Hello,<\/p>
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease read my recent interview with Sue Best (Bilsuebest@aol.com), whose son Billy is 7 years cancer free from Hodgkin's Disease using so-called alternative cancer treatments, 714X, Essiac Tea and a strict diet.<\/p>
\r\n\r\nAlternatively you can read it at my nonprofit web site complete with photographs of Billy, Sue and family.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.cancerinform.org\/sueinterview1.html <\/p>
\r\n\r\nThis e-mail interview between Gavin Phillips and Sue Best was conducted between March 6 and April 19, 2002. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nThe multimillion-dollar campaign against quackery was never meant to root out incompetent doctors; it was, and is, designed specifically to destroy alternative medicine...\"
\r\n-Dr. Robert C. Atkins
\r\n\"The Healing of Cancer\" by Barry Lynes p. 158 <\/p>
\r\n\r\nExposing the Cancer Indu$try
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.cancerinform.org
\r\nThank you.
\r\nGavin Phillips
\r\ne-mail: cancerinfo11@yahoo.com\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHello Sue. Thank you very much for taking the time to tell others about your experiences with\r\ncancer and certain cancer treatments. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. For the record, what is your name and where do you live? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSusan Best - Rockland, MA <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ Your experiences with cancer first began when your son, Billy, contracted Hodgkin's Disease\r\nin June 1994, is that correct? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nYes <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. What type of cancer is Hodgkin's Disease exactly? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nCancer of the Lymph Nodes <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. A parents worse nightmare is their child contracting a life-threatening disease. Please tell us\r\nthe effect it had on your family. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nWe were devastated - couldn't believe our very healthy son could have cancer. Also, my\r\nhusband's 49 year old sister died of Breast Cancer the day of Billy's biopsy so our entire family\r\nwas totally overwhelmed. <\/p>
\r\n\r\n\r\nQ. Did you know anything about cancer or so-called alternative cancer treatments before your\r\nson was diagnosed? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nNo - nothing at all. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. What did your doctor say? Did he refer you straight to an oncologist? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nAfter several tests, our family doctor said he felt that Billy had Hodgkin's Disease or another type\r\nof Lymphoma and referred us to an oncologist. The oncologist performed further testing and\r\ncame up with Hodgkin's Disease as the diagnosis. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. What was your oncologist's prognosis for Billy? What treatment options did he recommend? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nInitially he thought they could do radiation only but in that case Billy's spleen would need to be\r\nremoved which we were not at all in favor of. Then he decided that Billy was at stage IIA and\r\nwould need chemotherapy and radiation. He was considered to be highly curable using their\r\nprogram. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ.What chemotherapy drugs did your oncologist prescribe? Billy began taking chemotherapy in\r\nJuly, is this correct? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nI believe he started chemo in August. ABVD is the protocol for Hodgkin's. Adriamicin, Vincristine\r\nand I can't think of the other two. I am looking for some of my records which should have that info.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nQ.What was Billy's reaction to chemotherapy? What were the side-effects? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nBilly did fairly well compared to other patients. He lost his hair pretty quickly. With each treatment\r\nhis reactions increased. Nauseous - although never actually got sick. Loss of appetite, loss of\r\nweight, metal taste in his mouth, very tired at times. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. I understand that Billy ran away from home because the side-effects of chemotherapy were\r\nmaking him very sick. Is this true? If so, how long after taking chemotherapy did he run away? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nBilly ran away because he had seen his Aunt Judy die of Breast Cancer and he felt the same\r\nwould happen to him. He knew right away that he didn't want to do chemo but we said it was the\r\nonly thing available so he must do it to save his life. He didn't tell us how strongly he felt about\r\nthis. He did chemo five times and each time the side effects got worse. He ran away on October\r\n26, 1994. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. You went on TV to try and find Billy, correct? Where did he go and what happened to his\r\ntreatment during this time? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nYes we contacted the media to try and find Billy. He took a bus to Houston Texas and was not on\r\nany treatments at all. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. So Billy refused further chemotherapy treatments and wanted to try so-called alternative\r\ncancer treatments? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nI actually told Billy on a telephone call from Texas that he would not need to go back to chemo -\r\nhe wasn't the one insisting on that. At this point my husband and I were receiving all kinds of\r\ninformation in the mail and by phone about alternative therapies. Billy didn't know about that yet.\r\nBut he knew that I would stick to my word. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. The media was interested in the story at this point. What was the reaction of the general public\r\nto your decision to stop orthodox treatment? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nThere were some news articles about the rights of teenagers, etc. A lot of people probably\r\nthought we were crazy! <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Who found out about 714X, you or Billy? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nAfter Billy returned home, a man called one night and spoke to Billy on the phone about 714X. It\r\nwas very rare at this time for Billy to answer the phone because he was avoiding the media. This\r\nalso happened after we prayed for God to lead us through this maze - to the right treatment for\r\nBilly. The next day a packet of info arrived about 714X from a different person. We felt God had\r\npointed us in the direction of 714X. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ.What were your thoughts about this unapproved treatment? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nWe were somewhat nervous but also excited because the idea behind the treatment made\r\nsense. Boost the immune system so the body can do what God intended it to do - fight off\r\ndisease. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ.What did your oncologist say about it? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nAfter reading information that we gave him, he had nothing good to say at all. In fact he said Billy\r\nwould be dead within two years if he didn't do the treatment the Dr. was recommending. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. What is 714X and what did you find out about it's inventor, Gaston Naessens? Have you ever\r\nmet or talked with Naessens? <\/p>
\r\n\r\n\r\nSue
\r\n714X is composed of camphor, nitrogen and mineral salts. Billy and my husband Bill met Mr.\r\nand Mrs. Naessens in January 1995 just before Billy would start 714X and were very impressed\r\nwith them. I have met them several times in the last couple of years and he truly is a genius!\r\n<\/p>
\r\nQ.Why do you think he is a genius? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nBecause of his inventions, the somatoscope and 714X. After inventing the somatoscope he\r\ncould look very closely at people's blood because it is magnified and began to study sick\r\npeople's blood. He then came up with the remedy for immune system illness - 714X! <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. When did Billy begin taking 714X? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nJanuary 1995 <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ How is 714X administered? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nInjection. The injection is done in the groin area and it's not difficult to do nor is it painful. First\r\nyou find the pulse in the femoral artery. Then measure 2 inches diagonally toward the naval. That\r\nis the area of injection. You stay in that spot about the size of a quarter. Each day you move to a\r\ndifferent spot. Before injecting you ice the area down so it is numb and also the syringes are tiny,\r\nlike diabetics use. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Was Billy on a special diet? If so, what was it? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nChicken, Fish and Turkey - only meat for 6 months. No dairy, no Sugar. Ate non processed,\r\nhome cooked, low fat food. Lots of organic fruits and vegetables. 8-10 glasses distilled water\r\ndaily. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Sue, is it true that the hospital where Billy was having his chemotherapy treatment brought\r\ncourt action to try and stop him from taking the treatment of his choice and force him to take\r\nchemotherapy? Did this surprise you? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nThe hospital filed a document with the state of Mass called a 51A which basically said that we\r\nwere unfit parents and the state should oversee Billy's care. The state opted NOT to do this\r\nthank heavens! If they had gone that way they could have forced chemo on Billy and this has\r\nbeen done in the United States to other children. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. How long after using 714X did you see an improvement in Billy's condition? When did the\r\ncancer go into remission? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nWithin about 2 weeks Billy started feeling more energy and just better. He was tested after 3\r\ncycles of 714X (2 1\/2 months) and the cancer was gone! That was March 1995 and it has been\r\ngone since then. <\/p>
\r\n\r\n\r\nQ.What was your reaction to such a dramatic recovery? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nIt is what we thought would happen but we were ecstatic anyway! We were very grateful to God\r\nfor leading us to this regimen and to Mr. Naessens for his invention and his help. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. What other therapies, orthodox or so-called alternative was Billy taking? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nEssiac Tea - the original formula from Resperin Corp. Vitamin Supplements Nutritional Changes <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. How do they help fight cancer? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nEssiac boosts the immune system, cleanses the blood, and flushes toxins from the body.\r\nVitamins and nutritional changes were nourishing his body. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ.Some people may say that you are only promoting Essiac Tea in order to make money. What\r\ndo you say to that? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nWe sell Essiac tea and Shaklee vitamins. We could certainly never live on what we make doing\r\nthis but it does help to pay the phone bills for all the calls I return to people who have called to\r\nask me questions. The reason we started selling Essiac was because of all the confusion about\r\ncounterfeit Essiac. We hoped to be able to share what we had learned and help people avoid\r\ncounterfeit brands of Essiac. We also feel very strongly that God lead us to the right treatments\r\nfor Billy's healing and we want to share that information with anyone who is interested. By\r\ndistributing Essiac and Shaklee I have been able to stay at home and do that. I might add that\r\nthere are many people that I call back and talk with for 30 minutes to an hour who never buy\r\nanything from me and that is fine. The main thing is being able to be here to give them the\r\ninformation. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. What was your oncologists reaction to Billy's excellent health and cancer remission using\r\nthese natural treatments? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nDidn't really admit it was the Alternative Therapies that healed Billy. In March 1995 they said\r\nthat's nice but it may not last. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. When someone goes into remission after using conventional treatments, oncologists usually\r\nattribute the recovery to a delayed result of their treatments. What do you say to that Sue?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nSue
\r\nI think that oncologists almost never admit that something besides their therapies have worked.\r\nThey don't look left nor right just at the three things that they have been taught; chemotherapy,\r\nradiation and surgery. Even when those things don't work, most of them won't look at other\r\ntherapies. In Billy's case, he stopped chemo in October 1994. At that point the cancer was gone\r\nor almost gone according to CT Scan and Gallium Scan at Dana Farber. When tested again in\r\nDecember 1994 after two months of no treatments the cancer was coming back and the Drs.\r\nwere very upset. Billy never resumed Chemotherapy but started on 714X, Essiac Tea,\r\nNutritional Changes and Vitamin Supplements in January 1995, and when tested again at Dana\r\nFarber in March 1995, the cancer was gone and has been ever since. Chemotherapy had\r\nabsolutely NOTHING to do with Billy's healing. It was with 714X, Essiac Tea, Nutritional Changes\r\nand Vitamin Supplements and God's Grace! <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Did the media express any interest in Billy's recovery using so-called alternatives? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nYes various shows have done stories on him (Dateline, Good Morning America, Inside Edition,\r\n48 Hours and local news) although the interest was never as big as it was when he was a\r\nrunaway. And they usually put their own \"spin\" on the alternatives -- particularly 714X. Except Fox\r\n25 who have been our kind of people - right on our wavelength and looking for the truth! <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Has your oncologist ever expressed any interest in investigating further 714X and Essiac\r\nTea? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nNone at all. In fact, he and the hospital have never contacted us since the scans in March 1995.\r\nBilly has contacted the Dr. and hospital a couple of times to let them know that he is alive and\r\nvery healthy. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Still no interest Sue? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nNone. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Orthodox cancer researchers and oncologists say that unapproved treatments such as 714X\r\nare impossible to evaluate because they have never been subjected to any clinical trials. They\r\nsay that people like Naessens are selling worthless remedies to desperate cancer patients who\r\nare fooled by these \"quacks\". What do you say to this? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nAbsolutely disagree. We have known other people besides Billy who have had great results with\r\n714X - even people who were terminally ill. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. So Billy has been in remission 7 years this March? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nWe don't use the word remission - it suggests that the cancer is coming back. He has been\r\nhealed or cancer free for 7 years. <\/p>
\r\n\r\n\r\nQ.Does he go for regular check-ups? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nNo scans - blood tests. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Does he still take 714X? Is he still on a special diet? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nHe does at least 2 cycles per year of 714X, takes 2 - 4 oz daily of Essiac and lots of Shaklee\r\nVitamins. He watches his diet somewhat but not like when he had cancer. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. In the past 7+ years since Billy's diagnosis with Hodgkin's, how many other people do you\r\nknow personally Sue who are in remission using 714X and or Essiac Tea? What regimen do\r\nthey use? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nI don't have an exact number because some never call me back to let me know how they are\r\ndoing. There are several in this area of Mass who are doing great. Those who have been\r\nsuccessful used a regimen similar to Billy. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Have you found out about other unapproved treatments that are effective against cancer? If\r\nso, what are they and what is your knowledge of them? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nThere are probably hundreds of treatments out there. I have heard that many are successful\r\ntreatments but we can only speak of the ones that were successful for Billy. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Sue, as you know, over ten thousand Americans die ever week from cancer and untold tens\r\nof thousands more worldwide. In your opinion Sue, why is this therapy and others not being used\r\nby every oncologist in America, or the world, for that matter? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nThe FDA and the pharmaceutical company seem to be very happy with the way things are. They\r\njust keep coming up with more and more drugs - lots of money to be made in the medical field.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nQ. What do you think about the fact that the primary orthodox cancer treatments have not\r\nchanged for over 50 years? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nI think it's horrible - people are dying every day, many of them needlessly. Again, money is at the\r\nbottom of all of this. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Sue, how much influence, if any, do you think drug companies have on the Federal Drug\r\nAdministration (FDA) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) in suppressing competition from\r\nnatural or inexpensive treatments? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nAn enormous amount of influence. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. What are your thoughts about the medical profession in America today and about orthodox\r\ncancer treatments\/research in general? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nThe medical profession is simply Drs. dispensing medicine. Not many Drs. seem to look for\r\ncauses of illness or disease - they just give you some pills to take. Cancer researchers aren't\r\neven looking into treatments that boost the immune system - I think that is the key to beating\r\ncancer. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ.Over the last few decades the NCI and ACS have poured tens of billions into research yet\r\ncancer deaths have doubled in 40 years. Through your own research Sue, your family found an\r\neffective treatment that has worked for 7 years with no side-effects and you didn't have a\r\nmulti-billion dollar budget. What's going on? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nThe Orthodox Medicine people are only focusing on drugs to cure cancer. These drugs cost lots\r\nof money, therefore lots of money can be made. One day of chemo for Billy was $2500 while 6\r\nmonths of 714X was about the same price. 714X is not for sale to Orthodox Medicine therefore\r\nthey can't make any money on it.If you look into Alternative Therapies you will find that these\r\ntreatments and their inventors are maligned and made to look like quacks. Such as 714X,\r\nLaetrile, Gerson Therapy, Burzynski, etc. These are all viable treatments but Big Business\r\nMedicine likes things the way they are. This may be shocking to most people, I know it was to\r\nme, but money is the root of the problem here. This is a multi-billion dollar industry. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nDid you also know that the ACS charter says that the day that a cure is found, they will close their\r\ndoors? I don't believe that they are too interested in that happening and losing their jobs and all\r\nthe perks that they receive. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nQ. Most people do whatever their doctors tell them. Sue, do you have anything to say to people\r\nwho have cancer or know somebody that does? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSue
\r\nI would suggest getting an accurate diagnosis from your Dr. and then getting on a program\r\nsimilar to the one Billy was on including 714X, Essiac Tea, Vitamin Supplements and Nutritional\r\nChanges. And I would do that right away! Or look into other Alternative Therapies if you aren't\r\ncomfortable with the therapies that we chose. There are many excellent treatments available to\r\ncancer patients. I would also recommend looking up information on chemotherapy and radiation\r\nto see how effective they actually are. Most people would be surprised to learn that they would\r\nlive just as long using NO treatment as they will using chemo and radiation. And with no\r\ntreatment the quality of life would be much better. Finally I would suggest praying to the Lord\r\nthrough all of this and asking for His wisdom and guidance. <\/p>
\r\n\r\n \r\nThank you again Sue for taking the time to participate in this interview. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nSo there you have it, the experiences of somebody who has been through the grief,despair and\r\nturmoil of a loved one with cancer. Many other people have been put into remission using this\r\ntreatment *. One of the most important points in this interview to remember is the fact that, with\r\nno knowledge whatsoever about unapproved treatments, Sue's family finds an effective,\r\nnon-toxic treatment that has no side-effects. Think about that for a minute. The NCI's yearly\r\nmulti-billion dollar budget and they just started testing 714X in the last year or so. How did an\r\nagency, that is supposedly desperately searching for an effective cancer treatment, overlook a\r\ntreatment that has been around for over 25 years? <\/p>
\r\n\r\nWhy did the NCI defraud the public when it supposedly \"tested\" laetrile in 1973? Their fraud was\r\nexposed in 1988 by a fellow of the Royal Statistical\r\nSociety in London who studied the NCI trial. He stated: <\/p>
\r\n\r\n\"The NCI conclusions were a total distortion of science. The underdosed and the\r\noverdosed mice were combined with those mice receiving the optimum dosage. The\r\ntrial was absolutely, absurdly dishonest...NCI is an absolutely corrupt, inept,\r\nincompetent organization distorting the truth in order to support their own image and\r\nown budget.\" [1] <\/p>
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