Another cancer therapy that I looked into was The Gonzalez Protocol. Rather than go into all the detail, I have linked that to The Nicholas Gonzalez Foundation website where you can read all about it. It also links to the work of Dr. Kelley on which Gonzalez based his protocol.
I completed the application for this therapy, but did not proceed with it for a number of reasons.
- COST (including travel) – I forget the exact costs now, but it would be necessary to pay for private doctor’s appointments, not covered by insurance or health service, and to pay some thousands of dollars per month for supplements. Added to which, the nearest doctor offering the protocol was 60 miles away and, having had to surrender my driving licence, I would also have had the inconvenience and expense of rail travel.
- LACK OF TRANSPARENCY – There was some information available on what the supplements were, but not enough to be able to get them anywhere else and therefore not knowing if they were good value for money, or even healthy in the long term. Apparently it was typical to need 20 or more supplements a day, the exact requirement being based on hair analysis, the accuracy of which I have seen questioned.
- STOPPING CONVENTIONAL THERAPY – Not that I am a great fan of conventional therapy which intermittently causes me a lot of grief, but if conventional therapy is doing some good, it would be nice to have something that made it even better, rather than give it up for a bit of a leap in the dark.
- LACK OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE – True there is anecdotal evidence of wonderful recoveries from cancer, but that is mainly from their website and we do not know what proportion of patients died and whether any treatments failed completely. Follow this link for some information on trials. I did read a report about one trial participant who had such a hard time on the protocol, that he ended up wishing he had only had conventional treatment and ended his days with more dignity.
- GONZALEZ’ DEATH – Dr Gonzalez dies at the age of 67 from a suspected heart attack, which to my mind indicates a lack of health awareness.
My conclusion was that it would be better to continue with my conventional treatment, while continuing to research and investigate.
I am pleased to say that I have come across information on cancer treatment that is open, transparent and believable, but it would be premature to say anything about it until I have followed it and seen some results.