Thursday, September 16, 2010

Update from Chris

I'm posting a quick update on behalf of Chris because a lot of people have asked how he's doing and he hasn't had the time to post any updates here.

Thankfully his Great Brain is working as well it did before having a big chunk of it removed, and since his surgery he has spent 100's of hours researching all possible treatments. He's now employing a cocktail of drugs, supplements, vitamins, etc.

Here's a summary:

- had an MRI in Buffalo a couple of weeks ago which showed no new tumor growth; planning another MRI in a couple of weeks
- working with Dr. Khan at private clinic Medicor in Toronto; prescribed an off-label drug called DCA (see )
- doctors at the Juravinky clink in Hamilton have prescribed radiation and chemo (temozolomide); he's declined the radiation.

Drugs, supplements, etc.:

- DCA
- possibly temozolomide (chemotherapy)
- looking at cloroquine (antimalarial drug shown to be effective along with chemo)

- green tea
- essential fatty acids EPA, DHA, GLA, CLA
- melatonin
- betathiamine
- isofalvones of soy extract
- large amounts of vitamin D
- psk mushroom extract
- maitake d-fraction mushroom extract
- CoQ10
- maybe resveratrol
- maybe circumin
- low-carb diet

All things considered, Chris is doing very well. He's maintained a positive attitude throughout this ordeal -- admirable and inspiring to say the least.