Shirley, thank you for the update. I hope you will keep us posted all the
way.. God Bless you and your mom... Carla
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From: swillis@ix.netcom.com <swillis@ix.netcom.com>
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Cc: lung-onc@listserv.acor.org <lung-onc@listserv.acor.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 12:36 AM
Subject: [MOL] Shark Cartilage
>I brought my mom (Mary, dx nsclc 10-97 stage IIIb) to the Longevity
>Institute in Los Gatos, CA. We were referred through a friend of a
>friend. I first started my mom on the Shark Cartilage pills at Price
>Costco. I tried to find out what dosage the friend was taking, but all
>I was told was "mega doses". I found out that "mega doses" means at
>least a 100 pills a day of the type we get at the local pharmacy or
>Price Costco. The MD at the Longevity Institute said he gives a regimen
>of vitamins along with the shark cartilage, so he's not sure if it's the
>vitamins all by themselves, the combo with shark cartilage or the shark
>cartilage all by itself that works. All I know is that we spent nearly
>$300 on vitamins and $420 on liquid shark cartilage. The shark
>cartilage we purchased is called CarTcell in one unit vials. Mom takes
>one vial every morning. The company is located in Canada, however, it
>was shipped to us (via the doctor) from Allergy Research Group (a
>division of NutriCology, Inc) in San Leandro, CA. I am going to see if
>we can buy it direct rather than through the MD. Mom has taken it for a
>few weeks now. This is her second round of chemo and she is doing so
>much better (we started the vitamins and s.c. two days before her second
>chemo). We have to wait and see if there is any improvement when she
>takes her chest x-ray next Monday. If all goes well, she will have her
>third chemo of Taxotere/Carboplatin on 2-12.
>
>Shirley
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