I have had some really bad news a few days ago and I thought perhaps you could give me some advice. My best friend (whom I have been living with for about three years now and that is like a father to me) has been diagnosed with kidney and bladder cancer. In two days he has to go to the hospital for a TAC (which is basically to see how “big” the cancer is, isn’t it?) and I am really worried and scared. He is 60 years old and is not overweight, he’s actually quite thin although he has a belly (sorry for my English, by the way, I am from Spain). He is a heavy smoker (and I mean one cigarrette after the other kind of man) and still today, after the diagnose of cancer he hasn’t decided to quit. Is he a self-destructive person? He is really stubborn and won’t listen. Hace you had any experience with this kind of cancer in any of the people you have seen fasting? Have they improved? Is it an option for him? In Spain fasting is seen like a crazy thing to do so I don’t know if there’s a way to approach this subject with him.

By the way, he also has some calcium plaques in his heart and is taking something called “Adiro 100″ (which is like aspirin and has been told not to drink too much milk or anything with calcium). He was diagnosed of this heart illness like two years ago and he has been fine since then.

I know this is such a personal thing to talk about but I don’t really know what to do and I feel if they tell him there is no chance to do surgery he will just give up without trying and it hurts me so much. Any advice?

Thanks in advance and thank you for your wonderful site. I am starting a long fast tomorrow, perhaps if he sees me doing it will encourage him too.

It’s tough diagnosing our conditions! LOL
I’ll just leave it to the Lord…and try to forget it! God Bless, Ron

I went to a ear, nose and throat doctor, it is Tinnitus. He says that Tinnitus is caused be hearing loss, and I do have a bit of hearing loss in that ear. Just a bit. I asked him why doesn’t he do the hearing test twice to see if it is reproducible, that is basic science. He was smiling but he didn’t comment. No, instead we’re moving on with more testing, a brainstem auditory evoked potential testing to rule out some other things like acoustic tumors and to estimate hearing sensitivity. Insurance pays for it so why not do all the testing just to tell me that there is nothing I can do. What I don’t understand is why when I do juice fasting, the wind in my ear vanishes for days, then comes back a little, goes away again and so on. I start eating, I start hearing it every day. I think this is the 1 million dollars question and not what causes the Tinnitus. It’s funny how they do have a name for every condition but they have no clue what’s causing it.

Anyway, spring is coming, we did see a lot of sun the past few days and I am so very happy, I think I will soon forget abbot the wind in my ear…. the more sun, the better.
Adela

I don’t know what kind of doctor you are seeing about your ear problem. But “any” ringing, at anytime is Tinnitus. I see an audiologist for my problem. They admit that they have no clue what causes tinnitus. If you have no other ear aliments then it is obvious. The info I’ve read indicates that anyone over the age of 50 is subject to hearing loss, and ringing. And 35 million Americans have some form of it. I would rule out all other ear problems by seeing an audiologist. It may be something simple.

I wouldn’t worry…If your brother is eating fresh fruits and veggies, and juicing it’s only a matter of time before his cholesterol drops normally!

I’m in New England, so I feel your pain as far as the cold and snow! Can’t wait for spring!! Ron

Thank you for your message. I don’t have Tinnitus, my ears don’t ring constantly, only certain times, my MD said he has it too but what I have is not Tinnitus. I don’t have gallblader stones either, I did many flushes, only the first time I got out many green peas, next several times, nothing, but my liver is getting better, I will fast some more, maybe in the summer, right now I cannot deal with being so cold while fasting and I am already too thin, I need to find a balance in food then fast occasionally. And start working out, I never find the time for that. Otherwise I feel very good, I am no longer tired or depressed, I have no more pain in my body. My hair is still shedding like crazy, even though I still drink juices and I take hemp seed oil, you may be right about the iodine, I will try to find a good nutritionist. I’ve read Tom’s books and many others, one other thing that could cause the ear ringing is having root canals and nickel crowns, I have three of them, one next to another. They may probabaly be the root of all my problems, past and present, along with an acidic diet. I fixed the diet but the teeth, I am looking into what options I have if I pull them out and see how much will that cost me and I will make a decision.

My brother eats very well, lots of fruits and vegetables, raw, he’s juicing daily, I told him to cut down on the animal protein for a while, eat whole grains, nuts and seeds instead plus the veggies and fruits, we’ll see what that does, but I am suspecting that it will take several years to lower his cholesterol. I still think that a juice fasting will make a huge difference, hopefully he’ll commit to more than 2 weeks and after that he’ll resume to the way he’s eating now. As for drugs, forget them, I do drug development and I would not take ANY of these potent ones even if my company would pay me millions. We’ll see how he does. Thank you for your help.
Adela