will introduce my self before I have few question to you. I’m Ivan from Batam – Indonesia, I have one young brother 37 years old and he sick with leukemia stadium AKUT now. His thrombocyte today is 19k but normal is 150k.  He has headache now and go to hospital in Bandung – Indonesia but doctor said… it’s dangerous. I heard from Ms Priscilia ( Immanuel Church – BATAM ) that we can discuss with Cancer Care about this disease. Do you have any suggestion or medicine herbal for Leukemia? Thank you very much for your attention.

Reply: Go and get the doctor to transfuse blood into him because that is dangerous…and he is in Bandung? Call Pak Teddy in Jakarta and we have herbs for Acute Leukemia.

Leukemia: Let the doctors repair the damage

Hi Chris

I’m C. here and from Kuala Lumpur.  I’ve been following your website and I really respect and praise your work over the years.  In fact, I bought some of your books from bookshop and I really learnt a lot.  Knowledge is power.

Recently my brother in law is admitted to hospital due to cancer and the oncologist prescribed him
“Chlorambucil (Leukaran)” and he is now suffering from chills/fever after taking this drug.  Chris, I
just need some advice on how to reduce the side effect of this drug.  Anything from this list (mushrooms, maitake, wheat grass, tumeric, beta glucan, chlorophyll, vitamins, spirulina, chorella ) can lessen the side effect?

Your advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Reply:  Thanks for your email. Sorry for this late reply. I was away in Laos and just came back last night. Re your brother-in-law – let the doctors take care of him. They know what they gave him and they should be able to repair the damage that they cause. It is not right for me to interfere and stick my neck out — at the end of the day, if anything goes wrong they will say it is all because of the herbs.

 

Myelodysplastic Syndrome from Singapore

Dr Chris,

I am writing on behalf of a neighbour of mine who is suffering from a type of cancer that I have never heard of until now. It is called Myelodysplastic Syndrome (with AML transformation). He went on a clinical trial treatment using a drug called Debcitabine.

He has gone for 5 cycles of the drug now and due for 1 last one in Nov. His name is D.

D seems to be responding to this treatment because his blood count has gone back to normal. Only problem is this is only short term as the root cause of the problem is in his bone marrow. His doctor is recommending that he goes for a bone marrow transplant after this which will cost him SG $40,000. The current treatment would have cost him SG$ 48,000 but since he does not have money, they offered him for free. Apparently in Singapore past clinical trial using this drug, only 1 out of 20 responded positively to this drug. In this trial, he is the only ‘rat’ and seems to work on him.

He does not wish to go for the bone marrow transplant because he does not have the money and doctor told him the procedure is very risky and he may die during the process. So he called me and I am writing to you.

From talking to D, I think he has poisoned his body from his past occupation working with chemicals in pest control etc. which may be the cause of MDS.

I am checking your availability this week and next week so I can bring him to see you. He is still week but at least he can walk now. The last time I saw him 4 months ago, he was in terrible shape. He is also suffering from psoriasis which was how they discovered his MDS during the psoriasis treatment.

Regards

 

Leukemia – who is playing god?

Dear Dr. Chris,

Will you be available this Friday (23rd Sept)? I’m planning to go to your cancer center in Penang regarding my sickness. My leukemia relapsed very recently and doctor told me I probably have under 6months to live if I choose not to have anymore chemotherapy. And he said further chemotherapy can only buy me some time unless I have bone marrow transplant.

Looking forward to your reply.

Terminal Leukemia from Jakarta

Dear Mr. Chris,

I am Eltien from Jakarta Indonesia. I would like to ask your advice about my father cancer. My father is 63 yrs. And Singapore doctor claims that my father has Acute Myeloid Leukemia (only 3 to 6 month life). My dad blood condition is Hb 7.7 , leukosit 1500, and trombo 200. Is my dad condition could be cure? Does it possible for my dad to fly to  Penang.

I will be much appreciate for ur advice. If possible I plan to fly to Penang on Thursday. Please reply me.

Reply: You can come and see me on Friday morning at 10.30 am.I am going to be in KL before that. Bring all the medical reports. If you cannot , write to Pak Teddy in Jakarta. Go to www.cancercareindonesia.com and you get his phone number.

Chris

Dear Mr. Chris,
I couldn’t bring my dad on this Friday to see u. Since my dad had to do the blood transfusion to increase the Hb. I will contact u as my dad hb increase and ask for another appointment with you. Thank you for your attention Mr Chris.

.

Leukemia from Indonesia: Relapse After BMT

I write this email to you in order to seek your suggestion regarding my wife’s illness.

My wife had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) type M5 in late December 2005. I brought her to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on 1 January 2006 for further management and chemotherapy. She had 3 cycles of chemotherapies in the first 3 months. Later she underwent a Bone Marrow Transplant procedure (BMT) in late April 2006 until mid May 2006. But unfortunately, on the 75th day after BMT, the leukemia cell relapsed. After that my wife had another cycle of chemotherapy and also received donor lymphocytes.

Due to financial consideration, I moved my wife for further treatment to Malaysia in mid August 2006. She was admitted into the Subang Jaya Medical Center (SJMC) until today. At SJMC she got another cycle of chemotherapy and received another donor stem cell on 12 August 2006.

But a week ago the leukemia cells were shown to be active again and they developed quickly before donor stem cells even could work. Five days ago my wife had another cycle of chemotherapy in order to reduce the white blood cell count.

I would like to find possible therapy and treatments that will be suitable for my wife. My wife and I are Indonesians. Within the next few days, I must make a decision whether to bring back my wife home to Jakarta or stay in Malaysia. I really need your help.

 

Can Herbs Help in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia?

Dear Dr. Chris,
I’m F. Ii want ask your help for my auntie. She is 43 years old. She had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) since 3 years ago. She knew it from health screening at Mahkota Medical Center in Melaka. First time, her white blood cells (WBC) was 184.000/uL, her lymphocyte was 84 %. She had no symptoms.

The doctor asked her to take chemotherapy with chlorambucil (Leukeran). Then she go to Singapore and Jakarta to have second opinions. The doctors gave the same opinion. They said there’s no therapy that can totally heal CLL. Chemotherapy only can diminish the side effect of high WBC and high lymphocyte. She had taken chemotherapy for this 3 years. Now her WBC is 30.000/uL and her lymphocyte is 91%. She doesn’t have any symptoms. She only has anemia and sometimes feel dizziness. Do you have any treatment to heal her CLL? Can you help her?

I live in Riau, a province in Indonesia, near Malaysia. I’m a doctor, general practitioner. I have read many literature and text books. There’s no treatment that can heal Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in western medicine. If doctor can help, my auntie will go to Penang next month. Thanks for your attention.

Reply: You are right doc., no cure for CLL … but herbs may help. It is up to your untie Doc. She can come and see me. We take care of leukemia patients. Go into my website or go to this link:

http://cacare.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=243&Itemid=57

Pak Jam just came to see me last week. His wife is still alive. But of course, I cannot promise. . I shall do my best.

From Norway: Her Leukemia Came Back Again

Dear Dr. Chris K H Teo,

My name is JMS. I am originally Indonesian but I live in Norway with my family.

In May 2008 I was pregnant for 5 months and got Acute myelogenous leukemia.  Mid June 2008 the pregnancy was aborted, so that chemotherapy treatments could start.  I had 5 chemotherapy treatments.

By the end of November 2008 I was finished with all the chemotherapy treatments and declared free from leukemia.

I am now pregnant again, 27 weeks on the way.  Last Friday (October 1, 2010) the doctor took bone marrow test and confirmed that I have got a relapse of the leukemia.  They plan to wait until my pregnancy is 28 weeks (on October 11, 2010) and they will take out the baby by caesarean operation. Then they will start with 2 treatments of chemotherapy and the bone marrow transplantation.

From previous experiences I know the chemotherapy treatments are extremely hard on my body.  I also heard that bone marrow transplantation is an extremely high risk operation.

I heard you have helped many people so that they are cured from cancer, without chemotherapy and transplantation. I would highly appreciate your advice if there is anything else I can do in this desperate situation?  Best regards.

Leukemia: Can Money Cure?

Dear dr. Chris

I am A. from Indonesia, I found the website about cancer (http://cacare.com), and I’m really interest with it. Actually, currently my beloved mother is diagnosed with leukemia, her condition is getting worse, more weak and not showing any significant changes in treatment. if we had more money, we will go to your place and I’m really sure my mother will get feasible treatment
My mother’s only a elementary school teacher with inadequate salary, so she only gets modest treatment.
And i only can find alternative treatment and looking for traditional medicine by browsing the internet with expectations i can find it. if we can get the treatment as those who have money, maybe my mother can get better and i can hug my mother for more times, because i know my mother’s life only counting minute by minute, day by day……only resignedly and pray that we can do, hope she can still see her kids getting success and still have a chance to make her happy and can enjoy her rest of life….
Maybe my mother will not get any treatment till end of her life. i know it’s impossible for me to expect something good for her. Hope God give His miracle to my beloved Mom.

dr. Chris, would you like to give me some advices what should I do, or maybe if there are any alternative or traditional medicine that can prolong my mother’s life, because it’s not possible for us to buy medical medicines, with our economic condition. i really love my Mom.

Hope you will reply my e-mail.

Thank you,
A

Leukemia: She is doing well after giving up chemo!

This morning, Pak Jam from Aceh came – he said this is his 6th visit to Penang (Click here for full story: http://cacare.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=243&Itemid=57). The purpose of his trip is to collect herbs for his wife.

To me, seeing Pak Jam is a wonderful, most satisfying and rewarding experience. It leaves me with awe and amazement – indeed God the Almighty is merciful. Seeing Pak Jam is to know that his wife is still alive!

My only question of concern is: How is Ibu (mother) now? Pak Jam answered: Better that before. Oh, what a great answer. As I have always said this is God’s wonderful blessing. No man can explain how and why Pak Jam’s wife is still alive today. It defies scientific thinking. Ah, who is asking for scientific proof or clinical trial? This story is must unbelievable – most improbable! Men of science call this a “fluke” or the bombastic word is “spontaneous healing”! Yes, fluke that happens at CA Care all too often! Ask yourself: would “spontaneous healing” happen if his wife were to continue staying in the hospital for chemo … and chemo and spending RM 2,000 each day?

But do we really need that scientific proof? God’s work needs no proof. You see it! You experience it. That is if you have eyes to see. But human minds are closed –saturated and numb with super ego.

I asked Pak Jam again: Are you sure that Ibu is okay? Yes, she is. Her haemoglobin has now gone up to 12 plus – higher than the previous reading! When she went to see the doctor in the hospital, the doctor (who knew about her leukemia) would not give her any medication. He was in awe and was amazed and said he would not wish to sabotage the present healing process. What a wonderful doctor!

I asked Pak Jam how he got his wife into the aero plane. This is what he said: My wife was on the wheel chair and I had to tilt it towards me and held her head against my chest. In my heart I prayed that she just would not leave us while at the Penang airport – please God, let her die after the plane take off. How did you get her into the plane? I waited until everyone was on board – we were the last to get in. There were three seats and my wife was placed on the middle seat while her head rested on my son’s lap and both her legs on my lap. When we got to Medan, all our relatives were there to receive us.

I told Pak Jam that all our conversations were being video taped and I would like to add in more clips of our conversation. I asked if I should cover his face. Pak Jam said: No, please remove the cover on my face. I want to let the world know this. Indeed I am impressed. This is a man who is different most people who came. For most people I have to cover their faces in our video clips. And some patients don’t even want to share their success stories.

A lesson for me: The learned and the educated ask for scientific proof. They want it published in peer reviewed journal! I don’t buy such stuff any more. Experience and see for yourself what had happened. Take it or leave it. What greater proof is there than seeing a person alive and well?

I consider myself blessed and I remain grateful to the Almighty God for every miracle that happened at CA Care. And each week I shall look for miracles – big or small. You can keep your science and your proof, but for me I shall continue to praise the Unseen God for every blessing that happened.