You know yesterday... when we were getting all excited about Rigvir, the promising new virotherapy treatment for cancer.
Well, it's all still good, the part about Rigvir still being a promising new virotherapy treatment for cancer... Whewww! I was just a little worried there.
But, the bad news...
It is only being offered in a few select places around the globe. Like Latvia, Georgia (as in the country, not the state) and Mexico. Which of course, I guess, is only bad news if you don't live in Latvia, Georgia or Mexico.
As I watched The Truth About Cancer documentary several months ago (you know, the one that prompted this 31 Day Challenge...yes that one!) one of the doctors interviewed was Dr. Antonio Jimenez...
An amazing communicator, as well as a dedicated holistic doctor, Dr. Jimenez founded the Hope4Cancer Center in Baja California, Mexico... and his clinic has recently begun to offer the Rigvir protocol among other natural, non-toxic therapies.
One of their patients, Rivi, shares her story with the devastating diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and her journey with Hope4Cancer:
"SAN DIEGO, May 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- "She has no evidence of cancer of any kind!" In the encouraging wake of her doctor's words, Rivi Litvin stepped out of a leading Los Angeles hospital, knowing that her prayers had been answered.
A year earlier, in September 2012, Rivi approached her doctors with persistent symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea and jaundice. Their fear that these may be symptoms of pancreatic cancer were realized when imaging confirmed the presence of the disease in her bile duct and pancreas.
Five-year stage 4 pancreatic cancer life expectancy is dismal (between 1 to 15%). Rivi opted for the Whipple procedure, during which her gallbladder and parts of her pancreas, liver and duodenum were removed. But her cancer roared back within 4 months, now spread to her liver. She was given 6-12 months to live.
A teacher of Jewish faith and a woman of unshakeable determination, Rivi, with her daughter Tova, searched everywhere for options. One clinic in Mexico stood out in the crowd. The moment she met Hope4Cancer® Institute's Medical Director, Dr. Antonio Jimenez, Rivi knew that her search was over.
Hope4Cancer® is known for its principle-based approach to integrative medicine. They offer non-toxic, whole body personalized treatment programs that include cancer busters such as Sono-Photo Dynamic Therapy, Hyperthermia and the Latvian cancer virotherapy, Rigvir®. A"Pac-man"-like non-pathogenic virus, Rigvir® seeks and destroys cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched.
Rivi's personalized program strangled the blood supply feeding her liver lesions. By September 2013, the lesions had become undetectable. Her Los Angeles doctors confirmed: there was no trace of cancer!
April 14, 2014. Rivi invited Dr. Jimenez and some of his colleagues to her home where she hosted a Passover Seder feast. For hours, her fascinated audience heard her share the philosophy of Passover. Her palpable gratitude filled the room as she shared how the plague of cancer had, for a seemingly endless moment, paused on her, only to pass her over.
Today Rivi is not just alive, but thriving. Her Los Angeles doctors told her she did not need any further monitoring. But unwilling to be trapped in complacency, Rivi remains steadfast with her treatments, following the principles she learned at the clinic that helped save her life."
And I would call that a little good news! Rivi is another pancreatic cancer success story. Alive and thriving...
Do I know that Rigvir works for pancreatic cancer? Not personally, no... However, if you ask me if I know that chemotherapy and radiation works for pancreatic cancer my answer would be a heartbreaking, very personal, NO...
As I have shared over and over, there are so few success stories when it comes to pancreatic cancer. It is taking our loved ones at a staggering pace, too many and much, much too soon.
Through our journey with mom, we have slowly come to believe that evidence-based medicine is described best by the pancreatic cancer survivors themselves. In other words, what did you do to survive this horrific cancer... for me, that is evidence that it is working...and therapies that we need to talk about!
The bottom line here today? Surviving pancreatic cancer is more than just a little good news... It is the very best news I can think of! And definitely a little Hope for the journey
Graced to be walking this road together,
Always,
Jane
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