Within our Facebook group page we have many cancer survivors that are equally impressive. However, Carl O. Helvie’s Journey with lung cancer makes him one of the longest lived in the United States. I would like to Thank… Carl for his contribution to Solitarius.org and also say you can also contact him on Facebook or listen to him through his radio talk show.
Carl states in this blog that he wrote, “It doesn’t seem possible that it has been 40 years.” Since I started my cancer journey…. that strengthened my love for/ faith in GOD and all others in my life. In July of 1974, I awoke from a dream that told me to go for a chest x-ray. I did not find this unusual because GOD has often spoken with me through dreams.
So I made an appointment with my doctor for an x-ray referral as required by my insurance and when asked “why I wanted to do an x-ray.” I only told the doctor that I did. Knowing he would not understand what “devine intervention” through dreams was. When the radiologist found a spot on my lung that had not been there previously.
My doctor schedule a biopsy that came back positive for lung cancer. Then the surgeon and also my primary doctor visited me and told me, “you need immediate surgery and chemotherapy Carl.” I then asked for the pros and cons of their therapy and told them I would go home and pray for my situation.
Through power of prayer: I knew I would make a rational decision about what I should do. The doctor told me without their therapies I would be dead in six months. As I reinforced it was my own decision about the type of care I would receive. They re-emphasized that you would be dead in six months with a sense of urgency obtaining their treatment.
After talking with my doctor and surgeon, I met with a friend Ursula. Whom was in my “Search for GOD Group. As we agreed to pray for guidance while watching for dreams for answers. Ursula then gave me the name of a doctor 100 miles away who used Alternative Treatments for cancer and several names of his former patients to talk too.
In addition, she suggested having a reading with a psychic she considered one of the best in the country. Because I had nothing to lose and everything to gain…. so I agreed. I decided against surgery based upon my dreams, the psychic reading and consultation with the alternative physician who had previously carried out successful treatments and research with vitamin B17 (Laetrile) at The National Cancer Institute.
Until the Drug Companies and FDA closed the group down. He then continued providing treatment “under the table” in his office. AS I was asked to sign a statement that I would NOT report him. Unfortunately, within a few years this brave doctor was called before the medical board who took his license to practice medicine. While Dr. R prescribed 2,000 mg of Laetrile and up to 25 apricot kernels daily.
Currently, Dr. Contreras recommends 3,000 mg of Laetrile daily for the first 21 days. As many don’t believe the kernels today are as effective because of soil depletion. Many also prefer IV Laetrile initially because it can be made more potent. While some people will try and discourage Laetrile saying, “it will ill you or send you to the emergency unit because it contains cyanide.
What they fail to add is and the cyanide in Laetrile requires enzymes to activate it and that cancer cells have enzymes that normal cells DO NOT, and that’s significant in killing cancer cells. While pancreatic enzymes are required to soften the cancer cells surface and make the laetrile more effective. Many consuming a Standard American (SAD) Diet are deficient in pancreatic enzymes. Zinc was also important to carry the laetrile into the cancer site.
Other vitamins, minerals and supplements were prescribed and one was especially interesting. Because in the past six months I have read research that confirmed what my doctor told me 40 years ago. Dr. R prescribed therapeutic doses of vitamin A starting at 300,000 iu daily followed by 100,000 iu and then 50,000 for 1 year. As readers know the recommended dose of this fat soluble vitamin is 5,000 iu daily.
It there is excess of this fat soluble vitamin it can be stored in body fat, unlike water soluble vitamins that are excreted. This concern me but Dr. R told me he would give me a high dose vitamin E (another fat soluble vitamin) that can deal with the toxicity. And I had NO side effects. His rationale for this part of the treatment was that the therapeutic doses of vitamin A would prevent normal cells from converting to cancer cells.
And you guessed it right. Within the last six months…. I reviewed research where scientist put Vitamin A in pancreatic cancer cells, normal cells and pre-cancerous cells. In this research, Vitamin A had no effect in cancer or normal cells; but reverted pre-cancerous cells to normal cells. This reinforced what my doctor told me 40 years ago.
Dr. R also prescribed a diet that was similar to a current vegan diet that included 75% percent fruit and vegetables with some cooked ones, grains and nuts. With no animal protein, including cheese, milk, meat, fish or peanuts and simple carbohydrates. AS a nurse with education and experience in public health. I had learned that there are multiple factors in disease and health… rather than a cause and effect relationship.
So it seemed to me there should be multiple intervention for an effective outcome. Thereby, I added a variety of spiritual and also mental interventions to the physical interventions prescribed by my alternative doctor. The interventions including prayer, meditation, visualization, affirmation, serving others, practicing patience, faith and other spiritual attributes.
My alternative physician did not ask me to return… so I went to my primary doctor for follow up. Every three months I went for x-rays to measure my progress. However, never did tell him about my treatments. He thought we were in a wait and see mode. After two years the spot was gone and he said he guessed he made the wrong diagnosis.
However, my friend who was Professor of Medicine at Duke University when I was previously in faculty there. When he asked for and reviewed the lab, x-rays and other tests that I provided and concluded that it had definitely been lung cancer. Though out the years I have continued to follow a regime similar to what I followed during that period and there has been “NO Recurrences” over the past 38 years.
In addition at age 82, I have no known chronic illnesses or prescribe medications (the average for a 75 year old is 3 chronic illnesses and 5 prescribed medication.) Until recently when I was diagnosed with a heart condition that I am treating holistically and naturally. I still look to GOD, including angels and naturopathic doctors with alternative treatments for answers.
I also continue to believe spiritual and mental intervention are important in cancer and other health related treatments compared to physical intervention. Also I have recently been approved for a 501c Tax Exemption to establish the Carl O Helvie Holistic Cancer Foundation. Where we plan to focus on education, research and service for those wishing holistic cancer treatment.
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