Just so you all know, Sandi's ovarian cancer had metasticized a great, great deal by the time she was diagnosed. Although she'd had symptoms for years, her doctors refused to give her the tests she requested. It wasn't until the cancer had progressed to such an extent that her intestines were completely blocked and she was in excrutiating pain and her organs were stressed to the point of beginning failure that she was diagnosed.

She was placed in the difficult position of having to make a decision then. The decision was whether to have the life-saving surgery to remove the tumors that were blocking her intestines. By this time her intestines had stopped working and her spleen and other vital organs were in great distress. Her medical team told her that the only way to do surgery was to have chemo first to shrink the tumors quickly. Her tumors at the time of diagnosis were so pervasive, so large, and so many in number that she was inoperable unless the tumors were smaller. In other words, she literally could not find a surgeon to operate on her unless she had received some chemo.

She elected (reluctantly) to have the chemo in order to quickly shrink some of the tumors so they could be extracted. She was scared beyond belief of that chemo. It did shrink some of the tumors and she did have surgery. This surgery prolonged her life. Her plan was to prolong her life enough so that she could pursue some more natural cures and detox metals along the way.

She completed quite a number of rounds of chemo both before and after her surgery and then took a break (her decision) and pursued alternative/complementary therapies.

A few months after Sandi had stopped chemo, the cancer started growing and spreading further and impeding her intestines again. She made yet again, the difficult decision to receive more chemotherapy to try and shrink the tumors and prolong her life. Her pain was severe, by the way.

I don't think she was in a position to do the Gerson therapy or any of the other therapies at the time of her diagnosis because her entire eliminative system was nonfunctional and impeded by tumors. That is, she could not eat, take supplements, juices or eliminate. And by the time Sandi felt she had to take chemo a second time, she was in the same position and in unbearable pain.

It was a tough choice for her. Especially considering the fact that she was such a huge proponent of natural healing and was scared to death of the heavy metals in the chemotherapy . . . she felt it was poison.

I'm not here to advocate traditional or nontraditional treatment in this thread. I just wanted you all to know that by the time our Sandi was diagnosed just 5 days short of a year ago, she had cancer throughout her body. She did the best she knew how given the utterly impossible situation she was in.

From the day of Sandi's diagnosis, friends across the globe began working on trying to help her find a better solution. Again, she did not have the luxury of time on her side and had to make decisions quickly.

In my opinion, the medical care she received was reprehensible and unconscionable and constituted not only malpractice -- but malfeasance.

Up until a week ago, Sandi was still reaching out to her friends, taking phone calls and trying to cheer everyone on in their quest to health. She said that she would continue to deliver the message of mercury poisoning and heavy metal toxicity until her last breath.

I think she accomplished that promise.

May she rest peacefully and enjoy the reward that has been awaiting her from a Glorious God in heaven.

Love to you all,
Sharon

p.s. And a very special note of gratitude for Russ. I don't want to embarass you by outlining how you helped Sandi. But I'd like to publicly thank you for your support and for all that you did for our friend.