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Teenager has more energy

Cancer Survivor

Ear Infections Eliminated in Small Child


Teenager has more energy

Barb,

As I told you this morning, Tony -- who's now in 10th grade-- has started drinking a soy blender drink for breakfast every morning since he has to catch a 6:45 am bus for school. Tony is usually a zombie in the morning and has always had trouble eating much for breakfast -- it requires chewing and he doesn't like most breakfast foods! I  put about a 1/2 cup of carbonated mineral water into a blender, 1/2 cup of frozen cranberry juice and 3 scoops Soy and blend just enough so it still stays slushy.  He drinks this along with a few Wheat Thin Crackers every morning.  Tony has definitely noticed a difference in his energy in the mornings and also how he does not get hungry as soon as he used to.  He actually gets out of bed much better now than he used to all during Jr. High -- which started 1 hour later!!
 
He asked me soon after school started to add an extra scoop of protein powder to keep him from getting hungry before his lunchtime (which happens to be the last lunchtime).   Tony has even asked me to make him a protein drink on the weekends -- he actually has begun craving it!!  I'm a thrilled Mom for finally accomplishing a healthy breakfast for one of my children.  

Diane


Cancer Survivor

My name is Christine. My son, Jackson, is 3 ½. He was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer at the age of 22 months called Stage IV Neuroblastoma. I brought him to the pediatrician one day because he was showing signs of a virus (fever, lethargy) and also because he was limping slightly. We were sent to Minneapolis Children’s Hospital for x-rays and blood work and by the next day he was diagnosed. He had a main tumor the size of a softball in his left abdomen and it had spread to his right leg bones and 90% of his bone marrow. This cancer has a 40% survival rate and is considered very difficult to survive. The standard treatment which Jackson received consisted of the following:

  • Initial surgery
  • 6 rounds of chemotherapy
  • surgery to remove any remaining tumor
  • stem cell transplant phase of high-dose chemotherapy
  • radiation
  • immunotherapy (experimental and inpatient)
  • oral medication (synthetic high-dose vitamin A)

The treatment lasted 14 months. During his treatment he suffered many short-term side effects that ravaged his body as well as several long-term side effects including permanent sterility and hearing loss. He required a feeding tube early on in the treatment placed directly into his stomach because of severe nausea. His stem cell transplant phase was especially difficult on his body and during this time he did not speak for 30 days and was on intravenous feeding for 85 days. Thankfully, the cancer could not be detected at one point in his treatment and he was designated with the status "no evidence of disease." This cancer is best known for its’ ability to return after a child makes it to this point. My husband and I wanted to do whatever we could to help his body recover from the treatment and also to be able to fight against any remaining or recurring cancer cells in his body. This process was something that the hospital does not get involved in and so we were on our own reading and scouring the internet for information that we trusted. It is an understatement to say that this task was overwhelming! We have a deep love for, trust in and reliance on God and have prayed for his guidance and wisdom in all of our difficult decisions. We began with a regimen of supplements that mainly focused on helping his immune system. We received a letter from Barb Helms-Bot, whom I was an acquaintance of through church and the health club. In her letter Barb generously offered to supply Jackson with whatever supplements could help him. We contacted Barb and she set us up on a conference call with a nutritional consultant who laid out a very comprehensive regimen that she believed would best help Jackson . We started right away. We give Jackson about 25 pills each day by dissolving them in water and pushing them through his stomach tube with a syringe. We have opted to keep his stomach tube JUST so that we can continue to give him these quantities of supplements until he gets old enough to take them orally. I must say that I was truly amazed and thankful that Barb was so kind and generous to give our family such a gift of love and as I write this now, it brings tears to my eyes. I think that Barb is so much more than a business person pushing a product to make a buck! She so genuinely cares about other’s health and she has certainly found a company that she has the utmost respect and confidence in and she wants to share that with others. We really believe these supplements are helping Jackson and although we are not certain what the future holds for him, we are so thankful that we are doing what we can to help him beat this dreadful cancer. We will always be grateful for Barb and her generosity!

God bless all of you with health and wellness,

Christine


Ear Infections Eliminated in Small Child

My son, Logan, started getting ear infections at 6 months old.  It seemed like just as one infection cleared up, he would get another one.  Over an eight month period, he had over eight ear infections.  The antibiotics were very hard on his stomach, too, and I dreaded having to give them to him.  My sons’ pediatrician recommended that Logan get tubes put in his ears.  I wasn’t comfortable going in that direction, and started looking for other alternatives.  Barbara spoke at one of my MOPS meetings about health and nutrition and mentioned using an acidophilus product that has helped with ear infections.  I have been giving Logan optiflora for over 6 months now, and not only has he had zero ear infections, he hasn’t even had a runny nose throughout this entire cold-and-flu season.  This product is great, and has worked wonders for my son’s health.

Jessica


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