Other people also had loads of advice for us. Of course, we listened to the doctors and nurses who had the knowledge and experience to help us. We also had a number of family friends telling us what to do based on what their family had gone through. And there were also people who found an interesting article or two about a new breakthrough using all natural ingredients.
Top of the list was the article that said lemon is much stronger than chemo in killing cancer cells. The reason this is not widespread news, according to the article, is because laboratories want to create a synthetic version that will make them millions. (Google research on this topic revealed that its a hoax). Either way, A did not end up eating lemons everyday because it was too acidic for the stomach to handle.
Then there was the time that I saw M going out into the garden at 11 at night. Because someone had told her drinking fresh aloe vera juice is great in treating cancer, so she wanted to cut a leaf from the plant we had in the garden. Then she peeled the skin, squeezed out the gel, mixed it with water and sugar and gave that to A to drink. That treatment lasted a while.
There were days when pomegranate was very popular, then mangos had a chance to join the fight, then grapes, gooseberries, a herbal tea concoction we found on the internet.. many other foods rich in anti oxidants were called to the battle.
One last food to mention. We were at an uncle's house and there were a couple of other uncles and aunties visiting at the same time. Talk moved on to cancer and how best to keep A's health up, especially when he had lost his appetite. M said that she gives him kanji vellam (rice water that is kept after the rice has been cooked) because it full of nutrients. "Yes" chorused 5 adult voices around the room. "Kanji vellam is the best choice. Its so healthy and nutritious!"
Last time I checked, kanji vellam is full of starch.
