Video Transcript: Can You Say “No” to Chemo?
Ty Bollinger: Yeah, so let’s go back in time to the impetus that caused you to write your book. You wrote a book on cancer and it was called—what?
Laura Bond: It’s called “You Can Say No to Chemo.” In 2011, my mom was diagnosed with ovarian and uterine cancer, which is a pretty tough diagnosis. And people were shocked by her decision to say “no” to chemo, and to radiation. She didn’t want to do any of that.
So part of the reason I started writing a blog and then the book was to bring to light some of the limitations of chemotherapy, but also to show what else is out there. And there’s so much else out there, as you well know. From electrical fields for brain cancer, which is FDA approved, to turmeric, to cannabis oil, to high-dose vitamin C.
I’d already been a journalist for about six years. And so, as a journalist, I had access to doctors around the world. And I started interviewing them to find out what they were doing. And, you know, I’m indebted to these doctors, because they were so generous with their time and I wanted to share the information that they were sharing with me with other people.
So that’s the whole point of the book. It’s about choices. I’m not telling people what to do. Far from it. I’m simply opening their minds to the wide range of healing possibilities out there so people can make a decision based on information rather than fear.
Ty Bollinger: Right, right. That’s really our mission as well, is to put the information out there and to give people choices. Unfortunately—I don’t know how it is here in the UK—but in the United States, people feel like they’re limited to only chemo and radiation, surgery, if they’re diagnosed with cancer. What’s the atmosphere like here in the UK?
Laura Bond: It’s pretty similar. I mean, I think you’ll find the same thing in Australia as well. Unfortunately, doctors in America, Australia, the UK, they can risk losing their medical license if they recommend anything other than the gold standard, which is chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In my mind, those treatments are substandard.
So we know that chemotherapy and radiotherapy cause cancer, which is the very thing they’re supposed to prevent. I mean, you look on the back of the chemo − certain chemotherapy drugs, like doxorubicin − and you’ll see a listed side effect is leukemia.
Ty Bollinger: And doxorubicin’s a pretty popular chemo drug.
Laura Bond: Yeah. Absolutely. And you know as well as I do that the latest research from Harvard Medical School and UCLA is showing that chemotherapy actually stimulates cancer stem cells, which are the germ cells from which new tumors arise. So I wanted to make people aware of this, but also to bring them other options.
If you are going to do chemotherapy, there are ways of doing it which are far more targeted, which don’t devastate the immune system as much. You can avoid losing your hair, you can avoid feeling nauseous having chemotherapy, by doing say hyperthermia.
Great point of view.
Laura, this is a good point. One of the reasons that I am terrified of getting cancer because I am afraid to do chemotherapy and radiation therapy because your hair falls off and I do not like it. In my opinion, hyperthermia should be used to cure all forms of cancer at four stages because cancer cannot live in heat.
I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. It is invasive ductal carcinoma, hormone negative and HER2 positive. This is a more aggressive cancer. The Dr’s highly recommend chemo which I am terrified of. I will be having a mastectomy next week. Herceptin and Perjeta are targeted meds to kill the HER2 gene protein and these are given with chemo then continued on for a year. Chemo will be once every 3 weeks over an 18 week period (6 times). Unfortunately there arent any statistics that I can find for those just doing the herceptin and perjeta without chemo. My oncologist told me if I dont have chemo there is a 30%-35% chance of it coming back so that gives me a 65%-70% of it not coming back or going to another part of my body such as brain, lungs or liver. They claim with chemo my type of cancer is “curable” but if it travels to another part of body then it isnt “curable”. I quote “curable” for obvious reasons. Anyway, just want to get some feedback as to what others think. Thank you!
Hi Robyn,
The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors/experts that we interviewed in our Global Quest Series. Here is a link to get their information: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
Best wishes!
Hello,
I have also been diagnosed with the same type of breast cancer as the above but mine is both hormone and her2 positive. I wanted to see what was the advice reagarding treatment. Thank you!
Hi Maria,
The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors/experts that we interviewed in our Global Quest Series. Here is a link to get their information: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
I had lung cancer 4 yes ago. The doctor said the would remove the it and he said We will blast your body with chemo after. I had 6 Mt’s of chemo and 30 days of Radiotherapy. I did not have any cancer in my body after they removed half my lung. Then year later I had 2 spots on my blood vessel in my chest. They bid not grow and they did not want to take samples as it was not safe. Then 3years later I have cancer in my other lung. I did have one spot taken off the blood vessel and sample off the other as they said it was OK to do it. Diffrent doctors. I have 2 types of cancer in both spots. I have said I will not have chemo again as it destroyed my body. 3yrs on and I am still not over it. I have to see about Radiotherapy or new tablets that’s out. But I don’t trust the doctors they get paid to give chemo. I will try cannabis oil as I am 100% for that and know someone that is free from cancer after using it.
In May this year I was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. My cancer marker count was 845.5 so that was quite aggressive. In June I had a total hysterectomy and two months later I started chemo but got only half a cocktail because my weight was so low. Meantime I went to a holistic doctor who gives me a weekly high doses vitamin C and B drip. I use cannabis oil a lot and have a lot of other supplements like tumeric, ginger, vitamin D5000, omega, etc etc. 5 Months later my cancer marker count is 12.3!! Oncologist insists to carry on chemo but my doctor said I must give the body chance to fight on its own which I am doing. Doc says I am a true miracle!
Ellen, thank you for sharing! A miracle indeed. What an AMAZING story! Our team is praying for your full recovery and wishing you endless health and wellness <3
Please explain to me in detail what kind of cannabis oil to take. I have breast cancer. Went on the Rick Simpson 3 month Protocol. And not even a year later it is back spreading faster than ever. I was on the Maintenance schedule when it came back. I’m not so sure I believe cannabis oil cures cancer.
Hi Marge –
We appreciate you reaching out to us about this.
Unfortunately, we are unable to give any kind of medical advice. The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors we interviewed in the Global series.
Please note that we are not able to select an expert for you.
We’ve created a page with the experts’ contact info as it was available to us.
Here’s the link to the actual webpage:
http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
Also, during our Live Event 2017 series, Dr. Patrick Quillin suggested contacting The Institute of Functional Medicine to locate a practitioner in your area.
If you are interested, here is the link to search for a Functional Medicine Practitioner in your area: https://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/
I’m also attaching the info about the Hope4Cancer clinic in Tijuana, MX if you’d like to reach out to them.
http://www.hope4cancer.com/
https://hope4cancer.com/schedule-a-call/
Please also see the resources below in case they will be helpful to you.
From our beginning, we have supported charities that really help these cancer patients.
Cancer Crackdown is so awesome and helps patients without a lot of money get supplements and treatments and even helps them raise money:
http://cancercrackdown.org/
https://www.facebook.com/CancerCrackdown
Also, the Independent Cancer Research Foundation is another charity that we support, also known as Cancer Tutor. They have been a TREMENDOUS help for cancer patients and have a TON of life-saving information they give out freely and they do real research into treatments for cancer that are outside of the toxic Big Pharma Big 3:
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/independent-cancer-research-foundation/
We suggest contacting Cancer Crackdown for any need in financial resources.
We also support Mary Beth’s “Nick Gonzalez Foundation” which is bringing Nick’s protocol to the people…which is one of the most powerful cancer-killing protocols out there.
I hope this is helpful! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us again if there’s anything else we can help with.
Wishing you endless blessings and love!