Heidi 2

I just had a look to see how Heidi was doing and read the following on their blog...

17th March - Day 5

Blessed be!

After a not so good day yesterday, Team Heidi were called upon once more. I have no idea what anyone did but by the evening she was bright once more & this morning the was at her position by the front door barking to go for a walk! Joy, oh joy, oh joy! She did her little dance then came back to me for a cuddle while Chris took Meg out for her walk. The light is shining in her eyes, even though she looks tired, she’s here for another day. Breakfast was eaten with near-gusto & she has gone for a nap.

Thank you!

Heidi’s 5 day check is this afternoon. Although the wound on her neck is slightly swollen & bruised (only to be expected), the temeperature feels fine & it’s dry. She has been trying to scratch at it & I have visions of horrible things happening when she does but, dear heart that she is, you just call her name & she puts her foot down, comes over & allows you to give her a gentle scratch followed by Tiger TTouch all around the shaved area. Her coughing was quite bad yesterday & the day before, but again, whenever she starts coughing, she gets up (if out of reach), comes to your side for you to pat her around the ribs to help free whatever it is caught in her throat! Which angel lent her to us? We are grateful to you.

Yesterday was tough & I suddenly felt very alone. I think all the tiredness & emotions all had to come out & they flowed freely. My darling Meg came over & licked away my tears & cuddled in close. Whatever made me feel I was alone? She gently reminded me as she leaned in that we are all surrounded by love & are therefore never alone. Special girl.

I shall let you know what happens this afternoon.

I CAN’T STOP GRINNING!

The lump on Heidi’s mammary gland has SHRUNK BY 1/2 CM if I could make the words dance & jump & sing I would, but that’s Chris’ department! I’d thought it was softer & wanted Barbara’s opinion. I need to reiterate that Heidi has been on the CV247 regime since last Friday - 4 days & the tumour is smaller.

On the wound front, that is healing nicely, her heart rate is down to 100 (following the taking of a blood sample, so I can happily knock off a little to allow for that!) & she’s put on weight. On Saturday she was 11.9 kg & today she weighs 12.7 kg. I can see we’re going to have to watch she doesn’t start piling on the pounds, but we can begin to do a little more exercise from today so that will help her too.

The blood results are due in a bit so will follow up with them when they come.

I know it’s early days,but I feel a small celebration is in order this evening. We shall be toasting not only Heidi’s health, Barbara & her team’s wonderfulness, but also John Carter’s brilliance.

I know you're all willing Heidi on and hoping that tumour keeps shrinking. We're toasting her here tonight, too!

Pippin

Dear Beverley,

I have an 11 year old Weimaraner called Pippin who was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer just before Christmas. We were told that at her age, nothing could be done bar palliative and symptomatic relief with steroids and anti-cough medications (not that I'd have put her through an op anyway). I literally spent days on the internet, and managed to track down pretty much every supplement known (that is to say, has been proven in studies) to have an anti-cancer effect on canine cancer, from sources including the States, Germany and Holland. We also had a substantial overhaul of her diet. However, it's been a long two and a half months, and we have seen a significant decline, that is to say she has slowed down, (we are down to two short walks a day, not the hikes over Dartmoor that we were used to), and is losing muscle tone by the day, although she is is still alert and eating well as always.

Then last week my mum found your article on CV247. And having twisted my vet's arm to prescribe it, I should take delivery of it later this week. At the end of your article, you mention that if anyone is about to commence treatment with CV247, to let you know. Well here we are! The evidence to support the use of this gentle treatment is exciting to say the least, and we are keeping our fingers crossed. Pippin was ridiculously fit for her age up until November of last year, and an increase in her activity levels - indeed, any improvement in her well-being would be amazing.

Your idea of a blog offering support and help for fellow cancer patients is a fantastic idea, and raising awareness about CV247 can only be a good thing - I so wish that I had come across it sooner, so thanks to Dogs Today for that.

Do let me know if you would like progress reports or any other information I can provide.

Kindest regards,
Kate Clayden


Good luck to Kate and Pippin. We look forward to regular updates and hope that some of you folks will start talking to each other and supporting on another like we used to all those years ago in John's waiting room. It really is excellent to hear how many vets are taking CV247 up. I've had email from the USA asking for help. If there are any alternative vets that would like to be the pioneers please do get in touch and I'll put you in touch with the right people to make it happen.
Regards
Beverley

Latest list of vets using CV247

Vets who have indicated a willingness to prescribe CV247

Mr Richard Allport B.Vet. Med.,Vet.M.F.Hom., M.R.C.V.S.
Natural Medicine Centre
11 Southgate Road
Potters Bar
Herts
EN6 5DR

Email: info@naturalmedicinecentre.net
Telephone: 01707 662058

Barbara Jones BVMS MRCVS VetMFHom
Oakwood Veterinary Centre
Babbinswood Farm
Whittington
Oswestry
Shropshire SY11 4PF

Email: barbarjones@onetel.com
Telephone: 01691 679 699

John Hope-Ryan
Masefield House Veterinary Surgery
Wells Road
Malvern Wells
Worcs
WR14 4PA

Email: john@mhvs.co.uk
Telephone: 01684 576464

Paul Grant
35 Addington Road
West Wickham
BR4 9BN

Email: paulgrant64@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 020 84623455

Alan Marshall BVMS MRCVS
The Bard Veterinary Group
15 Catherine Street
Dumfries
DG1 1JF

Email: mail@thebardvetgroup.co.uk
Tel: 01387 255295

Jane Murphy
Lordship Lane Vet Surgery
509-511 Lordship Lane
Dulwich
London SE22 8JY

Email: ejanemurphy@hotmail.com
Telephone: 020 86934677

Andrew Prentis MRCVS
Hyde Park Veterinary Centre
61 Connaught Street
London W2 2AE

Email: hydeparkvet@aol.com
Telephone: 020 7723 0453

Peter A Culpin BSc MA VetMB MRCVS
Clinical Director
Pets Naturally
26 Chepstow Corner
Chepstow Place
London
W2 4XE

Email: pcvet@petsnaturally.com
Telephone: 020 7221 9200

Heidi

Our 12 year old little collie, Heidi, has just had a large mass removed from her throat (Thursday 12th March) as her hyperthyroidism was becoming devastating for her heart. She also has one large growth & a few smaller lumps on her mammary glands, several fatty lumps & we believe her liver is involved as well.
We are very fortunate in going to the holistic vet, Barbara Jones, who gave us the details of CV247. Heidi started the regime on Friday & she has a blog which aims to detail her progress as she recovers from her operation & with the treatment.
I have put details on the blog & a link to your blog. Would it be possible to put her details on yours?
We had a joyous moment earlier when she did a BIG woof in her sleep – when you consider the extent of her surgery it really is miraculous.
Warm regards,
Rachael Manns
Tellington TTouch P2
www.animalsense.co.uk - Tellington TTouch in Mid Wales
www.mekuti.co.uk - Animal training & behaviour solutions

Cinnamon part three

Cinnamon is doing ok at the moment! She has been on CV247 for 15 days with no side effects to date. This Thursday will be 5 weeks since her last operation to remove five tumours. Within two months I can normally feel one or two very very tiny lumps reappearing and at the moment I can feel a little something on her neck but she did have a very deep scar there, so I am not sure if it is scarring or the tumour returning once again, so only time will tell. I assume like everything else, the CV247 needs to get into the system before it successfully works. She is very well in her self but then again she has never been ill with the tumours to date. Because Fibrosarcoma is quite an aggressive form of cancer, I am not expecting miracles, but hope that the CV247 will be able to slow the growth down to buy her more time.
She and my other two cats are not very happy eating the fresh organic produce that I have been buying them and have tried mixing it with organic pet food, but they sort out the freshly cooked food and chuck it on the floor and Jake, my dog, goes around eating their leftovers. So I have given up with the fresh food and continue to give them "Yarrah" and "Lily's Kitchen" organic pet food which they love. I have also been giving them mineral water instead of tap water but noticed on your website a lady stating that John Carter insisted on the glass bottle mineral water. So I shall now change the mineral water too! I have also been giving Cinnamon wheatgrass juice which was also recommended by another client of John Carter.
I keep the CV247 in the fridge as recommended by the Vet and I give Cinnamon 1ml twice daily within half an hour. I can only keep my fingers crossed that it helps her, but at least there is no nasty side effects that chemo can produce, so she has a good quality of life at present.
I will keep you updated of her progress.
Maralyn

Herbie

Beverley,

Thank you so much for your kind email a fortnight ago. My vet referred me to Richard Allport, and fortunately he is prepared to do postal consultations - I live several hours' drive away, and knew Herbie would be stressed by the long journey.

Herbie has lymphoma, which he developed in April 2007, and since then has had a great deal of chemotherapy, but we ran out of options last year. Nothing held back his nodes from growing for more than 48 hours, and the vet advised me it was time for "palliative care only".

Since then, his lymph nodes have continued to grow (photo attached - greyhounds aren't supposed to look like this!) and according to his latest blood test, there is an overspill of lymphocytes into his blood, so the picture isn't too good. He's been on a home-cooked diet for a long while now, and I'm trying to get him used to the addition of raw fruit and vegetables, as per John Carter's instructions. I'm struggling with that - Herbie's never liked fruit, won't touch grated carrot, but I have managed to get him to drink bottled organic carrot juice. If anyone has advice on how to get raw fruit into him, I'd be grateful.

Richard Allport has also prescribed some homeopathic remedies and a couple of other things to support the CV247, so we're taking one day at a time.

Thank you once again for pointing me in the right direction.

Best wishes
Helena Nowell

I'm sure we all send Helen and Herbie all our best wishes. I heard today that Helena has sent off for a copy of the Max Gerson book on Amazon that John based his diet on.

Biggles

A few blogs ago I reproduced the letter from Vet Times that mentioned the original dogs in the clinical trial. Shirley Thompson now lives overseas but she saw the blog and recognised her dog Biggles. I asked her to write something for the blog to share with the new patients on CV247.

I had forgotten John's obsession with only glass bottled water rather than plastic. I remember him writing Waitrose a stinking letter when they stopped selling it! Thank you Shirley for bringing back another memory.

Here's the extract:

K.C. Spaniel (eight years)dog diagnosed to have lymphoma by biopsy. Despite chemotherapy it continued to deteriorate, so this was discontinued. The owner was then told that euthanasia would be necessary within two months. After 18 months' treatment with CV247 the dog appears to be well with good appetite and normal behaviour. Only one lymph node is still enlarged but reduced in size.

Biggles, my eight year old Cavalier was diagnosed with lymphoma after a biopsy and my vet told me chemo was the only option. I was reluctant but decided to try it. Biggles was so unhappy on it, sick, hiding in corners and generally with no quality of life I decided this was not fair. His eyes were telling me to stop.
I went to the vet to tell him I was stopping the chemo and while I was in the waiting room I read about John Carter in a copy of Dogs Today magazine.
There were just a couple of lines in the editor's intro where she referred to alternative cancer vet. I told my vet I was stopping the chemo and he told me the dog would be dead in a couple of
months.
I called Dogs Today and got John's number, called him and went to see him that evening. I carried Biggles in, he could hardly walk.
After an evening of treatment he ran out of the surgery on his own. I went straight to the Tesco's all night store to buy everything organic John had requested. For the first month I took Biggles twice a day even Sundays where John treated him at his home. It became our outing, complete with my other Cavalier and my Pyrenean.
John was concerned that Biggles had the chemo in his system and this was making it twice as hard. Biggles became one of the trial dogs in the initial study. I seemed to be either cooking organic food or sitting in a waiting room in Harrow all the time. I worked as a stewardess at the time so was spending literally most of what I earned to pay dog minders to stay at home with Biggles and take him for his treatment and prepare his organic food.
I put my other two dogs on the organic food, too. I order my bottled water in glass bottles in bulk.
The results were remarkable. No one could believe this was the same dog who had been half dead. Over time, the visits to Harrow became less frequent but I still stuck to the regime religiously. There were people coming from all over the country putting their lives on hold for their animals.
I remember one couple who had come from Scotland and were living nearby in a caravan. The ones that did not respond well were when the owners cheated with the organic diet. They said their dogs wouldn't eat the food and they felt sorry for them. If a dog is hungry he will eat what you give him and you had to be determined.
The pet insurance covered the visits to John and If you didn't have insurance half the time he didn't charge you. He was a professor brainstorm type, a shy man. He was so focused on his treatment. He was so eccentric but one of life's characters.
Biggles died in his sleep three years later having had a great quality of life since John's treatment.
If your animal has cancer do not hesitate. But be determined to stick to the diet. Ten years ago it was hard to get the food but we managed. These days organic produce is everywhere. If you have more than one animal put them all on it. Make your own treats from organic oats and bottled water. Make a paste and then bake slowly in the over. Add apple or carrot for flavour. Make crisps out of organic potatoes.
Make sure the bottled water is in glass bottles.
Stick to the diet. Never waiver from it. Your dog's life is in your hands so you have to be determined.
Shirley Thompson