Off to Mayo Clinic inRochester

Maryanne,

You might get online or check your local library for information on the Gerson Lifestyle or Diet.  If you contact their foundation directly they will send you a bunch of information and give you names of people who had stage 4 pancreatic or peritoneal cancer and were healed using this diet.  They did not have anyone with Cholangio at the time I contacted them.

www.gerson.org

I remember you said you were already eating kind of a vegan diet, so this should not be a difficult step for your husband.  It is very strict and I think that scares people away, but there is some solid research out there that supports it.  They say on the DVD (that was given to me) that they have seen miraculous results in as little as two weeks time on this diet.  If you decide to do something natural please keep us informed - this is a hard decision, but if he is feeling well I think you have a better shot than otherwise.

Stacie

my Dad is following the Gerson diet too.  He says that the fresh carrot juice gives him a real energy boost and that he is feeling better then he has done in over a year - ie prior to diagnosis.  I think it makes sense that diet is crucial in boosting the bodies natural immune system.  My Dad has read the book by Michael Gearing Tosh, a well respected Oxford don who followed the diet and refused conventional chemo following a diagnosis with myeloma.  He lived for 11 years after diagnosis.

The diet is strict, and juicing all those carrots can be labour intensive, my Dad is working on boosting his natural immune system and is planning further treatment in addition to the diet.

Jules