Questions:
I will be getting my whole thyroid removed. The doctor told me I will be on synthroid for the rest of my life. I would like to know what I have to take for herbal meds to make me feel normal and healthy again. I am 49 year old weight is 159 lbs. I believe I am a healthy person as my medical report came back as very good. Except for the cancer. I will be going for radiation as well in about 6 weeks time. Please help me get my mental health, physical health and spiritial health back on track. I have read the book (Paw Paw, the Christopher Columbus Approach to Cancer) which I found very interesting and informative. Thank You!!! So my questions are:
Answers:
1) Post-surgery: You can start taking the Paw Paw as soon as you are eating after surgery. Follow the recommendations in the book to continue to destroy any cancer cells AND to prevent cancer flare up elsewhere. Certainly post surgery, taking high levels of anti-oxidant immune boosting herbs, such as Zambroza, called Thai Go in the U.S., speed recovery. Also be sure to get your bowels moving within 12-24 hours. If needed, herbal supplements such as LB are very safe and effective, much more so than chemical formulations like Senekot, generally used in hospitals. Both the above are liquid, and can be started as soon as one is able to consume any liquids.
2) Please determine your need for radiation by asking the ” Questions to Ask Your Doctor” in my book. Other than the fact that this is probably ‘accepted medical protocol’, how can they determine you will definitely need radiation until they have completed the surgery? Perhaps the surgery will be completely effective, and they are only do this as a prophylactic (preventative) measure, which is very questionable. Please ask the questions first, as this will determine your long term health outcome. If you do decide to have radiation, then yes, I would continue the Paw Paw program. In addition, there are some natural aids to lessen the side effects of radiation. We could set up a phone consultation to discuss this before you make your decisions.
3) No, none of the herbs in the basic Paw Paw Program will affect your thyroid medication, synthroid.
4) One has to do the best that one can with what is available. Again, we can cover some of this in a phone consult, as I may have some suggestions, such as sprouting to obtain organic greens, no matter where you live, sources to get you set up to accomplish this easily.
5) Pre-surgery: Most doctors do ask people to stop all supplements before surgery, as a few such as higher dosage Vit. C , Gingko Biloba, Red Clover, may thin the blood and there is a concern of excess bleeding. As herbs and supplements are not their area of expertise, they feel safer and save time doing research by requesting stopping of ALL. Some say 24 hours ahead, some say 3 days, yours is being very cautious with 7 days.
Get a good night’s sleep pre-surgery and visualize a positive outcome! Imagine yourself coming out of surgery with a great report that all was successful.
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I came across your website having a question about mixing thyroid medicine with Paw Paw, I saw that n your response to someone else that Paw Paw does not interfere with Thyroid medication. I have read on about 8 other sites that it does. The effect to fight cancer of Paw Paw decreases greatly as well as the Thyroid med. They counter one another. Can you please tell me how youv come to the conclusion that it dosent? I would like to take PawPaw without quitting meds.
I am in regular correspondence with Dr. McLaughlin, the person who has conducted most of the research upon which the efficacy and actions of Paw Paw Asimina triloba is based. When in doubt, I speak to him.
As the primary action of Asimina triloba is to decrease ATP production in the mitochondria of the rapidly reproducing, renegade cells, aka cancer, it was “theorized” that thyroid medications and anti-oxidants, especially CoQ10, which are designed to increase ATP production, would counter the effects of Paw Paw. So this was the original theory, and likely the sites to which you refer are referring to this. Further studies since that time were done which indicated that using certain anti-oxidants with Paw Paw actually increased the rate at which cancer cells died.
Remember that this is what science is – a theory, which is why people thought the world was flat, the scientific theory of that time. Thus the title of my book – The Paw Paw Program – A “Christopher Columbus” Approach – he proved that the current scientific theory was invalid.
UPDATE 2024: Hmmm. the “science” around flat versus round earth begs questioning..again. Some of the “science” may be answered with this total solar eclipse happening today. We have certainly learned in the last 4 Plandemic years that “Following the science” is a fallacy, as it depends upon who is paying the “scientist”.
In discussing this again with Dr. McLaughlin just before answering this, he repeats there is no proof that these are counter-indicated. So my previous answer stands – if you need the thyroid medication take it – you might try decreasing it if you can coordinate this with your medical practitioner. My theory is that because Paw Paw targets only unhealthy cells, those that reproduce up to 17 times faster, and does not affect normally reproducing cells, this is where the confusion is arising. I am open to any research that indicates otherwise.
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