Yes.
Cancer isn’t a one & done disease. (Well, for some really lucky people, it is. A sincere congrats to those of you who’ve had a quick run & happily done with cancer.) This isn’t like an acute infection that gets a course of medicine and then it’s gone. Or a surgical procedure that makes every cancer cell disappear. Procedures don’t get the circulating cancer cells. Procedures work on the biggest symptom of the system problem, the tumor. Hence why many people who remove body parts with tumors, or remove cancerous tissue, still get the same type of cancer in other areas. It’s not necessarily about the one tumor or the one body part…it’s about why the body allowed the cancer cells to set up shop in the first place.
There’s still circulating tumor cells (CTCs) showing up in my system according to my CTCs count 6-ish weeks ago. This is not surprising, since we’ve known for 18+ mos that I have circulating cancer cells. The good news is the number has been trending downward. And I think I’m doing pretty darn well for dealing with cancer for 2+ years now!
Although we’re pleased my tumor is having a clinical response to the cryoablation, I still need to support my body in helping kick out any more CTCs. Hence, I continue with IVCs & other therapies to work to shrink the mutant & squash any circulating tumor cells from clumping together & making a home somewhere else in my body.
Along with being a part of my cancer therapy, the IVCs also bolster my body’s ability to detoxify everyday chemical assaults (hello lady with perfumed lotion behind me, young man wearing synthetic fragranced body wash, public restroom endocrine disrupting soap, BPA laden receipts, pesticide packed food, etc.). My body needs a little extra help processing out the bad stuff, so reducing the toxic burden & boosting my cellular detox through IVCs etc. is really beneficial for me. If my body gets too busy trying to process out the toxins, it won’t pay as much attention to the incognito cancer cells.
IVC is not a stand-alone cure, but it is a complementary therapy I’m grateful to be able to include in my longer term cancer treatment.