Story 1:
June is a female in her early forties. Sometime in August 1997, the doctor told me that there was a polyp and it is dangerous and will cause you big trouble in the near future … He suggested an operation to remove the gall bladder … It Is a major operation. Go home and sort out all your important matters and come back in a week’s time.
June almost agreed to this operation but she was cautioned Icy her husband to think things over properly and seek further opinions. She ended up taking herbs instead. On 16 April 2001, / went to see a Dr. R of D-Medical Centre because of the discomforts I experienced on the right side of the rib region. Even before examining me, Dr. R said: Well, is it time to have your gall bladder removed? I felt very disappointed, sad and angry within. I felt all that the doctor wanted was money and I was sent for an ultrasound. I was amazed and happy when Dr. X, the radiologist told me that the polyp had shrunk to 3.9 WM. I am still taking the herbs and praying that the polyp will (trove smaller with time. As of this writing, June is still doing fine and has no complaints.
Story 2:
Doris was a 46-year-old lady. A CT scan showed a huge mass in her liver. On 30 December 2000, Doris had seventy percent of her right liver resected in Singapore. Then she underwent a course of chemotherapy. All in, her medical hill came to about S$40,000.
Doris felt well after all these treatments. She was optimistic having been given such a high hope by her. Unfortunately, a CT scan done on 29 March 2001 showed at least three, less than 10 mm round hypodense nodules in the left lobe of the liver. In short, the cancer had come back to the remaining thirty percent of her liver. In the first week of August 2001, barely eight months after everything was done, Doris died.
Story 3:
Suria was a 38-year-old man from Indonesia. A CT scan done in Penang on 2 March 2001 indicated a mass in the left lobe of his left liver. It was diagnosed as a hepatoma. He returned to Indonesia and started to search for a cure for his liver cancer. A doctor in Jakarta referred him to a specialist in Singapore. On 5 May 2001, Suria was operated on and had part of his liver removed. Before the operation, the surgeon told Suria that he had a ninety-eight percent chance of success. Unfortunately, this assurance was misleading. A scan done on 21 August 2001 (i.e., about three months after the surgery) showed the presence of more tumours in the liver.
Suria was very upset and frustrated. The surgeon told him that the ninety-eight percent chance of success was meant to be a guarantee that Suria would not die because of the operation. It was never meant to be a cure or non-recurrence of the cancer!
Medical “Truths” About Liver Surgery
My reading of the medical literature indicates the following:
• If detected early and if the tumour is still very small, patients may survive one or two years after surgery.
• The 5-year survival rate after surgery is ten to thirty percent.
• Surgery is the only treatment option that offers a chance of cure with a very small tumour at the time of diagnosis.
Unfortunately, such patients are rare to find. About eighty percent of patients with hepatoma also have liver cirrhosis. For such cases, the 5-year survival is low.
• Surgery is not possible for patients with advance cirrhosis.
• Liver cancer is NOT responsive to chemotherapy.
Story 4: Siah is a 40-year-old female. A cervical biopsy and ondometrial curetting done on 8 October 2002 indicated:
(1) CIN III asociated with HPV infection,
(2) early secretory endometrium.
The doctor suggested immediate removal of her cervix, possibly followed by radiotherapy. Siah declined further medical intervention and was started on herbs on 14 October ‘1002. She benefited from the herbal consumption. Her headaches and mood swings disappeared (PMS). A pap smear done on 6 March 2003 (i.e., about six months on the herbs) indicated normal epithelial cell morphology.
Story 5:
Lina is a 51 -year old lady. She was diagnosed with molar pregnancy in 1999. A cervical punch biopsy done on 17 August 2002 indicated HPV associated carcinoma-in-situ with glandular involvement. A cone biopsy done on 13 September 2002 indicated focal moderate dysplasia (CIN II HGSIL). She sought the advice of three doctors and all of them suggested total hysterectomy. She declined further medical intervention and took herbs instead. A pap smear done on 23 January 2003 indicated normal epithelial cell morphology. As of this writing, Lina still has her uterus and ovaries intact!
A Point to Ponder: Dr. Stephen Fulder wrote: .. the highly skilled professionals have … little understanding of the real causes of illness. Can the followiing story substantiate this conclusion?
Story 6:
May is a 50-year-old lady. She had a bloated stomach for the past six months and suffered severe discomforts when sitting down. As the problem became worse, she decided to seek medical help. She saw many doctors in FOUR different hospitals in Penang. They did all sorts of medical examinations (blood test, scanning, endoscopy, etc.) but did not know what was wrong with her. Then a CT scan done on 5 March 2003 indicated a solid lesion in the upper pole of the right kidney. The ultrasound of 13 March 2003 showed a cyst in the right lobe of her liver and a gall bladder polyp.
All the doctors of the different hospitals suggested that May underwent surgery immediately otherwise she would die within six months. May enquired if the surgery would cure her bloated problem. The doctors were unable to answer that question.
Desperate, May came to see us on 14 March 2003 and was prescribed liver herbs and Stomach Function Tea for wind in the stomach. Three days on the herbs, May’s problem vanished completely. She had no more complaints. As for the surgery? She decided, no thanks!
“Extracted From – Cancer, What You Need To Know About… Dr. Chris KH Teo”
