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Leukemia Status
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Status to Date
A normal range of white blood cells is from 4800 to 10,800 white blood cells per microliter of blood (micro = one millionth). My blood counts have been as follows:
14,800 ---- May -2003
14,900 ---- July - 2003
14,900 ---- August - 2003
19,800 ---- October - 2003
24,900 ---- December - 2003
21,000 ---- March 11 - 2004 ----- A decrease of 3900 = 15.7% (due to my using essiac)
18,800 ---- April 15 - 2004 ----- A decrease of 2200 = 11.7% (due to Dr. Budwig Diet
Total % reduction from the high of 24,900 = 24.5%
21,000 ---- June 17 - 2004 ----- A slight increase but I am dealing with an infected eyetooth.
26,400 --- September 15 - 2004 ---Increased so I'm strictly observing the Dr. Budwig diet. See this post.
November 18, 2004 - I have suspended the Budwig diet and I am well into a 42-day juice fast. The fast includes a complete detoxification effort. See detoxification article here. The fast will end mid-December. I will immediately then have blood work done and should have the results December 17 or18, 2004. Those results will be posted here.
17,000 --- December 16, 2004 --- A decrease of 9400 or 35.6%
Below are listed the steps I followed to achieve that decrease:
- Juice Fast ... 42 day Breuss Cancer Cure
- Coffee Enema ... daily
- Colon Cleansing ... Bentonite and psyllium seed husks daily
- Liver Flush ... every second week
37,000 --- March, 2005
55,000 --- June, 2005
45,000 --- August, 2005
41,400 --- October, 2005
35,000 --- December, 2005
33,000 --- February, 2006
Leukemia Stages
I am currently at Stage 0 of the disease. There are 5 different stages labeled from stage zero to stage four.
Because medical people love to use language that leaves the unwashed masses in a state of total confusion, I have translated the techno-gook into plain English so that there will be no brain hernias.
Stage 0 – excessive white blood cells – no symptoms
Stage 1 – excessive white blood cells - enlarged lymph nodes
Stage 2 – excessive white blood cells – enlarged spleen or liver or both
Stage 3 – stage 0, 1, or 2 plus anemia (low red blood cells)
Stage 4 – stage 0, 1, or 2 plus low platelets (platelets help the blood to form clots)
Summary
A summary of my disease (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia) , as I understand it, is my body is producing some abnormal white blood cells that do not die when expected. These longer-lived cells accumulate in my body and eventually will cause a problem because of excessive numbers. If the counts get to the 100,000 range I could experience symptoms. I have to find a treatment that will destroy these excessive and abnormal cells.
Obviously, the success indicator of a treatment will be a reduction of the previous white blood cell count. A cure indicator will be a reduction back to the range considered to be normal. My plan is to have a blood count done every 2 months. I will be recording the duration of various treatments and corelating them with the results of blood counts. Most times there will be a two month lag between treatments and blood work.
In April, 2004 I will be 65 years old. I am 6 ft. tall and weigh 240 pounds. I quit a 50 year smoking habit last August and gained a ton of weight. I have lost 8 pounds since beginning (February 22) the Dr. Budwig diet which I will expand upon in a future post. My goal is to get to 190 and I hope to be there mid-summer. That would be nice because my chest would then move from my beltline up to where it should be. I work out on a home-gym every day and will begin daily walking when the weather clears a bit.
Date Weight
02/22/2004 246 pounds
03/23/2004 237 " - 9 pounds
04/15/2004 237 " no weight loss but significent reduction in size of stomach.
06/17/2004 234 " there's nothing wrong with my appetite. :-)
10/08/2004 230 " slowly but surely
11/18/2004 211 " lost 19 pounds to date with the juice fast
12/05/2004 199 " lost 31 pounds to date with the juice fast
12/15/2004 197 " lost 33 pounds on the juice fast
01/10/2006 200 " hanging in there
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