Cynthia,
I have been pondering for the last few days whether I would respond to your post or not and if I did, what I would say.
I started this thread to see if anyone in here had personal experience with B17. I was looking for reasons to continue or not my taking of apricot kernels. In the end, it devolved into a quick and dirty debate on the efficacy and toxicity of the B17 therapy – I feel this discussion was a little one sided and that B17 therapy was mispresented –mainly because I decided to hold back, not wanting to go down the inevitable road to acrimony - however, I have decided to put the other side.
I want to make it clear that I do not recommend people take on B17. I do recommend, however, that people look at both sides and make their own minds up. I also want to make it clear that I do not recommend people ignore the therapies offered by conventional medicine. That is something for each individual to decide.
I am driven to do this because I know how I feel about my having cancer, how it has affected my family. I have also seen the suffering and fear of others who have cancer and the fear and suffering of their loved ones. Reading various posts in this forum I see how people lay in fear and at a loss when all turns to the worse. For me, any hope that can be found in any place is worth the effort. Of course, some will say this is no better than false hope – again something for each individual to ponder.
Firstly, I want to present some testimonials that I have found on the web. Yes, many of these are found on vendor sites, so you do not see any about how B17 failed. Also, you have to believe these testimonies are real and not fabricated – many have names, addresses, phone numbers – I leave it to those reading them to make up their own minds about their authenticity.
Here they are:
www.ultimatenutrition.com.au/testimonies.htm
www.1cure4allcancer.com/testimonies.html
www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/success.html
www.credence.org/testimon.html
www.b17.com.au/testimon/testimpage1.htm
www.anticancerinfo.co.uk/kernel_of_hope.html
curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1420766#i
www.apricotsfromgod.info/testimony.htm
Phillip Day’s book “A world without cancer” also has many testimonials.
If you made it thru that lot, you may want to read what conventional medicine says – a place to find the contrary case (also see Mike’s links above) is at the National Cancer Institute:
www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/laetrile/HealthProfessional/page5
See also the links to abstracts of various medical papers at the bottom of the NCI page.
I believe a sober view of the efficacy of B17 based on one physician’s clinical experience can be found in chapters 12, 13 and 14 of Binzel’s book “Alive and Well”:
www.czlonkamediagroup.com/files/alivewellbook.pdf
I will leave it to those interested to follow up with their own searches of how the therapy works and is to be supplemented (Binzel’s book is a good start).
Cynthia, I agree with everything you have said in your last post. However, in my last post, I was trying to make the point that conventional medicine does not necessarily have all the answers. I cannot understand why people with cancer would not look at every possible way it could be defeated or contained. Additionally, the use of one type of therapy need not exclude the use of the other.
For myself, I have radically altered my diet, I am taking apricot kernels and am looking at various supplements. I also meditate. How I approach the conventional therapies, I have not yet resolved for myself. (Just so you know, I have consulted a second urologist and an oncologist along with several physicians.)
I have posted the above with some trepidation. Whatever path I choose to take is my business – I will take responsibility for the consequences. However, I am concerned, that in my posting the above, that people take a path that might be to their detriment. There is no way for me to resolve this. Looking at the high number of thread views, there is a lot of interest in what has been discussed – this has helped to encourage me to post the above. I offer the above in the hope it might clarify for people some of the choices that are available.
I wish you and the other members of this forum, all the best.
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