Hi, it seems like many are against chemo treatment. And is chemo really has little affect to curing the cancer? My relative is third month onto his chemo after his surgery to remove part of the colon. He's in chemo because the cancer cell had spread into the lymph.
However in our recent chemo session, we had asked the doctor (unfortunately she's a junior doctor, not the senior oncologist. It's very hard to see the senior oncologist in govt hospital) and she said that the cancer cells were already removed and the chemo is just precaution to make sure no relapse of the cancer.

Of course, we are happy to think like that, but I am not so sure whether to believe that. How do the cancer that spread to lymph disappear when all the surgery did was to remove part of colon?

Is keto diet works better? Right now, he has no appetite cause everything taste the same to him. He survives on plain & grain breads, which I am opposed of. But it's hard to make him believe that eating more other food is better than carbs and grains.

I've lost confidence in the hype of grains cause I always have health issues when I eat grains for a few days - swollen throat (to the point that doctor thought I have goiter), gassy stomach, bloated stomach.

All his life, he eats what he called healthy grains - brown rice, grain bread, grain drinks and steam fish, hardly touch any red meat and fried food, yet he still gets colon cancer.

Is keto diet suitable for colon cancer patient? How about Paleo? But it's hard to convince him and family, cause his sister is a nurse and like any health workers in our country, believes everything the text books generally told them - grains are good, meats are bad.

This post has been edited by lowlowc: Jan 21 2018, 07:50 PM

Hi. Thank you for your kind words. Hereditary plays a role in his case. I think he had plan to prevent it from happening but going through strict food regime, but among his siblings, we were really surprised he's the one who got the cancer. Maybe hereditary overruns other factor. Hopefully he will get better and better as the chemo goes.

This post has been edited by lowlowc: Jan 26 2018, 04:00 PM