Just found out my older sister has cervical cancer. :|

Originally Posted by worm5376

I am a bit shocked that riu has given this thread little to no response.
This is part of the reason marijuana needs to be legalized. The medical world can do so much with this plant.

Exactly my thoughts. For medical purposes if nothing else you know?

thanks.

Originally Posted by blazingwalrus

sorry to hear that ):
i might be able to empathise with you; my mum had a rare kind of blood cancer when i was about six or seven, and luckily, though her chance of survival wasn't good, pulled through it. i don't remember that much about it - fingerpainting, and christmas in hospital. then last summer in the middle of my GCSEs (end of school exams in the uk), we found out she had breast cancer. she went in to surgery very quickly. i was so scared. however, six months later, after chemo and radiotherapy, she's made another phenomenal recovery. her hair's definately growing back as well.

it might be hard, but keep your chin up! the body is strong and resilient - but, like other people said, it needs nourishment. she should eat very well, and make sure she gets all the right vitamins and minerals and stuff, because the chemo is basically poisoning the body, and killing of cells, so i guess maybe lots of protein or iron for cell regeneration? i don't really know. try googling it, or ask a doctor on her next visit to the hospital?
but try not to let it get you down!
think of lance armstrong! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong#Cancer

i wish you and your family good wishes, and hope you're as lucky as we were.

Yeah, my sister was worried about it (even though she never said anything.. I know when my sister is nervous about something).. I mean she was worried about her hair falling out too.

But fortunately for her sake.. the doctors think that they caught the precancerous/cancerous cells early enough that they're going to do the first week or two.. the first two weeks of radiation and chemo will be low low low dosage.. then they'll do another scan and see if it's doing any good at that dosage you know?

Radiation is 5 days a week Monday-Friday with one Chemo therapy session once a week on Wednesday.

But yeah.. her hair most likely won't fall out.. if anything.. it would be just a little bit you know so that really helps... and makes my sister a little less nervous about the whole thing.


Thanks everyone for the support.. appreciate it more than you realize probably. Thank you. And best wishes to everyone that may be in a similar situation.

to everyone.

Be sure to look into the medical benefits of cannabis. Some recent studies show that cannabis has anti-cancer properties. It has also been reported to help with the negative effects of chemo. She might be interested about the anti-cancer properties to help combat reoccurring cancer. Norml.com has some good info.

Originally Posted by ganjaluvr

Yeah, my sister was worried about it (even though she never said anything.. I know when my sister is nervous about something).. I mean she was worried about her hair falling out too.

But fortunately for her sake.. the doctors think that they caught the precancerous/cancerous cells early enough that they're going to do the first week or two.. the first two weeks of radiation and chemo will be low low low dosage.. then they'll do another scan and see if it's doing any good at that dosage you know?

Radiation is 5 days a week Monday-Friday with one Chemo therapy session once a week on Wednesday.

But yeah.. her hair most likely won't fall out.. if anything.. it would be just a little bit you know so that really helps... and makes my sister a little less nervous about the whole thing.


Thanks everyone for the support.. appreciate it more than you realize probably. Thank you. And best wishes to everyone that may be in a similar situation.

to everyone.

if her hair does fall out and she is self concious about it a bandanna will make it look fine.

If anyone makes fun of her beat that ass.

I'm am not religious by any means, however my prayers will be with your sister everytime I visit this thread. Keep us posted on how she is doing.

This scenario hits home for me, as I have lost love ones to this battle. Tell her to be a warrior, fight hard and strong. Never give up and she will be victorious. Cancer is our enemy and we can not allow it to win! She will not be a victim to its wrath.

Peace,Love,,,Worm

I'm really sorry to hear about your sister. Tell her to take as much vitamin E as possible. Its been proven to reverse the growth of cancerous cells. I was one step away from cervical cancer but I OD'd on vitaminE for 3 months and my dysplasia went down to stage 3. Its worth a shot.

cannabis does have anticancer properties and I recommend you try extracts to see if this will work.

the reason this works is, cannabinoid receptors are everywhere in our body.

so wherever we get cancer, the cancer mutates with the cannabinoid receptors (mainly CB2) expressed on the outside of the cells.

there is much implications for cancer prevention as if 1 cell mutates and thc bonds to it, it will die. unless it has evolved to exclude the cannabinoid receptors.

and by my estimation, the likelyhood of cancer that mutated against cannabinoids is less than 10% . . . . .

so for real, don't doubt cannabis and it's potential to cure cancer. I just said exactly how it can do it, cannabinoid receptors expressed on cells that were once ours, when thc or other reactive cannabinoids bond to these receptors, the main blood vessel in the tumor cell will SHUT DOWN.

good luck and I hope you or someone else takes my advice here . . . there is so much potential being wasted.

Best Wishes and good luck for your sister ganjaluvr