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Have AML, Type M1. Done Chemotherapy. Cheaper Alternative For Next Treatment?
Hi Doctor,
My boyfriend who lived in Ethiopia is suffering from AML, type M1.
At the moment he get treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. At the moment he got his first chemottreatment 3+7 (2 weeks ago he finished) and now we are waiting for his white bloodcells, cause his level is under 4000. The chemo was really succesfull the doctersaid, total remission. There are till now no infections and he feels really fine. He has no any side-effects.
After his WBC level is high enough, he can go out of the hospital and wait for his second chemotreatment with HIDAC.
But at the moment there is no more money. The costs of the hospital are really high, and we do everything we can.. but.. we allready payed 35.000 USD.
Is there a cheaper opportunity to get a next chemo therapy with tablets at home or something.. ?
My boyfriend who lived in Ethiopia is suffering from AML, type M1.
At the moment he get treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. At the moment he got his first chemottreatment 3+7 (2 weeks ago he finished) and now we are waiting for his white bloodcells, cause his level is under 4000. The chemo was really succesfull the doctersaid, total remission. There are till now no infections and he feels really fine. He has no any side-effects.
After his WBC level is high enough, he can go out of the hospital and wait for his second chemotreatment with HIDAC.
But at the moment there is no more money. The costs of the hospital are really high, and we do everything we can.. but.. we allready payed 35.000 USD.
Is there a cheaper opportunity to get a next chemo therapy with tablets at home or something.. ?
Fri, 21 Jun 2013
Hello,,
Thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum.
Acute myeloid lukaemia is treatable disease.
In India A I I M S ( ALL INDIA INSTITUTE of MEDICAL SCIENCES ) New Delhi will suit you most and at affordable price as it is an Indian govt institution and supposed to treat patient freely.
So you can contact above said institute.
Good luck.
Dr. HET
Thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum.
Acute myeloid lukaemia is treatable disease.
In India A I I M S ( ALL INDIA INSTITUTE of MEDICAL SCIENCES ) New Delhi will suit you most and at affordable price as it is an Indian govt institution and supposed to treat patient freely.
So you can contact above said institute.
Good luck.
Dr. HET
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Hello friend,
This answer is from a Homoeopathic physician.
I do not know whether you are having any idea about Homoeopathy, because Homoeopathy is less popular in African countries like Ethiopia.
This is a different system of treatment which goes to the deeper causes of your boy friend's disease and tries to cure him.
You both believe that it is because of the defective white cell production in the body that he is sick. It is understood to be caused by replacement of normal bone marrow with leukemic cells, which causes a drop in red blood cells, platelets, and normal white blood cells.
We Homoeopaths say the other way. It is because he became sick that his bone marrows started producing abnormal cells. Since the disease is diagnosed as Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, the onset of disease is sudden.
There would have been a sudden conflict in the life of your boy friend, happened just before the appearance of the disease or the symptoms of the disease. It would have been an unexpected shocking conflict in the psychic level. The changes that followed are symptoms happened in the organ level mediated through the brain.
Therefore if you or your boy friend can recollect this conflict and his reaction to that, an expert Homoeopath can understand the constitution of the patient and can prescribe for him a genetic constitutional remedy that will cure him. That remedy will improve the functioning of the bone marrow to a positive direction.
In the strict rules of Homoeopathy, we are against the chemotherapy, which in no way is curative. Since you have started it but finding it difficult to continue due to financial problems, you can try this alternate method. Homoeopathic treatment is not only safe, simple, scientific and effective, it is also affordable.
Therefore, if you feel like adopting this new method of treatment and if you can find an expert Homoeopath, then my advise is to take it.
With best wishes for a rapid and permanent cure for your boy friend,
Dr. C. J. Varghese
Homoeopath
drcjvarghese@gmail.com
This answer is from a Homoeopathic physician.
I do not know whether you are having any idea about Homoeopathy, because Homoeopathy is less popular in African countries like Ethiopia.
This is a different system of treatment which goes to the deeper causes of your boy friend's disease and tries to cure him.
You both believe that it is because of the defective white cell production in the body that he is sick. It is understood to be caused by replacement of normal bone marrow with leukemic cells, which causes a drop in red blood cells, platelets, and normal white blood cells.
We Homoeopaths say the other way. It is because he became sick that his bone marrows started producing abnormal cells. Since the disease is diagnosed as Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, the onset of disease is sudden.
There would have been a sudden conflict in the life of your boy friend, happened just before the appearance of the disease or the symptoms of the disease. It would have been an unexpected shocking conflict in the psychic level. The changes that followed are symptoms happened in the organ level mediated through the brain.
Therefore if you or your boy friend can recollect this conflict and his reaction to that, an expert Homoeopath can understand the constitution of the patient and can prescribe for him a genetic constitutional remedy that will cure him. That remedy will improve the functioning of the bone marrow to a positive direction.
In the strict rules of Homoeopathy, we are against the chemotherapy, which in no way is curative. Since you have started it but finding it difficult to continue due to financial problems, you can try this alternate method. Homoeopathic treatment is not only safe, simple, scientific and effective, it is also affordable.
Therefore, if you feel like adopting this new method of treatment and if you can find an expert Homoeopath, then my advise is to take it.
With best wishes for a rapid and permanent cure for your boy friend,
Dr. C. J. Varghese
Homoeopath
drcjvarghese@gmail.com
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